Welll yeah.

Familia y amigos! 

The subject of this email basically describes this week. It was one of those weeks where you do SO much but there isn't anything to show for it. No fruits. Yet! It was kind of ironic how things worked out. We'd start out the day and be excited for how much we had planned and then things would fall through left and right. Ridiculous timing and everything. And that's not normal for this area. People are usually good about keeping appointments. So we did a LOT of contacting referrals. Which isn't always very successful in the middle of the day. But worth the try and a few times we did actually catch people. Plus, it was nice and sunny a few of the days, so we enjoyed the opportunity to just walk outside. Through contacting, we actually ran into a few people that really needed our visit. One of which is Jesus Garcia. He's a senior in high school, and when we first met him, he said he's heard of the church through friends. Believe it or not, that doesn't actually happen too often. But we were reallllly excited about that. Being a friend missionary WORKS! Good examples to other people makes a difference and blesses people's lives. That was really cool to see! 

On to what I learned this week. We have a lot of investigators who are really open to us visiting and teaching but who don't see how our church is different from others or why it's important. Because of that, I studied about how to have a desire to know the truth and how to know that this church and this gospel is the one truth on the earth. With the restoration of the gospel, part of that was the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. It really built my testimony to remember and learn that the ONE true way to know if our gospel is true is by reading the Book of Mormon and praying. The Book of Mormon is the cornerstone of our religion. It really is true. It has the fullness of the gospel in it. What Jesus Christ taught is all in there! I know it's a true book, the most true in all the world, in fact. And TRULY, reading it will bless your life in so many different ways. I have seen that in my life and especially since I've been here. 

Hope you all stay safe and have a great week! 

Con amor, 

Hermanita Shirley

PS

1) My favorite street so far in Idaho. 

2) We went to a little Mexican bakery while on exchanges. "Anything with pink is good" -H. Barnes