And it is only going to get better!

Remember how I told you that the mission is about to explode?! Well get this. Our president said this in his email to us this week. It is pretty sweet!

 

"I know that this is the time that that the Lord will hasten his work.  We found out this week that the approved number of missionaries for our mission has immediately been increased from 190 to 250!  In fact, all missions in California have had their missionary complement increased to 250 young missionaries!  So amazing!!  Some 18 year old men and 19 year old women have already received their calls and we could begin to see some of them arrive in the next transfer or two!
 Elder Marcus A. Aidukaitis of the Seventy told us this past week that the average for missionary applications per week had been averaging 300 per week and there were 4500 the first week after General Conference,  4700 the second week and another 2700 half way through the third week!!  Instead of about thousand applications since Conference, there probably have been close to 14,000!!  Now that is a true “hastening of the work!”

 

ARE YOU AS EXCITED AS I AM?!?!?!?!?!  The mission is getting better and better. It will be so great to be around for this to happen. The mission president also said that we will be getting missionaries that are 18 or 19 in the next few weeks. I don't think anyone could have seen this happen. I don't have anything more exciting then this! I really can't get over how great the annoucement was.

 

Let's see this week was really good. We had stake conference! Oh I do have great news from Reseda! One of the investigators I taught has a baptismal date! I was so HAPPY! when I found out. I honestly didn't think that I would see the day during my mission. I am so grateful for the Reseda Hermanas. They said some powerful words. I saw the investigator this weekend and they looked so great! I can't wait to see her be baptized! I hope that everything goes through. Actually the Reseda Hermanas have 3 people I taught with dates. Super exciting eh? They are all this transfer so hopefully I will be able to see them. AHHHH!! I just love being a missionary right now. Heavenly Father really knows what is best for me.

 

This morning we went on a hike! It was so good to be in nature! In the mountains! My companion was so excited we had to go for a little run up the mountain to wear out her energy. I am not sure it worked though. She was still on cloud 9 the whole time. I miss being by the mountains! It was good to run up them for a bit!

 

I am going to send some pictures from the hike so I will go. I am sorry I don't have much to talk about these days. We are working really hard to get more investigators but we want to not just find investigators we will drop in a few weeks but solid ones that will progress. I hope you like the pictures!