Week 18 #2- TRANSFERS!!!!

HI EVERYONE!!!! I got transfered!!!!!! I'm back with Hermana McGlinchy my MTC companion and I could not be more excited!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH IT'S SO CRAZY!!!!!! WE'RE STILL BABIES!!! Pero esta bien we're soooooo pumped!! I will now be serving in the San Fernando Ward along with 3 other sets of missionaries (2 Elders and 1 Hermana). I've heard this ward is amazing and I cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for me here!!! We're also a car/bike area so that'll be interesting! haha It was so incredibly difficult to leave Reseda 4th ward. I love those people so incredibly much. So many of them have touched my heart and I will miss them so so so much. But I guess that's how the mission goes. I'm excited to see what the Lord has planned for us here!! Also super sad to be leaving my trainer, Hermana Nelson, I love her so much but luckily I have Hermana McGlinchy and it's going to be amazing!!!! MUCH LOVE!!

Hermana Pfeil

We ran out of gas Saturday night and barely made it to and from church so we ended up walking to KO on Sunday! 4 hours of walking later, we survived! Ended up meeting so many amazing people because of this! Such a blessing!!

 

​Hermana Mejia and her daughter Tania!! They're the cutest!

​La Familia Serrano. Oh how I LOVE them!!! They are an AMAZING family and do so much for us!! Definitely one of the hardest goodbye's

​Leaving my first apartment :(

​Last pic with my trainer :(( featuring Elder Silva haha

 

Week 18 #1- FORGOT TO PRESS SEND!!

Hey there friends and fam!! This week has honestly been rough for a number of reasons pero esta bien! This upcoming week is gonna be better!! I'm excited to see what the last week of being a "trainee" will bring!!

Some spiritual thoughts from the week....

• "Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound" (C. S. Lewis). I found that in the footnotes to a General Conference talk I was reading this morning (Repentance: A Joyful Choice) and LOVED it!! How incredibly blessed we are to have the choice to repent!! To come unto Christ!! God not only will forgive us but will help us become better for it. It truly is so amazing. We are so blessed!! He is SO GOOD!!!
• "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. ye cannot serve God and mammon." (Matthew 6:24). "For how knoweth a man the master whom he has not served, and who is a stranger unto him, and is far from the thoughts and intents of his heart?" (Mosiah 5:13). Know God. Make Him your master! As my dear friend Carp said in his weekly email..."We can have Christ by choice or Satan by default". I love that. Choose Christ!! Know Him! Strive to emulate Him!! We can't have two masters. Every action we make, or don't, brings us closer or farther from God. We are always progressing in this life, it's up to us to choose in which direction we go!
• "Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be..." (Luke 1:34). "And I said: Lord, whither shall I go that I may find ore to molten, that I may make tools to construct the ship after the manner which thou hast shown unto me?" (1 Nephi 17:9). I love how both Mary and Nephi are asked to do something that most people would not believe possible but that they both recognize that all things are possible through Christ. They don't complain or ask "why me?" or anything like that. They simply ask how they can achieve what the Lord has asked them to do. I LOVE THAT!!!!!! What a beautiful attitude to have!! So important!! Don't ask why God is asking something of us, just ask how He wouldst have us do it!!
• "The Lord shall fight for you..." (Exodus 14:14). So true. So good! 

Love you all!! Hope all is well in your lives!!! Thank you for all the letters!! No time to respond to everyone this week. Sorry!! Will try to finish next week!! Mucho amor!! 

Last Pday some of the Elders in our district did (and conquered) the blazin' hot challenge at BWW. There was a whole lot of sweat, tears, and laughs on our part. Way fun! My comp and I went into culture shock being around so many nice things haha