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January 21, 2019

The first week with Elder Johnson went really well! We've served around each other in Ontario and in Apple Valley so being companions makes it a little more fun. He's from North Carolina and he'll hit his year mark this week. Mary's baptism went really good actually! She was nervous at the beginning and she looked so much better. Her son who was baptized 2 years ago bore his testimony during the baptism service and it went really well. She already feels like she has been a part of the ward and now that she has been baptized and confirmed she feels even closer. Darla has been sick ever since she came to church so hopefully we can meet again with her soon. Yeah I got an email from Bryson so hallelujah!

Throughout the week it got pretty stormy over here in Hesperia. We've been getting good amounts of rain and its been getting pretty chilly along with it. I think our little weather app told us at one point it felt like 34 degrees outside. When you got a drizzle of rain, wind, and some winter cold, you better believe it'll make you cold. It was cool though because we found some small acts of service even when it was raining. We met this Chinese man named Ramen? (I must have heard wrong) but he recently moved in and knew little English so we helped him with some boxes before it started raining a little harder. He was super grateful and fun to talk to. 

That was fun to hear you had the chance to go to the temple and go with Dad. We only get to go every now and then, but since Mary got baptized she can get a limited use recommend and we can go with her if we get permission from the Assistants (since the Redlands temple is currently outside the mission). If that happens I'm for sure getting some photos of that as well. Besides from everything that happened this week out here, it was quite the blur. We've been going out knocking doors more on the pure dirt roads and turns out, lots of old people out there. Then you knock the more developed neighborhoods and its families and a more diverse variety. Kind of interesting.

Sorry that the email is a bit shorter than most. Some things came up and I'm trying to do better about "wasting" time on Facebook. Thankfully its usually just on Mondays but it does kind of take me home for a bit so I need to make sure I stay obedient to everything. Trying, thats what matters most. Elder Johnson has been helping me exercise better so it'll be fun!

LOVE YOU MOMMA!! KEEP BEING AMAZING!! 


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