This week has been a good one, learning some great things.
Monday we were able to go by Eddie and Karla, they were being taught by the Elders but they gave them to us. We talked to Karla and are going to be meeting with her tonight.
Tuesday we met with Ann, she has been struggling with health and so it has been hard to meet with her. She is doing better now though.
Wednesday..This is where things get interesting. So we went to visit Thekla and then went to Golden Sisters. That is a luncheon that for the senior sisters in the ward, they usually go to Denny's but this month they had it at the Relief Society presidents house. It was really fun to get to talk to them. Ann went and so that has helped her to get to know the sisters in the ward. Afterwards we were walking around and then we were going to drive and go to a different area. We were stopped at a stop sign and I was going to turn left. All clear, so I go for the turn and then I see someone coming. There was hesitation on my part and they also turned and then we got hit. They hit our drivers side front tire with the passenger side front fender. It was pretty low speed. No one was hurt. The axle got bent so the car was not really drive-able. This is where all the blessings come in.
Blessing #1-No one was hurt. If the other car hadn't of turned like it did, they probably would have hit the drivers side door.I can still drive.
#2-The night before while we were planning, the time of 3-5 we could not think of anything to be doing at that time, it took us forever, and also the time of 7:30-9. The accident happened about 2:45. While we waited for Elder Miller and his wife to come we walked in that area, and found out a member had moved. The Millers were able to take us up by our dinner and we stopped by a less active who we hadn't met yet. We had dinner and then had an appointment with another less active and the RS president. She took us to where we would end the night and we were able to get a ride back, but that was all in the time that we again couldn't think of where we needed to be.
#3 We found out that there wasn't any spare cars that they could give us to drive while it got fixed. Ok thats fine, we can get rides from the members, and we will basically have to work longer in each area. Awesome, we might be able to find a new investigator.
#4 On Thursday President Van Cott gave us his car to drive, they actually have a spare truck they use at transfer time so he would drive that and give us his car to use. So because we had the thought of working in areas and walking more, that is what we continued to do but we now had a car to help us. I think this really helped us appreciate our car just a little bit more.
Saturday I was able to go to a baptism back in Yucca. It was for Josh and Diana. Diana is Bro. Perez daughter(our WML) and Josh is her husband. I started teaching them just before I left in January.(6months really flies by!) They had a date in March but that got postponed. Both Sis Davis and I were able to go back as well as some other missionaries. It was fun to be back together again. It was weird to go back and drive through Yucca, but it was great to see the people there. Sis. Martin gave us a ride, we were teaching her husband when I left also. Betty was there and also the Madsens and Sis. Hobbs. Sister Stewart was able to stay here and go out with Sis. Cisnerors and Sis. Bradford.
Sunday we went and kept score for bean bag baseball again, I love it! it gets more exciting each time. Most of them are regulars but sometimes we get a new face. We went and stopped by a members home and shared a quick message with them, when we got home that night we got a text from her telling us what her 6 year old daughter said. "Everytime the sisters are here I feel the spirit of Heavenly Father, I feel so happy mommy." That made our day. Sometimes as a missionary you feel the spirit change the homes you visit but sometimes you are so used to the spirit that you often don't recognize the difference that it makes.
This week has been pretty good though. Today we went and played volleyball in Banning with some other missionaries, and hopefully next week we go up to Oak Glen. Anyways, thats about it for this week!
Thank you for your prayers and support! I love you all,
Sister Kellee Gardner
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