Hello!!!
Biggest news of the week - we're in a trio now! On Wednesday we had interviews with President Mackay and most of our interview was discussing whether or not our apartment could fit 3 missionaries. One of the other sisters in the mission was having some health problems, so her companion, Hermana Balls, is going to be with us the rest of the transfer! It's super fun being in a tri-panionship. President called us during dinner Thursday to ask if we could spend the night in the mission home with her. I feel really lucky because you usually only spend two nights in the mission home: You're first night in the mission and you're last. It was really fun though. Because it was so last minute, we had permission to finish up our appointments and just drive over to Fresno when we were done. We got there at 10:30, which is lights out on the early schedule. Driving down California 99 at 10 o'clock at night is pretty fun! The next morning President and Sister Mackay had taken the other sister to the airport so we just went exploring during our morning run, got ready, and headed out after 7:55 prayer.
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| Elders messing with our apartment, turning stuff upside down and crazy. |
When we got back
to the apartment the elders had just dropped off a third mattress, we
went inside to find everything upside down, and the soap in the
freezer...thanks elders!
Other news, we got a
new bishop yesterday in Madera! Obispo Pereyra. He's really awesome and
we're really excited to work with him! He shared a sweet testimony about
how after he went to go talk to the Stake President, he just felt
really overwhelmed, and all the doors were locked so he couldn't go back
into the church to take a breather. But that church building is right
next to the temple, and he went in and told us about how much peace he
felt. Temples are incredible, and I'm so grateful we have the
opportunity to go this week!
Last week a friend
asked me about how we can feel God's love when it seems like there's a
lot of destruction and bad in the world. I want to share with you all a
verse I read this week in Doctrine and Covenants (Which is another book
of scripture that contains the writings of modern prophets)
1 Verily I say unto you my friends, fear not, let your hearts be comforted; yea, rejoice evermore, and in everything give thanks; 2 Waiting patiently on the Lord, for your prayers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth, and are recorded with this seal and testament—the Lord hath sworn and decreed that they shall be granted. 3 Therefore, he giveth this promise unto you, with an immutable covenant that they shall be fulfilled; and all things wherewith you have been afflicted shall work together for your good, and to my name’s glory, saith the Lord.
I
really like this scripture, because it explains just how much God, our
Heavenly Father, treasures every single one of our prayers. It can be
really easy to lose hope when there's destruction all around. But we can
always pray, and He always hears us. Trials often come to make us
stronger, all of our afflictions "work together for our good". First
there was the hurricane and then this week we heard about the Earthquake
in Mexico. Madera is little Oaxaca, and all of the members here, and
all the people we're teaching have family right there where it happened.
But they are such good examples of hope to me. Luis told us yesterday
that is daughter's house fell apart, but he was so grateful to God for
keeping his family safe. Even when there's hard times, there's still
miracles, and God is still looking out for us. This week I'd like to
invite you all to look for ways that God is there and loves you. He
hears and answers every single one of our prayers, in any situation,
experience, or language. Love you all!
Sorry
one of the pictures is really fuzzy - but meet Hermana Balls! She's
holding one of Chuy's chickens in one of the pictures.
Hermana Marin Fisher
California Fresno Mission
1814 N Echo
Fresno, CA 93704
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