Sister Ellaina Vernon

Sister Mabunga and I had an adventure the other day. We went outside our apartment and we soon realized that neither of us had brought our key. We went to the office to see if they could help us and they had just locked up. They told us we could pay $50 and get in right then or wait until the morning and not pay anything. We decided we would wait and would sleep over at the other Sisters apartment. I slept on the floor and Sister Mabunga got the couch. We then were able to get in in the morning and our back in our apartment. We taught LeAnn this week. She just had a baby and her husband's family is in our ward. We taught her about God's Plan for us, The Plan of Salvation. LeAnn said that she had been to a funeral at our church and it was very hopeful and not as sad as other funerals she has been too. She seems really open to the Gospel.  LeAnn also came to Sacrament meeting yesterday and they are planning on giving the baby a blessing. We had a good lesson with Gillian a...

August 12, 2018 Last Monday Sister Mabunga and I were in charge of a game for the entire Zone to play. We tried spoons which did not work very well because they wanted to do extreme spoons and hide them throughout the Church and then no one could find the spoons. We also played Reverse Charades which went great. We came up with the things to act out and everyone got really involved. We volunteered at the Food Pantry this week. I was the banana lady and was in charge of the bananas. It was fun to help with that. Someone was driving us home yesterday and I looked out the window and saw Candy, someone we had taught once and have been unable to contact since then. Her phone stopped working and we did not have her address. We pulled over and got out of the car and chased her down. We were able to get her address for the Young SA Sisters so they can teach her. I got to go to the temple for Lyla to receive her endowment. We are able to go when someone we have worked with is going fo...

July 30, 2018 Hike, they do this hike at the end of every transfer. It was kind of similar to the hike in we do at home that starts at the road and you can hike up to the Reservoir except without the Reservoir at the top. July 30, 2018 We helped a Sister in the ward prepare for a Dinner Party and then stayed for the food. It is a lot of work to put on a party like that. Bishop Connors took us to Sushi, because Sister Mabunga loves Sushi. I ate it too and. It did not even taste too fishy. We went on a hike this morning with almost all the missionaries in Murrieta. They do it once every six weeks. It was fun. A couple of weeks ago Sister Mabunga told me about a bad dream she had had. In the dream a friend from the Philippines was crying and telling her about some bad things that had happened in her life. On Thursday we were having our plans fall through and were also having bike problems. We were trying to visit a person we have been trying to teach Daleen, but she...

We had a busy week. Sister Mabunga was sick last Monday so we stayed home. She is feeling better know. It went through almost all the missionaries in our Zone, but I did not get it. We had a good lesson with Gillian and Daniel. Gillian called randomly and said that she has a serious question. She asked how do I tell if I am feeling the Spirit or if it is just a good lesson. We shared a couple of scriptures with them, so hopefully we answered their question. We were sad because they did not come to church yesterday. Hopefully they went to another ward. We helped run the Murrieta Stake 5-k fun run for the kids. We told them where to start and gave them a popsicle stick for every lap they went around. The little kids did a half mile and the older kids did one mile. Some of the kids ran their hardest and were too busy running to grab their popsicle sticks. Consequently they had to run more laps to get the  medal we gave them at the end. Other kids barely made it. It was fun and ...

July 16, 2018 Hello, We had District Council on Tuesday. We have been taking turns cooking for all the missionaries for lunch after the meeting. This week it was our turn so we made Filipino food, Chicken Adobe and I made Caramel Brownies. It was a lot of work because neither of us had ever cooked for that many people (12) and most of our cooking pots are small. It was good that it turned out good. We had a lesson with three little girls. Their Grandma is a member and wants them to learn and get baptized.  Their Mom will not let them unless they really have a testimony, which is why we are teaching them. We did an object lesson with a tie to teach about prayer. Sister Henrie had taught me the object lesson. It went well and the girls got into it. We should be able to continue to teach them. There is an elderly lady in the ward named Sister Kimble. She lives in a home care center. It is a house with a couple that takes care of 6 elderly people. They told us that we coul...

Hello, This week it got really hot. It has been around 113 outside. We getting really sweaty. We have been getting rides from people more often because it is so hot. I was thinking that the rest of the summer is going to be this hot, but it sounds like it is a heat wave and will cool down slightly. Sister Mabunga made Philipino food for dinner on Preparation day. It was chicken, potatoes, and rice cooked soy sauce and vinegar. She worked hard on it and it tasted good. She says they eat it all the time. We had a Zone Conference on the 4th of July and then a devotional/dinner with our zone. So we did not go out and proselyte, which was weird. It was Sister Mabunga's first 4th of July  and she got really excited, but was sad because we did not see any Fireworks. We had exchanges on Tuesday. I went with Sister Romig to the Murrieta YSA ward. This was my first time going to a different area for exchanges so it was fun. The ward covers four stakes/cities. Two of which are not...

In the park they threw a huge party for Murrieta turning 27 years old. Murrieta is the city I am in. They basically celebrated the  4th of July  a little early, so that they can all celebrate again this week.  We helped a lot of people move. We got three separate phone calls all about helping their Aunt move. We helped all of them. One lady was not a member. We went over with ten other missionaries to help her. We moved all of her stuff and fit it in her trailer. Afterwards we said a prayer with her and I think she felt the Spirit. Hopefully when she comes in contact with missionaries again she will listen to them.  We were biking home and needed to get dinner. Sister Mabunga was not feeling well and was struggling on her bike. We said a prayer that Sister Mabunga would feel better and that we would be able to get our dinner and get home safely.  The Sister Training Leaders drove by and waved at us. They ended up picking up a pizza for us. That was an a...