Tuesday for P-day we had an awesome game of basketball between the sisters and Sister Smullin and I made a fantastic team!!! Then we played soccer with the elders which was a load of fun. We did a lot of stop-bys to try and pick up new investigators, then we had a lesson with Ashley!! She is a recent convert and is just such a sweetheart.
Wednesday we had weekly planning and got to go read scriptures at Brother Kelly's house!! Brother Todd came and we had Sister Smullin teach her talk that she shared in church since Brother Kelly wasn't able to make it.
Thursday we decided to stop by a referral that the elders in our zone sent us. Her name is Laura Jones and the elders said she was super excited about getting baptized. When we got to the complex we realized that the elder forgot to add the apartment number so we called them and they said they forgot to write it down and then explained to us where to go to find the right apartment. Well the directions they gave us lead us straight to a member's house so we assumed that the elders explained it wrong and decided to just knock the complex and ask for Laura Jones...... well we ended up knocking the whole complex and everyone we talked to said there was not a Laura Jones that lived in the complex...... so we called the elders again explained the situation and asked them to describe Laura...... turns out that our ward member was playing a huge joke on the elders and pretended to be interested in being baptized...... needless to say we had spent almost an hour looking for someone who didn't exists...... we were not too amused..... 
Friday we had a lesson with Sister Valencia! She is such a sweet lady! We talked about the Plan of Salvation and how knowing who we are can really bless our lives. Then we had a lesson with Claudia! We taught her about faith and we read Ether 12 with her. She loves to read the scriptures with us but sadly she will be moving on to another area soon. We went to Brother and Sister Burgess's house to read the scriptures with them and they are just the cutest couple ever! Then we had a lesson with Neslie... She wants to get sealed to Alex in the temple and is so excited for us to come back and teach them more!!! We are working to get Alex and Neslie to come to church with us on Sunday! We had dinner at the Lamerson's house and they bought some cool things to paint with their kids while we ate. Sister Smullin painted a cool snake and I painted a pineapple candle holder!! It was so much fun!! Probably one of my favorite family home evenings ever.
Saturday we got to visit with Allison and Andrew. They are doing good, but we haven't been able to get Allison to come back to church.... its make us so sad, but we are not going to give up on her!! We got transfer calls while we were at dinner with the Oblads.... I will be staying in Mint Canyon and Solemint and Sister Smullin will be going to Burbank. It is sooo sad.... but we know it is where God wants us to go. My new companion is Sister Thongrit and she is such a sweetheart. I am excited to be serving with her. Soooo this means I am going to be going to the Bakersfield Mission and Sister Smullin will be going to LA! Its hard but I am so excited to be able to go to a new mission though. It is going to be great!!
Love, Sister Howard
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