Trust God. Trust the Spirit. Go and Do.

Emily will return from The GREAT San Fernando, CA Mission

Dec. 7th!!

She will speak on Sunday, Dec. 11th at 11:00 

2000 South Fairway Drive - Pocatello, ID

                                           Join us for FOOD after - We would love to see you!

Trust God.   Trust the Spirit.   Go and Do.

 Pres. and Sister Henrie

 The Christmas tree looks super foxy mama! 

Guess what we did this morning? The Burbank wards put on a huge live nativity every year for the community, and we got to help put up Christmas trees! I had to teach all the elders how to properly fluff a Christmas tree :) you trained me well!

Next Monday will be a normal pday. I will email! Then on Tuesday I will sleep in Santa Clarita, and then I will give you a giant hug :) Tomorrow we are headed to the temple!

I had a really special week! It started with Thanksgiving, and we spent the entire day with members. We jumped from home to home, and we ate 3 dinners! I love Noho 4to so much. They have a big chunk of my heart.

I was also asked to speak in Sacrament meeting this week. Well...they actually had me plan everything! I had all the elders share their testimonies, Hna Smith and I sang Conmigo quedate Senor (abide with me), and then I got to speak. I made it through the day only crying 5 times. I am such a baby these days. I just really love being a missionary. I will tell you more next week. Stories are always better in person!

Yesterday I had my final interview with Presidente Henrie. I LOVE THE HENRIES. They have taught me how to be a bold, faith-filled, successful missionary. They have given me many opportunities to grow. I truly feel that I have served in the best mission in the world: The Great California San Fernando Mission...sorry Marysa and Brennan, but it's true :)

We have seen a lot of miracles with our part member families and our investigator family we found a few weeks ago! We have stayed busy with lots of lessons and finding opportunities. I am really happy. I love being a missionary.

Here are some funnies from the week:

1. Today at 5 am Hna Smith's laundry detergent fell off her shelf. I thought Hna Dunn (our roomate) had fallen off the bunk bed -  hahaha. We spent a good half an hour cleaning up the spilled detergent on the carpet :)

2. I took a dating a marriage course Saturday morning, and Saturday night I was proposed to by a drunk, 85 year old man from Mexico. He was a pretty funny guy. I'll keep him in mind if nothing works out at home.

3. Speaking of marriage...all the members have been playing match maker for me this week. One member looked at me and one of the other elders and said, "Ooooohhhh se pueden casar ustedes porque tienen ojos azules!!!!!" (You two can get married because you both have blue eyes!) Facepalm.

Alrighty. I love you lots and lots and lots and lots Mama.

I think the #1 thing I have learned on my mission is:

    Trust God. Trust the Spirit. Go and do.

Hna Moo

I felt like an over protective mother being in cub scouts with him. "Did he get that knot?" "

Emily will return from the SanFernando, CA mission, on Dec. 7th!!

She will speak on Sunday, Dec. 11th at 11:00  - 2000 South Fairway Drive.

Join us for FOOD after  - We would love to see you!

Hola Mama!

This week we saw a lot of progress in our area. The Lord has been very good to us! Here's the scoop:

1. We are working with a part member family. Grandma is a less active member and her grandson (nathan) is not a member BUT he has interest in coming to church. 

This is Hermana Cienfuegos. She hasn't the coolest last name ever.

Well with a lot of love and invitations Grandma has been to

church 3 weeks in a row, and her grandson came to cub scouts this week. I felt like an over protective mother being in cub scouts with Nathan. I kept asking my comp, "Did he get that knot?" "Are they moving too fast for him?" "Do you think he is having fun?" hahahaa I just love this kid so much :)

2. The family that we found last week is coming to the church this Wednesday to do a church tour! 

3. We had almost all of our investigators come to the Thanksgiving party! We had three part member families come! We ate food, introduced them to the ward, and listened to some good music! Ward activities are the bomb. We had a church full of members, less active members, and investigators THEN at church yesterday we had a chapel full of people worshiping God. It was beautiful! 

I hope you have a SUPER FELIZ DIA DE LA ACCION DE GRACIAS. I am grateful for many things. My family who supports me and loves me, my family here in California who have taught me so much about sacrifice and love, my Heavenly Father who works so hard with us to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man, my Savior who made God's perfect plan of happiness possible, the Spirit who never leaves me hanging. I have a lot to be grateful for! Remember:

"The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives." -Presidente Nelson 

Focus on gratitude!

I love you Mom! See you soon :)

LOVE

  Hna Moo

 We went on a little hike last pday!

Elder Torres... I love him so much hahah

Hna Salegio

 These Pupusas were dang good.

 The Crows took me out to eat again...they are too nice to me!!

 La familia Sierra was sealed! We decorated their door. The sign says Just Sealed!

 daily planning sometimes looks a little like this.

missionaries just can't handle watching the love story between Emma and Joseph..

 LOOK WHAT WE HAVE!!!

Halloween PDAY

 Twinning with Sis. Ames

Hna Hopkins

Treats from Damron's (there's a long Girl's Camp, Youth Conference History with Gardetto's)

Count down one month until I can give you a big bear hug! LOVE YOU!

   This was my last week of long missionary meetings! I went to mission leadership council, and I gave some trainings at our zone training meeting! Hermana Warren and I got to train on the love of God (my fav topic) and the Christmas Initiative! We got to watch the video and talk about how we can use it in our missionary work. The initiative starts the day after Thanksgiving! It is going to be great!

Here are my two happiest moments from the week!

1. We had a less active come to church this week who has not been to church in over 6 months. She was overcome with the love she felt from God and from the ward members as she came back to church. It was wonderful!

2. We found a new investigator who told us after our lesson, "There is a reason you are here. I never open my door, but for some reason I felt pushed to open the door to you two!" It is so cool to see how involved the Spirit is in missionary work. 

Here are the 3 funniest moments from the week!

1. Every once and a while we like to do our language study with a member. Yesterday we learned all the animal noises in spanish. The funniest noise was the rooster. Apparently the "gallos latinos" say keyde-keyde-keyde. They could not believe "gallos americanos" say cock-a-doodle-do. Well now that I think of it...those are both pretty silly hahaa!

2. We got to watch the Restoration video for Halloween! A chapel full of missionaries just can't handle watching the love story between Emma and Joseph...we are all too awkward. 

3. Speaking of awkward, We had a super awkward lesson with this couple who has not been sealed in the temple. We went over to encourage them to set goals and make plans, but they ended up just dumping their marriage problems on us. Well I did the only thing I know how to do when it comes to relationships. COMPANIONSHIP INVENTORY. If you don't know what comp inventory is, you should try it out. It is found in PMG and it helps companions have good relationships. Basically we read through the points with them, we committed them to doing a Husband and Wife Inventory, then we peaced out. Nothing can get in the way between us and our goal of eternal families! The blessing of an eternal family is too great!

I love you Mom! I hope you have a super duper week. Stay happy!

LOVE,

  Hna Moo