Week 8 - Bennett Valley, Santa Rosa

Hola todos,

So this week I had my first companion exchange on Wednesday and Thursday and I spent the time with Hermana Rosas and Hermana Campbell, they are super fun!

We got to do some service and prepared boxes of food from the food bank for a neighborhood and delivered them. It was really fun to meet everyone and their cute kids and be able to practice Spanish with a few people!

Sam's Mission President, President and Sister Wright

We also meet a guy who really wanted to Bible bash and had quiet a lot to say about how Joseph's Smiths foundation is all wrong.  So that was fun to listen to and try to nicely get away from.

I was also able to teach a lesson with an investigator who is going to be baptized! His name is Eric and he is so awesome! He is getting baptized in the ocean in two weeks and he told us that he wants to have colors for his baptism.  His colors are teal and white so we need to go shopping for flowers and wear things those colors. 

This week we also taught Yuri and her family again! Her and her husband really absorbed learning about the Plan of Salvation as well super curious about repentance and agreed to be baptized sometime in March with further investigation!

We also taught their kids in English and Lizbani their 13 year old took the first lesson so well and told her mom that she wanted to get baptized.  It was a super cool experience and the spirit was definitely in the lesson which was super awesome because man is it the actual teacher of this all. Nothing would be accomplished if it weren't for the spirit!

Every Thursday is kinda of our service day so we do meals on wheels and the food bank and those are always fun! Something else random and fun is that we taught our recent convert Angels little sisters. They are so cute but can't really say my name so they now refer to me as Hermana Frosty.

Side note for the music peeps on this email haha there are a few, don't take for granted the rest of the time you have in choirs, rehearsals, and performances because man oh man do I miss it! It's weird hearing a choir sing and not being in it so enjoy enjoy!! Ok that was random but anyway it has been found out that I like to sing which is totally fine. 

I was asked to sing at a baptism that was yesterday and am singing at a baptism that's this Saturday as well! All in Spanish of course but it's super fun and I love it so much!

Anyway this week has been a pretty good week and it is cool to look and see how much the Lord's hand is in all of our lives! So many blessings each day have come from him and miracles as well! I testify that God loves us each individually so much and looks at us each day and blesses us with the things he sees fit to bless us with in that moment. I also know that trials are sent to us to help us grow and that our Savior knows all the worries struggles and pains we go through.  We can look to him in ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. This gospel is so true and the Book of Mormon is the key to the fullness of Christ's gospel and I know that. I hope you all are doing so well, I miss you and am learning so much here on the mish! Here's till next week!

Tienen muy bueno semana

Con amor

Hermana Foster

PS - Most of you know that Hermana's Burton and Foster were next door neighbors from birth to about 11 years old.  I found some pictures of when they were little, enjoy!!!