Hello everyone!!
Thank you for the letters I received
this week: Sister Vance and Park Williams (BAHHH YOU'RE GETTING
MARRIED!). I love getting letters and seeing how much everyone is
changing. Okay...also heard that Suz Neal and Katie Hagen are ENGAGED!
And getting MARRIED next month!!??!? I talked to Sarah during church
after relief society and she gave me the scoop haha. Congrats to you
both!
This week was so, so good. A lot better then last
week haha. I think I'm finally adjusted to the VC again and all the
tender mercies that occurred for me this week is what definitely helped
that transition. First off though...we got a new CAR! Haha! When we
realized our car was missing and that we had different keys...we quickly
went to see what it was. Best part is?...IT SMELLS LIKE NEW CAR!!!! :)
haha we feel like little princesses in our brand new car! So like I
mentioned before, I had a lot of tender mercies. I'm going to make a
list of them:
1. Dylan and Andrew came to the VC to see me!!!! It
was so awesome to see Dylan as a recently brand new member of the
church! Andrew is such a great friend and fellow-shipper for Dylan. I
truly feel like it made it easier for him to convert to the true gospel
because his FRIEND introduced him to the church years prior. Sure, my
phone calls helped him to actually start reading the Book of Mormon
again but really, it was all because of the support from Andrew. Dylan
has already gone to the temple to do baptisms for the dead and is really
interested in doing his family history! He's so cool!!
2. I got to see Emilio again!!!!! :) He's still in the process of
beginning his mission papers but I know that with time it will come and
he'll be leaving soon! It's crazy to think that almost a year ago we
found him. Time flies! Mom, I told him to add you on FB and email
you...so write him back!!!! :)
3. I SAW ELDER NOEL!!! Now, you may be asking who Elder Noel is but
he was an elder that served in our home ward back in...2011! He was
companions with Elder Holmes and we took them out to Gay Nineties once!
Him and Elder Holmes were the first missionaries that my family invited
into our home after a while when they weren't super active with the
church. I really feel like it was them that opened my parents hearts
again and they tried so hard to help them with their needs. When I saw
him, I started to cry haha and I told him how appreciative I was for his
service in being a part of helping my family come back to the church.
Seeing him (and his WIFE!) was such a tender mercy that day.
4. We were able to give a tour to Carmen, Cynthia and Jose
yesterday!!! The kids brought me a snoopy dog with this HUGE fake flower
haha! They are so cute. Carmen invited her boyfriend, her son Chris who
we started to teach my last week in the area and then her sister with
her husband and children. It was so good to see them and Carmen looked
so beautiful! She seriously glows with the spirit and has changed so
much since our first day meeting her.
I could go on and on with all of the little tender
mercies that happened to me this week but I'm grateful for every single
one I got to experience. I love VC. I always have and always will. It's
just...an adjustment to come back. Every sister that leaves the VC and
comes back goes through this same feeling and haha I just needed to go
through it myself. That was all.
My companion, Sister Quinonez, is amazing. I love
her so much! I couldn't of asked for a more perfect companion for my
last transfer. She reminds me a lot of myself when I started but...she
reminds me to laugh which is exactly what I need. She truly has a desire
to become a successful missionary and I love that she really trusts me
in showing her that. I've never had a companion who I could call a
"loser" and she takes it as a huge compliment haha! She really is like
my little sister. She helps me so much, more then she really knows.
Yesterday we had a moment where she said she was going to miss me when I
leave. I think it finally hit her as well that by me leaving, that
means she will have to take charge of the area. That may of caused some
freak outs on her end lol but...I'm ready to help her! It's a blessing
that I'm so busy this transfer. Everyone keeps reminding me I'm going
home but haha I'm so busy that I just don't have time to even think
about it!
I love this work. So much. What I also love is my
family. Thank you mommy and daddy for all of your support. I know that
me going on a mission wasn't something you wanted me to do at the time
but I know that you wouldn't want me anywhere else but here in Los
Angeles. You both have helped me in so many ways and have truly prepared
me for this last transfer. I just wanted to let you know how much I
love you and how grateful I really am for this work. I love you so much!
Love,
Hermana Baeza
1. Elder Noel!!
2. our morning hike this morning in malibu!!!!...no big deal.
3. andrew and dylan!!!
this is the new mission blog i guess??
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