First of all, I got to see a handful of the fruits of our labors- the first being that the Facebook page in Hemet now has ads!! Meaning that it's been selected by the mission to be one of the pages where they pay to have our posts appear as ads on local resident's news feeds. It's a small thing but when me n Hermana Mecham arrived there the page had like 200 likes and the social media sisters called us and said "oof the Hemet Spanish page needs help" so we put a lot of effort into it and now it's slowly becoming a way for them to find new people to teach so yay woo.
The next fruit was that we got to have a little video call with Eda (an amazing member that we would visit back in Panama) and she said that she'd been feeling very sad one day about her dad who recently passed away and then she got on Facebook and saw our video we made about the spirit world right in the moment she needed it. I'd been praying that that specific video could reach someone who needed it and then she told us that! So it was an answer to prayers and also taught me that even if our videos don't reach that many local nonmembers right now, they can still be a strength and a reminder of the peace of the gospel to members and friends of missionaries alike! :)
Also we've been able to have lots of lessons this week so woo yeah. Except 
oh no, you know that scripture that says "he that preacheth and he that receiveth, understand one another, and both are edified and rejoice together"? Well we had one particular lesson this week where that was NOT the case, bless our hearts. He was one of the people that we call often and he's always busy or on his way to work so one day we called and left a voicemail (and to be honest we weren't really expecting him to ever call back) but then he DID and for some silly reason in my brain I was like "hmm we need to teach him the Restoration" but the twist is that we were speaking in English and me n Hermana Coronel aren't super experienced at teaching the Restoration in English so it was really bad. We were like "uhh" and he was like "uhh" and we were just not understanding each other or explaining anything well and it was a disaster that made me want to stop living. But only for a couple hours and then the next day it was fine and we had some great lessons.
Anyways, here are some other fun things about this week:
-I went on exchanges in Lake Elsinore with Sister Clyde, who's from our very own South Jordan
- We met President Watson and his family!! Oh they are so fun, I already love them. He has young kids that still live at home and he's also like BFF with all the Apostles cause we was the secretary of the Quorum of the 12 for like over a decade??
- On the 4th of July us and the other sisters had FUN plans to roast Kabobs over our gas stove but it didn't work at all so after much hardship (the sticks burning and breaking in half.. trying to roast hot dogs on metal hangers, etc etc etc) we gave up and just cooked everything in a pan and then put it back on the kabob sticks to eat (which is funny cause I think you're not even supposed to eat them off the sticks in the first place) but then we went out on our balcony and had a big feast of hot dog kabobs, corn, watermelon, Doritos, and all other manner of 4th of July foods.
Also we all wore our matching "straight outta Perris" shirts.
And then we went to the church and played games with our district and then at the end of the night we went out on the lawn and watched all the fireworks going on all around us. It was schoo fun. (We still proselyted that day but we did it in the morning and also did deep cleaning and studies and then in the evening we were allowed to have all these fun activities.)
Anyway uh, I think that's all. I mean,
Wait
I'll finish with a quick little spiritual thought
It is that
This week I've been pondering a lot about the weaknesses and imperfections of the Prophets and Apostles that God calls. From Moses and his slowness of speech to Peter denying Christ because he was scared of what might happen to him, to Joseph Smith and his occasional lightheartedness and yielding to temptation.
God knows how to do His own work. And yet, knowing how to do it, He invites us to join Him in it. He knows our shortcomings and is patient with us. And the cool thing is that He can consecrate all our weaknesses and trials for our good if we let him.
So yeah, that's my special message to you my fun friends. Have a good
July
:)
With love,
Hermana Tolman
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| Homemade pizza after Fast Sunday |
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| If the kabobs didn't work over the stove, at least we can roast marshmallows and starbursts |
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| Hna Coronel bein silly |
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| Lake Elsinore |
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| On P-day, Hermana Coronel decided she wanted to paint her pants |
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| This inspired Hna Parker to make portraits of me and Hna Coronel for our wall |
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| I returned the favor and drew Hna Parker and Hna Hall |
This is that video we made about the Spirit World that touched my member friend in Panama
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