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Zone Conference

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HELLO FRIENDS!!!! 

    Another week down. This week wasn’t too crazy other than we now have someone on date for baptism!!!!! WOOOOOO!!! And this one looks promising. Before we get into that we will start with other good things. 

    On pday we went to Costco and Chick Fil A, so that was fire. Played a murder game which was fun too. 

    We had zone conference. It was really good. I missed the breakout rooms bc I was with Sister Heaton and she had to do the training for one of them. So I only got to see one other breakout room, but it was really good. Overall Zone Conference was fire! Food was good too.

    Had dinner with Elder and Sister Wing. Sooo yummyyy. We had spaghetti and that was delicious. And Sister Wing made some FIRE, peach cobbler! 🔥 It was like. SO. Good. That was a good meal. We learned that Elder and Sister Wing have gone on 5 missions I think. Crazzzyyy. Also Elder Wing has like. A lot of credentials. Don’t know what for, but that’s what he told us. 

    We had a Book of Mormon class. And that was good. We read Jacob 5. Longest chapter of my life. But it was good. We played a game of “how many comments can we make doctrinal points?” We successfully hit like 7 points. That was fun.

    Had a delish brunch with President Merritt and his wife. 🤌 They have a “healthy rainbow”  That’s like one of their many motos. We had avocado toast and some fruit and some other things and it was so so yummyyy. They had grits. I’ve never had those before. But I wasn’t a fan. Other than that it was great. We did personal study and comp study and those were both good. Overall an amazing brunch. 
After brunch we had to scurry over to a guys house so we could do some service!! We had to move mulch into this guys flower farm. He has a farm of Hawaiian flowers. I don’t know the name of them. That was a lot of fun, the elders helped with that. It was good. 

    There was a Swahili wedding at the church, and the Swahili elders told us we could go after prime time and get food. The wedding was so fun. So much dancing and very loud music 💃🏻.  But it was exciting!!! And the food. DELISH. So good! Wish we got more, but we had to go, unfortunately.

    Our friend who is getting baptized is James!! The goat fr 🐐. This is not 9 yr old James. This one is better, he’s like 62. He keeps calling Sister Heaton, Sister Keaton, and it is sooo funny. Anyways. He called us last Saturday asking to go to church, and he was like super excited about it. We found him a ride to church and he was able to make it! He seemed to really like it. And so we have literally taught him everyday this week. Some in person lessons, some call lessons, but he is really wanting to be baptized. He keeps telling us that he wants to do something with his life and be a part of something instead of just sitting around waiting to have a stroke. So. Pray he doesn’t have a stroke before this baptism. 🙏 Anyways. We taught him the word of wisdom, and he said he is going to go cold turkey on drinking coffee and tea. And I was like wow. So good for him. He is preparing and is getting super excited. He believes literally everything we say. The trust and faith in this man is great. He also tells us “whatever you say Sister Keaton. You’re the boss and I’m here to learn.” He is great! Sister Heaton and I are super excited for him. He is going to be so much happier and I know he’s just gonna love it. So I will keep yall updated on that. He also made me a bracelet!! 

    Bonus. We get to go to a Padres game this week!!! YAAAYYYYY!!!! 🥳🥳  I am so excited. And we’re doing an ultimate finding week. So there will be lots of knocking and lots of convos. Not excited for knocking but I’m getting better. I had my first good scripture read at a door so that was helpful. But bc it’s a competition, Sister Heaton and I will be winning. We just need to beat the English elders and we’ll be good. So stay tuned for how that goes. Super exciting week tho!!

Spiritual thought…
D&C 95:1- Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you whom I love, and whom I love I also chasten that their sins may be forgiven, for with the chastisement I prepare a way for their deliverance in all things out of temptation, and I have loved you. 

    Reminder. God loves you, always has and always will. No matter what is happening in your life he will always welcome you. And he will wait for you with open arms. Turn to him and he will help you and show you his love for you. #godisgood 

    Love you all!! ♡  Hope you had a good week. Ttynw!!

Peace ✌🏻 and love 🫶

– Sister Eagar ♡ 

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BIRTHDAY TWINS 🎂🥳

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8/19/2024

HELLO FRIENDS!!!!!!!

So I made it to San Diego safe and sound guys, don’t worry… I may or may not have slept in 20 extra minutes on the day we were going to SD but I made it. That’s all that matters.

And if you’re questioning the title, yes I have a birthday twin. MY COMP!!! We’re born on the same day but one year apart. CRAZY!! Literally can’t get over it. Anyways. Love Sister Heaton. She’s amazing. Absolute best trainer out there!

Mission life is like. lowkey craazzyyy. But I have been having an absolute BLAST. Everyday is so so busy. We’ve had so many contacts. And one issue is that both of us are new to the area. so we dk much abt the area. That’s fun. An adventure to figure out who knows what.

I’m in Magnolia, aka El Cajon, aka somewhere in Zone 7. Geographically I have no idea where I am. But I’m loving it.

MTC OVERVIEW
They told me the food was gourmet. That was NOT. gourmet. but. it was edible. So it was fine. AND THE COKE WAS DIET AND CAFFEINE FREE. Caffeine is not against the word of wisdom. So what. the. heck.
Last day of MTC we had a devotional and guess who spoke. David A. Bednar. Willdddd. It was so so good. He talked abt the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. Pretty cool stuff.
Overall the MTC was pretty lit 🤟. Had a lot of fun with the district and made some pretty cool friends 😎. And yes we did play a lot of foos! And I beat everyone. Except Elder Moulton. so. boo that but I beat everyone else. It was a lot of fun!

CALI OVERVIEW
PALM TREES 🌴. There are so many palm trees. I.Love.It. They’re my new favorite thing. There are also lots of lizards.
Gas Is like $4.56. That’s like almost 5 bucks. Almost FIVE. WHOLE. DOLLARS. 🤯 absolutely insane bonkers.
Cali burritos are fiiirrreeeeee 🔥. They’re literally so so yummy. Had it on the first day here and they were delish. 10/10 recommend. 🌯
There’s also always a homeless person yelling everywhere you go. gotta love it. There’s a lot of homeless here. like. a lot. But that’s ok. As long as we mind our own business it’s all good. 👍
Saw a furry. And two cyber trucks 🤢. Nasty. one of them was bright blue too. Anyways next topic.
Some guys were listening to Fetty wap on Thursday. So that was lit 🔥. And Cali drivers are crazy. insane drivers.

MISSIONARY OVERVIEW
It’s oh so much fun. I am LOVING it. We have done a lot of knocking (which is my least favorite thing to do . But this is for God and not me. so we deal). Most of the time no one answers. but we have gotten a few answers and invited them to church or to pray. We’ve also done a lot of contacting. Which I’m also not a fan of just bc we call people and I don’t like calling. But we deal. It’s actually not that bad. But we did have a lady yell at us over the phone because we called her twice. so that was fun 😬.
Sister Heaton and I got some good Mexican food at Sombrero Mexican. Bussing. So good. Gave Tacos Rapidos vibes. So so yummy.
Anyways, there’s a lot of different cultures. very diverse area. It’s actually so cool. There’s 9 different languages in the CSDM (California San Diego Mission). So that’s also really cool. It’s been so much fun.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEEK
We visited a 100 yr old lady. She was so so sweet and she had such a strong spirit. Like. SO. Strong. I imagine that she’s like Abuela (my great Grandma) if she spoke English. We also had to yell at her bc she’s hard of hearing. She also has dementia. But her advice was to “enjoy your life”. So do a Lilian Downs says and enjoy your life.
We also have someone on date for baptism. Ha. Literally second day here, very first lesson, put someone on date. Don’t think it’s gonna happen, but we have faith. Her names Monique. She’s a sweetheart and talks a lot. But I’m pretty sure she’s moving. So we will see.
We have taught a couple 8 year olds. One of the is James. He’s so sweet and really into his drone. He’s on the spectrum. But he’s fun. We will probably stop teaching him bc the Lakeside Sisters are gonna teach him. His dad Lives in Lakeside and that’s where he goes to church. We also taught the Hilldibrands. Niaya is 8 and had literally the deepest questions I’ve ever heard. I was like, brutha, how are you coming up with these questions. But I think we had good answers. She’s also on the spectrum and she’s a sweetheart. She gave us nicknames. Mine is Miss Nice, and Sister Heaton’s is Cutie.
There’s also a mom, Liliana. And she has 12 yr old daughter, Adamaris, with disabilities. So basically everyone one here is special needs in some way shape or form. Which is kind of lit, ngl. But Liliana has a strong testimony, and she only got baptized like a month ago I think. I’m excited to see her continue to progress.
There was another lady whose name is Maria. She walked an hour to the church Sunday so the Elders could give her a blessing. She is so faithful and doesn’t even know it. Elder Ure gave a pretty amazing blessing and the spirit was so strong. She shed a couple tears bc some things he said really impacted her. So that was really cool.
On Saturday a lady called us asking if she could go to church. We found her a ride and she went to church! Her name is Kim. So hopefully we’ll see more of her.
Overall I’m having so much fun. Life in Cali is a blast, and life on the mission is even more fun. We did a hike this morning with our district, which was so so fun. My district is pretty lit. This transfer is going to be so so much fun and we’re gonna have so so much work to do. I think that’s about all. Hope everyone’s had a wonderful week! Miss and love you all! 🩵

Sister Eagar 🤍🤙