Sister Jessica Garfield California San Fernando Mission

So hey!  I am already in love with the mission. This is seriously so amazing. My companion's name is Sister Reynolds, and she's awesome. She's been out for 5 months and is from Layton. We get along well, teach well together, and have a lot in common. Of those things in common, one is pretty amazing. Sister Reynolds has also had spinal fusion surgery, and it was at Primary Children's in June of 2012, just like me. She had a different doctor, but it's pretty incredible. She had a C-curve instead of an S-curve, but it has been really wonderful to have her as a trainer, because if she can do it, so can I. My back hasn't really hurt since the secondish day of the MTC, but still. It's so cool. We can relate with back stuff in a way that not very many other people can with us, and it's been awesome to talk about our experiences. It was super funny when we met on Tuesday night though, because right after we hugged and shook hands, President Henrie announced p...

 No letter from Jessica this week, as she was traveling to her mission, but we did receive these two quick e-mails from the Mission office, and Mission President's wife.... Hello Parents of our great California San Fernando Mission, Your missionaries have arrived safely.    They are with their companion and off to their areas.    I will email a message from Sister Henrie with a picture of your missionary and President and Sister Henrie tomorrow. Love, Sister Wilson   Dear Brother and Sister Garfield, Sister Garfield arrived yesterday in the Great California San Fernando Mission.  President Henrie and I are excited she is here.  Sister Garfield has received her companion and has been assigned to her first area.  All is well.  We look forward to serving with your daughter as we join with her in the great purpose of inviting others to come unto Christ. Thank you for raising a righteous daughter who is willing to conse...

Hey all! This week has been amazing but crazy. Holy crap, I can't even believe that I'm almost through with my time here at the MTC. So.... I left my notes for what I wanted to write this week in our room (ha). This may be a little scatter-brained and short as a result. Favorite Spiritual Moments: For our Tuesday devotional, we got to hear from Elder Craig C. Christensen (of the seventy) and his wife. His wife talked a lot about how we should always want to be on the Lord's side. It was pretty cool to think about, especially since, as missionaries, we're pretty much the Lord's army right now. Elder Christensen had some awesome quotes too that I wrote down a little more exactly...but I forgot my list. ; ) We get to do something called TRC at the MTC now. I'm not sure exactly what it stands for, but that's when we get to teach our investigators. The MTC invites people from around here who are interested in the church to come to the MTC to lear...

October 26th, 2017 Hi everyone!! This may have been the craziest week of my life, but it's been so great! With these big emails to everyone, I think I'm going to talk about a few favorites from the week, just because there's so much that there's no way I can talk about everything. We'll see how this goes. Favorite Quotes/Scriptures: "God doesn't call the qualified; He qualifies the called." This was said in one of our very first meetings after getting here, by an Elder in the crowd. I think it's so cool. After having experienced this first week, I know that I am definitely NOT qualified to do this. But with God's help, I can do all that He asks of me. "God doesn't call kings and queens. He calls displaced princes, and servant girls. Farm boys and fishermen. You are enough." This was from Sister Porter, the wife of one of the counselors in our branch presidency. She's awesome. It kind of goes with the f...