Letters & Nametags

This week has been pretty slow as far as numbers and lessons go. I

feel like everyone has been out of town. We haven't been able to meet

with very many of our investigators this week, so that has been a

little lame.

We did have a super awesome experience last Monday though. We finally

got to teach David! David has been investigating the church for quite

some time now. He has lots of member friends, and he has read the Book

of Mormon twice! He is working on reading it for a third time and is

really searching for an answer this time. I have been trying to get

David to meet with us since I have been in this ward. He has been

avoiding the missionaries because he wanted to figure things out on

his own. Well, he told us on Monday at our lesson, that he was looking

forward to finally being able to search these things out with the help

of the missionaries to find his answer!! He is so awesome! We are so

excited for him! There are so many ways that the Gospel is going to

bless his life.

I am really looking forward to the coming week. We have a lot of

lessons planned and we are finally getting the opportunity to meet

with so many of our potential investigators. It is very exciting.

Hopefully I will have a lot to report on next week :)

I truly love singles ward. It is a much different experience, but I

love it! We had a high council representative from Yucaipa speak in

the ward yesterday and he said, "The beauty of singles ward is

friendship and love." That is so true! The singles are so ready to

fellowship anyone that they meet. It is so nice knowing that if we can

just get someone to meet a few members of the ward that the members

will take them under their wing and love them into the gospel. Faith

moves mountains, but love moves people. Their desire to learn the

Gospel of Jesus Christ grows so much when they feel the love from the

members. Then, all we have to do is help them feel the Spirit testify

of truth to their hearts! I hope all of you are taking the time to

love your friends into the Gospel! This is where your heart should be,

and sharing the Truth only makes your roots grow stronger.

I am so looking forward to this week! It will be another week living the dream!

All my Love,

Sister Hope

Enjoy the pictures!

This is my roommate Sister Lee! She is awesome! You will all have to ask me about the funny things we do in our apartment when I get home.

We eat a ridiculous amount of otter pops here :) and we enjoy it!

Also, I may or may not hold the record for most Chicken Nuggets eaten
at one time in our apartment......but not the whole table :)

Sister Rogers, Sister Hope, Steffan, Cameron
We almost always teach Cameron and Steffan on the temple grounds. I am
so grateful for the temple and that I have one in my area. We get to
see it almost every day. The power and the spirit of the temple
grounds is spectacular! I love bringing investigators their!
Now I just need President Van Cott to pick a temple day so that I can
finally go inside :)

This is the fountain in the back of the temple. you can all take your
guesses at what it is supposed to symbolize. Also, please note Moroni
in the background. I love to see the temple :)