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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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مرحبًا

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Hello friends!!

Another week. This week was really good. Did a lot. Like. a lot. Very very busy. But it’s all good.

    On pday, we played secret hitler but mormon version, and we hung out. Later that day there was a lady that left 4 voice mails telling us she doesn’t want us to stop by anymore because we don’t wear masks or gloves. and covid is real. so. That was fun.

BUT. We had exchanges!!!!! So weird ngl. But that’s ok because it was so much fun. Little bit of backstory. Sister Heaton speaks Arabic, she got called to speak Arabic on her second transfer. And so there is a trio of Arabic sisters and that’s who we exchanged with. 
I was with Sister Gill and Sister Wait! Joyous people. They are so much fun. Being in a trio for a day was a bit weird but not terrible. I did a day of Arabic work with Sister Gill and Sister Wait. And that was fun. The title of the email is “hello” in Arabic. I know how to say “hello”, “I love you”, “thank you”, “your mom”, and “bye” in Arabic. So I’m basically fluent. And Arabic music is my new favorite music 🎶. 
Arabic work was a little different than English work. A lot more knocking on doors than anything, but it was still good. Also got to try some Arabic food. Was pretty delicious. ALSO, had my first member dinner on the exchange!! Unfortunately I am allergic to nuts and we didn’t tell them abt that because we spaced it. And the main course had peanut butter. So couldn’t eat it. But the rice and fruit was good 👍. 

We had some good lessons this week. We had a lesson with Tony and Theresa talking about the word of wisdom. They are preparing to take out their endowments in October!!! Very excited for them!! But they are moving unfortunately😔. 
Had a lesson with an inactive member. And we convinced her to go to church! She also brought her daughter who we’ve been trying to contact for forever. That was amazing!
We had another lesson with James. I’m pretty sure I learned more in that lesson than he did. When we got there he was playing fortnite. We tried teaching the plan of salvation. During our lesson Haeleigh (his mom) got a call and put Serenity (the one year old child) in a room and then walked outside. Serenity was then screaming and James proceeded to turn on the TV to play fortnite. We told him we weren’t done and got his attention so we could finish our last thoughts. Then he went outside. That was a bit frustrating but it’s fine. 
Nahias lesson was good. She asked us more questions and I’m pretty sure we answered them well. I gave her a prayer checklist and also gave Liana a painted book of mormon. so hopefully they enjoy those.

    We had a friend come to church with us! He called us Saturday morning and asked if he could go and we said yes of course. He sounded super excited. And he did indeed go to church. He also gave me and sister Heaton necklaces and a bunch of earrings. so that was very nice of him. We will hopefully have a lesson with him tonight. And we’re gonna out him on date for baptism. He seems into it so we are very hopeful. 

    We also had Zone conference this week and sister Heaton has to do a breakout room. So that’ll be exciting. 

    I MET HANI!!!! There’s this Arabic man that the sisters keep talking about. And I FINALLY met him! He got baptized a year ago and he’s a Saint. He calls all the sister missionaries his daughters. And he gave us soda and some other stuff. A kind gentleman. He is so friendly and loves his sister missionaries! We call him Amoo Hani. Which means uncle Hani. I’m excited to see him again! 

Spiritual thought…

Alma 62:49 “But notwithstanding their riches, or their strength, or their prosperity, they were not lifted up in the pride of their eyes; neither were they slow to remember the Lord their God; but they did humble themselves exceedingly before him.”

    Be humble. As we humble ourselves we can feel the presence of God, and be lifted up through god. Always remember God. This week, think of ways that God blesses you in your everyday life. And remember those ways so you can feel closer to God and feel his love for you. I know he loves each of you and is watching over you. He wants you to look towards him for help. Always turn towards God and he will bless you! ♡ 

    Love all of you! Hope you are all doing well and are thriving!! ♡ 

Peace✌🏻and love ♡ 

– Sister Eagar

the great exchange🤘🏻Sister Wait and Sister Gill
p-day at it's finest 🤌🏻
us & the Arabic sisters ♡
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Called to Serve

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Kyla received her mission call back in March of 2024. Here is the video of her opening her call while at BYUI. I am bringing the blog back to life and will be posting Kyla’s missionary emails and photos. Kyla started her mission training on July 22 at home, entered the MTC on July 31, and made it to San Diego on August 14.