Week 11: 21 in Vegas!

Hello!

This week has been pretty out of the normal missionary schedule. It

was interesting! Let start on last Monday! Monday night we had a rain

storm. It was the best thing ever. We even had the heater on in the

car. After dinner we went and made a visit to a less active family who

has a daughter on a mission in Guatemala! They were a really nice

family and man do they like to talk! They basically got baptized

because they wanted to support their daughter. It was cool that they

wanted to support her but they have no real understanding of the

gospel. So we are trying to go over there and help them really develop

a strong testimony of the gospel. After the lesson we went and tried

some other people but didn't get in and then we went home and I

managed to lose the keys to the house in the middle of a downpour. It

was just great. I was like a madman looking for those keys. We

couldn't find them anywhere so we went to the apartment gym and called

the elders to see if they had a flashlight and if they were home. They

weren't. Then a bright idea popped into my head that we should say a

prayer. Of course Sister Camilleri. A prayer is where you always

start. So we said a prayer and went back out to find the keys and of

course we found them in the place we had looked a million times.

Heavenly Father is a great man and he loved us so much that we found

our keys. It was a little testament of the love he has for us.

On Tuesday we had district meeting and had another great training with

our district leader. I swear he will be an apostle on day. He is just

so great. After that we went and had a zone lunch a Braddahs. It's

like a Hawaiian bbq place. My steak burrito was divine. Then we went

to the mission office and after dinner we made visits. We didn't get

in with anybody and then we got a text from Steph saying that she was

done with meeting with us. It was sad. I just love her and wish it

wasn't that way, but agency is a real thing and I have to accept her

usage of agency. We then had another meeting with our ward mission

leader. On Wednesday was sister Huni's 21 birthday! It was a fun day.

We did the normal missionary work but we also went out to lunch and

had a superb dinner with members. We sang to her and then made visits

for the rest of the day. We did t get in to see anybody but we tried.

Thursday was the start of the cold epidemic. Sister Huni was sick so

we stayed inside for the first half of the day and then I went on

exchanges with another set of sisters. We spent the rest of the day

making a couple of visits and then had a lesson with Mike. He has such

a desire to be baptized again but our actions have to line up with

what we say and that is where he struggles. Friday was pretty much the

same thing. We went on exchanges and spent most of the day in the

other sisters area. It was fun! I like exchanges for the most part.

Saturday was basically the same. Except I was in charge of the

schedule for our Saturday night exchange and we went and had two

lessons with some less actives, those went really well. I made one of

them cry because they felt the spirit. It was so cool! On Sunday

Sister Huni mustered up enough strength to make it to one of our wards

meetings on Sunday. They were really good. After that we came back and

she rested. I only took a little nap....then we had a packed Sunday

night. We had dinner with a member and an investigator. That was fun.

Then we found 2 new investigators. Ana and Ruth. They are mother and

daughter. Seriously the lord has prepared these people for us and our

message. They already knew so much with our lesson. It was amazing. I

loved it. We set them with a date and they are loving it! Then we had

another appointment with an investigator Kym. Her walls are starting

to break down and I really feel for her and her situation right now.

She doesn't know where to turn but we are working really hard to help

her feel the spirit and know of these things for herself. We read the

Book of Mormon with her. It was really awesome seeing her understand

what she is reading. I love the first chapter of the Book of Mormon it

really outlines to us what we need to do to be able to know if the

gospel is true. Seriously read it and pay attention to the first 12

verses. I'm hooked I cannot wait to finish the Book of Mormon again

and have a greater understanding! We had a zone devotional last night

to set Sunday apart from the other days, it was really good. I love

this mission! I love the things I'm learning and I love growing! I

hope anyone and everyone that is reading this knows that Heavenly

Father loves you and he wants to hear from you. Pray to him! I promise

he will answer you! He is the best man out there! I love you all!

Sister Lauren Camilleri

Week 10: First General Conference of the Mission!

Hello all!

This week was fairly slow because we had a lot of different things

going on then normal so our week was kind of thrown off. Monday night

we had dinner with a family in the Cheyenne Ridge Ward. They were

super awesome. They have a son serving in Japan right now! I'm kind of

glad I'm not there! After dinner we went and made some visits. Nothing

to exciting happened. On Tuesday we had another really good training

from our district leader and we some service for a member of the Ward

that is moving. After that we made some more visits and had dinner

with the super awesome young couple. We had another lesson with the

Warrens who are a less active family but they are super awesome and

are starting to come back to church! After that lesson with had a

meeting with our ward mission leader. Wednesday was pretty good. We

spent the day making more visits to people from the list that Bishop

gave us and had a lesson with Cherry that night. She isn't really

progressing to well anymore. It is disheartening her life would be so

good with the gospel. We are going to keep seeing her though and there

is still potential there as long as we work with the spirit. On

Thursday Sister Huni had leadership training so I was on exchanges

with Sister Savea. I came out with her so it was cool to be with her

again. We didn't do to much in her area. After we exchanged back had

companion study and then went to dinner. We made some more visits and

that was it. Friday we had more trading from our zone leaders which

was really awesome and inspiring. This week is bound to be better.

After training we went to Henderson for a doctors appointment. That

was fun adventuring into the other mission. After we got back we had

dinner and we went tracting. We contacted a potential investigator and

got in to see her and are seeing her again this week. That was really

cool. On Saturday and Sunday we had general conference. It was really

good. I felt inspired afterwards. I love conference. I wish it

happened everyday. It always makes us feel so good. This week was

okay. The work is so worth it. Love you all.

Sister Lauren Camilleri

Week 9: What the Savior did for us wasn't easy, so what we do for the savior shouldn't be easy either.

Hello All! How is that for a long subject line? Haha I'll talk more

about that later! I hope you all are well! This past week was a mind

opening week for me. I learned a lot about myself, our savior and our

father in Heaven. There were a couple quotable things that I heard

this week that changed some things for me in my head. The first being

"the mission doesn't need me I need the mission." The second being

"humility isn't about you and other people, it is about you and God."

The third and last being " what the savior did for us wasn't easy, so

what we do for the savior shouldn't be easy either." Oh my it was a

testimony and relationship building week! Exactly what I needed!

Losing yourself in the service of others really does make yourself

grow! Thank goodness for that because my life right know is all about

service and I'm loving it!

Monday we had dinner with Steph. We set her with a date last time and

she seemed pretty solid about it, until we got a text from her last

night that said that she was unwillingly to commit to something when

she knows she can't do it. It was frustrating! Seriously she KNOWS

this church is true; I just hope that she comes along and stops

looking at everybody else and looks at what she needs to do. There is

an important lesson for us all. We need to stop focusing on everyone

around us and look inward at ourselves. We are the only ones that can

change. We can be an example to everyone around. We have the power to

overcome the natural man and become like our savior Jesus Christ. On

Tuesday we had a really awesome district meeting from our new district

leader. It was all about finding and following up. Let's just say I

left there inspired to work hard! After district meeting we went with

a member to bring food to some non members. She was probably one of

the most thankful people I have ever met. I wish and pray to one day

be as outwardly grateful as she was. I think they will have some

potential as long as we don't come across pushy. Which is like my

worst fear. I don't want to be that missionary! After we met her we

had interviews with President Ahlander. He is seriously such a great

man. My zone has been struggling with communication and I have just

been on the normal struggle bus. He just has such a way with words and

mentioned something about positivity and I just broke down. What's

new. Haha that was the first breakthrough moment of the week. He

helped me understand how I can be more positive and not Let the

negativity curse rule my life. It's hard but I can do it! Later in the

evening we had a lesson with Eryka at a members home. It went really

well I felt. She has a hard time focusing on what we are saying but

the member we were with used to be a school teacher and she helped so

much! Thank goodness for her! We read form Jospeh Smith History. It is

such a powerful truth. My testimony of Joseph Smith has grown so much!

It really did happen people. He restored the true church and restored

the Book of Mormon and it really happened! It was a good lesson!

Wednesday we had a lesson with the Cave Family again. We are really

trying to lit the fire for them again to want to become active again.

The mother is such a good example. The powerful of example is huge. It

is amazing what people really see from us as we are working hard to be

Christlike. People notice that Mormons are different and they know

that is is a good different! Later in the evening we had a lesson with

Cherry. It was another frustrating lesson. She has received

confirmation and revelation that she can do this. She knows she can, I

know she can and Heavenly Father knows that she can. She just says

that she isnt ready to yet. Everything about the gospel comes down to

action.It is so huge. We can have a testimony without acting but we

can't be converted to the Lord without acting. It is huge.

On Thursday we had exchanges with our Sister Training Leaders. I

stayed in my are with Sister Kurtz. I'm so glad I was with her. She is

from Eastern Washington! Thursday was break through day. As we talked

more and more we both realized the three main things that I need to

work on right know to be a better missionary. Humility, Vulnerability

and Sarcasm. The last one is huge. My sarcasm is hitting me in the

butt right now. Sometimes it feels a little scary to let go of that

because my sarcasm is who I am. However I know that it isn't good and

I want to change it so bad. When I come home without my rude sarcasm

don't hate me! I promise it is for the good! I'm ready to change. I'm

ready to be a different more Christlike person. I'm ready. On Thursday

we felt like we should go see Kianas mom. She needed to know that

Heavenly Father loved her and was there for her and we needed to share

that with her. When we follow the spirit amazing things happen! It was

so spiritual. I love her so much! Later that day we had a lesson with

Mike about following the prophet. He is such a great person who has

been through so much. He is the definition of humble. I'm really

excited for general conference this week and being able to receive

revelation from the prophets and apostles. Ahhh I can't wait. Friday

we weekly planned and had an active member lesson. That was good. On

Saturday we had service for Sister Nickles and the we had the generals

women's session of conference. It was really good! I always love

conference and the way I feel! Sunday was just church Sunday and then

we had a musical fireside for our mission. That is where I heard the

phrase from the subject line. It stood out for me so much. What the

savior did for all of us wasn't an easy task. It was hard. He

suffered, he bled, he died. He was pained for us all. Therefore

everything that we ever go through shouldn't be easy either. It breaks

my heart for all the pain that he went through.  Isaiah 53:3-5 took on

a new meaning after I heard that. It was huge, I love this gospel so

much. I love this work. I love our savior and our Heavenly Father. I

love you all.

Sister Lauren Camilleri

Week 8: It rained!

Hello All and All Hello!

How are you all? I hope you are all well! This week was well slow

again but it was still pretty good! After our Pday on Monday we had a

lesson with a semi less active family. The Caves are super awesome!

Sister Cave is active and her husband works a lot. Her kids are

teenagers and want nothing to do with the church right now because

they have more important things to do. There is nothing more important

than the gospel! I wish I had learned that early on. I probably would

have been better at studying my scriptures and having a good attitude

about going to young women's at the age of 17. I probably would have

gotten a better experience with a better understanding and a better

attitude. Everything comes down to our attitude about things.

Sometimes I have such a bad attitude about things and then Sister Huni

makes some comment and I realize I just need to get over myself and

change my attitude. Oh my it works wonders! Haha. I wish I could help

her kids understand that but I don't know how because I feel like it

is just something you have to experience for yourself. We talked a lot

about being a good example. I am such a firm believer in being a good

example. I may not have been the best example at home of the gospel

but I did try my best and that is all Heavenly Father asks of us! As

long as we try our best he will make up for the rest. The Grace of

Jesus Christ is a real thing people.

On Tuesday we went and visited Sister Dickson. We talked to her about

temples! She really wants to go to the temple and receive her

endowments. She is starting to prepare for that now. There is

something holding her back though and I am not sure what it is. I do

think though that it has something to do with the commitment and the

fear of the unknown. We told that sometimes we just have to take a

leap of faith and trust me the temple is a leap of faith worth taking!

What is a leap of faith though? That's the question of the week. What

does that really me. I'm sure it is different for all of us. For me I

think about how many leaps of faith am I willing to take? I would like

to say that my answer is how ever many is needed in order for me to

get where I need to be but I don't think I can honestly say that yet.

Who knows. Sometimes you just have to go for it though without ever

looking back. Leaps of faith in the gospel are the best ones out

there.

Wednesday we had a lesson with Steph! She committed to a baptism date!

It isn't until January but she has so much going on. It is still a

date though! She is ready though. She knows the things that she has to

do in order to get baptized and she can do them. I hope that she

follows through with it. She has changed so much already from the

gospel! We made some more visits that night. We visited the Brito

family and they haven't been active forever. She said that she got

into an argument with teacher at church and she has never been back.

People seriously ruin the gospel for other people and although it

shouldn't happen that way people fall into the natural man. It is sad.

Really sad. I think it just comes back to our foundation and

intention. If we are apart of the gospel for ourselves than it will

work out but if we are doing it for another reason then it will be

easy for us to get offended and turn away. Just remember why you are

attending church.

Thursday we weekly planned and had a lesson with Cherry! The lesson

seemed to go well. We read from the Book of Mormon with her. She

understood it pretty well. She hasn't been responding to us lately

though and she didn't come to church. That was disheartening. We did

set a lesson with her for this week though so hopefully that goes

well. I think she is scared of the lifestyle change that the gospel

brings. She doesn't feel ready for it. She could use a leap of faith

too.

Friday we went to another less active who is 86 years old. She doesnt

go to church though because she thinks she knows everything. Lol at

people. There is always more to learn! Seriously though our knowledge

never stops so never stop learning! We also saw one of our

investigators Eryka and talked with her about church attendance. She

is doing good for a 13 year old but she didn't come to church. Go

figure. Hahaha. Saturday we had an activity at the church with the

primary! That was fun! Sunday was busy as usual! We had a really good

lesson with Kiana at a members home! We talked about the importance of

studying the scriptures. It was good. One big that stood out to me was

it was said that when we don't study the scriptures it is because we

don't know how important it is to learn from the book of more. We have

to read the book if we want some guidance and help! It was a very good

lesson! Anyway. Life is pretty good. I'm about to fall asleep writing

this. Such is life. I hope you all are great! I love love love you!

I'll send pictures in another email!

Sister Lauren Camilleri

Week 7: miracles!

Malo e lelei, talofa, and hello family and friends! 

I'm hoping that this email doesn't decide to suddenly delete itself because I want to actually write a good email for once! So if you're reading this than you know that  it worked! Yay! I'm sorry my email sucked last week! Such is life. 

On Monday we had transfers! It was a park and clean day which means that we had to stay  inside for most of the day and clean the apartment. Ours was pretty clean so we spent most of our day shopping for food, and getting ready for our new companion to come into our area. We also got together with our zone and signed transfers journals (basically a yearbook but for missionaries) it was pretty fun! We headed to transfer after that where we met Sister Sasa! Not going to lie I was/am slightly nervous about being in a trio but Sister Sasa is great and brings a lot of fun and life into our companionship! She is also a beast when it come to sharing the gospel when we tract or street contact which is good because I hate it right now! Later that night we were going to correlation with one of our Ward mission leaders and Sister Sasa went to go kick her water bottle in the street but then she all the sudden her skirt just ripped basically all the way up. It was the greatest thing to witness ever. She then wore a blanket around her during our meeting. Oh my it was the greatest. We now have four hours of studies in the morning! That's crazy! They are all each worth it though! Most days I'm surprised at how focus I can stay when I study but then there are other days where I can't sit still. Who knows but it is so worth it! We went to Kiana's volleyball game on Tuesday night at her high school! That was a lot of fun! It reminded me of being in high school just that short time ago and let me just say I don't miss it at all! Hahaha after her game we went tracting. I am not good at the whole knocking on doors thing. I currently just don't like it one bit and I'm pretty sure that my companions get annoyed with me because I'm so stubborn about it. However humility is key and I have to keep humbling myself to the will of Lord and if he wants me to tract then he wants me to tract! On Wednesday we had another lesson with Cherry. Oh man that was a long lesson. She can talk! We talked to her about the importance of scripture study so that we can receive answers to her prayers and about having purposeful and specific prayers. She didn't realize that she could have specific prayers so we talked to her about that and she was pretty happy about that. Oh my I just love her! That lesson really taught me how to make reading my scriptures better. It's amazing the things that come out of your mouth that ends up probably teaching me more than the investigator. It happens all the day. I guess that just goes to show us that when we serve others we are really serving our selves. I love prayer. I'm not the best at it but I love that I can communicate with my literal father in Heaven about anything and everything that I need to or want to. I love being able to ask for specific things because that shows my faith in him and well as my clear desires of my heart. I love that Heavenly Father answers my prayers when he knows it is best. I'm grateful that I have someone watching over me and has planned my life so that when I ask I can be guided. We have to ask for the things that we need. We have to ask with a sincere desire. Heavenly Father will not just all the sudden help you and give you a miracle because he gave us agency and with that agency we need to use it turn to our father in heaven in prayer and pray with a purpose and specifically for the righteous desires of our hearts. Just try it out and see what happens. Thursday was another pretty slow day but there were a lot of little miracles that happened throughout the day! The first one was that we woke up to a text from one of bishops with a list of names that we should visit because we asked him. That was really good. We texted them all and set up some appointments. After that we were in the lounge where we get internet and we updated our area book app and we got 14 new referrals!!!!! They were from church headquarters but it was crazy! I immediately was like oh my goodness that is an answer to our prayers! We texted them as well and set up some appointments. I was amazed. The church is true. Later that night after dinner we visited some of them. When we knocked at one of there houses a woman answered and said that she didn't know anybody by that name. We got talking to her and she said she was a Christian. We kept talking about church and although she declined us coming and talking to her she did seem interested in coming to church. Who knows what will happen with that but it was cool! We finally got to meet another woman who we have been trying to see for weeks. We set an appt with her. After we had those experiences we had like 15 mins before we had to go home we went and saw one of the referrals. He was a super nice guy. He was a born-again Christian who belongs to a church in San Antonio, Texas. He was so devout about his faith that I'm pretty sure he thought he was preaching to us and telling us things that he believed that he probably thought we didn't know or believe in. The sad part for me was that everything he said was at the basics the same as everything that we believe in. There is just more to it and that other stuff brings forth so much clarity and hope. We left that house by giving them a Book of Mormon and testifying that it goes hand in hand with the bible and with me saying a prayer with them. That was nerve racking but I felt the spirit very strongly as I was talking to him about the Book of Mormon and during my prayer. My only hope is that one day he will see the book and read it for himself. I love the bible. I love the Book of Mormon. I believe they go hand in hand with each other because Heavenly Father loves all his children and because he loves his children he gave all of them another opportunity to hear the words and teachings of our Savior Jesus Christ. There is no greater feeling then digging yourself into reading the scriptures and finding answers to your prayers or when we have an aha moment and everything just clicks. I love the strength that it gives me while I am on my mission and the hope it brings to the children of God. Friday was a pretty slow day because of weekly planning. We had a lesson with Steph though and we talked to her about temples. She has the desire to be with her family for eternity. At the end of the lesson Steph committed to getting baptized after she graduates from college in December. It may seem a little far out there but I was a step in the right direction for us and for Steph. We had dinner that night with a family who has a son that is about to get baptized. They wanted us to teach their son the lessons. He was such a little dude but he really understood the gospel. Saturday was a day full of miracles. We started out the day by going to a stake presidency missionary breakfast and that was delicious (mom they had egg casserole like you make for Christmas, it was so good! Not as good of yours of course) then we had another meeting with some of the sisters in our surrounding areas and our sister training leaders. It was pretty nice to not be around elders for our meeting but to hangout with the sisters for a little bit. After that meeting we had a lesson with one of the referrals that we had contacted. Victoria is such a sweet girl. She is a member who went inactive after her parents got a divorce and she had been praying for some guidance in what she should do. She began telling us her story of why she wanted to meet with us and she said that she had been praying for some direction and then miraculously we had texted her afterwards and she felt like that was an answer to her prayers. We started talking to her about the power of prayer and specific prayers and she started to breakdown because she really wanted to go back to church but she knew that her mom wasn't going to be an easy hurdle to get over to get her there. We then told that she had been an answer to our prayer and that we wanted to help her in any way that we could. The power of specific prayers is real. I resonated so much with her and I wanted her to know that sometimes we have to go through the hard stuff to get the easy stuff. With great trial come great reward. We left that lesson with a strengthening of her spirit and duty to God and with a strengthening in my testimony of the blessings of God. After our lesson with Victoria we were supposed to take Cherry to a baptism of some of the elders in our zone but she bailed on us saying that it had been a hard day for her. As we were going back to our apartment to get our dinner from a member we decided to ask her if she wanted a priesthood blessings. She said yes. My heart literally skipped a beat and I was nervous. Especially since we had never talked to her about priesthood blessings before. We explained it over the phone slightly and then called the elders closest to us for their help. We went over there immediately to give her the blessing. It was a powerful experience. Cherry has been going through some hard stuff and she needed the comfort of the Lord. During the blessing she started bawling and then after she said she felt better and at peace. The power of the priesthood doesn't just work on the faithful members of the gospel, it works for any faith in God person that is willingly to act of their faith. It couldn't have been a better experience. I'm so thankful for those elders and their willingness to respond to their call as priesthood holders. After the blessing we had an amazing lesson with Mike. We had the lesson at a members house and it was so spiritual. I can't remember what I have said about Mike but he is a faithful follower of Jesus Christ who is trying to fully come back into the fold again. This time for himself not anyone else. We talked to him about keeping the sabbath day holy, studying the scriptures, and prayer to our Father In Heaven. Mike expressed to us that he had a strong desire to continue to better himself in the things of the gospel. As we testified of the necessity of each of these things in our lives it became clearer and clearer to Mike that he could do it. He could fully come back. After the lesson he told us that it was exactly what he needed and that he was so thankful for us. People like Mike and Victoria make this work worth it. Honestly this week has been really hard. We haven't been the busiest and the work is hard work. It can be super defeating. People don't know how to communicate with others and believe it or not there is still girl drama in the mission field. It never ends. However this week has been full of miracles and testimony strengthening experiences. There is no way that this work would be possible without our savior and our Heavenly Father. Relying on the lord is not a weakness. Saturday night we found out that Sister Sasa was being emergency transferred to another area because a sister was going home because the food here is fake and she is from the Philippines. I was super sad because we were with her for like a day and she was the best. His will be done though. Yesterday we spoke in our other Ward about temples and had another lesson with Cherry. Cherry is so solid I hope everything works out soon so she can get baptized! Our talks went really well, I love the temple. Man I wish I could go there everyday. This week was rough but Heavenly Father is real and I'm grateful for the miracles I have seen in my life this week and the growth. Believe or not I'm changing but for the good this time! 😉

'Ofa Atu, I love you! 

Sister Lauren Camilleri 

Week 6 end of first transfer! Oreo companionship!

Hola familia y amigos!

I made it to my the end of my first transfer! It's is crazy how fast time has gone by! It is just moving along super fast and super slow at the same time. This week has been pretty slow. We got transfer calls on Saturday! Sister Huni and I are still companions in the Lone Mountain Stake. We did find out though that we are getting a third companion. Oh goodness I am slightly nervous. Adding another person into the mix is crazzzyyy. We pick her up at the transfer building tonight. Her name is Sister Sasa! She is from Samoa. So in other words we are like an Oreo and I just happen to be the delicious white creme. Haha it will be interesting to say the least but I have heard super good things about her! Like I said earlier this week was super slow. I got the stomach flu on Tuesday so all Wednesday I was stuck inside with a member while Sister Huni went to our appt with another member.It sucked to be inside all day and not doing the work. I was so sick of laying in bed but all is well now and that passed by in a day. Thursday was slow because we had weekly planning for like three hours but we met with one of our investigators and she is slowly progressing. We really have to take things slow because she is so young (13).   Then we had dinner with a less active family and that was interesting. He served in the army for 36 years and he was really awesome. He has guns everywhere. After dinner we went to the relief society activity and that ended our day. The rest of the week was pretty much spent making visits and seeing a couple of people. It is good to get to know more members but man we need some new investigators. One thing I have learned from visiting with less active members is that satan works super hard and wears down on people so much to make them feel like they aren't worth being apart of the gospel because of one thing or another. It is so important to self evaluate and think about the ways that we are letting satan attack us. We had a lesson with cherry this week and she told us that after reading some of the pamphlets she realized that there is something that she needs to take care of. So she has postponed her baptism date. I really love her! She is so honest and is set on getting baptized. We are still meeting with her and she is still coming to church so that is pretty good. I think she will get baptized within the next two months. This week was pretty slow but the work is really good and I am loving my mission! This next transfer will be interesting. I'm sorry this was super short but I wrote a super long one and then it got deleted so I'll write a better more detailed one next week! Love you alllllll! Today has been crazy so all your personal email might have to wait!

Week Five: I went on a biking mission!

Hello Fambam and friends!

How is everyone? I hope you are all well! This week was a pretty slow week full of meetings and not that much success. It was an extremely long week. We moved on Monday into our brand new apartment (no other missionaries have ever lived there). It feels so good to have our own area where there is no one watching over us. Plus it is way cooler cause we are officially in charge of the thermostat. When we got to the apartment we had literally nothing in it so we had to travel to the mission office on Tuesday and fill our car with a bunch of crap. On Monday night we were supposed to have a lesson with D but he bailed out and then we just simply asked him if he was still interested in meeting with us. He said no so we got dropped. It's the best feeling ever. Sike. I hope that one day he remembers how he felt in our lessons and at church and that he will come to the gospel. We also dropped three other investigators this week because they weren't interested anymore. Such is life. On Tuesday we had another meeting and spent most of our day at meetings and then at the mission office. It was a pretty uneventful day. Wednesday was a pretty eventful day though! We went to the temple and participated in a session and my first time in a sealing. It was so awesome and so spiritual. I wish I could go to the temple all the time. Seriously it is the best. I always leave the temple with more clarity and a better attitude for what I am capable of. The sealing was super cool to witness and be apart of. I cannot wait till the day that I can participate in my own sealing. Families really are forever. I feel so blessed to have the crazy family that I do! After the temple we went to go pick up our car because it was in the shop but they weren't done with it yet so that when we went on bikes. That was interesting but so fun! One of the brakes wouldn't work on my bike so when I got to the top of the hill I couldn't stop see where dinner was so I just zoomed down into the park that had grass and slowed myself down. It was a comical experience. Riding a bike is hard work especially in a skirt. I managed to rip my skirt and tear up my shoe because I couldn't stop and I ripped my shirt at the temple. It was very interesting. The bikes were so fun though. After dinner we rode down to a less active member and met with her for awhile and we helped her son figure what to on his date that

he was going on. Then we pretty much rode home and the night view of downtown Las Vegas is so pretty. That was the end of my biking mission for now. I have great respect for those that are on a permanent biking mission. Seriously feel for them. On Thursday we made a couple visits after getting are car and had meeting with one of our ward mission leaders. It was a slow day. On Friday we had a training meeting with the mission president. That was really good. President help us greenies to better our companionship and tell us some things that we can work on. I have lots to work on but all good things. After the meeting we had some less active appointments and had dinner with one of our bishops. He is so awesome and has such a missionary minded spirit. Such a great blessing we just need more investigators in that ward especially since we just dropped some. He is so great though.

After dinner we had an appointment with cherry. She is still a super solid investigator and loves going to church and meeting with her. She told some things that she is going through and I had to try so hard to hold back from crying because I just love her so much and I know that all these hard things will bless her so much. On Saturday we filled our day with visits from referrals that we had gotten from some of our wards and met with a couple of them. It was a long day but super good to get to know people better. After our visits we worked on our talks for the next day. Sunday was a super good day. We both spoke on conversion in one of our wards and that went really well. After we

spoke we sang with the ukulele. Yes mom I got up there and I sang in front of everyone. It was nerve racking but it actually went really good. I'll attach a video of us singing on Thursday for practice. The

rest of Sunday went pretty well. We are getting K ready to go do baptisms at the temple and we had another lesson with Cherry. She is the best. Also on a sidenote I spent $33 dollars on pens today. Yes

I'm a pen snob and no I will not share with anyone. Hahaha it is so great. Anyway that was my week! I hope everything is so great over wherever you all may be. I love you and miss you so much! ❤️