New Temple in Cedar City!!!

WE'RE GETTING A TEMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this week was a little crazy with the 3 days we were in the capital for changes, our retention meeting, and then the meeting for the new missionaries... and conference (in which Pres.Monson announced my new favorite temple...THE CEDAR CITY UT TEMPLE!!!!) but thankfully we were able to at least make the mission goals and get our 27 lessons. We had 296 contacts.

We were able to meet some really great new families and other investigators that we are going to start working with. So far they have been really receptive. One said that she prayed and then she paused and was like...I know that it's true. It was really great to hear :) We visited her and her husband last night and her husband has a lot of really great questions too so hopefully he prays! 

H's mom didn't let him go to conference in the morning because he was behaving really badly but we convinced her to let him go in the afternoon so that was good. He said that he wants to get baptized but we told him that he has to behave really really well and pray a lot so that his mom gives him permission to get baptized.

C & J came to church too! They loved conference. It was perfect because I felt like it was ALL about keeping the commandments and the law of chastity and families so that should help the process of marrying them a little quicker. 

A had to work so she couldn't go.

I felt like all of the talks were really powerful about keeping the commandments and then we walk out of the church right after President Monson said that the only way we can have true happiness is by keeping the commandments and like half of our members go to the store or the market or the taco stand to buy food. It was a little annoying.

Also I realized the answer to my question about converting our converts....we can't do it. We do everything we can to help them receive a testimony but conversion is choosing to act for yourself and keep the commandments without anyone telling you that you have to do it.

My new companion is Hermana Morales. She is from Chiapas Mexico..yep

another Mexicana!! She is really timid. She hasn't had more than 10 contacts in one day yet..and that is with taking buses but I am working hard to help her. Everything will be ok with her because she has a great desire to serve. We just need to get her a little more confidence. She of course contacted her first bus..and second...and third haha this week was crazy. But she will be a really good missionary though when she starts learning the lessons better and starts gaining a little more confidence. She also did her first baptismal challenge so that is good. She's going to be a great missionary in no time

I can't even explain how much my testimony has grown of the Book of Mormon from reading it..I have now finished it 3 times :)

Well I gotta go. LOVE YOU!!! Have a good day