Goodbye Sister Bingham

Happy New Year!!

Well transfers were the day after Christmas. I have mixed emotions about them. I was transferred to Rancho. I was sad to leave Rialto and Sister Bingham. I really loved it there, and had grown to love the people there so much. I felt really comfortable with the ward and the area. But maybe that is why I was moved. So now I am with Sister Hollingshead. She is super nice. She goes home in 3 months, so I think I will probably kill her here in Rancho. She is from a small town in NY, and is going to go to BYU Idaho to be an elementary School teacher... She will be good. Our apartment is pretty nice, and there are four of us living there Sister Poulsen and Sister Tonumiaepia too. It should be lots of fun. Today is p-day, and we are just going to laze around and recoop from Christmas. Speaking of Christmas, it was wonderful! We went to a members house in the morning for breakfast where we stuffed our faces with fresh fruit and eggs benedict. So good. I also opened presents over the phone with the family! So great. I was really happy to get a new red sweater and a skirt and some lotion and pictures. I have the best family. Sorry to those of you that arent in it. Then we spent the day visiting people and delivering goodies and presents (mostly re-gifting candy and lotions that the ward gave us. HA) Then we finished off the night by going to Kathleens house, a recent convert. She made this really big Christmas dinner with all sorts of southern soul food. We called home from her house. I talk to my family for a good 3 or 4 hours. Sister Bingham only wanted to talk for 2 hours...And then we watched Its a Wonderful Life, until it was curfew time. So overall it was a very splendid day. There was no snow though, so that was a bummer. The pictures of home will have to do I suppose. Thanks for all the cards and letters and money I received! It was much much appreciated.

I love you all and wish you a Happy New Year!!
Keep the letters and/or emails coming.

Love Sister Cain.

Dreaming of a White Christmas

We have had an insanely good week. We had our wards annual Christmas parties. First they had breakfast with Santa with pancakes and sausage. It was a huge success, and we had a couple investigators and less actives there. Then that same night we had the Christmas dinner for adults only. There was dinner and an array of entertainment, finished by the entire ward singing the 12 days of christmas with each table assigned a day, and they were required to do some sort of action pertaining to their day. Our table was 11 pipers piping. We had tears running down our face by the end.THen on Sunday night we went with two sisters in the Fontana zone and some member from their ward and went caroling. We had on our Christmas best (Santa hats that Binghams mom sent) and used our best Christmas voices. It was really fun.I cant believe Christmas is in 5 days, it sure doesnt feel like it. Tomorrow we are having a mission conference/mission christmas party. That should be fun. It is funny the things you get excited for on a mission, like mail, or mission conferences. We even bought new sweaters for the occaision, because they will be taking the mission picture.Last night at our dinner appointment we read the Christmas story with the family. It was so awesome. I have been reading it a lot this transfer and in Jesus the Christ too. I have come to appreciate Mary more so this year. Her faith and willingness to follow the will of God is incredible. We can learn so much from her.I hope all is well at home, and that you are all giving many thanks for the snow, because I am only dreaming of a white Christmas. boo hoo.I love you and wish you all the merriest Christmas yet.

Sister Candycain.

P.S. For those of you that are too lazy to write a letter, I am allowed to email whomever I please...so feel free...

Greetings!

Sister Bingham and I have had a great week dreaming of a white Christmas. The weather has been pretty nice, rainy a couple of days. The weather hits 60 and everyone here whips out their scarves and coats... and its starting to wear off on me. We are so excited for Christmas! Although transfers are the day after Christmas. We are crossing our fingers that we get one more transfer together.We have been doing our best to spread the Christmas cheer. We took sugar cookies and icing and what not to an investigators to decorate and have a Christmas family home evening. We taught them about how to hold family home evening as well. It was bueno. This Saturday is the annual breakfast with Santa. Which consists of pancakes and getting your picture taken with a member (who closely resembles Santa). We are planning on going caroling/tracting a bunch next week, and we will be wearing the santa hats that Binghams mom sent us. It will be good times in Rialto.We had a baptism on Saturday for Sammy. She just turned 18 and has been waiting to be baptized for awhile. Everything went really well, and we were really exctied for her. we have been teaching this young couple Teresa and Miguel, who we invited over to a members home for dinner on Sunday and it was superb. Hopefully they will be baptized by the end of the year. Also on Sunday we had the chance to sing in a missionary choir at the Rancho Cucamonga Stake Christmas Program. Woo! what a blast. It was the most fun Sister Cain has seen. They had all these different singers and choirs sing, and then lots of cookies were served. I love this time of year. Everyone is so happy and excited to be a missionary. It is hard to be away from family and friends though. Oh well next year right? awe shoot, I mean the next year after that. :)I love you all, and I hope you have the merriest of Christmas' and remember charity never faileth.

Good Times in Rialto

Happy Holidays from San Bernagetto

There have been some good times in Rialto. Sister Bingham and I are having an immense amount of fun. On Friday it rained a ton. Outside our apartment flooded. To get out we had to wade through about half a foot of mud water. I took pictures that will be coming shortly. Then on Sunday we had two new investigators at church! woo. Then later that night we were able to go see the Christmas Devotional. Man the prophet amazes me. Brilliant! (as Cicely would say). This morning we went to the temple. It was such a good morning. I cant believe That me and Bingham have been together for 4 weeks already! whoosh. time just flew by, did you see it? I didnt.My love for this gospel is growing more and more everyday. I love it. I love the simplicity and truthfulness of our Heavenly Fathers plan for us. Everyday I am slapped in the face by something that makes me realize how blessed we are. I am so excited for Christmas! I miss you all. Have a snowball fight and some hot chocolate for me!loves and kisses.

Sister ho ho hopefully going to lose some weight.

Some rain & Brad make a visit

Hello from sister chubs

I mean cain.Well its a good thing I ate like 4 pieces of pie at Thanksgiving. I think I gained 5lbs on that day alone. We had a really fun day though. We did service in the morning at the Colton community center. And early in the morning me and Bingham went for our own little "cold" turkey run. Good times. Then We delivered bags and bags of cookies to less actives and recent converts and the bishop etc. Then we ate at the Stake Presidents house as well at a few members and recent converts for pie. Oh boy was it a good day.So currently I am just trying to recover from that. My and Bingham are having a ton of fun and I am learning a lot from her. I will try and get pictures off next week!I love you all. I miss the salt lake valley and my fellow citizens that reside there. But nothing beats ge-tto rialto. :)

love chubs.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

quick note. I love my new companion. Sister Bingham.She is amazing.There is so much good work to do in Rialto!We are doing service and eating a lot of food tomorrow.Today we are going up to Lyttle Creek to go hiking.Zone conference was on Monday. AMAZING. The spirit was so strong.This transfer we are to read the 4 gospels and 3 nephi chap. 11-18. We are to learn more about our Savior and become more like him to better serve him. I love it! It will make the holiday season super.

I love and miss you all.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
write me!

6 weeks have come and gone

Well 6 weeks have come and gone just like that. Transfers were yesterday and sadly Sister Rathgeber was sent to the desert. I am staying here in good old Rialto, and my new companion is Sister Bingham. She is wonderful! She is from Oregon and she loves to run just like me! Prayers are answered. I was sad to see Rath go, but I think it is for the best. Sister Bingham was born in Rialto and then was gone for 6 months and is now back. She will be really good. She just her 9 month mark. I am so excited to get to work with her. Kathleen and Dominuques baptism went really well. The spirit was amazing there and it was so awesome to see how happy and how far she has come. Everything else is going great, things are kinda hectic with transfers but hopefully we will get right back into the swing of things soon.
I love and miss you all. Dont forget about me!
Email and write!
LOVE YOU!

Sister Cain and able.

Companion #3, Sister Bingham

First Baptism..Bye to Rath

Goodbye to Sister Rathgreber

What a great week it has been!

Kathleen (our favorite) and her daughter dominique are getting baptized on Saturday and are more golden than ever! I am really excited. So I am not sure if I told everyone already but our mission has had a goal of getting 1950 baptisms by the end of the year. It started with President Wilson and now that President Sanchez is here we are trying to "finish the miracle". We have 95 baptisms to go. So in order to do our part to help, we sifted through our investigators and dropped about 4 of the non progressing ones... or at least cut back our visits. We set a goal of 15 hrs of finding(tracting) a week. So far we have 4 new investigators! The Lord is very aware of our and yours endless prayers! Seriously so inredible. It has just been such a good week. Transfers are on Tuesday and I really hope that I stay with Rath. We work really well together. Pray for that. I hope everyone is having a good week. You are all in my prayers and thoughts.

Love you all.
Sister Aly Cain.

Proud to serve in America

Almost..

Working in Rialto

Mormon Helping Hands

We are all soo tired because we have been doing service 6 hours a day at the disaster relief place. President said that it should be our first priority. there are 3 zones taking shifts. either 6am to noon, noon to 6pm or 6pm to midnight. Its good though. We wear these bright yellow shirts that say Mormon helping hands. Everyone loves the mormon missionaries...

Sister Cain & Rathgreber (Trainer)

Happy Halloween to all!

Well this past week I think we have done enough service to last the rest of the mission! Since the fires have burned so many homes, and so many have been evacuated they have all been sent to different event centers for safety and shelter. We have been there 6hours a day everday. 3 different zones have been rotating shifts. 6am to noon, noon to 6pm, or 6pm to midnight. We wear these bright yellow shirts that say "Mormon Helping Hands". Everyone loves us. It is awesome. It leaves us hardly anytime for missionary work, but President Sanchez says this should be our first priority. Our first day there we saw the govenator. It was pretty cool. The fires are pretty much contained so hopefully everyone can have a good halloween. We are going tonight 6pm to midnight. The elders are going to play the guitar and were going to throw a little party for some of the kids that are at the shelter. Service is great. I highly recommend it to everyone. We are teaching lessons there too! Our investigators are doing good, coming to church... The work is good. :) So is mail. So write me. You know the address.

loves. sister cain.

Halloween in Rialto