So. This week has been CRAZY!!!

As you all know, I was transferred. So On Wednesday I packed up all my stuff and headed to the mission office in Highland with Hermana Rosales. There we got our new companions and said our tearful goodbye. I miss her lots!

My new companion is Hermana Lauaki-Sablan. She's from Seattle but her roots are Tongan. She's super fun and really easy to get along with. Last night we were talking about how much fun we have had and how much we have learned and experienced together in just four days. She's great! We laugh all the time.

Also, we're opening a new area. Which means we are both new to this area and know nothing about any of the people so we're starting from scratch. We had our zone leaders go to the office to pick up supplies for us because we had nothing. Not even a phone! My desk is still in pieces in our apartment. We have two roommates, sister missionaries who are serving in the Samoan ward. They're nice but I do miss having an apartment for just two of us. We are in the Rialto 4th ward, spanish speaking of course, and serving with 4 elders. One of them was in my district in Fontana so I feel like I brought a little piece of home with me.

Yesterday was our first day at church and everyone was so happy to be meeting us! They said that it has been years and years since sisters were serving in their ward. So even though we're both new and trying to get our heads on straight, we have some great members backing us up. They had us go up and introduce ourselves in sacrament meeting and we tried to make our rounds and meet as many people as we could. For some reason it feels like my Spanish is better here. Maybe it's because I'm not comparing it to a native. But I feel like I understand a lot more and can speak a lot more. Which is really good! My companion is helping me learn the ways of the mission and I'm helping her with Spanish. So we're a good match. So even though this transfer is going to be hard, we've got great support and Hermana Lauaki-Sablan is super hard working and I think we're going to make a great team.

We haven't been here for very long so I don't have cool stories to tell. However, we are teaching one family who has a haunted house. Like I thought they were just paranoid but they have had some serious ghost hunter experiences and we even heard some scary stuff while we were there. So let's just say I'm not crazy excited for our lesson tonight. 

Hope everyone at home is good, I miss you all but I am loving my mission life. I am learning so much all the time and I just know it is making me a better person. Sorry this email is so short, I am still trying to figure out my new little world here in Rialto.

Love,

Hermana Granado

your California Girl

Pics:

The first two are with Hermana Rosales, our last day together and with our ward missionaries. Then one with Hermana Lauaki-Sablan and our roommates and two of the elders in our ward, we played sports today