Conferencia General

Hi Y'all,

If you didn't get a chance to watch General Conference, you should because it was amazing! One of my favorite talks was from Bonnie M. Cordon.  She talked about how we need to share our light with others so they can find their way to Christ. During this time, there are a lot of people who need a message of hope.  All of you have a light, you may not think you do, but you do. So this week you should try and share that light with someone. Obviously with the coronavirus situation, we can't go out and physically serve people, but that's why God gave us the internet!!! Yuh So this week, help others through social media or just by calling or texting them. 

For p-day, President Cordon asked all the missionaries in our mission to buy a four-week supply of groceries.  He also asked us not to go into stores after today, until the peak of the virus has passed (possibly the end of April).  We will continue to find people online to share the gospel with and continue to teach lessons online.  

I'm doing great here and feel super blessed to be serving during this crazy time. Sister Westcott and I are getting pretty creative with the game "what are the odds" in our apartment. All is well here in LA. 

Love you all! Stay safe and healthy :)

Love, 

Hermana Weenig 

Social Distancing

Since we can't leave our apartment without a protective mask,
we bought some masks from a peddler on the street

CoRoNaviRuS

Hi Y'all,

This week was great.  Even though we are in quarantine, we have been able to teach so many lessons. During this time, so many people need a message of hope and that's what this gospel is! 

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to call my whole family and have a testimony meeting with them! They all have amazing spirits and I'm so grateful for them. Families are so important. Y'all make sure you don't take for granted your family. Having a family is one of the many blessings we have. 

I want to share a little part of my testimony with you guys. I know that God loves each and everyone of you. My favorite scripture is Romans 8:39 "Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Trust in God. With all this craziness going around, know that He has a plan for you. I have a strong testimony that families are forever and that God gave us families so we can have people to lean on in this life and to have that support. I'm unbelievably thankful that I can live with my family after this life. En el nombre de Jesucristo amén. 

Stay strong! Love you all! Stay safe and healthy!!!

Love, 

Hermana Weenig <3

Teaching German

The Fam Bam <3

Sister Chen (from Taiwan) had to go home.  Love her so much.  This is the only pic I have with her, so I needed to share with y'all.

Say "No" to Corona.

Chilling

Hi Y'all,

For the past five days, we have been stuck in our apartment. We have been doing a lot of video calls and doing all our finding on Facebook. It's been really different having to do all our work from inside, but we have had some lessons over the phone that were super spiritual. Even though we aren't there in person, the spirit is and that's what teaches the lesson. So, it's been cool. 

We taught Gloria, with the cute kids, over the phone and the whole time they kept screaming.  We told them if they would sit down and listen, we could play a game with them through the phone.  Isabella wanted to play hide and seek, but we didn't know how to make that work so we played Simon Says instead.  Gloria and Junior are progressing!!  Junior said that he got in trouble the other day because he was reading the Book of Mormon at 2:00 am haha.  They are the best family!!! 

If any of you guys have questions about the gospel, email me!!! We would love to answer them.

Love you guys!  Stay safe and healthy! God loves each and every one of you and has a plan for you personally. 

LOVE Y'ALL,

Love,

Hermana Weenig

Ready for COVID-19

Video Call with Gloria, Junior, Marvin & Isabella

With Hermana Ramirez

Hermana Winnie

Hi Y'all,

I named this email Hermana Winnie because literally no Latino can say my name. They always say "Hermana Winnie"? Like, Winnie the Pooh? It's my favorite thing. haha

Transfers are tomorrow!!! I'm staying in my area with Hermana Ramírez! We are getting roommates and guess who one of them is?!?! Sister Westcott!!!!!! But yeah, these past few weeks have been crazy.

To start off, two weeks ago, we had a lesson around 8 am and after the lesson we saw we had 15 missed calls from President Cordón. So we quickly called back. He then said that I was being emergency transferred to the visitor center at the Los Angeles Temple for one week. They were short a sister for a week and we have three in our companionship.  So we zoomed home, got some clothes and they took me to the temple. I was companions with Hermana Sarmiento for the week. She's from Ecuador and she goes home this Wednesday. She is possibly the sweetest human being I have ever met. I love her so much. After a week, I came back to my area to our trio with Hermana Wall and Hermana Ramírez.

We learned how to make pupusas, finally!!!! With our friend and investigator, Zuli, taught us. She's awesome!  She really, really loves the Bible and loves reading the word of God with us. So it's been super fun teaching her. 

We are teaching this family and I love them so much. We started teaching Gloria first and found out she's taking care of her grandkids:  Junior (13), Marvin (7), and Isabella (5). Their mom was deported and their dad isn't in the picture. They are soososososo fun. They live in a super tiny house. Yesterday, we made cookies with them! They must have had the special touch, because they were the best cookies I have ever made. This was my favorite lesson I've ever had. hahaha While the cookies were baking, we played hide and seek. You would be surprised at all the hiding spots they can find in a one room house. They are my favorite family. 

We set a baptismal date with Nabil! She said she wanted to be baptized ASAP. But then during our lesson with her yesterday, we found out she's not married to Danny. So we had to explain that they need to get married first and she said okay. I don't know when they are getting married, but it's gonna happen soon! 

Okay, y'all I love you guys and just wanted to say that this gospel is true.  With all this craziness with the corona virus, my testimony of our living prophet, Russel M. Nelson, has grown so much. Prophets over the years have been preparing us for all this craziness. I know that God loves each and every one of you! Love y'all, stay safe and healthy!!!! 

Love, 

Hermana Weenig <3

Making Pupusas with Zuli

Enjoying the Pupusas

With Sister Ramirez

Making Cookies!

Isabella

Junior and Marvin

Weekly Planning

Signing in L.A.

Hey guys!!!!

To start out our p-day, we had a flat tire! Yay! So much fun! But this week was great. The traffic was really bad one day and we asked someone what was going on and they said President Trump was here. So it only took 2 hours to drive 8 miles, love LA traffic!!!

I had a really cool experience the other day, while we were street contacting. We started talking to this guy and his daughter came out.  He told us that she could not speak and we thought "Oh, she can't speak Spanish".  So I started to talk to her in English, but no she really could not speak, she was deaf. She started to sign to me, and me having one year of high school ASL (American Sign Language), tried to sign back.  I don't know how, but I remembered things I never thought I would -- gift of tongues! She showed us her family and everything. It was way cool. Never thought I'd use something I learned in high school in the real world, but I did! Crazy!!!!

Being here in LA, I've seen so many sad situations and I've seen how much the gospel blesses lives. I want you all to know how much your Heavenly Father loves you! I love you guys so much! 

Love,

Hermana Weenig <3 

Cheesin'

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P-day at the Tire Shop

Luv

Hi Y'all,

This week was great. Our amazing ward held a Valentine's Day party, which was fun.  We spent a lot of time this week doing street contacting to find people interested in hearing about the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Once in a while, we talk to students who attend USC (University of Southern California) since the campus is just across the street from our chapel.

We are continuing to teach Luis. He is progressing and is on track to be baptized.

Steven is not progressing as fast.  He needs to gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon.  We were able to get him a simplified version in Spanish to help him understand what he is reading.

Hermana Ramírez has been helping me with my Spanish so much. Each day, I read aloud in Spanish to her from the Book of Mormon and she helps with the pronunciations and vocabulary. Since she's learning English, she takes a turn and reads to me in English and I help her in the same way.  It has been so helpful and the Spanish is coming along.  She always says "What the heck?!" To literally everything, it's so funny.  

Anyway, I want y'all to know how much God loves you and that He is always there for you!!!! 

Love, 

Hermana Weenig <3

Valentine's Day!
Hermana Wall (Virginia), Me, & Hermana Ramirez (Peru)

Trio Life

Hermana Ramirez wants to dye her hair

Tree Lover

Trio Orta Vez

Hi Y'all,

It's been a busy week.  We finally moved apartments!!!!!! We are in an awesome two room apartment instead of our tiny one room.  yayaya  I'm going to miss the black mold in my other apartment, so sad... Not! It only took us 15 hours to move and close the other apartment, too! We had to clear out junk and clean from years of other missionaries living there.  So much fun. :(

Transfers happened and I'm staying with Hermana Wall. We are also getting another companion! I'm going to be in a trio otra vez (again)!!! Our new companion's name is Hermana Ramirez.  She is from Peru and she doesn't speak any English. I'm so excited!  She will join us on Wednesday.

So this past week has been crazy. We got fed literally almost every meal. We are teaching this older lady named Luisa and she served us dandelion weeds.  They were in a big bowl of brown water and literally tasted like gross grass, but she eats them like popcorn. 

One evening, we were doing drop bys for members and when we knocked on this door, thinking it was a member's house.  This guy opened the door that we didn't know.  It was just really awkward, so we just told him who we were.  He was like "Oh, I might have daughters who would be interested, come in!" So we went in and talked to his two daughters for awhile. They were awesome and super interested that we have a living prophet today.  We are going back another day to teach them more.

Emely had a birthday party and it was amazing. She turned 10! She's the cutest little girl. 

We are still teaching Steven and he is interested in getting baptized! Its crazyyyyyy! He is awesome! 

For p-day, we celebrated Hermana Wall's birthday.  We took her out for lunch and played soccer with some elders in our district.

Love y'all! Be safe!

Love,

Hermana Weenig <3

Happy Birthday, Hermana Wall!  With the Elders in our Ward.

Emely's 10th Birthday Celebration

Hermana Wall is exhausted from moving!

Eating on the balcony of our new apartment! (Hermana Wall, Sisters Birch & Westcott)

Some of our district.