I am a qualified "East Coaster"

Quite the week this week!! Last Saturday was so awesome. So Maria and

Christian lopez (recent converts from Morristown) went to the temple

to do baptisms and sister Dubon and I went to do it with them!! So

president Taggart told us that we were so close to New York that we

should just figure out public transportation and meet them there. So

get this. The two Southern California girls figuring out the subway

system in New York. Doesn't sound promising, but getting there was so

smooth. Not even a problem at all. As if we were certified locals. We

got there for the session and it was wonderful! I loved seeing Maria

and Christian for the last time as their missionary :) then getting

back home was slightly more complicated. We get on the subway but the

wrong direction... By a lot. So we get on another one and then walk up

the stairs only to realize we are in the middle of Times Square. We

are like both kinda freaking out but trying to remain calm because we

don't want to look like ridiculous tourists. So we calmly walk, get

our bearing and get on a underground train that took us to Hoboken.

It's was quite the adventure. I am obsessed with Hoboken. I would LOVE

to live there one day. Turns out I have ancestors that lived in

Hoboken too back in the day!

So there was a lot of rain this week. So that was less fun. We also

had a few people drop us this week so we are in major finding mode. To

even switch up on the game is even more... President called for an

area book freeze which mean we aren't allowed to plan any backups or

put potentials in the area book as plans. We have to act like we are

opening a new area and just straight up contact. Not very settling but

hay que obedecer. It's been good. It's made us get creative that's for

sure. At church this Sunday we had quite a few less actives that at

church who haven't been in forever! Blessings.

Two things that really stick out to me. So there is the C______ family

who I absolutely love. Hna C______ told us when we were there that she

had some bad news for us. She had to go back to working on Sundays.

She began to explain all the reason as to why she couldn't leave her

job and so on and so forth. We opened of the 1 nefi 3:7. As she read

she began to cry. That verse is so well known and simple, yet I was

filled with us much of God's love that before I know it I too was

wiping away tears. It's amazing how much God really does love us. He

just wants us back which is why we promises that he will make the

commandments do-able.

Second thing: we have the coolest new investigator named F_______

from Guatemala. We met him in our English class. He's so humble and

funny. We were teaching him and he was like "hermanita, are you alone

here?" I said "no! I have my companion!" And then he said "no but do

you have family here?" And I was like "well, no but we are all

brothers and sisters" and he was like "no but like blood family, do

you have any here?" So I tell him no. Then he said "so you are alone"

and I was like " well then yeah I guess!" And he was like " NO! It was

a trap. You have God you are never alone!" Hahah hes a hoot. We plan

on inviting him to be baptized the 8th

Well love you all. Pray to send all this crazy rain to California please :)

Hna Mortensen

Sister Kramer introduced me to this. We had just come in from a hurricane and so it was a perfect time for hot chocolate. So then you take this like Austrailian chocolate cookie and drink the hot chocolate through it and then you have to like slam the whole cookie in your mouth before it dissolves and then that's it! It was so yummy!