I hope you all had a fantastic Mother's Day!!!
This week I managed to start out on a fantastic note. We went to zone activity on Monday and decided that we were all going to play soccer. Well pretty soon things got kind of competitive and I ended up running into a few of the sisters and managed to twist both of my ankles!! Whoo! So Sister Smullin has been stuck with a hobbling companion this past week. Which is good for her because she thinks my walk is hilarious! 
But good news, I still managed to make the most goals, so my team still won!! (even though missionaries aren't allowed to keep score!!) We had a wonderful dinner at Sister Lawler's house. Then got to go to the park and have Family Home Evening with them. Then I got to have a skype call with Sister Pinter to talk about the missionaries in our zone and to go over the people who are getting ready to be baptized! Then we went to zone leadership counsel and planned ways to better move the work forward:) I know the church is true and that the spirit is the one who converts people just by the ideas that the elders come up with...
Tuesday was weekly panning day! Because of our new technology with our smart phones we have gotten new ways to plan for our day and for our week..... Sister Smullin and I are still trying to figure out how to do all of this new stuff properly.... we had a lesson with a recent convert named Shawn in our Solemint area and he is just the coolest guy ever!! His mom isn't a member but she sat down with us and read the Book of Mormon and asked questions about Joseph Smith. Shawn is an amazing example to her.
Wednesday we had a cool lesson with a girl named Kenzie. She is a doll and is a member, but hasn't been involved in the church for a while. We invited her to YSA ward and she is planning on going. We had the chance to meet with three part-member families, the Albees, Marshes and Kelleis. The Albees grandson isn't a member and he is living with them and he's hilarious. He's been in a load of plays and happily gave me advice on my make-up. Best friends for life! Brother Marsh is a member but his wife isn't. He actually participated in the olympics and offered to let me come play tennis on his tennis courts!! (I finally find tennis courts the week I sprain my ankles!!) His wife wasn't interested in hearing our lessons, but she was a complete sweetheart to us. The Kellies are one of my most favorite families ever!! We read Alma 26 with them and you could tell that Brother Kelly was touched. We made a deal with him that if Sister Smullin sings in sacrament he will come to church!!
Thursday we had mission conference from 8:45am till 3:30pm. Lets just say it was a miracle that I didn't fall asleep!! haha We had trainings on how to use the new area app planner and how to baptize our facebooks so they are clean enough to use as a missionary. So watch out for all the great California San Fernando missionaries on facebook!! I had already received these trainings when they opened up these apps to mission leadership, so I had the opportunity to try and explain it to the missionaries around me. Its honestly so cool seeing how much technology can move the work forward! Technology is such a blessing! When its used right of course! We had another lesson with Shawn and when we came out of the lesson we ran into a guy named Deter. He was walking his dog and we talked to him and he invited us to come back and teach him some more!!! yay!!!
Friday our day was booked!! We went and read scriptures with the Burgess family. They are a super cute older couple who don't really leave their house. We read a chapter with them, then set up their internet so they could watch videos on the gospel library app! Then we taught Claudia about the gospel of Jesus Christ and committed her to read the Book of Mormon! We found Shannon and Alex during knock-out and they both invited us to come back and teach them more! Shannon has just discovered faith and is so excited to read the Book of Mormon!! She says she can do it in 2 weeks!! We had another recent convert lesson with Allison and she is doing great!
Saturday we had a cool lesson with one of our ward families... they are going through a hard time and we were able to share a video that answered some of their questions! It was so cool to see how the spirit can bring things to your remembrance at the very second when you need it! We had another cool knock-out and found two more people!! Mark and Caeser!! They have both had experiences with Mormons in the past and are excited to learn more!! Mark himself has seen how the church changes lives and is very excited to get on this path!
Sunday I GOT TO SKYPE MY FAMILY!! YAYA!!!!! 
It really was a great week of finding! I can't wait for the next week of adventures!!
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