Hello,
We had an exciting week this week. :)
On Monday, we went bowling as a district. I told my district
that I am really bad at bowling, and they didn't believe me. They sure did by
the time we were done! I got a strike in the first game, but after another game
or two, I did really bad! :D It was really fun though.
On Tuesday, we met with Joanne and then with an older woman
named Sylvia. She is a less-active member who wants to come back to Church. She
asked us a couple of weeks ago to come over and teach her the lessons, so we
are. We taught her The Restoration. After that, we had a lesson with Joanne.
That night, we met with a woman named Norma and her daughter Angie.
On Wednesday, we had District Meeting. We had a lesson about
The Gospel of Jesus Christ and then went out for lunch. It was fun, but we had
to leave early because we had service. For service, we took Joanne to her
doctor's appointment. After Joanne's appointment, we visited a woman named
Vicki. We had a great lesson with her and showed her the Mormon Message
"Forgiveness: My Burden Was Made Light". We also went and saw a woman
named Paola and her son.
On Thursday, we were in Santa Cruz for most of the day. We
went and saw Rhonda and shared a message with her about hope. She is really
worried about the future, so I think that that gave her some peace of mind. We
also saw Carol Beth, who is finally back in the United States. We had a good
lesson with her about The Book of Mormon, but we are really unsure what to do
next with her. We won't see her again, though, until after I have my new
companion. We tried to visit some more people in Santa Cruz, and then we went
back to Watsonville where we had an appointment with a new investigator. Her
name is Elsa. We taught her The Restoration. She told us that she had already
read it and she knew that it was true! We set a baptismal date for 1 August! We
are so excited!!!! :D
On Friday, we had service at that place similar to the soup
kitchen. They had us cleaning and then working in the kitchen pulling apart
half-frozen chickens. Yuck. Later that day, we also went and saw Mary. We have
been sharing messages from President Monson with her. We also water her
plants.
On Saturday, we were in Santa Cruz again. One of our first
stops? 7-11 for the "free" slurpees. :D (we had to pay 11 cents). We
then tried to visit people, but no one was home. We did, finally get to see
Sister McArthur and read scriptures with her. We then went back to Watsonville.
Church was interesting.We had ward council, and then
sacrament meeting (with me watching the translator again), and then ward
council, and then sacrament meeting. In the second ward, I was asked to bear my
testimony, so I did and I basically called the whole ward to repentance.
(*nervous laugh*) What I mean is that I invited them to strengthen their
testimonies and faith, and when you invite someone to do something (commit
them) you are inviting them to repent. So, yeah...Anyways! We then went to
Gospel Principles and Relief Society. Gospel Principles taught about
scriptures, and in Relief Society we were taught about the temple (the poor
woman teaching Relief Society had never done it before and she was so
nervous!). After Church, we went to an appointment and then to dinner. After
dinner, we came home and weekly planned.
Today has been a great day so far. After this, we will run
our errands and then we may go on a hike (aka: walking through the redwoods
because we are all out of shape). We will see.
Have a great day! I love you!!!!
Love,
Sara
P.S.
This morning, we went sword fighting!! You read that right.
There's a guy in one of the wards who knows sword fighting (he fights in
re-enactments and stuff) and he taught us how to fight with long swords and
daggers (all made of wood, I promise). It was soooo cool! I got some neat
pictures. :) I feel like I did okay. It is hard for me to learn things in
groups and I need a lot of visuals. Plus, whenever the teacher went against me,
I was terrified! He invited us to come again in a couple weeks. I am totally taking
my new companion with me down there! :D 
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