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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Email from Stacie 4-27-09

Sylvia- Como Estas? Todo aqui esta buenisima! Me encanta ser misionera! Los Milagros
Jamas cesan, Dios es tan bueno! Tengo una pregunta...Tuviste tu bebe? no pude recordar
si estabas emberazada o si era alguien mas...:) andale pues tengas una buenisima semana!
Te Quiero mucho -HNA. Baker

Sunday, April 26, 2009

San Diego #39 4-6-09

Hola Bonita family Mìa:

Conference was awesome! E. Telxeria of the 70 that spoke-was here not long ago on a mission tour. Very nice guy. Very smar! And E. Holland's talk-wow-. During the break some members and I had a Jalapeño eating contest. I'll send pictures.

We've had miracles galor!! Soley has a baptismal date of May 3rd. Hopefully it will go through

Then we have a huge miracle with Isabel. I don't believe I told you about her yet. We taught her lesson 1 a couple of weeks ago and taught her how to pray. So after that lesson we couldn't find her. Well we swung by to give her a book of mormon and she was on her way out, so we gave ehr the book and once again wasn't able to find her...well, we swung by on saturday and found her finally! She lets us in and says 'hasn't anyone told you what has been going on?' So we go sit down and her husband is on the couch across from us bawling his eyes out. So she starts to tell us the story. A couple of days ago after we gave her the BOM-they were in bed one night and he woke her up with like a scream. He had a heart attack. When she realized what had happened, he had been dead for 10 seconds. So she prayed (as we taught her) and did CPR (she had never done it before, keep in mind CPR is not a resucitation tool) and he came back to life! The Dr's said he had three clogged arteries and whe she did CPR it knocked one of the clots loose. Drs said he shouldn't have come back to life...she calls us her angels. She says it is because of us, that he is alive. The are both stoked to know we have a prophet. Huge miracle! God is os good! So...things are good-We have 12 investigators right now and a whole bunch of futures.

hna baker.

San Diego #38 3-30-09

Hola familia mìa:

Todavìa no tengo nada a decirles porque nadie me escribo en las semana pasada ojála que todos esten bien. Todavìa estoy trabajando duro y luchando para exito. Hemos estado enseñando a muchas personas pero nadie vinó a la iglesia ayer. ¡Que Lastima!

Quienen oìr (leer) una historia chistoso pero verdad...bueno...recibimos una referencia para un hombre se llama José Cruz para traeree la peliqula cordero de dios. Entonces buscabmos la dirreción y me dì cuenta que era una garage micanico para arreglar carros. Entonces pasamos y hablabamos un poco con 3 personas, José, Luis, y Concepción. Enseñabamos la primera Charla Allá y les comprometemos para ser bautizados, en el momento. Allá en el garage con la ruido do la calle atras y todo. La primera vez por todo! ¿Verdad? Nos dijeron-no pero todavìa trabajamos con ellos. Oh-Liz Walker va a pasar la casa (suyo) pronto para dejar una caja de cosas mìas que no uso mucho. Oh, El Elder Moon se fallecio (se murio) El era un misionario viejo serviendo aquì con su esposa. Estamos tristes por eso.

Okay, I'll write in english-I got all your letters today, sounds like you are doing well...that's good to hear.

(SORRY IF SOME OF THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE...<3 JEN)

I STILL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL ANYBODY BECAUSE I AM WRITING IN LAST WEEK. HOPEFULLY ALL IS FINE. I'M STILL WORKING HARD AND STRIVING FOR SUCCESS. WE HAVE BEEN TEACHING MANY PEOPLE BUT NO ONE CAME TO CHURCH YESTERDAY. TOO BAD!

THOSE WHO HEAR (READ) BUT A REALLY FUNNY STORY...WELL...WE GOT A REFERECNE FOR A NAMED JOSE CRUZ TO BRING A LAMB OF GOD MOVIE TO. THEN WE WENT TO SEARCH FOR THE ADDRESS AND REALIZED IT WAS A CAR GARAGE (MECHANICS SHOP). THEN WE TALKED A LITTLE AND WENT WITH 3 PEOPLE: JOSE, LUIS AND CONCEPTIóN. THEN WE TAUGHT THE FIRST AND COMMIT THEM TO BE BAPTIZED AT THE TIME.BACK IN THE GARAGE WITH THE SETREE NOISE AND DO IT ALL. THE FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING! REALLY? THEY SAID NO, BUT STILL WORKS WITH THEM.

OH, LIZ WALKER WILL GO HOME EARLY TO LEAVE A BOX OF THINGS OF MINE THAT I DON'T USE MUCH.

OH, ELDER MOON DIED. HE WAS AN OLD MISSIONARY SERVING HERE WITH HIS WIFE. WE ARE SADDENED BY THAT.

Hna. Baker

San Diego #37 3-23-09

Hola Querida familia Mìa:

Well transfers came and went. Everyone pretty much 'knew' I was leaving Spring Valley...Sis. Urban was so sure she didn't even buy groceries...tuesday night the phone call from the zone leaders came, Sis. Urban picks it up and with a huge grin on her face and the Zone leaders tell her...she's getting transfered! ha ha ha She was so ticked! So I'm still in Spring Valley and within the next 1-2 weeks we'll get branches up and moving too!

Bri is having a girl eh...I had one too. I named her Hna. Fitzgerald (Hna. Fitz for people like Sis. Baker and Mexicans because it's hard to say...) Yep, I'm a mom. She's from Payson, Utah (Miss Payson, yup she's a pagent girl) Pretty col-We're having fun. He first day, on the way home, we saw 2 different store robberies (shop lifters) and a crowd of mexican men looking for work attacking a moving van.

I'm working her pretty hard-we are having lots of miracles. Tomorrow is zone conference, i'm super excited for that! Pres. Donaldson slways gives us good stuff-oh guess what. Yesterday at church we opened the overflow!!! That has never happened before! YEAHH!! The elders told me they (Pres. Snodgrass) are thinking about 4 branches now! Crazy! I don't know how that's going to work, but we'll do it.

There's a webstie (I'm at the library) in front of me that I just read completely wrong- sandiegoatwork- you'll get it (SANDIE GOAT WORK) I feel dumb. Well, I don't really have more to say to you.

Oh, Soley is going to get baptized soon. She's 13 and a part member english family (they requested sisters, she's from the Bonita 1st English ward)but that that will happen soon.

k bye

Hna. Baker

San Diego #36

Bueno Querida Familia Mìa:

This is the last week of this transfer. We find out who leaves tuesday night at 9:00, then at 10:00 wed. we go to transmers and go...So we'll see what, where, and who happens then. So my companion is getting a hair cut, and I'm sitting here watching this lady. Her client is balding, and she's talking to him like she's a docto-writing him 'perscription' shampoo saying all these technical terms and he says, 'so it's Rogain' and she went off on him...super funny. Let's see...your week has been exciting sounds like. So it's a girl?

We go tracting a lot...a lot. Working a lot and getting refferals from members with the Lamb of God DVD. Turns out people don't even know Easter even has anything to do with Christ. So we are gently reminding everyone we can :)

Hna. Servin had a boy! It's exciting, yet, super weird. My very first transfer w/Schallen-we found out she was pregnant. So I've been here through the entire thing. Tues. morning we're going to go over and serve them (mainly to see Hugo)

So as i'm sitting here-watching all these "normal" people, I've realized how weird I really am. I'm doing everything I can to not listen to the music~I used to be into all these hair things-now I don't care at all what I look like. I'm looking at a wall of products and it all feels and seems oddly familar, but weirding me out big time. I'M WEIRD.

Hna. Baker

San Diego #35 3-9-09

Familia Mìa:

¿Disfrutaron los fotos que mandé in la semana pasada? La capill (en el bautismo de Sam) estaba llena!) Muy buena vista. Mì compañera compró una vela y tengo miedo porque ereo que ella esta tratando de quemar nuestro aprtamento con el fuego. Iba escribir toda la carta in español pero madre se enojó la ultima vez-entonces tengo que practicar ingles...

DID YOU ENJOY THE PHOTOS I SENT LAST WEEK? THE CHAPEL (AT SAM'S BAPTISM) WAS FULL!!! VERY GOOD VIEW. MY COMPANIOIN BOUGHT A CANDLE AND I'm SCARED BECAUSE I THINK SHE'S TRYING TO BURN DOWN THE APARTMENT WITH FIRE. I WOULD WRITE ALL OF THE LETTER IN SPANISH BUT MOM WAS ANGRY LAST TIME, SO I HAVE TO PRACTICE MY ENGLISH.

For my birthday at 6:30 am, Los Gonzalez called me (Mexican tradition) to wake me up and sing to me. (I was already awake) Then Ricardo called and sang to me, and Pres. and Sis. Donaldson called. We had dinner w/the Borja's, Hna. Busby, and Hna. Gonzalez snuck over earlier and dropped off a cake and jello and gifts. The best of all was that it was exchanges :)

We worked super hard all day and it was fun. Sis. Purziani came here. Carol and Vivian Labarol came up and we did spilits (sorta) and blitzed the area. So it was good we added a bunch of potentials too-we were just out in the streets talking to everyone and knociing all the run-down apartment complexes. But it was good-a very refreshing day. Sam was comfirmed sunday, he's very happy-he's thinking about going on a mission :) He was super excited for the tie mom. He says thanks...He gave me a hug he was so excited...awkward...Anyway he was grateful! Tonight we are going to the Malfabon's for a b-day dinner...menudo...I didn't tell anyone about my b-day, only the Gonzalez (because they asked) Mexicans love to party...it's just a fact, and I just wanted it to be a normal day, to just work, so this is all from me not tellling anyone.

They think they are going to make Bonita 3rd ward into a ward and 2 branches within the next 1 1/2 weeks! That's also transfers, so we'll see what happens. It will be like a Spring Valley branch Lemon Grove and San Diego Branch (in a school) and National City and Bonita ward. So it's exciting.

Oh, I also got phone calls from people in the office (the ones that sort the mail) for my b-day too, they thought it was funny.

Anyways...Thanks
Hna. Baker

Friday, April 10, 2009

Here's the Deal Friends:

I GOT AN EMAIL FROM STACIE ON MONDAY AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS:

Hey...So for your convenience... You can put a post or something on the blog that
says...

I'm (you) really busy, (says Jennifer), If you bother looking at the blog reply or
something.

Because if no one even looks at it you can just stop doing it...and not waste you time.

OK bye

SO FIRST OF ALL-I REALLY DON'T MIND UPDATING THE BLOG, IT JUST TAKES ME A LITTLE WHILE TO GET CAUGHT UP. ANYWHO-JUST FOR STACIE-HERE'S MY MESSAGE:

FOR ALL OF YOU THAT FOLLOW THE BLOG, I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU COULD PUT A COMMENT ON THIS POST, LETTING ME KNOW THAT YOU ACUTALLY ARE FOLLOWING ALONG ON THE BLOG. THAT WAY IF NO ONE COMMENTS, I WON'T FEEL AS BAD FOR NOT UPDATING IT AS MUCH AS I SHOULD. BUT IF YOU DO COMMENT, FEEL SPECIAL BECAUSE I'LL KEEP GOING JUST FOR YOU! :) I'LL CHECK IT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND SEE IF ANYONE POSTS...

LOVE THE ONE AND ONLY jen