Kendrick, Meghan

¡Hola a todos! I'm officially back in Paradise Valley! My new companion is Hermana Shaw. She's from the same stake in Arkansas as Hermana Shefchik, one of my past companions. She is very diligent and excited to be a missionary. Its going to be an awesome transfer!  During my last night in Mesa, we had a lesson with our friend Luis Enrique. He came to church with his wife, Marisela, a couple of weeks earlier. He told us that he was super interested in meeting with us, but he didn't think his wife would be because she attended another church. However, she joined us for our lesson, and we talked about prayer. Luis shared his past experience with prayer and we talked about how we receive answers to our prayers through the Holy Ghost. We were about to explain some different ways that we can feel the Holy Ghost then Marisela started crying. The Spirit in the room was strong and we were able to help Marisela recognize that she was feeling the Spirit. I have never felt the Spirit s...

¡Hola a todos! Wow, what an amazing last 6 weeks it has been. We just got our transfer news last night. I was very surprised, to say the least haha. I am going back to Paradise Valley to open up a new area, and I will be training a new Sister from the MTC. We will be serving in the Vía Verde and Shadow Mountain Wards. I served in the Vía Verde Ward about 6 months ago. I'm excited to go back and be able to serve in the Shadow Mountain Ward too. The people here in Mesa truly feel like family and I'm so sad to leave them. However, I know that God still has some work for me to do in Paradise Valley and I'm excited to see what this next transfer has in store!  Elder Soares visited our mission last week! It was a very special experience to be able to shake his hand and listen to him talk to us about missionary work. He said "The mission is your time to learn how to focus on Jesus Christ so that when you go back home and life gets crazy, you know how to focus on Him." He...