#22 - The biggest game of connect the dots...

Happy Monday!

Found the Young Women values in a thrift store.

Someone's trunky...[This is funny because trunky typically means you're feeling lazy
and are ready to go home from your mission.]

This week our Sister Training leaders who are in Los Banos had some extra miles, so they decided to do an extra exchange with us and the Valentine Sisters, so Sister Malpica stayed with the three of us, and Sister Whitney went with Valentine. It was kind of funny to go around teaching as 4 missionaries, but it was good! When we all met up in the afternoon so they could drive back, we had some people in our apartment, some next door at the Valentine sister's apartment, and some outside. But we could all see and hear another missionary, so we called it a big game of connect the dots :)

Conference was amazing! And in between this family in the English Madera ward fed all the missionaries in our district lunch, they were so sweet! As missionaries, we decided to do our special thank you song that we always do at zone conferences for people who make food for us. We brought in the piano and sang called to serve with lots of enthusiasm! Then the elders had a baptism for Lorena, this sweet, older lady who could not stop smiling the whole weekend. We taught the interlude at the baptism about being truly converted, continuing to be humble and repent even after baptism. And the Mackays came again too. Two of their daughters were there for the weekend and we got to meet them. I translated one of the talks for Sister Mackay, but that was a little rough, still working on the Spanish!

Making memes missionary style

Yesterday, Adilene wanted to come to church, but her older brother's car isn't working, and she didn't want a ride from some random person in the ward. So we left early, put two of our bikes on the bike rack, fit a third in the back (Still have no idea how we did that!) And drove to her house. Then her bike wasn't working, so we used this little kid scooter and alternated who biked, who used the scooter, and who ran along side on the way to church. Super fun, and we were only 15 minutes late. There were so many bikes at the church during conference. Pretty much everyone in the district ran out of miles on Saturday, so everyone biked!

When no one has miles...

On Tuesday, President Mackay came with us to teach Chuy- it was so incredible! He talked about the Prodigal son, and how we all feel unworthy to come back to God, but He always welcomes us back with open arms. Chuy needed it, and I know that I needed it too, I love our mission president so much!

My take away from General Conference was definitely that the Book of Mormon is true, and that we have a living prophet today on the earth. Both of those seem like simple truths, and they're what we teach every day, but it's staying true to the simple truths that truly helps us stay converted to Jesus Christ. We were sorry to hear about Elder Hales' passing, and are praying for his family. 

Cabellos en la calle

Have a great week! Love ya!

Spanish words:

Buho - owl

Espanta Pajaros- Scarec row

Estrella Fugas- falling star

Pantunflas - slippers

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Hermana Marin Fisher

California Fresno Mission

1814 N Echo

Fresno, CA 93704