With love, from San Diego

So, this has been another wonderful week in paradise. :) We have been working hard to contact more people and change our mindsets so that we unmistakably value finding new people to teach and contacting them on the street or wherever we find them. We have a lot of fun with it though! We met the coolest guy from Libya...or Arabia if there is such a place. He had 5 little girls that were so darling and we are so excited to take him an Arabic Book of Mormon and some pamphlets. Any of those hesitations to do a good thing come from the adversary...I know that. Miracles (seen and unseen) are usually on the other side of those hesitations. I love the gospel so much and our zone is so pumped about August. We are all trying hard to help people get ready for Baptism and this month is "Heat um up" August and we're even getting T-shirts. haha...can't wait! Sister Ritter and I are trying to help people progress and we know that is best done as we use members. We have the best ward mission leader ever! He came out w/ us Sunday and we contacted 3 people w/ him and 6 close after. It was awesome. He really cares a lot about our success and working right next to us.

 

San Diego has been so hot lately. I know I shouldn't complain because I"m living in Paradie, but it has been so hot!!! I"m just so so grateful that we have a car and we're not in the midwest! Whew....!

 

We added two new investigators last week. Both of them were ladies we've been working on for a few months. We're excited. Who knew there were so many organization skills required for this work!? I learned that real quick but I still haven't mastered it.

 

I wish I had more to report, but I don't. One miracle though is that we were really busy and I had the thought to go visit Myrna. It was so so hot and I really didn't want to. We had treked up that hill so many times in the middle of the hot afternoon only to stand on a doorstep sweating for a couple of minutes. I tried to rationalize my feeling away because we truly had other important things to do and the feelign wasn't that strong, but It wouldn't go away, so I followed it and we parked and walked and knocked on her door. To my surprise, she opened the door and invited us in for 30 minutes. Then after our lesson she was hesitant to set up a return appointment because she so badly doesn't want to disprespect the Bible or the Lord but after we bore our testimony of our purpse, and reinvited her, she accepted! She wasn't home for our appointment later in the week but still! What a miracle. It is so cool to be tools in the hands of the Lord...such a blessing!

 

Well, I think that is it for now. We got to go to the Temple today and it was amazing as always! :) It was Sister Ritter's first time in the San Diego Temple. What a lovely experience. There is nothing that compares to the sweet spirit and feeling of coming home that you can only find in the Temple.

 

I love you all and I hope you know you are in my heart.