Good Good Good!

Week 77, Transfer 12
Area: Chico Bidwell Spanish Branch
Compañera: Hermana Hinton

Highlights!!

KARINA AND VICTOR GOT MARRIED!!!! The wedding was Saturday and it went so well! The branch is so supportive of them and their family! Karina is getting baptized today in approximately 32 minutes and she is so excited!!!

Made mole with our member Hermana Morales!

Had some good lessons. Met with our newer friend Rocio and her daughter! Her daughter is so sweet and they are excited to read the kids Book of Mormon together!

Please pray for our friend Julia!! She's struggling with baptism and feeling ready enough for it and is fighting with some personal issues right now. Prayers would be appreciated!!

I found the coolest quote! Definitely go read the talk if you have some time!! It's called
Do Things That Make a Difference by Elder M. Russell Ballard from a Young Adult Area, October 1981.

"I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the technique of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential."

Goals are so powerful!! I invite you all to set a goal that will help you strengthen your testimony and physical wellbeing!

/Hermana Ellis :)

Mission photos!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UtFZf4erpztBvg7x5

Notable Quotes:
Hna Hinton: I told her she was like my mother.
Hna Ellis: Aww, and what did she say?
Hna Hinton: She gave me more rice.

Elder McNeel: We do not have a truck, we have an SUV with a birth defect.

Elder Draughon: Do I know a lot? Please say yes.

Hna Hinton: I'm not crazy all the time, I have bouts of sanity.







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