santa rosa!!!

Dear Family,

Well, this week was so much fun!!! My companion and I worked in areas that we had never gone before.  So because we did a lot I am going to write it all in bullet points because it is easier:

Service project with the elders and ward mission leader!

1.  We had a service project. We went with our ward mission leader and the elders in our ward and did yard work for our ward mission leaders neighbor.  The man has some knee problems and we helped cut grass and weed. We had a lot of fun talking to the man and working out in the sun.

2.We had an FHE (Family Home Evening) with a member family.  She invited her Recent Convert neighbor and a recent convert 11 year old who brought his best friend. The family also invited their 14 year old cousin who isn't a member. The FHE was a lot of fun and at the end we ate banana bread with dulce de leche in the middle! I truly believe that member-missionary work is the best way to help people progress and come unto Christ. Without the members the missionary work would go on slower.

My companion took pictures of me contacting this week.....

3. We contacted in a new area that we had never been to before. The area was 5 miles from down and was only 3 streets of houses. We went with the goal to find a new family to teach. And not only did we find a great new family but we spent 2 hours on one street because at every house we knocked at they let us in or we talked in their patio!! We found one family that are Evangelical Christians that were so kind. They let us in and their little 7 year old daughter was so excited to show us her bible! She listened attentively to the lesson and while her father asked questions about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. The little girl at the end of the lesson said, "mom, you need to let these two girls come back to teach us again, they are special!" We have a lesson with them again this next Wednesday!

4.  Our investigator Moira came to church yesterday!! She loved it!!! Yesterday was the primary program and it was perfect for her to see. After sacrament meeting she had to leave but she wanted to spend a couple of minutes in the primary room to see how the primary is. She has an 8 year old son and wants him to have good friends. She loved the primary!!! Afterwards she spent 30 minutes in the foyer talking to a member who shared her conversion story. The spirit was really strong and Moira left the church so excited to come back next week with her son and her husband!!

This patio had no gate.

5. This week we have gotten some nice sunburns thanks to the nice sun! The weather is super hot and humid. :)

I just want to say that I love serving a mission. This truly is the Lord's work.  I know that as we trust in the Lord and do all we can do be obedient to his commandments he will guide us on the right path.

"Asi vemos que el Señor es misericordioso para con todos aquellos que, con la sinceridad de su corazón, quieran invocar su santo nombre.  Si, asi vemos que la puerta del cielo esta abierta para todos, si, para todos los que quieran creer en el nombre de Jesucristo, que es el Hijo de Dios.  Si, vemos que todo aquel que quiera, puede asirse a la palabra de Dios, que es viva y poderosa, que partirá por medio toda la astucia, los lazos y las artimañas del diablo, y guiará al hombre de Cristo por un camino estrecho y angosto, a través de ese eterno abismo de miseria que se ha dispuesto para hundir a los inicuos, y depositará su alma, si su alma inmortal, a la diestra de Dios en el reino de los cielos." Helaman 3:27-30 (El Libro de Mormón)

Les quiero!!!

Hermana Susana Zubeldia

Service project with my companion.

My new companion, Hermana Barker.