Sister Jessica Garfield California San Fernando Mission

You get 2 posts this week, because mom forgot to post last weeks letter. This letter is from this week October 29th. Hello from California!   I have some pretty interesting news! Drumroll please... I got transferred. So I know that that part isn't all that exciting, so hear me out. First off, I am going to be serving in Hollywood, which is going to be crazy. We'll be in the heart of the city! My new companion and I are going to be whitewashing in, which is also going to be crazy since I've never left the valley and my companion is right out of training. We are replacing Elders, which is always fun, so we'll be picking up their car and keys and stuff at the LA Stake center from their previous zone leaders. But those zone leaders are not our new zone leaders, because we won't be in that zone. We are actually going to be in the international zone. Why? Because Sister Howard, my new companion, speaks Russian! We are going to be double covering Hollywood with a ...

This Letter and pictures are from last week, October 22nd..... Hello Everyone! This week was interesting. We've been having kind of a difficult time finding people to teach lately, and a few of those we are teaching don't seem to have much real intent. But we've got a couple of really awesome recent converts that we've been working with, as well as some cool less actives and part-member families, and Jason. I'm so grateful for the people that the Lord has trusted me with! We're trying to have the Spirit with us more so we can figure out what else the Lord would have us do to accomplish His work. And we've still been seeing miracles along the way! Favorite Scripture: Moroni 10:23: "And Christ truly said unto our fathers: If ye have faith ye can do all things which are expedient unto me." This week, this scripture has become Jason's favorite. He has shared it with us a bunch of times, and told our zone leaders about it on Monday wh...