Sunny Cali.

Everyone sounds very cold over there. All I need is a sweater to keep me warm, although all the californians think I am crazy. Im sure next winter I will be all bundled up. We had a really good week though. We met with that part member family last night and taught the first. We watched the Restoration movie. The husband bore his testimony. It was cool. They said they would read the BOM together and come to church on Sunday and that we could come back next week. WOO HOO. We had a good day on Saturday too of walking around and talking to people ALL day. But I think some good things will come out of it, and hopefully appointments will be a result of it as well. So life is good here in Rancho.

I love and miss you all.

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A Mission is a Popsicle

Time is flying by the longer I am out. I heard someone compare a mission to a popsicle... the first half is the hardest and the second half goes the fastest. And I can see that beginning to ring true, and I am not even half way. This week was a good one. There is a part member family in the ward, well a lot actually. But one that we have been visiting. They are really warming up to us. It is really neat to see. Then another part member family, the husband is less active and the wife is not a member. The husbands brother is in another ward, and is less active also. The elders in his ward are working with him. Anyway this week we have an appointment to go teach the wife and husband, and the brother wanted to be there. It was so exciting for us to hear! I cant wait to see how it goes. I am thrilled that she wants to learn and that the brothers want to start coming back to church. I have really come to realize the importance of coming to church on my mission. It is so important that we renew those covenants we made at baptism, and if we don't we wont reveive that wonderful promised blessing of always having His spirit to be with us. its genius! I went on exchanges yesterday up to the desert, and got to spend the day with Sister Rathgeber. She goes home in March. We had a lot of fun, and taught two member refferals the first lesson. The member was there and helped us teach. The spirit was incredibley strong. We committed both of them to baptism and they said yes. It was unbelieveably awesome. I hope all is well at home and you are all enjoying the snow! It is a beautiful 70 degrees today. :)

I love you all. Dont forget to write.

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Janburrary

Its cold here, but not as cold as it is in Utah thank goodness. Well, this transfer is half over now, and I cant believe it. So fast. Things are going well though. I found an assisted living center to go and volunteer at, so this week me and sister Hollingshead will start going there. We arent teaching anyone right now, mostly tracting. But we have faith and hope that we will find those people who are waiting and are prepared. There are a lot of really cool less active and part member families here though, and we are excited to continue working with them and getting them back to church. Last week we went to visit a less active at about 8 at night, in the rain. It was dark and we were heading up to the door and I saw what I thought was a box on the porch, nope! turns out it was a huge chow dog that sat up and then stood. Scared the living daylights out of us. We turned to run and my comp tripped over a planter box thing causing her to face plant and me trying not to laugh. Needless to say we made it back to the car safe, and had a good laugh later. So things are really good here. So far I have kept up with my new years resolution to not eat chocolate and to read the standard works all the way through (still working on that one.)

I love and miss you all!
Thanks for all the emails and letters, keep them coming!

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Sick

Well I have spent my first week in Rancho sick. Hopefully by tomorrow I will start feeling better. New Years was fun. We had to be in at 6pm. We had dinner at the Bishops house. Some other sisters came to our apartment and we played games and ate food. We all went around and said our favorite thing about this last year and what we are looking forward to next year. Everyone in the room was excited to go home in this next year...ha ha except for me. I was the only one that will still be here. Kinda weird... But it was a fun night and we were in bed by 11. I am excited for the new year. 2008 will be a good one, one that I will never forget, that is for sure. I hope you all had a great new years, and that your resolutions was to do more missionary work. :) ha.

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sister cain train.