Hear the Words, Have Faith! Week 31

 Helloooo family and friends!! it's always so amazing to get to hear from you! I would love to hear from all of you! 

This week was surely one to remember! transfer #5 and I'm staying here in Santa Paula, with Hermana Leary so not much change for us! What a blessing! 

This week can be wrapped up pretty short but we explored some new places in our area, and enjoyed the beautiful weather here, it hasn't gotten too hot yet so we are very grateful for that! And of course we spent so much time walking around and talking to everyone !! We talked to a ton of people! We had some pretty crazy experiences with some of the friends we ran into, but the work will always continue! 

The main thing I want to share is that Saturday I spent the day with an apostle of the Lord! My mission was blessed with the opportunity to have Elder David A. Bednar come and share his love and light and knowledge with us! Oh my goodness it was sooo amazing!! 

My entire mission gathered together for the first time in years!! I can't even begin to describe the amazing spiritual power that was in the room! I have shared it with a few people but he focused a ton on the principles of the gospel! There were many questions asked but every single answer could have been answered with Faith is the first principle of the gospel! and Faith is action and power! It is so powerful! 

There are many many things that I would love to share with you today and so many amazing quotes and feelings but, a testimony is not gained by listening to someone share thoughts, but only through your own action and a willingness to learn! This week I will be studying faith! and I encourage you to do the same to gain for yourself a testimony of faith! I know that growing our faith can change who we are to better be in tune with God's will! I will end with my testimony that I know that God is our loving Heavenly Father and he sent his son to earth because he loves us and wants us to feel joy and wants us to come closer to him by growing our faith in him, repenting of our faults and by remembering the covenants we have made and blessings we have received from them! 

I love you all so much and I know that we can be happy because our savior Jesus Christ is Risen!

Love you all so so much  

catch y'all next week *finger guns*

Hermana McVey

 join the google photos !!! 

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You were always there beside me . . . Week 30

 Helloooo family and friends!!!

I hope That everyone is doing amazing!! 

Tuesday - We officially said goodbye to our friend Sergio and passed him to the missionaries in México! It was a sad day for us but he is so excited to meet with them there! 

Wednesday - We had so many lessons I don't even remember what else happened that day!!

Thursday - We had an amazing English class and our friends actually came this week so we were able to have some good lessons afterwards!!!

Friday - I went on exchanges in English land and it was really fun! We had lessons with all of their new members and helped them prepare for fast and testimony Sunday!! (we have a stake meeting next week so we had it this week) 

Saturday..... lots of lessons and invited soooo many friends to church and then we had some new friends come to English class!!!! 

Sunday - Such an amazing day! We had the Rafaels at church!! And then after we had a baptism of the amazing family Muñoz! The parents and two kids and they are all just the cutest! Then we had a linger longer and ate so much food !!! We then drove to Piru, like 30 minutes out of our area and did some member stop by and had dinner with the amazing family Juarez!!! 

Highlights!! 

☆ Zacatecis and his wife Andrea!!! 

☆ Rafaels finally answering us back! 

☆ exchanges with Sister Adams! 

☆Panda Friday!!! 

Spiritual Thought!! 

"Christ’s charity—evident in complete loyalty to divine will—persisted and continues to persist, not just through the easy and comfortable days but especially through the darkest and most difficult ones." 

I promise you that God loves you! No matter how dark your day is, he knows you! He loves you, he is watching out for you and he will help you up when you fall!!  And because of our Savior Jesus Christ you can be healed and saved. There is no darkness that can not be lightened by Christ's charity! 

If you are in this darkensss reach out for him, find his light, he is there!!! 

I love you all sooo much! 

Keep being amazing!!! 

I also finally caved and started a photo album!! 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HFUZ4XAN6aPzf5eE7

Sorry not sorry

Love you all so so much  

catch y'all next week *finger guns*

Hermana McVey

Happy Easter!!! Week 29

 Hellooo 

I hope you all had an amazing Holy Week and an amazing Easter!!! 

I can't even tell you what happened this week but I do know that through facebook we found the most amazing friend ever!! He is so cool and we have had so many amazing lessons with him! But he's moving to México.... 

And we got to meet up with a new member that we really love. She is so cute and we got to have a good lesson with her this week!! 

Highlights

☆ Easter!!!! 

☆ 7 mile hike....

☆ Sergio!!! 

☆ caramel popcorn!!!! 

Spiritual message!

"It is our responsibility to find what is possible through Christ and go on to pay for the process to make those things possible!!" 

Anything is possible through God! But we need to be able to pray for the Lord to trust us!! 

Gain the trust of Lord and I promise it will bless your life !!!

Love you all so so much  

catch y'all next week *finger guns*

Hermana McVey

Can you feel the love🤪🤍 Week 28

 Hellooo 

This week was sooo long and crazy! But the sun was out and joy was everywhere!

 

Tuesday we planned out our week and talked to so many amazing people and found some cool friends that wanted to come to English class !! We also went over to Hermana Castro and had the most amazing and delicious homemade tortillas!!

Wednesday we had a fun road trip! We got to go to Camarillo for an appointment and I got to see my new member Rene again

I miss it there!!! 

Thursday.....uhh this day was rough I don't even remember what happened. We had a lot of lessons canceled and we were just running around like headless chickens!! 

Friday !! So much love in the air!! Maybe a little too much... I was on exchanges so Sister Adams came to Santa Paula with me and we partied all day!! 

We were given flowers twice!! And this guy, who me and Hermana Leary met last week, came up and was just a little too friendly! 

Saturday!  We had a phone call with a new friend! He asked a lot of deep questions and Hermana Leary and I tried so hard to understand and explain with the Spanish we know! We also got to help out with the Spirit of Santa Paula, a little food pantry! Soo fun and we got to practice our Spanish even more! 

Sunday! We had Rafael come to church! We dropped off cookies to some of our members! 

Highlights: 

☆ the most important thing I will ever receive in my life: a dead bee in a cup of water from a random guy that called us beautiful

☆ made really delicious cookies....

☆ Maria y Laura

☆seeing Rene again 

Happy holy week!!!! 

I want to extend the invitation given by Elder D. Todd Christofferson in his April 2023 conference talk "One in Christ”

"Today is Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week, marking the Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, His suffering in Gethsemane and death on the cross just days later, and His glorious Resurrection on Easter Sunday. Let us resolve never to forget what Christ endured to redeem us. And let us never lose the overwhelming joy we will feel once again on Easter as we contemplate His victory over the grave and the gift of universal resurrection." 

 

Let us remember this week he who gave us all! Let us resolve to NEVER forget what Christ endured for each and every one of us individually! and let us Never lose the overwhelming joy we will feel once again on Easter as we remember him!

I can promise that no matter where you are spiritually, mentally, or physically, the one thing that can bring you that Overwhelming JOY is Jesus Christ!!! 

Remember him and allow yourself to receive that greater love that he has for you and to feel his overwhelming joy! 

have a great holy week 

 Love you all so so much  

catch y'all next week *finger guns* 

Hermana McVey

The boys are back again, together making history. . . Week 27

 Hola!! 

Thank you all for reading my emails

This week was kinda crazy and a lot happened but at the same time, I don't remember what happened! 

Tuesday we had interviews that are always so fun! but took up most of our day! After we had some lessons and planned out our week, nothing super super exciting!

Wednesday we went to Oxnard and picked up another missionary for the day. Then we went to one of our members house and did some service. We helped her clean her house and then she gave us some quesadillas! 

Thursday!! 

WE FINALLY GOT TO GO TO THE TEMPLE!!!

I have been waiting for this day for so long and it was so worth it! We got to drive to LA, and back and that was rough but the temple was so worth it! 

Hermana Leary and I got to go to the temple together again! It was so amazing to think back just a few months we were working together in Mexico!! 

Friday was the only day this week where we just had to do a ton of missionary work, so we went and had a ton of lessons and tried to find some amazing people! 

Saturday & Sunday we had a general conference which was so amazing!! I can't wait for the talks to be out to read again! I got to have one of my friends watch the General Conference for the first time!!! He was so happy and amazed by the dedication the church members have. I felt so blessed to be able to help him to this point !! 

highlights 

- Interviews!!

- so much driving all week!! 

- Rafaels!! (they always just make me so happy) 

- A really cool "cruise night"  in Santa Paula and saw a bunch of really cool cars!! 

- temples!!!!! 

Spiritual thought! 

This weekend Hermana Leary and were putting up some flyers for our English class when we stopped at a grocery store and saw a cute older woman about to get cases of water. We quickly ran to her side to help her and before she could even say yes we were helping her, it felt so natural to me but she told us that she was very grateful and that there are not many people like us in the world anymore. This thought had stuck in my head throughout conference. In the talk, Steve D. Shumway talked about the right, the privilege, and the responsibility to represent the Lord! I am so grateful to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, and to stand out! I'm grateful for the privilege and responsibility I have to serve others and to take the Savior's name upon me and make him proud. 

I want to invite you all, to take upon you the name of our Savior. To take upon you this responsibility, and to make him proud. When this lady at the store told me there are not a lot of people like us in the world it made me sad, because I know that as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, we can make this difference. We are the people others should look to as an example and for help. 

3 Nephi 12: 

"14 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the light of these people. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 Behold, do men light a candle and put it under a bushel? Nay, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house;

16 Therefore let your light so shine before these people, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. " 

I know that we all have a beautiful bright light!! go let it shine!!!!

Love you all so so much  

catch y'all next week *finger guns*

Hermana McVey

Mexico City Temple with Hermana Leary

Los Angeles California Temple with Hermana Leary