San Diego #7

¡Hola!
So transfers are tomorrow, Schallen, well, I killed her, she's headin' home to the ranch in Montana. It's a bummer because we are always having a blast, and we work hard. She took good care of me.
My new companion is HNA Olmstead. I'll tell ya about her when I meet here.
Okay so what's going on, some granola (YES SHE WROTE GRANOLA???) told me we are at war with Russia? (FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW...NO, WE'RE NOT AT WAR WITH RUSSIA. Ü)
Okay, what else...tell Bri happy birthday this month.
I'm staying here in Spring Valley, and am expected to be able to run the area...Ü Okay, so Griselle amazes me everyday. She wants to learn. She wants to be baptised, the only problem is Cesar isn't interested right now, and they have to get married. But she is so close!
Karla and David are progressing. I taught Karla my very first day here, she was doing great but then took a dive, that's when David moved in. We thought we'd lost her her, but we went to her trailer one day and she had done a complete 180. She even makes David read the LDM (LDM MEANS EL LIBRO DE MORMON...THE BOOK OF MORMON). The only thing holding them back is marriage. She has come from being against marriage to not believing in it to Sometime in Feb. to get married. So, she's come a long way, but still working on that.
All the little kids say thanks for the "Greenie" candy. That's how we got Karla's kids to stop lying to us. Everyime we'd pull up to the trailer, her kids would bold out before we'd even get out of the car and say "Me mamì no esta" (MY MOM'S NOT HERE) But the candy changed that.
This area is about to explode with baptisms.
So Griselle...the English Sisters found her walking down the street and gave us the referral. She said she never walks anywhere, but that day she needed a key made, and her car broke down. So...the sisters fund her. We taught her Lesson 1, and she loved it and wanted to learn more. So we left her a pamphlet and set an appointment. The next day we go and she's there waiting for us, we teach Lesson 3 and when we're teaching repentance, she started crying. We taught baptism and she wanted to be baptised. She told us she's been waiting for this message. She prayed for the very fist time. We get daily contact withe her and she loves it. Se waits for US to come. She's had a hard life and continues to amaze me everyday. She had to get married to Cesar to be able to get baptized. They've been together for 10 years already. When we went over with Alisha Romero the other day(A 17 year old rock star. She was baptized 1 year ago w/her family and is a huge asset to missionary work). We found out Cesar didn't want to get married and she told him to move out. We are still trying to help them just work it out, but Griselles is really trying to be good, she wants to do what's right. She already quit smoking and drinking. She's just so good!
Karla is amazing; when we taught the Word of Wisdom while on exchanges w/sis. Hobbs, Karla just gave us her coffee-all that she had in the house. I wrapped it up in green tissue paper and gave it to Schallen when she came back. (exchanges were just for a day)
-Okay have fun!,
La Panadora

P.S. Hi Tricia-Thanks for your picture! I really like it!
P.S. Tell Katie Pluim congrats on her call.