Macey Gates: Sister Macey Gates // Week Sixty-Five

This week was so good:)! On monday we got to go on a hike with our zone, we just barely started doing p-day zone activities again. We hiked up to the M, like the D in St. Geezy. It was super beautiful!! I wore my popcorn socks too! On tuesday we had interviews with President and the advice he gave us was to have fun! So were just partying it up like missionaries do! This week we got permission and taught Robert (he's 9). We pretty much taught him all the lessons and he passed his interview. That kid is so smart and so so excited to be baptized!! He will be baptized this sunday! Gloria is doing good still:) Were always over at her house forever cause she always asks us all the interesting questions, like ufos and stuff. Just things she sees on TV but she thanked us for listening to her and helping her. She made it to church on time this week so we were pretty happy about it:)! So this Wednesday me and Hermana Juarez had to teach the bible class, she was on exchanges with an english sister so she asked me to start it and teach with her, i had no idea what the chapter was on, but it ended up being really good. Just follow the spirit right? So this week we did a lot of finding. We were outside trying to visit a LA member, that doesn't actually live there anymore but there was a guy name Otto outside that we just walked up and talked to. He told us that he went to our church for about 18 years, but was never baptized and his daughter that lives with him is actually a member! We had a lesson with them, he has a hard time believing in God. We had a really powerful lesson on faith, and the atonement and at one point he just got up and walked out, he started to cry. But he offered to feed us tomorrow so we are super excited about that! This week we finally had a lesson with Luciano, the boyfriend of Maria, a very less active member and we definitely had to call him to repentance on the Word of Wisdom, It was awesome. Sometimes you just have to be straight up with people. We also met this homeless lady named Torlene at the park, we invited her to see the video He is the Gift and when we got ready to leave she told us that she really needed that. So many people are in need of the gospel! So Hermana Santoyo called me the other night and she told me that President Mullen had called her. She had no idea who was calling but picked up the phone and said "WHATS UP MAN!!!" hahah She said President Mullen just had to laugh. Freakin Santoyo i just love her!! Do you remember how i told you that some people we taught in corona got baptized, that i didn't know about? Well the moms name is Lupita, and she just barely got back from Mexico. She showed up in church on sunday, and i don't think i've ever been more happy in my life. I taught that lady almost a year ago, with Hermana Santoyo and she remembered me and thanked me for teaching her cause she is now a member. Sometimes you don't ever see the outcomes but when you do, and they remember you, its the best feeling in the world:) I LOVE THIS WORK!!! This is my last week training Hermana Lindsey, the time has gone by so fast! We had a lesson with Rigo one of our investigators, and at the end he just stared at us... and said to me and Hermana Lindsey "You guys are best friends aren't you?" I have grown to love Hermana Lindsey so much, she has taught me so much patience and love. I don't know what will happen at transfers but what ever happens, i will go and do! I absolutely love love love the scriptures!! Make it a goal to read them every day!! I love you all so much!!!

Hermanita Gates:)