Week 24 - Sunny and 75

Katie!

Hey everybody, how's the weather in Utah??  

Anyhoo, it's been an awesome week. We found a family to teach which is GREAT. They're names are Carolina, George, and Daniel and we're pumped. We put Dejah on date to be baptized on March 17th! She didn't come to church like she said she would, but we're still optimistic that she'll make the right choice. She's fantastic. Sister Nay got a stomach sick kind of thing on Friday but it wasn't the flu so we stayed home that day. On Saturday we had a young woman come from LaCrescenta to be with us for most of the day and she was so nice. She bought everyone pizza. She is so pumped to be a missionary and she was so great at it! Her name is Katie, she gave a book of mormon to a pastor and she was pulling out scriptures in our lesson with Steven and I think I learned more from her than she did from us. That's all I've got for the week, sorry it's so short, but enjoy the pictures!

 

Katie part 

comp date at the Chevy dealership getting our blinker fixed. (I could've done it in the driveway, but I guess that's okay....)

Sister Nay ate Elote for the first time! (Aka best street mexican food ever)

Week 23 - Miracles and dog washing!

 in a tree

We had miracle this week everybody and her name is Dejah and she's the coolest. So. We met her mom Casie last week and she was super cool and we went back for casie's return appointment and she wasn't feeling well BUT THEN Dejah said "well shoot, I'll listen" and we taught her the whole restoration lesson and then we went on to the part of the plan of salvation because she had questions ( WOOT WOOT) and we started talking about the three kingdoms and she said "woah, I've never heard it like that before. That's really cool" and then she said a bunch of times that she was so glad that she opened the door and that her mom was going to be so bummed that she didn't come out. It was great. Then as we were leaving she said " I hope you two inspire someone else like youve inspired me today" it was a good day. 

We took sister Nay to the doctors office too. She had hurt her foot falling down some stairs on her second day and we found  out that her foot isn't broken, she just has a torn tendon. Shes got a giant boot on her foot now and she really hates it. But it's chill. She's doing great. Other than her foot. Training isn't as scary as I thought it was!

We washed a golden retriever this week named Chico and it was swell. I wish we had some pictures of the actual dog washing, but all we have is some pictures of us climbing a tree and making stupid faces. Stellar. But anyway, this week was amazing and I love being a missionary and I'm pumped to keep teaching Dejah and 

ALSO, STEVEN LOPEZ GOT THE PRIESTHOOD YESTERDAY AND I'M REALLY EXCITED IT'S GREAT.

But I think that's all the important stuff. The church is so true everybody. 

Don't forget to read your scriptures!

- Sister Dorrance

temporary splits with sister Mecham

 waiting for Nancy and Chico

playing star wars with Ezra

with a bow and Mili

Week 22 - Training and Driving!

Sister Allen and I right before we left to transfer!

This week has been pretty great! I picked up Sister Nay on Wednesday! She's from Honeyville Utah and she's amazing! She's got a ton of passion for the work, but the only bummer is that she might have broken her foot on Thursday so we were inside keeping it elevated for most of the weekend. We're going to the doctor tomorrow. But on a completely different note, I'm driving now! I haven't driven since September, but I still drive like I'm 97 so it's pretty cool. I missed driving! All is well, Sister Nay says she's fine so I guess we'll just have to see about that tomorrow though. 

Don't forget to read your scriptures!

Love, 

Sister Dorrance

Sister Nay on a wheelchair at target

Plan of Salvation in front of the church

Week 21 - Transfers and a BAPTISM 😄😄😄😄

Pasadena sign because we're in Pasadena. 

HOLLA. This week was great.

 STEVEN. GOT. BAPTIZED. It was my best day thus far I think. He finally did it and he's worked so so hard for it. But there's more to the story. We had quite an adventure this week. On Thursday, he had his interview with our district leader and he was so ready to be baptized that it wasn't even a worry, and then they came out and told us that he was going to have to move his baptism and I about died on the floor like, "what the heck did you not tell us Steven???" But they were joking so it was all good. 

Then the STL's (Sister Training Leader) came over for lunch and that was swell, but after they left sister Allen locked Sister Mecham and I out of the apartment so I had to climb the balcony to get back in. Nothing else to the story, I just thought you all would like to know that I climbed onto a balcony in a skirt and didn't even get it dirty. 

Alrighty, now on Friday, we cleaned the office, but on Saturday is where it really gets crazy. We had made programs and everything, we had cut little cards so everyone could write him a little note while he was getting dressed, we had done everything, but we were stressed out. So we were at our dinner appointment that we already were rushing because we had to get to the church and we knew that transfer calls would come that night but we weren't even thinking about that because we were hyper focused on getting Steven baptized. But then. It happened. We got a call from President Wells in the middle of dinner and we said "well shoot, he never calls unless it's important so we had better answer this" and went into this strangers bedroom to take this call. That's where he dropped the bomb on us, Sister Allen was getting transferred to be a Sister Training Leader in LaVerne,  and I wad going to train a sister straight from the MTC.  No tears were shed, but we both had to sit down for a little bit after that phone call. Yes, you read it right, little old newbie me is going to be training so pray really hard for me. And sister Allen because she's nervous too. 

But then we went to the baptism. And we were running around like chickens with out heads cut off and our pianist didn't show up and Steven forgot extra underclothes, but Brother Whalen (the one who baptized him) came in clutch and went to his house for him and brought his non-member mom back too! Blessings! She was so proud of his decision and so were we! Plus I'm positive that Heavenly Father was super happy about it as well. Even though we started super late, we had to use sister Mecham as a pianist, and brother Whalen had to baptize him twice because he did it the wrong the first time, he was BAPTIZED! I'd never been to a baptism for an adult and it was the most peaceful feeling ever. Then that same spirit came back into the room when he was confirmed a member the next day. I can't even express how amazing this work is and how happy I am to be here!

Anyway, I won't make this super duper long, but this week was definitely one for the books. 

Don't forget to read your scriptures! 

Love, Sister Dorrance 

 this is where we go to play scrabble once a week aka the coolest place ever. 

 BAPTISM (Sister Allen, Brother Whalen, Steven, main squeeze)