Be Happy

Hi everyone!

So, A lot has happened in this past week! We went to the transfer meeting to pick up our new companion, our "trainee." We got there and were still really confused about whether they made a mistake or not. Our new companion is a delight and she has actually been in Salt Lake City serving at Temple Square for 1 year. She is here in San Diego to serve for 3 months! She is so wonderful and so much fun. She is a great missionary and we are all learning so much from/with each other. So we aren't really training anyone...we're just helping her have a good experience transitioning to proselyting. We'll all be good friends for a long time. We have so much fun and we're working hard to channel all of that excitement and enthusiasm towards the work. :) We have been striving hard to help our investigators progress in the gospel. It is amazing what they are learning and understanding for the first time. We have a lot of work to do but we are loving it and we all want to be better! That is so important to me. It makes me think of a Mormon Message we showed to a family last night about how small and simple things add up to great things. This Video is called "Flecks of Gold." I hope you'll take a second and watch it. :)

Book of Mormon is also a GREAT video! I love it and the truths it teaches.

We have so many things to laugh and smile about here in San Diego. We meet so many great people and hear a lot of philosophies on how people conduct their lives. Even within the church we differ on how we individually apply the details of truth. One elderly Phillipino woman we visit tells us that she talks to herself (of course in her Phillipino accent.) "Elyng, be happy!" "Elyng, get up and go walk!" I love that she coaches herself to make good decisions...I need that! I love hearing her voice in my head...it makes me giggle and it inspires me to stand a little taller.

I love this work and I love how every single day is an opportunity to learn and to grow. This week we in sacrament we had the Primary Program where all of the kids get up and bear testimony, sing, and share insights about the things they know. I'm continually blown away by how simple this gospel really is. Heavenly Father loves all of his children and wants us to understand our purpose in life and how we can return and live with him. It is beautifully simple.

You are all great! I Love you and I hope that life is treating you well. If it isn't, I hope that you are coping with it through the only true source of peace, the Savior Jesus Christ and his enduring love for you.