Last week of January

Hey Ya all!

Well this week was really, really busy;
It is very amazing when you see the change of an area from being a dead area to a very fruitful area! I am so lucky to have been able to watch the changes in this area for the last six months.  It’s crazy how a little hard work and the spark of the gospel can set a fire under a ward, and it’s amazing what’s happening here in California

I can’t believe how busy we were this week!  It has been just amazing to see the miracles that have come to pass this week!  Well first of all a less active lady that we teach, she has invited her nephew and niece to take the lessons!! So know we are teaching an 11 year old a 14 year old and a 7 year old! I love teaching kids they are so cute!!!  One of them the 11 year old boy, loves the church and the gospel, he answered all the questions when we were teaching the restoration, it is way cool to see how the lord prepares all people to hear the gospel, not just adults!!!

On Wednesday we taught our miracle investigator at a members house, also with her children, before our lesson we talked a little bit about the word of wisdom, we told her about the coffee thing which we worried was going to be a very big issue, but she was completely fine with it, and told us she would defiantly be able to be baptized on the 22 of February!  It was such a great lesson!!!!  The West lake sisters had a baptism on Saturday, and we were able to go with all of our investigators!! It was so great to watch them all feel the spirit!

We also taught sweet lady this week and we have seen so much progress in her in the past few weeks, and it’s amazing to see her progress because the first day I got to California she dropped me and my trainer.  She didn't want us to come teach her anymore, and now she is going to be baptized soon! It’s AMAZING how the lord softens people’s hearts!!

This week, thanks to some amazing members, we got a referral, we went and visited him on Saturday, he is an atheist but he is truly searching for god. Which I know sounds funny, but he is, he felt something as we talked to him in his garage, and we set up a meeting for that Sunday.  We had a brother in the ward come with us, he is one of his very best friends and we had an amazing discussion on god and how we know the book of Mormon to be true.  He is a very facts related guy and he was hung up that the book of Mormon says that there are horses and he said that there is no evidence backing up that statement.   My first thought was, why does that matter?  It really doesn't matter, but what we figured out was, he needs to find out if there is a god first before he figures anything else out.

We are also teaching this great young, she is in her teens.  The former young woman’s president set it up, it’s so great, she loves learning and she is now coming to church! It’s great what a friendly face and an invitation will do for someone who has lost their way!

Sunday was awesome! We had lots of people at church including this man who is our very depressed investigator that we teach, after we taught him on Thursday, he started to cry and we were worried that we were too hard on him and that he would not want to meet with us anymore. Friday morning he left us a voice message saying how grateful he is for us taking the time to talk to us and how he is starting to see a change in his attitude and life and he knows what we share with him is helping him!! So great to hear that!
I love this work and I love how it’s all falling into place and how even though it took a lot of hard work, tears.  A lot of the time I felt completely discouraged and wanted to give up, but heavenly father is preparing people, he will bless us for obedience.  I am here in sunny California for a reason, even though I don’t know exactly what that is yet! It’s just great! I know that this church is true I love this wad here in Agoura hills and it’s just so amazing to see the progression!!!!

Some funny things have happened this week. I was running to catch a dog, I ended up belly flopping on the dog, and I scraped up my knees, I have bruises in places you shouldn't get bruises.  My body looks like I spilled yellow, blue and purple watercolors down my legs.  My companion still tries to explain to me how funny I looked while landing belly first on the surprised dog.  I think she will be reliving it and laughing at me forever.

Later this week we both were seen running from a pack of wild coyotes, we could hear them. They were getting close so we didn't even stay around to see what would happen, we just took off running!  
Then later that day we were Sprinting to our car for our next appointment, and we both tripped and ended up laughing for the next solid 45 minutes.  

Missions are the best things ever! I really can’t believe it’s already been 6 months!

 Love to you all and have a great week!

Sister Proctor!