"Joy"ful Service: Me cayo el veinte

Hey family!

I can actually email y'all this week! I have a bunch to fill you in on so this might be a longer one plus lots of pictures. Sorry!

Two weeks ago was crazy! So many things happened that week. Sister Wilemon and I were able to go out to lunch with Brother and Sister Weaver! That was so much fun! It was great to see them. They are such wonderful people. I had no idea that they lived in the stake I was serving in!

The Spanish missionaries put on a fiesta for all 3 branches in Idaho Falls. It was called "El Dia de Las Naciones". Unfortunately, there was not much time to plan it, so it didn't turn out quite how we had hoped it would. But, it was still lots of fun! I was able to see Raquel there! She is the woman we were teaching over a year ago. She is the cutest grandma.

The missionaries in Idaho Falls put on a musical fireside the next night. It was all about the Restoration of the Gospel. Wow, it was incredible! So many great singers. There was a little girl who sang a song called "Gethsemane". Here are the lyrics:

Jesus climbed the hill
To the garden still
His steps were heavy and slow
Love and a prayer
Took Him there
To the place only He could go

He felt all that was sad, wicked or bad
All the pain we would ever know
While His friends were asleep
He fought to keep
His promise made long ago

The hardest thing That ever was done
The greatest pain that ever was known
The biggest battle that ever was won
This was done by Jesus.
The fight was won by Jesus.

Gethsemane
Jesus loves me
So he gave His gift to me
In Gethsemane

It was such a powerful song! The little girl got emotional as she was singing it. She had everyone in tears. The Spirit was so strong! I was able to accompany a man who sang "Savior, Redeemer of My Soul" and Sister Weaver came to play with us as well! I am grateful to have my violin here so I can share my testimony through music.

The greatest part about the fireside was that Richie came! And guess who he sat next to? President and Sister Brinkerhoff! As we were singing the closing song (Come Unto Christ) I could literally picture Richie in the waters of baptism. He said that he is getting close and is planning on the 11th of July. I am so happy and excited for him!

Last Monday, we went to Yellowstone! It was so much fun! We were able to go to Mesa Falls. Holy cow, it was beautiful! I'm grateful that the Lusk's were able to take us!

Tuesday was a lot of packing and saying goodbyes. I sure did love my time in Ammon! Lots of miracles happened there!

Wednesday was transfers! It is so weird to be back in the same area I started in. Being with Sister Pulido again has been so much fun! She is the greatest. I absolutely LOVE being in the Visitors' Center. I have already experienced miracles there! Peter, a Chinese man, came in. He has been a member for about 5 years. It was so cool to hear his conversion process and how the Gospel has blessed his life. Jerrica also came in. She asked if I could find the number for the missionaries in her area. I asked her if she was going to take the lessons and she said yes and that she was ready to get baptized! Crazy! I guess she had taken lessons a year ago but stopped. She said she had done a lot of thinking and praying and now knows that she needs to be baptized! The VC is full of miracles! Because the number of missionaries in this mission is going down, we only have three companionships in the VC. This means that we serve there every day. We usually only have one to two nights in our area per week. It makes it hard to find investigators, but I know God will put miracles in our path as we serve faithfully.

I think that covers the big things from the past two weeks. Sorry it's so long! I love y'all tons and hope you have the best 4th of July!

Hermana Clay

Richie!