Sister Marissa Hadden: A Week

This is Lisa!

It has been a week...

We met with Pete after P-day last Monday. He was the man we met who wanted to do some family history! We had our family history consultant with us and she connected him to his great aunt who was a member and she had done a bunch of his family history. He was so excited and grateful to us we are meeting with him again this week and will hopefully begin teaching him! The spirit of Elijah was truly at work!

Tuesday Sister Wynder went to Oxnard for MLC and we got to go out with the Westlake YSA sisters! It was a fun day!

Wednesday we had a normal day with lots of walking and knocking. We also served Lisa again.

Thursday we went to THE TEMPLE! A member (Sister Pace) took us down to LA and we did endowments and initiatories! It was so cool. The LA temple has 5 rooms instead of just 2 and you move from room to room. It was beautiful. After the temple Sister Pace took us to get Chick- fil-a. She is the sweetest. She has a daughter in Taiwan on a mission and another who just put her papers in. After the temple, we went and visited this lady Marianna. We were running a little late and were scared we would miss her but she was home!! She invited us in. As we sat down, she burst into tears and told us that she was very overwhelmed and lost and she needed help. We told her our purpose and that the gospel would help her in her life. She said she wanted to learn and hear what we have to share and the answers we have! MARIANNA IS SO READY FOR THE GOSPEL IN HER LIFE! She is a mom of 4 boys and has the strongest faith! We are so excited to teach her!

Friday we had district council and we did weekly planning with white wash sheets because transfer calls were Sunday (keep reading to find out where I'm going).

Saturday was a LONNNGGG day. We tracted for hours. Sister Fowers and I, after a particularly difficult door, both started laugh/crying. We were so overwhelmed and tired and sad. All the emotions. But we dried our tears and kept going!

Sunday was an amazing day with so many miracles and fun times. We met this woman Barbara and she wasn't very interested, but she was super excited to meet us and kept calling us "yum yums" and giving us hugs. She sent us on our way with fig bars and her phone number. She was the sweetest lady. That night sister Fowers and I got our transfer calls and we are......both STAYING! We get to be companions again for another transfer and I'm leading the area and senior comp/follow up trainer so a little #stressed but I'll be okay! Send prayers!

Today was a blast. It's Sister Wynder's last day, so we went shopping with a member for some new clothes for her. It was Sister Fower's 2 month mark, so we celebrated with doughnuts (we surprised her with a custom one that said 'Happy 2 Months'). And then we did shutouts and thrift shopping with the district. Best day!

Miss you all. Hope you have an amazing week. I'm going to send pictures!