Hola familia, Surprise! 

We get to email the day before we leave, which is really nice because I'm pretty sure I won't get another Pday until Monday.

So here's the deal, my flight got rerouted because of snow in Dallas. But I'm leaving the MTC at 2:30am tomorrow, my flight leaves Mexico at 7am then I should be in California at 11:15. I don't know what my first day will be like, I have no idea what to expect but I'll tell you all about it next week! I will get assigned to my trainer (my first companion in the field) then I start working!

Now you can all write me letters to my California address! If you don't have it, here it is:

Hermana Stephanie Granado 
California Redlands Mission 
7000 Central Ave 
Highland, CA 92346

and you can also continue to email me at this address. I love getting all the pictures from you and hearing about your lives lately! Makes me sad I'm not there but we'll just have more stories to share in 2015.

The last days here in the CCM have been awesome. Emotionally exhausting but awesome. I am still shocked at how incredibly hard it was to say bye to my district members who left this morning. The hardest part is not knowing if I'll be able to see them when we get home. But I hope I will! We got some pictures with our teachers but I will send them next week when I actually have a preparation day. 

So much has happened this last week in the MTC that I can't begin to tell you but just know I have loved it and have learned so so much. Now it's real! I'm off to save some souls in California. I'm nervous but so so excited. I can't do accents on this computer and I don't have access to Google translate so my Spanish won't look pretty but I want to tell you all what's in my heart…

Yo se que este iglesia es verdadera. Yo se que Jesucristo es mi salvador y es nuestro salvador. Y este evangelio es el mismo evangelio que Jesucristo ensño durante su vida terrenal. Dios no envio a la tierra para progresar y aprender. Dios nos conoce perfecamente y El sabe que cada persona necesita experimentar y aprender para llegar a ser la persona que Dios quiere seamos.Yo se estoy aqui por un razon y este razon es para predicad el evangelio de Jesucristo. Me encanta este trabaja y estoy amada para llegar en California. Les extraño mucho pero no quiero estar un lugar que no esta California. Me encanta que soy una misionera y un representante de Jesucristo. Yo se que ustedes van a ser bedecido porque yo estoy aqui ahora. Yo ha aprendi mucho y voy a continuar a aprender. Las seis semanas pasadas era muy dificil pero muy bueno tambien. Mi español no es perfecto y no soy una maestra perfecta pero, con el espiritu santo, puedo hacer milagros en las vidas de mis investigadores. Gracias por su apoyo y su amor. Les ama mucho! 

I love you all, pray for my safe travels and I'll talk to you when I'm in California!

Con amor,
Hermana Granado