Week 8

Sorry this is a couple days late! I hope you're not too worried...or I hope you're a little worried. haha. Either way. We had a huge 3 day mission conference this past weekend that took up our p-day and we didn't have time to email yesterday because of appointments and such so that leaves today. Yay! The conference was great! We had great speakers and food and Santa even came. It was a great time. Yesterday morning we went to the temple as a mission. Our zone went in one of the last sessions so we woke up early and did initiatory before our session. It was only the second time I have done it so I really enjoyed it. Definitley an uplifting weekend. Also, we found out that on January 11th, Mitt Romney and Elder Holland are coming to ASU for a conference. Elder Holland requested some time with the mission here in Arizona. So..the tempe, phoenix, and one other mission are getting together so he can talk to us! I'm super excited. I hope to see Korbin Kavanaugh there AND I get to hear from Elder Holland. We're pretty psyched. I really don't have much to report. We will hopefully have a baptism a week from Saturday. A lady named Julieta. She calls us her angels - like Grandma Homer! She was SO ready for the gospel. I'm really excited for her. I gave a talk in church on Sunday. Or at least tried to ;) It was a little intimidating trying to give it in Spanish, but I think I got the message across. Yesterday, we OYM'd a guy named Salvador. He had sooo many questions. The best part was I knew the gospel could answer everyone of them. Unfortunately, he's not in our area, so we have to turn him over to the elders. I really hope to see him again though. He was legit. Last night we also had a really good lesson with a lady named Domitilia. We taught her the restoration all the way through. At the end, my companion made me speak (she purposefully goes into silent mode so I have to speak...so frustrating) and I just shared a personal story about the priesthood and bore my testimony. I felt the spirit so strong. So strong. I knew it was there. All of a sudden she just starts crying! I was amazed. She seemed really distant about the church before, but we knew she felt it was true last night. We invited her to be baptized and she said she would if she knew it was true. We'll see what happens. Anyways, that's really all that is new right now. I'm excited to talk to ya'll in a week! It's coming fast! I can share more then too. Thank you for your emails! They are always so inspiring. Also, I would love it if you could all send me your testimony in a letter for Christmas. That would be fabulous! I love you all and hope you had a fabulous week!