Holli - December 5, 2016

Sister Gasperelli - first time at church in like a few months - Whoo!

Maria, Jose, Bro. Carter and us at the visitor's center

Sister Olsen and I in Claremont!

Hello Everyone!!

We had a pretty epic week this week though we do need your prayers for

Maria and her family!! Maria did not come to church yesterday so we

had to push her date back a little bit. She just needs a lot of

support and doesn't have much so lots of prayers for Maria!

Maria didn't come to church but Steven did! He just randomly showed up

and was able to come to most of church. He had met with missionaries

for a bit in Santa Monica and had been to the Temple Visitor's Center

and loved it. He is pretty hesitant when we bring up baptism but he is

really curious about the church and wants to learn more. It was kind

of a miracle to meet Steven, although we don't think he lives in our

mission. But he wants to attend our ward .   . Kind of strange :) but

we'll take it!

We went to the LA Temple visitor's center with Maria and her younger

brother Jose on Saturday. It was a beautiful morning and they really

enjoyed the tour. The Carters took us up and were great members to

have there. Super special visit.

Oh my gosh so best thing ever. We did exchanges this week with the

Claremont sisters (claremont was my first area) so I got to go back

and serve there for a day with Sister Olsen. It was so cool! And I

don't know if any of you remember Brandy but she was our little

miracle in Claremont. She got baptized in October and is still going

strong. Anyway, we got to see her and that was so much fun!

We also had the opportunity to volunteer at the annual Covina

Christmas Parade. That was so much fun as well! We got to put on

bright orange vests and keep the crowds under control and hand out

programs and try to share the gospel :) It was a blast and it didn't

get super cold luckily. The last float was Santa so that was fun. So

much fun to see the entire community out celebrating the Christmas

season. Haha, only one church made a float but it was pretty sweet -

on the side of the float it said "He is the reason for the season!"

:)

So we had a mini exchange with Glendora this week so I got to serve in

Glendora for a few hours. Last time I was in Glendora we had contacted

this guy named Ulysses late one night, after we had just been bashed

pretty bad by this one guy, and so we shared a bit of what we believed

and asked if we could come back because he told us he wasn't feeling

too good. Ulysses said yes and I guess the sisters kept going back and

his baptismal date is for December 17th so prayers for Ulysses!! He's

looking pretty solid.

That's about it for the week here in Azusa! This will be the last letter

I send home. I just want to bear my testimony that I know this church

is the church of Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for the opportunity I

have had to serve Him in this part of his vineyard. I am so grateful

for the restored gospel, and for a prophet who directs us away from

things that could harm us in the last days. I am so grateful to be a

part of this work. I am so excited to see you all next week and hope

you all have a wonderful week to come!

Love, Sister Dunn