Oh man this week went by so fast but it was so good! First off Happy Mothers day to all my moms out there! To all my aunties, my cousins, my grandmas, and my mom and sister! I love you all! This week though was awesome! Summer is here and its so hot especially cause me and Elder Barnes are on bikes! It was 90's this week and the other missionaries are saying that its usually 110 during the summer! Haha So I'm soooooo excited to be in a biking area during the summer! (;

Yesterday Ivan passed his Baptism interview for this Saturday so we are so pumped for him! This week is just going to be review and preparation for his baptism! I don't think I have met a kid that wants to be baptized more than him! It's so good! It's still crazy to me to see the Holy Ghost works in lessons with the people that we teach. You can literally see the Holy Ghost testify to them of the truthfulness of this message! Their whole demeanor changes and with Ivan it has been an awesome experience to see him grow! We had to move his date a couple of times but  come this Saturday, it is set.  Elder Barnes and I couldn't be happier for him! Pics will be coming soon!!!!

This week I have been reminded over and over again how important it is to follow the promptings of the spirit! Elder Barnes and I  gave a couple of blessings this week and the only reason we were able to give those is because we followed the spirit to be in the place we needed to be! Wednesday night we were able to give a blessing to a less active member just because our plans fell through ad we were wondering who we could visit! We prayed and then David came to mind and the cool thing is we were right by his house, so we went there and he asked for one! Another example was on Friday me and Elder Barnes wanted to go to Red Robin haha. We never go to restaurants but we wanted some banzai burgers so bad, but we didn't end up going... but on Saturday we didn't have a dinner so me and Elder Barnes and the ZL's all went to Red Robin. When we were walking in, there was a family going in and the grandma had problems with her wheelchair right by the door. So we helped them. Something that caught my attention was the mom of the family said, "Wow you can always count on the missionaries to show up right when you need them". That hit deep in my heart! It told me how important it is to follow the promptings we feel because the Lord is using us to answer prayers! After eating that family paid for us and then asked us to give a blessing. So we did! It was an awesome experience! Yesterday we were able to give more blessings to the family that we ate dinner with as well! La familia Bautista! They are awesome! But seriously, this week was just such a testament to me of how important it is for me to follow every prompting! It is such an important part of missionary work!!!

On Thursday we had a Mothers Day activity, since the Hispanic culture celebrates Mothers Day on the 10th! Haha and I straight up felt like I was back at one of the parties in my Tongan ward back home where all the old ladies are dancing to the music! Lol except is was just Mexicanized! Haha like they have there own electric slide in Spanish, I was dying laughing! It was a good time!

Transfer calls and interviews are already here for this upcoming week! It's so crazy how fast time is flying! Thank you all for your support and love! I love you all and hope you guys have a good week!


Con Amor,
Elder Ka'ili