Week 18 - Church is great!

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I don't have much time, but this week was awesome! We helped a member of the Pasadena ward move on Thursday and we recruited the Huntington Ward sisters to help! We thought it was just going to be putting some boxes in a truck, but she hadn't don't any of it yet, plus she's got a lot of roaches and spiders in her house. And a lot of stuff. So we spent a couple hours shoving stuff into a truck and then we had to leave so we went home and put all of our clothes in the washer and got on with our day! It was great!

We visited a less-active member of the East Pasadena ward this week and shared a little thought with him! He ended up coming to church yesterday, so the spirit must've said something really special to him. We talked about prayer a little bit and he said he doesn't pray because he feels like he's talking to himself, but we asked him to try again and he said he would. Then sister Allen shared a scripture that's one of her favorites and it turns out that he loved the same one on his mission! Seriously, God knows all of his children. 

We went to yogurtland with Steven before we had an actual lesson and we ended up just sitting in this yogurtland talking about the book of mormon and the chapter that he read. Then the coolest thing, we invited him to baptism again! It wasn't very eloquent, it just came out while we were talking about preparing for baptism and I just said "so, when do you want to get baptized Steven?" He's getting baptized on February 3rd. Coolest thing ever, and it all happened in a yogurtland. 

We had Juliana and JC at church yesterday! We've been inviting them for weeks but she hasn't been able to get work off and they want to all come as a family, but they came! We didn't really find out until Saturday night so it was a little stressful getting them a ride, but it all worked out and they came! It was the greatest church block to bring people to for the first time. The first speaker in sacrament meeting talked about his conversion and how the Book of Mormon influences his life. Then his wife got up and talked about our divine worth as children of God. And the rest of the block was just stellar too. Also, if you see someone in church that you don't know with the missionaries, please introduce yourself. You'll be the missionaries hero. And mine. 

Today we had a zone activity and we had a barbecue and played some games at our church building! I'm really bad at foursquare, and pretty terrible at Wilson ball too, but Elder Madsen brought his lacrosse sticks and that was a party. I could do that sport for more than 5 seconds without dropping the ball. Anyhoo. I think that's it. It poured rain on Tuesday and I think it was the most beautiful weather I've seen here in California. Missions are so so fantastic. 

Don't forget to read your scriptures.

Love, Sister Dorrance