Yucaipa 1/27/14

Dear Family,

Tuesday was busy and full of meeting with our investigators, we met with Josh and Diana, Melinda and Jon, and Steve. I miss them all! Hopefully I will get to go back for their baptisms when that happens. So this week here in Yucaipa has been pretty good. The work here right now is slow, It reminds me of Yucca Valley when I first got there, There wasn't much teaching going on, but now there is alot! I hope we can have the same thing happen here in Yucaipa. Sis. Ferry has been here for 8 months, so she knows the ward very well, and she has good relationships with the members. She goes home at the end of this transfer, so I will be here for a while. It is kind of stressful knowing that she is leaving, especially since she knows the area so well. It will come with time. The ward here is really awesome, and I love the people already.

A little bit about Yucaipa.. So It is only a little different than Yucca, haha ok a lot. It is very green. We have Orange trees and grapefruit trees in front of our house, yummy :D We feed horses in the morning, which is actually pretty fun. It is a gorgeous place and I love it.

On Sat. we had a Stake Relief Society womens conference, It was amazing! There are some awesome women here and they have great faith! It was all about Coming Closer to Christ. So on Sunday we got to help in Primary, the Chorister went home sick, so we went in and I did Singing time.. It was pretty fun, I haven't gone to Primary since I was in it, so it was cool to remember what it was like. The only sad part is that those kids don't know the "good songs"! They just don't sing the same songs that they used to. Oh well I guess.

This week has mostly been full of getting to know people in the ward. We went walking  one day and we stopped and talked to someone. He had made this awesome playhouse for his grandson. It folds up flat and it is pretty multi-functional. One of the coolest playhouses ive ever seen. He wasn't really interested, but one thing I have noticed is that it has gotten easier for me to talk to Everyone. I have realized I am here to invite people to come unto Christ, and they can choose to accept or reject, but only if they are invited. So we start random conversations about whatever the people are doing.. and just keep talking. Its pretty fun actually.

I know that this is short, but I don't really know what else to talk about. I love you all and thank you for the support you give!

Love,

Sister Kellee Gardner