Sister Jessica Garfield California San Fernando Mission

Good morning everyone! Just as some background to the title of this email, the Church of Scientology has like six buildings within our ward boundary (probably because we're in Hollywood and everyone is super weird here. ; ). The ward actually has a number of jokes about it, to be honest. Also, Church Headquarters announced about two weeks ago that Sister Missionaries are now allowed to wear slacks for proselyting. Sister Howard and I got our first pair last P-day, and went out in them on Tuesday. Just for the record, it is soooo nice. Anyway, we were having a combined lesson with the Elders first thing in the morning, and we beat them to the place we were meeting. The first thing the Elders said when they got out of the car and saw us was "Whoa, y'all look like scientologists." So I guess there are both pros and cons to this change. ; ) Scripture/Spiritual Thought: Studying from the new Come, Follow Me manual this week was so cool! It is so amazing to see the ha...

OOPS!  This is the letter and pictures from last week!   Happy New Year Everyone!  This week was a little funny because our bathroom was under construction  for more than half of it, and they're not even done quite yet. We are so grateful for the ASL Sisters for being willing to take us in for a couple of nights so we could use their shower. It was a lot of fun to hang out with them too!  Favorite Scripture: Romans 5:5-8 "5 ... the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." I read this and immediately thought of the hymn "I Stand All Amazed." Each of us has made mistakes. Each of us contributed to the pain tha...

Hi Everyone!  I hope that your Christmas is going well and that you guys are staying as warm as we are. It has finally started to cool down a little bit, but it's still warm enough that we were able to go hiking last P-day, in the middle of December. We saw a lot of Christmas miracles though!  Scripture/Spiritual Thought: "As we follow this divinely designed covenant path, our commitment and efforts to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ will give us the strength “to retain [His] name written always in [our] hearts.” We will love God and our neighbors and feel a desire to minister to them. We will keep His commandments and yearn to draw nearer to Him by entering into additional covenants with Him. And when we find ourselves weak and incapable to act on our righteous desires, we will plead for the strength that comes only through His name, and He will come to our aid. As we endure in faithfulness, the day will come when we will see Him and be with Him, and we will f...