Week 100 - Palmdale

This week was an extremely long week. Super crazy and busy and we just had so much going on. First, we went to Patricia and brought Hna Villagomez, a councilor in the Relief Society. It was a great experience, and we taught about having the faith to obey all of God's commandments, even when we don't understand them all. Hna Villagomez also fed us about 4 days in a row. She is a super sweet lady and a fantastic family. There is a kid living with them named Ernest, and he gives out Book of Mormons to kids at school. We also went on exchanges with the other Esperanza elders, and they are fantastic. I was with Elder Bermudez and I learned a lot from the man. He is a great elder with a great heart. We at one point decided to talk to a family outside, and they weren't interested, but then we were on our way back there was a man walking into the same house and at first we thought, "oh, it's the same house, we'll probably just get denied again." We turned around, and started heading somewhere else, but we decided we had to try by. We went by him and taught a full Restoration. It was very good, and it gave me a lot of motivation to try harder and harder. We also visited Irma and did service for her. It was crazy because she's flipping a house, so we sanded all the walls, filled holes in the drywall, put on primer, painted, and more. It was a big project, but it was fun. We also started teaching the rest of the family of Irma, so we'll see how that goes.    For the fourth of July we had to be in our apartment at 8 pm. We were to use that time to start our weekly planning. It was pretty grand, but after we spent some time watching the fireworks. It was pretty cool. We set a few people on date this week, and invited a lot of people to be baptized. We were also able to find a lot.

   For church on Sunday Irma came, and so did the second councilor to our mission president! They talked for a little bit and he got her excited about baptism. She had her interview this week, and she's ready. It's a really big miracle.