September 29, 2014

Hello, hello family!

So the news for today is transfers! Hermana Martinez is finishing her mission and going hometomorrow. So I found out that out of all 6 missionaries serving in our ward right now, I'm the only one staying. Everyone else is going to new areas in the mission. My new companion is Hermana Southwick and there are 4 elders coming in (2 of them are brand new, flying here tomorrow). And in addition to that, instead of the area we've been covering up until now, my new companion and I will be covering the whole ward. So Indio, Coachella, Mecca, North Shore, Thermal... we're going to be busy! So my job as the only one who knows anything about the area and the ward is to get everyone up to speed and help them get to know the members and investigators.

Pray for me!

In other news, MEET THE MORMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is a movie that the church has made to be shown in visitors centers (like the one at the Mesa temple that we went to for Christmas) to kind of show who "Mormons" really are and get rid of some of the myths and rumors going around. Well when people saw it, more than 70something% said that it really changed their outlook on the church and "Mormons" and helped them understand a lot more of who we are. So because of the overwhelmingly great feedback, the church has decided to put it in select movies theaters to make it available to more people.

But from what I understand it will only be showing for one weekend to see how it does, October 10th and 11th. You can go to meetthemormons.com to see the theaters it will be showing. Another important thing: The Church is NOT trying to make money off of this. All net proceeds will go to the American Red Cross. So please go see it! We had the opportunity, as missionaries, to see it before it goes to theaters and I was laughing I was crying, it is just an all around uplifting and feel good movie. Missionaries will not be standing outside the theater ready to bombard you, just go buy some popcorn and enjoy the flick :)

Please go see it and let me know what you think! I loved it!

This week started off with a funeral, it's the third one we've had since I got here in May. We were asked to sing and it was so cool to feel the room fill with the spirit while we sang hymns. The family thanked us afterward and said they loved the feeling they got while we were there.

Last night we had an activity at church talking about eternal families and it was really cool! The adults had their class about how they can strengthen their marriage and stay strong, the youth had a class on what kind of person they want to marry and how they need to be in order to earn that kind of spouse, then we helped teach the kids a song about families and played games with them. Then of course there were desserts afterward. It was really cool!

Love,

Hermana Granado

One last picture of the district!