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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

HEYO!

Anyway! So these past two days have been MTE which means Missionary training exchange... which pretty much means for Battalion Sisters that we get to listen to our mission president talk. It blows my mind every single time. My mission president is SO knowledgeable. He can connect things that I haven't even wondered about. Anyway the basic theme of MTE was the Atonement and how to get the Atonement to his children in San Diego. It doesn't matter that the Church is true - nothing matters except that we give them access to the Atonement. The only way to do that is through saving ordinances like baptism, gift of the Holy Ghost and the Temple. It was in a two day segment and yesterday people got 7 people with a baptismal date. 0_0  The Gospel is true. =D He also prepped us for the change that's happening when we gain a new mission president next transfer. It’s going to be crazy, but it’s also going to be awesome! My mission life is about loving change apparently. =)

We got to talk to a less active named Jody and she agreed that we can teach her children. I'm pretty stoked about that. =)

I had an incredible day at the Battalion. I met someone who came in, looked at me, and said I looked exactly like her sister. Whose name is Theresa! What the?!? hahaha. It was cool. But I convinced her that the tour was worthwhile and she absolutely loved it. In the middle of all this a Spanish family came in and we had no Spanish speakers on shift. One of the senior couples was really stressing out about it and so I had to leave Brenda behind with Sister Smith, and take a tour... in Spanish! Alright... so it’s not as cool as it seems because I took the tour in English with the audio in Spanish and someone translating for me. But I did the transitions in Spanish! =D AND! I kept feeling prompted to check on Brenda and talked to the sister taking her tour.. and she referred! She gave me a hug and said she'd bring all her friends back. =D I was quite excited. Also, the Spanish family referred some of their friends which was bueno.

Also I took a tour with this super cute family from Utah and we were out panning for gold and I gave this HUGE chunk of gold to the little 7 year old, Ava, and she handed me back a shell and told me she found it at the ocean that morning and wanted me to keep it. Awww.  =)

We had some good lessons this week! We got to meet with Anna and also Christine. Christine got a blessing, which was truly incredible. She really is going to quit smoking I can feel it.

This week was super fun with proselyting and weekly planning and being able to keep up with people and the work. The downer was that Bradley decided to stop investigating the church. That was heartbreaking. =( I could see him as missionary, but I know that he still has time, and I have faith he'll be a missionary yet. Also our mission president today told us that we should be eating with the ward council members approximately once a month so we can gain a relationship with them and progress the work forward. That is a change. I guess we'll be getting fed more now. =)

I just love this work so much. =)

I LOVE YOU!!

You da best!

Love!

Sister Tardifffffffff

PS- The president yesterday "Newsflash to the Catholics- Peter was a Mormon!"