Sister Jessica Garfield California San Fernando Mission

Hey guys! Honestly, I don't even know what happened this week. I've found that mission life does that. ; ) What the heck? ; ) Favorite Spiritual Quote/Thing/Yeah, we'll label this as that: So, this is actually from a picture from an Ensign magazine a couple of months ago, and it was just part of the picture that was in the magazine, so I don't know what the whole thing looks like. But there's a picture entitled The Savior Walked on Water, by Walter Rane, that I thought was super cool this week. It's depicting when the Savior is reaching out to save Peter. Super cool. I really liked it. Favorite Funny Moment: You know you're in California when... everyone is so good at movie stuff. ; ) A member family that fed us this week showed us a video the scout group put together about a chapter in Alma, just before the war chapters officially start. It's the chapter where the one guy gets scalped. Anyway, I was expecting it to be some production sh...

Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing well! Thank you for your prayers and your support; I am so grateful for all of you! Here's this week's favorites: Favorite Quote: Jacob 4: 11-12. This one is too long for me to take the time to type out, so you all have to go look it up. I came across this scripture during personal study the other day and seriously had this "have I ever read this before in my life" moment because it was so good. The line that I do really love that I will type out is "for why not speak of the atonement of Christ." The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the greatest gift anyone could ever give, and our Heavenly Father gave it to us because He love us more than we can even begin to comprehend. He sent His son, because He wants us to be able to return home to Him. We have this amazing, wonderful blessing of a gift in our lives, and we are blessed to know about it. Though we don't fully understand the power of it, we know of it and we...

We have had many asking about Jessica and the fires in her area.  This is a direct quote from the mission president's wife today at about 11 am.... Good Morning! It’s a beautiful day in the Great California San Fernando Mission. Fires are still burning but they are not affecting the missionaries or their work. All is well. Have a happy day! Love, Sister Henrie Thank you all for your concerns and thoughts about Jessica!  Keep up your prayers for her and all of the missionaries!

Hi All! Other than a couple of big events that happened this week, it was actually kind of a boring one. ; ) But the big stuff was interesting, so here we go: Sister Reynolds' leg has been hurting her since before I even got here. She thought it was just sore from bike life, but the other day, she noticed a GIANT bruise on the back of her leg where it hurts. It started hurting even more a few days after that, so we called up the mission nurse, who came over on Tuesday morning and thought it was probably fine until Sister Reynolds said it had been hurting for over a month. She took us straight to the Urgent Care. We were there for over three hours, and the only thing the doctor could say for sure was that she needs an MRI, so we'll be going in for that tomorrow. It seems to have been getting better the past few days, so hopefully it's not serious. Right now, all we know is that it could be anything from a pulled hamstring to cancer. I'm leaning more toward the p...

Hey everyone! I know that Thanksgiving already happened, but this is the only chance I have to say it, so you get to hear it again: Happy Thanksgiving! Wherever you are, I hope it wasn't as hot for you as it was here: it's been 90+ degrees pretty much all week except for today and yesterday, and on Thanksgiving it was 95 for part of the day. Man, I miss Utah weather. ; ) I hope everyone is doing well. Here's my favorites for this week: Favorite Spiritual Moments: Our awesome investigator, Stephen, got baptized this week! He married his wife Naomi at 11:30 am on Saturday, and then his baptism was at 4 later that day. It was so awesome! He and his wife Naomi are planning on going through the temple together a year from now, and I truly believe that they'll make it. They are so awesome. Sister Reynolds and one of her old companions and I got to teach the Plan of Salvation lesson right after the ordinance, which was really cool since Stephen is the first membe...

Hey everybody! Sorry that I apparently struggle to get all of my emails out. Who knew two hours was so short?  Favorite Spiritual Moments: We got to eat dinner with a family this week who has really been through a lot. The husband has struggled with the word of wisdom, but has been sober for something like nine years. It was really amazing to get to hear their testimonies, especially since they've been through so many things that our investigators go through too. I know that the Lord is always with us, but especially through trials. Favorite Quotes: "The people you pray for are the people you live for, and the people you live for are the people you love." This was actually from when I was still in the MTC (whoops), but I thought it was really cool to think about. It is really wonderful to hear from you all saying that you are praying for me. I really appreciate that, and I know I have been strengthened by those prayers. I pray for you all too, and I love yo...