Hello family!
So I left you all on a bad note being that I was nervous to leave the CCM and Mexico. Traveling will do that to me :) Especially with my luggage and having to worry about the weight and if I got all of my clothes and shoes to fit. It is stressful! But I am here in California and I love it! My flights were awesome! I love flying! The plane ride to Ca. was a little crowded but I got a window seat so it was perfect :) Right when we got off the plane President and Sister Alba were there to welcome us. They are so fun and so cute! Sister Alba came up to us and hugged us all and said, "Welcome to the best mission on earth" to each of us. It was so nice to finally meet them. We got all of our luggage and headed to Santa Rosa. It is BEAUTIFUL in Santa Rosa! I got lucky with this mission :) And Pres. and Sister Alba are working hard to get this mission to be the most obedient mission and we are doing a great job because that is why we were the first mission in the world to receive Ipads. I have one-each missionary has their own! It is amazing!
We went to the mission home and took pictures there and talked for a while. The mission home is so beautiful! Then they took us to the mission office and we had a couple meetings. The next day we were assigned to our missionary trainers and I was put with Hermana Thompson. I LOVE her! She is the best trainer and is so patient and loving! Just what I needed. We were assigned to work here in WOODLAND Ca. It is a beautiful town where the spanish is pretty fluent. They have a spanish branch here and the people are so sweet. President Perez is so nice and is so willing to help with us missionaries. The members in this branch are so helpful! We have been feed every night at a members home and we have had a member present in every lesson but one since I have been here. I am amazed.
My first time contacting I ran into two english people and I walked up to them and said hi and they completly walked right by my and brushed my handshake away. It was pretty intense! It is crazy how much my little name tag will make a difference! I kinda liked it! This is just all part of the mission experience. So right behind them were an english couple and I walked up to them and said hi and they looked at me in disgust and said "we dont want anything you people have to offer" and kept walking. I looked at my companion and told her this is going to be a lot harder than I thought! The next people we run into were mexican and they were so sweet! I am so happy I was called to a spanish mission. Mexicans are nicer than Americans! It is so weird and cool to see that! I have invited three people to baptism and they have all said no but one! He is already investigating the church though :) It is just so fun! I am loving it!
Ok thats pretty much it in a nutshell! I love you guys! Have a great week! Heremana Hamblin
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