Im a Marshmellow!!!!!

Brianna got baptized

This week was good. Brianna was baptized! It was fun. We brought a loaf of bread and pb&j for the kids so they wouldn't be so out of hand. It helped a tad. But they were still a little loco. 

I sang the baptism song in Spanish and English with the added verse. It was cute. Always brings back memories. When she walked into the font she was like "I'm a marshmallow" really hilarious and she was just so excited and happy. And after the baptism Esther her grandma just kept saying "I'm so happy" being a missionary is so rewarding. We are the ones that are blessed. People always say the people are blessed because of the missionaries and that the families are blessed. Which are both true but I am the blessed one. I have learned so much here and I will continue to do so. And I was thinking about what you said about do I ever have bad days. And the answer is no. I can't remember the last time I had a bad day. Because there is no time to think about myself so if I have bad days I am being selfish. There are obviously bad moments (like investigators denying blessings and the truth. Which also happened a lot this week) but the gospel is the same and it blesses the people and it is the only way. So we have to keep going and finding the people who re ready for true happiness. 

Fidel... Matildes husband. Won't be baptized this coming up week. He needs a few weeks. We found out he hasn't been praying. So that means he hasn't received an answer. And he feels that. We are going to work with him more. It was so funny because as we were leaving he said "patience Hermana's" and I replayed back "prayer Fidel". He will be baptized soon. I'm excited for them still. We are prolly going to drop the rest of our investigators they just aren't doing anything. Even though they have so much potential.  We need to move on. There are souls just waiting for this gospel.

I'm excited that you had that fireside. I hope you are using fbook for the reason it should be used. I still have a hard time using it. It's weird as a missionary. But we are teaching people through Facebook and finding people as well. It's exciting to be part of the hastening. 

I hope you know that I love you so much. And that we are so blessed to have each other and as well to have the understanding of the gospel. Hope your loving life like I am. It's such an exciting time. 

PDAY fun we went to ikea. Tehe. So expensive but so cute. Reminded me of home. Xoxox love you

Love, Hna Quezada

I LOVE.......................I love being loved by my Heavely Father!!!!!

Quit sticking your tongue out at ME!!!!!!

Mom,

 Teach. Find. Baptize.

 its so true we eventually need to master all things so we can be perfect in all things! is kinda a scary thought but its true so we better start now!

a few things that I love. I love my Savior. He has truly given me the ability to change and become like Him. 

I love my family and all the craziness of it. I love being a missionary. It is such a sacred privlage to be representing the Lord and finding and helping our brothers and sisters. 

I love the gospel and how perfect it is. I love spanish and the abilit to learn. I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES and the words of he Prophets. I love how we can love and feel it too. I LOVE LIFE!!! i dont know how but I love being loved by my Heavenly Father! and he loves us so much
 I LOVE YOU and Happy birthday too! xoxoxo

Hermana Quezada

WE GOT I PADS!!!!!!

So your week sounds sooooo fun. And the pictures are way cute.Ya we have a baptism next week and then one and maybe two after that. I didn't get your package. You have to send it and plan for it to get here Tuesday because that's when we get our mail. So it's prolly just waiting for me in the office.

So fiRST off.. WE GOT IPADS! Oh and let me tell you it has been quite an adventure. I have been very grateful for Hna Covington because she just came from the world and had a smart phone and all that jazz. President told us that we would want to hold on to our planners but we shouldn't we should just use the iPads with full force. (Which is our planner, area book, maps, Facebook, email, lds.org, Mormon.org, hymn book/ music, preach my gospel, all the books from the church including scriptures Spanish and English, it even has the pamphlets we use during lessons.) anyways when president said this I knew he was talking to me because I love me my paper. I still use my paper at times and I was carrying my paper planner around and IT FELL INTO THE GUTTER INTO THE WATER! And then my pencil ran out of led. If that's not a sign I don't know what is. So still getting use to it but it's fun and exciting. Really convenient.

So we had a cool experience with a less active and her 12 yr old son we decided to stop by to visit her mom( who was in Mexico) so we taught her daughter and grandson the plan of salvation. This poor family is hurting for the gospel and it is truly affecting them. After we explain the three degrees of glory and how we can be with our families forever this 12 yr old had such an energy. He was excited about the gospel. And they both felt the spirit so strong. They committed to church.. Unfortunately they still have their agency and satan is working pretty hard on them and they weren't there... But we were ment to stop by their house and now we know to go back a little more often to help this family return to the happiness they have once felt.

One of their questions was why do we go through hard things. And as I was studying this morning I found something that hit me pretty hard that I want to share with you.

As we put our faith and trust in The Lord we are strengthened and our burdens become light. AND our "faith (will be) immeasurably strengthened by (our experiences) and after (we will enjoy) a special bond with The Lord."

        -elder christofferson 

-this statement is so true. We go through hard things. We are chastened but as we put our faith and trust in him we will be strengthened and learn from our experiences and we will have a stronger and better relationship with The Lord. And as we understand the atonement we become more like him. So we have to go through problems and struggles. Because then we must put our faith and confidence in him we are strengthened, we learn from our experiences and then at the same time this helps us have a stronger relationship and understanding of the savior and his atonement.

I love you guys so much and I'm glad your having so much fun with out me. Ha xoxox have a great week.

Love, Hna Quezada 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE....I LOVE THIS GOSPEL AND I LOVE MY MISSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

service service sevice
WE LOVE SERVICE

Im just going to ignore your title. It really makes me sad to think about the time. hijole.

food, food, food
WE LOVE FOOD

ON top of the world.....ok on top of a water fountain..hahha

3 little worker ants.....love you

The week was good and HORRIBLE okay well let start with the horrible. We find this amazing investigator on monday and she is looking for something else. She has been feeling the need for God and her catholic churchs arent filling her. We come in and she feels it. and LOVES the fact that we can ask Heavenly Father questions. so we come back that next thursday, and she sits us down and tells us that we cant come back because it is ruining her marriage. One day she hopes that she can come t our church. But he wont allow her to go to any other church but the catholics... and he doesnt believe in any religion..... I cried and expressed how crucial this is and how she needs this BUT we cant break up families and he would not listen:( heartbreak. and the first one for my trainy too. that was a really hard thing to do. She has our number and we have hers. walked away from that lesson very discouraged. and then the next day we went to our lesson with MAricela (the one that bawled during the restoration and first visoin saying that this is what she needed) and she said the same thing to us. Two very prepared people ready to hear the gospel and change and then cant because of thier husbands.. It was a little rough. So we lost 3 investigators with that one.

okay now to the good. Fidel. Matildes husband is doing so well. He came to church again and he is reading and undersatanding and feeling more comfortable and excepting. its amazing and also Brianna and Jayda are almost done with the lessons and ready to be baptized. We are excited for them. We have sad things happen on the mission but I know that no matter what we have a just God and that those two faithful women will be in Gods church soon.

So that is so exciting to hear about Megan Heaps. I am so happy for her. Making more covenants with God is the only way we can progress. and we get to go to the temple in april. I wish it came sooner.

So we didnt even find out about the superbowl untill saturday night when I was talking to someone on the bus "where are you going?" "to the store to get things for tomorrow" "oh whats tomorrow?" (me thinking sabbath day. sunday dinner with the family) "the superbowl?" "oh" (DUUHHHH) it was pretty funny.

 

So a little bit about Covina its about half and half americans with half latinos. you will have a few philipinos here and there. But this area is probably one of the nicest(richest) areas in the mission for spanish work. and Pomona ws kinda the trash getto. HA its a lot different. I still miss Pomona Im still getting use to being away from my family. lots of the hermanas email me and it makes me miss them. but i love Covia for different reasons. Yes Naty and jocelyn are here they havent come to church in two weeks which makes me nervous. They arent in my area so I cant visit them and im trying to to over step my bountaries with talking to them. Its hard though because I love them so much. oh we get ipads in two weeks the first batch are here and hna ward was one of the first to get one they are so cool. We are excited about it. its going to make missionary work so much more affective. Are you posting spiritual things on facebook?

Love you tons the mission is awesome flying by. but i am loving every second. I love that I have this opprotunity to be here working and serving the Lord. There is nowhere else I would rather be. Loves

Hermana Quezada

Mom,

Fidel is progressing so well. We are excited for him. 3 of March. It might be sooner but its pretty solid either way. He came to church again. 5th time Ithink. And you can see the love and happiness growing between him and Matilde. I love the gospel it is just incredible! and we are teaching two of their five children that are really receptive! Besides that we kinda had a slow week. Not too much happening and we are struggling on finding people we are praying for a family that is prepared. I am praying super super hard.

But the big news is WE GET IPADS TOMORROW! we are the first zone to recieve them. But the whole mission will be getting them in these next three days. Pretty crazy the Lord is hastening his work and I lovelovelove being apart of it. (I am seriously chanllenged with electrontic. Hna Covington has to deal with all of the iphone things over here because when we are trying to download the BOM for people I cant figure it out... guess i have been out for a while...)

And a typical sunday is like every other day on the mission we just have the ability to take the sacrament. But other then that it is the same. Teach. Find. Baptize.

So the subject thing and how Heavenly Father knows all of them. I remember when I was taking Physics and I hated it and I was so bad at it. And Alecc said I better get use to it because I was learning the basics so that I can create worlds one day.. But its so true we eventually need to master all things so we can be perfect in all things! is kinda a scary thought but its true so we better start now!

a few things that I love. I love my Savior. He has truly given me the ability to change and become like Him. I love my family and all the craziness of it. I love being a missionary. It is such a sacred privlage to be representing the Lord and finding and helping our brothers and sisters. I love the gospel and how perfect it is. I love spanish and the abilit to learn. I LOVE THE SCRIPTURES and the words of he Prophets. I love how we can love and feel it too. I LOVE LIFE!!! i dont know how but I love being loved by my Heavenly Father! and he loves us so much
 I LOVE YOU and Happy birthday too! xoxoxo

Hermana Quezada