I just got back from the temple, and I am feeling like a million dollars :)

I just got back from the temple, and I am feeling like a million dollars :) We left at 6:00 am, and the traffic was pretty bad so we got to Santa Monica at 7:15. The temple is huge! They are starting to put the Christmas lights on the palm trees. We get to go to the temple for our birthdays (this was my birthday trip), once in December and once in June as a mission, so I only have to wait until December to go again! I feel refreshed. It has been a crazy, beautiful, mentally and spiritually stretching past 5 months and I know that my temple and baptismal covenants have given me the strength to endure!

Hermana Diaz took us to the temple! She is so cute

It was a beautiful day! Cloudy skies and NOT HOT!

Our view from the LA  temple

I also got to go to the visitor center this past Saturday with one of our investigadors (she is from the M......... family that I told you about last time) It was a ward activity and she was the only one available to go from the family. She loved it! She is 18-years-old and has such a sweet spirit. We watched a couple videos and looked at the statue of Christ, and when we walked outside she paused and said, "This is going to sound really random..." She paused for a while...which made me nervous, but she started to cry and said, "I think I want to be baptized!" What!? It took Hna Vega and I by surprise! She has such strong desires to change her life. She wants the fresh start and a relationship with God that baptism brings. I am learning so much from her. I got thinking...am I increasing my faith like Dana is? Or am I just maintaining my faith? I think we can simply maintain our faith by keeping the commandments, but when we submit our will completely to the Lord, that is when our faith will increase! Submission is vital to a healthy, strong, powerful testimony. I want there to be no conditions to my faith. No conditions to my willingness to serve and obey! I want Heavenly Father to know that Hermana Barfuss is always ready and willing to serve and follow the spirit!

At the visitor center!

Random Stuff1. For Halloween Presidente Henrie is letting the missionaries have a "movie night" He wants us inside by 6 o'clock so we are eating pizza and watching The Restauracion at the church! Happy Halloween!
2. I went on two exchanges this week! It was my first time bringing a english missionary with me to do spanish work! It was fun! On Friday I am going with an ASL missionary to her area (one companionship of ASL sisters covers the whole valley!!!!) I can't wait!
3. Last week we were fed by members/investigadores 9 times. We had dinners everyday and some lunches! It was great :) but it is a good thing we run in the mornings...
 

Love you so much, Mom.

 Te amo muchisimo!

    Hermana Moooooo

Found this picking oranges!

 This is my mom's lucky machete...(what does this mean?)

Hermana Iglesias made us some cupcakes...I laughed so hard when I saw them ahaha!

Hermana Garcia's dog had puppies! so cute!