Hello friends!!! 

    I want to start by saying. This schedule. is catching up to me. I was very tired this week. But that didn’t stop me from having fun and finding people!! 

    AND. I have officially been in SD for a month!! Woot woot! Super fun stuff! We also hear cop cars at least twice a day. The joys of El Cajon! 🚔

    AND. The weather has cooled down. thank goodness!! It has been like 70/75 since Wednesday! So were vibin with weather rn 

    We’re gonna start with bad news. James said he doesn’t think the church is for him 😭 . So so sad. But he still wants to be friends. And he is still reading the bom, is still going to attend church, and attending all the other extra activities we invite him to. The only thing is that he doesn’t believe in Christ. And we are hoping and praying that one day it’ll just click. And then he’ll get baptized. So that’s what’s goin on with James. 

    Good news. We had Zone pday!!!! So lit. It was quite fun!! We played elementary school games. Played some sign, some heads up seven up, did a kahoot to see who’s smarter than a fifth grader (my team got second), had some delsh snacks, and played some tag. My district went to a thrift store before that and we got each other goofy outfits. So that was exciting! And then after zone pday my district went to a members house and we played some games! 

    Some random stories for you… We were knocking on Thursday. Some lady had the whole squishmallow collection of nightmare before Christmas characters and some other halloween characters and I gasped so loud. I prolly scared her bc of how aggressive my gasp was. But I was jealous. They were so so perfect. Anyways. She said we could stop back by and talk to her boyfriend!🤗

    Same day, later in the evening around 6:30. We were knocking. And we knock into this lady, she first tells us no she’s a Christian scientist. Had no idea what that was. But then she started asking us questions about ourselves and started getting to know us. And then she tells us to come inside and she basically gave us a house tour of the two rooms that were in the house. And she tells us her whole life story. She’s been like, ALL around the world. And she asked me if I knew an Irish language. And I said shawty. I know I’m ginger but I don’t speak ginger. Anyways. At that moment I wish I could pull out my Scottish accent. Not the point, we were over there for 45 min. Just talking to this lady about her life history. And Sis Heaton is awesome and told her abt family history. It was so goooodddd. But it went right over the lady’s head. But that’s ok. And then she gave us water and let us go. Then me and Sis Heaton ran through sprinklers 😄. That was lots of fun!!

    Elder Ure gave us milk in a bag. The most uncomfy thing every. But Elder Johnston thought it was the funniest thing ever. 

    And we visited Hani again!! We will prolly go back and read the bom in Arabic with him for Sis Heaton to get better at her Arabic. 

    We had a couple finding miracles this week! On Wednesday we were visiting a grey dot that we’ve been trying to get a hold of. And her son answered and we asked if we could share a message and he was like yeah! And so we shared a verse with him, and he told us that he is wanting to get closer to god and build his relationship!! And he said we could come back!! Yay! So we will visit him again this week!

    There’s another dot, Christian, who we have also been trying to meet with, and we finally had a set time. We taught him the restoration and gave him a bom and asked him to read a chapter and pray about it. He was like super into it, and he said he would be happy to meet with us again and learn more! So we will have to find another time, but he seems very promising! 

    Friday we had a cute little event we went to at 7 at the Mormon Battalion. Elder Hancock asked us at 5pm if we could make a finding goal. And we didn’t see the message till 5:50. And we said bruh. Come on now. And we were like we have 30 min to find someone. Can we do it?? We said yes. And so we called people for like 20 min trying to get someone to answer and get a return date. And finally this guy Orlando answered. He said he’s in and out of SD bc of his job. And so I asked if I could share a scripture. And I shared the verse of the day (life saver and always a good scripture. u should start using verse of the day 👍🏿) And asked him how he sees God. And then he told us that if we called back he would answer and talk with us!! And we. Screamed. Like literally. Cheered for joy in the car! It was so awesome. So we will be calling him again probably Friday! 

    We had a member referral bc apparently she is having a hard time repenting. So we visited her, and she is lowkey so chill. She is a cop, and she has a really strong testimony. So idk why she’s not going to church. But me and Sis Heaton will def go back next week! Super exciting things. 

    Sis Heaton and I have a moto of “one step at a time / baby steps.” Because we have been doing things one step at a time. For getting me more comfortable doing things, and just for getting us as a companionship more comfortable with random things. One thing we did this week is visit a member that hasn’t been to church in a while. She lives in this weird group home right next to the church. And we’ve been told to go over there. The first time we did we got scared and left. So we didn’t even see her. The second time we went was on Saturday. And we said we are going in there. And we did. It was lowkey so sketch. But we met this member. Her name is Vanessa. And she was sweet. We invited her to church and she came!!! HIZZA!! We were so happy about it. That is just a fun fear we conquered this last week. 

    There was an Inspire event. Which is a cute little music event that is out at the Mormon Battalion! It gave the same vibe as a middle school choir concert, but with missionaries and more audience interaction. It was fun and cute. 10/10 recommend 👍! James went and he gave me and Sis Heaton cokes!!! So happy! Anyways. That was fun. 

    We had a finding blitz on Saturday. That was exciting. Sis Wing joined Sis Heaton and I. LOVE SIS WING!!! We literally just knocked doors for an hour and a half. So not super excited tbh. But it was good. Sis Heaton thinks they’re useless. I agree. Respectfully. Nobody was really found. But that’s ok. 

Spiritual thought — 

Helaman 14:30 “And now remember, remember, my brethren, that whosoever perisheth, perisheth unto himself; and whosoever doeth iniquity, doeth it unto himself; for behold, ye are free; ye are permitted to act for yourselves; for behold, God hath given unto you a knowledge and he hath made you free.”

We have agency friends. Please always remember that Christ should be apart of your decision. He wants you to choose the right and loves you. Make good choices always and you will see blessings. Be thankful that he has allowed you to choose for yourself! Love you all ♡ 

    Hope yall r doing good! Keep emailing. I enjoy hearing from you! ♡ 

Peace ✌🏻 and love ♡ 

مسالاما

Masalama bye bye 👋

– Sister Eagar