Week 25

Hola Hola!!!!  hope everyone had an amazing week, and that everyone enjoyed the super bowl! I had an amazing week here! I LOVE BEING WITH HERMANA BRYSON AGAIN! I didnt realize until this week that last transfer i kind of forgot how to have joy in the journey! I know that a mission is supposed to be joyful, because we have such an amazing message filled with joy and happiness. And this week Hermana Bryson reminded me of that! This week missionary work was so much more fun because I had a lot better attitude! And we saw a lot of miracles this week! Some of the funny things that happened is firstly, i kind of played a trick on my comp, that I need to repent for hahaha! So, Brother and Sister Christensen that we live with were out of town in Tijuana mexico. And their son Colter was home alone with Fred Sandelin watching him. Fred is the funniest craziest church member I have ever met! And so me and colter had an idea to pull a prank on hermana Bryson coming in, because sometimes I am a 2 year old. So colter said "Lets just pretend like I graduated college at 15 and that I own this house and live here alone." Hahahha, and so for 4 days until the christensens got home, we pretended like he was a 15 year old millionare! And it was so funny! Hermana Bryson was so confused, and her reaction was priceless! Man, do I know how to give a good welcome to my new companions!

     We also were knocking some doors, and my companion saw the sign no peddlers! And she was like is that us the missionaries, some of us ride bikes hahaahah! Also this week was fun because we worked hard to find some new investigator, and we got 3! I am super excited to work with them! We also were tracting and we ran into a lot of people that smoke marijuana, and one of them said," i know J.C. is smoking a joint somewhere!" And we were like what? hahahahaha, I don't understand people but it is okay! 

     NOW FOR THE MIRACLES! This week a lot of our miracles happened in oak Creek! We were looking for Less actives and new investigators and we found some amazing people who we know the lord led us too! We first met Nathan. He is a less active from Utah with a wife and 2 adorable kids! He said when we met him that he had just been thinking about finding a religion again to give his kids a good foundation. Because he knows that when he was younger the church gave him a good foundation! The amazing thing is that we felt the spirit so strong, and this guy was soo happy and so ready to change! Then after wards we were knocking on this door to find a less active, and this girl named Michelle opened up! SHE IS THE ELECT! She was telling us about how she wanted to find her own religion because growing up she never had that foundation. The amazing coincidence is that she was just thinking about that, and also she said she has a friend who is really turning to faith right now and trying to find herself! And she wants us to meet her too! Also She was telling us about her friend who is in hospice and really isn't doing well, and we told her about the priesthood and about blessings. She said it was so crazy that we came when we did because her friend was just asking for a blessing, and she didn't know who to ask or where to go! She is amazing, and we are excited to teach her again this next week. My favorite miracle is that this man RICARDO sat down for a lesson. Riccardo is Summers wife who is a member of our church and he has never shown interest in the church and he was always just stubborn about the church.. Well summer invited us over to dinner, and I know that the spirit just touched his heart, because  finally after 7 weeks of trying, he sat down for a lesson about the plan of Salvation. That was a huge miracle for me, to see him show interest and summer said that he almost came to church yesterday too but something came up last minute! I am soo glad that he is showing interest! I know that it means the world for summer, and I just know that one day she can have the happiness of being sealed in the temple with him! I LOVE THE MISSION! I know that crazily enough I am almost 1/3 of the way through, and i know that i need to make the most of this precious time that I have! I love going out every day and spreading glad tidings of Joy!!!!! I could not imagine a better experience! I am thankful for the people here in Steamboat, and for this amazing, crazy area! LOS QUIERO! Have a good week, I am so thankful for all you guys do! remember, if we make Christ the center of our lives we WILL have happiness. "Learn of him, Listen to his words, and WALK in the meekness of his spirit! Love you all!