Monday I went on exchanges because Hermana Edgel had a leadership meeting. She is the Hermana trainer. I got to go on exchanges in Oxnard. My companion was Sister Rabin.
It was funny. We were tracting and knocked on a door. We always knock 3 times and then move on. At this particular door, we knocked a third time and then the lady came to the door. She didn't open it but was like "Why are you banging on my door? Do you know what your doing?". We said sorry and moved on.
There was a lady watering her grass and we came up and said "Hi". She started spraying her hose in circles and saying "No, I don't want no witnesses". We go, "Oh we are not Jehovah's Witnesses", and she goes "No, I don't want to be converted". My companion for the day is super goofy and was kind of staying because she wanted to see if she would spray us with the hose. She didn't and we walked away.
Then, all of the sudden, we see a lady outside the house we knocked who got mad at us, leaning on a broom waiting for us. She points at us from across the street and goes "You two come here now!" We crossed the street nervously. My companion goes "I hope we get run over by a car right now" Haha. We went over and the lady continues to yell and says "Jesus help these sisters! Forgive them". We were apologizing and then she saw our nametags were in Spanish. She told us how her kids are half Hispanic and then we talked about Spanish and became friends and had a good conversation. It was crazy how her heart changed. She actually apologized to us and told us to have a good day. It was very weird but funny.
We had a baptism Friday it was a great day!
Saturday got to hear from Elder Anderson from the Quorum of the Tweleve Apostles.
Last Monday a member made us Tamales! They were sweet corn tamales which were awesome.
I'm excited for this week. Ana, the new member, wants to go to the temple this week to do baptisms. I love you guys so much. Can't wait to email you next week!
Her mailing address is:
Hermana Lily Pita
California Ventura Mission
3301 W Gonzales Road
Oxnard, CA 93036
Email: lily.pita@myldsmail.net
This is the direct link to her blog.