Sister Ellaina Vernon

May 27, 2019 ELLAINA Last Monday we sent Sister Rigby home and said goodbye to the Calavera ward. I then packed and got ready to come to Morgan Hill. A member drove me up to the new area. I was expecting my companion to already be here, but no one could be her companion in the time that she waited in Temecula so she was still in her old area. The member that drove me stayed until she got here. We did not really know what to do the first day because the area book on our phones did not update to the new area until the second day. So we mostly cleaned the apartment and talked. We then got the area book and have been able to work and figure out were our area is. It is one really big hill that is hard to bike up, but is fun to bike down. So it is easier on the way home.  We are starting to figure out were everything is and who we are working with. It was pretty confusing at first. We went to mutual and meet the ward mission leader and some people in the ward. It is a pretty big ward peop

May 20, 2019 ELLAINA We got transfers news. We normally get a text with were we are going Saturday morning, but it got delayed until Saturday night, which seemed like forever. Sister Rigby is going home today and I am going to Temecula. It is another full time bike area and it will be my second time biking in the hottest part of the mission. My new companion Sister Stoddard is from Grand Junction Colorado, and will be my 3rd companion from Colorado. She will also be new to the area. So I am whitewashing out and whitewashing in. With the mission split that means that unless something crazy happens next transfer I will be in the Riverside mission for the last transfer of my mission.   We were able to visit Stanley who we have not seen since we stopped teaching him. We had good visits with both of then. Stanley has said he has been thinking about everything a lot and he was happy to see us. He still is not ready though, but he is getting there. Nia is another lady we stopped by. She

May 13, 2019 We had a lesson with Delia and her son Oliver. We were worried about what we were going to teach and how. We made an entire plan. Then I said that it did not feel right and Sister Rigby agreed, so we changed it and the lesson went great. Susan texted us late Saturday night saying she was planning on coming to Church. We found her a ride, but she did not show up. Apparently she was sleeping and woke up and thought that it was 9am Sunday morning and was going to come to Church. Only to find out when she walked her dog that it was dark outside and it was 9pm Saturday evening. Then she did not sleep all night and did not end up coming. I have not had that happen before with someone coming to Church. Love, Sister Vernon Bill and us, Sister Rigby's funeral because she is going home, me, Sister Rigby and me,