HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

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 ¡Hola Familia y Amigos!


Feliz pday a todos! 

The countdown has begun...this transfer has absolutely flown by! But it's not over yet. There's still a lot more work to be down. Especially in the Rio Vista YSA ward! Wohooo!!

So this week was probably the most insane. Hermana Oldroyd and I have stopped breathing haha. We just don't have time to breathe anymore. This week we gave a training in our Zone Conference and it was awesome! We totally tricked all the missionaries into thinking we were unprepared and distracted (that was the topic of our training, "creating an environment where the Spirit can testify"). We even got President McBeth. I felt accomplished haha

Yesterday, Sunday, we had 6 people come to church. 6 investigators :) it was awesome. That's actually pretty typical for the YSA ward. We also invited 2 people to be baptized and they accepted! One of them, Giulianna, actually responded with, "Oh ya. I've been thinking about that for a while." She is so awesome haha. Another one of our investigators is named Andres (except I call him Sergio because that's how I was introduced to him lol). He was meeting with missionaries pre-COVID but stopped once the pandemic hit. But last week, the missionaries that were teaching him brought him to church and introduced him to us. Let me make this clear: I LOVE ANDRES SERGIO. He is the best! You can tell he has been through a lot. A lot. But, his trials have prepared him to hear the restored gospel. Funny how that works. We invited him to be baptized and he accepted. March 27. It makes me emotional to be honest. I am so happy for him. I love love love Sergio. He's pretty quiet when we teach him. But he's opened up a lot. When we're together talking, you can almost see a weight being taken off of his shoulders. Oh my word I just love him. And he has no idea hahaha. Actually he does. I'm teasing him all the time. Anyways, I'm excited for him to be baptized.

This week Hermana Oldroyd and I got a phone call from some sisters we cover because they walked out of one of their lessons and their car was missing. It had been towed. So we drove them to Murray to pick up their car. As we waited for them to walk out of the office, I noticed some dumpy looking "Parked Cars Will Be Towed" signs. I looked at Hermana Oldroyd and asked, "Do you think they'll let us have these?" Ask and ye shall receive ladies and gentlemen :) Josh the towing guy was super nice and let us all take some signs. Not exactly sure what I'm going to do with it but it makes for a good mission memory. 

Here are some other fun things we've done these last 2 weeks...
  • went up to the capitol building to watch the sunrise
  • had a BOMB training during Mission Leadership Council
  • painted a llama rock
  • went to a baptism!
  • studied an AWESOME BYU speech called "Avoid It"
  • Here is the link: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/lynn-g-robbins/avoid/
  • drove with the windows rolled down (the weather is AMAZING!)
  • taught many many many english classes. oh so many. 
Love love loveeeee,
Hermana McKinlay




1. "A llama?!" Name that movieeeeee



2. My most favorite person ever, Sister Given




3. Beehive Towing




4. Amen




5. Zone Conference!




6. sunrise!




7. the OGs!


8. Las hermanas






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