Changes To The Ward

Como estan todos?!

 

 

This week was super good!! We are going through a lot of changes as a ward and as a mission as well!

We had a ton of meetings with our new bishop, ward mission leader and the elders in the ward to figure out how to help this new ward. We created a ward mission plan that we will start to use with all of the families once it is finalized! We created a goal to have 18 baptisms in this ward for 2018. That is a super high number because one, we are in Temecula and there aren't that many hispanics here, and two, in 2017 they had a total of 6. So we set it high but if we work hard then we can do it!

 

 

We had a miracle on Sunday! So a ward member from an English ward gave us a referral for the lady that cleans her house. The lady has been living with her because she just recently got divorced and doesn't have a place to live. She has 3 kids at home with her and is really struggling. Soooo, they brought her to the spanish ward on Sunday because she doesn't speak english and she is GOLDEN. She was crying the whole time just saying "ya se que estoy en el lugar correcto" which means that she already knows she's in the right place! We are meeting with her tonight so we are really excited!

 

 

We also found 4 other investigators Pablo, Eduardo, Daniela and Lupe. They are a cute little family and the kids are SO cute. They try and hide in the bushes outside their house every time to try and scare us when we go over for lessons. They have such a huge desire to learn more. One of the little girls asked me "Hermana, por que eres misionera?" (Sister, why are you a missionary") and I had a short little opportunity to share my testimony with her about how I know this church is true, that we have a living prophet on the earth today and that the Book of Mormon is true. It was a sweet experience.

 

 

The other day we went over to some ward members house and did yard work for a couple hours in the morning after they made us a huge breakfast. It was actually sooo much fun, it reminded me of waking up early on Saturday mornings as a kid and mom having us weed for what seemed like forever. I think I liked it a lot better this time than back at home though haha. We also got to volunteer at the blood drive and give people food and make sure they didn't faint while we were there. It was fun!

 

 

Well that's pretty much it for this week! I love you guys and miss you so much! Crazy to think I'll be home in 6 months!

 

 

Hermana Wilhelmsen