Dios les bendiga

Holaaaaa

Okok, so these last few weeks have been great. I had a really cool experience with our recent convert Reina. She told us about how she attended some other meeting via Zoom in another ward. So I asked which ward it was and she said, "LA 6th."  I told her how that was my first area, and she asked me if I knew Emely Muñoz.  I was like, "YES. She was my first baptism in my mission." Then Reina proceeded to tell me that Emely is her niece! I was so shook.  I showed Reina the pictures from the baptism.  While I was sliding through the pics, I noticed I had taken a picture with Reina!!!!! It was so crazy. A year ago, I baptized her niece.  Then a year later, I baptized Reina in a completely different area and had no idea they were related. It was so crazy. Reina wants me to come over when Emely is at her house and we are going to have a little reunion haha.

Another story about Reina.  It was her birthday last week. So we took her some balloons, a stuffed unicorn (she loves stuffed animals), and some cookies.  We got permission to eat with her!!!! She had bought herself a cake and we sang happy birthday to her.  While we were singing, she began to cry and told us how she hasn't eaten cake with anyone since her wedding ... most of her family still lives in Honduras. She is absolutely amazing. She named her stuffed unicorn Weeeenie (she has a hard time saying the "g") after me. Hahahahaha she's so cute. She also helps us out so much with missionary work. She has such a strong testimony and really wants everyone to hear the word of God.

We had some really good lessons with our friend, Ana Maira, she is sososo cute. She calls us everyday to make sure we're doing alright. She wants to be baptized, but we have to figure a few things out before then.  She is amazing!!!!!

Last but not least, we have our friend, Joseph, he's awesome. Literally every time we call him he says the same thing: "Hola buenas noches Dios les bendiga siempre" ("Hello, good night.  God bless you always") jajaja.  It never gets old. He loves to learn about the Gospel. It's so cool to see people change though the love of Christ.

Our roommates are so fun. One is from Fiji and the other is from American Samoa. I love them so much. #grateful

Love you all!!! Have a wonderful week! Stay safe!!!

Love,
Hermana Weenig 

Reina with her stuffed unicorn

Another Pic with Reina

Food Reina made for us.

My Fijian sister, Tuwai.

Cheeeeese

Staying in Inglewood

Hi Y'all,

It's crazy that this transfer is already over!!! I'm staying in Inglewood!!!! I'm super excited because I love all the people we are teaching here and the members are amazing. Reina is my favorite person, she's so pumped to help us with missionary work! She is such a blessing to this world.  I'm sooooooo grateful to have met her. 

Our other friend, Ana Maria, is so cute. She always calls us to check on how we are doing. We had a really good lesson with her this past week.  After, she said that she had had a lot of doubts before the lesson, but now all her doubts are gone. Super cool! 

We were able to furnish our apartment with some used couches, which was much needed.

Anyway, all is well! 

Love y'all.  Stay safe! 

Love, 

Hermana Weenig 

Thumbs up from Reina following her baptism last week.

With Sister Staheli (Colorado)

Making some Fijian food, thanks to my roomie, Sister Tuwia, from Fiji.

With Ana Maria

Tasting some vegys from our service opportunity -- weeding a garden.

Hermana Millet (Arizona) and I trying out our new (used) couch for our apartment.  

Bautismo de Reina

Hi Y'all,

Guyyyyys, Reina is the most precious human alive. We starting teaching her my first week here. When we taught her about the word of wisdom and how we don't drink coffee, she said that she can't go a day without her coffee or else she starts to throw up and her head hurts super bad. But then she said she would do anything for the Lord and she just went off coffee like it was nothing. Literally a huge miracle, she said that her head would hurt a little, but only that, nothing else. She would Facetime us to flex that she was drinking milk instead of coffee haha I love her.  Her baptism was amazing and the spirit was so strong. She was so happy!!! For some of her lessons, we would sing "Families Can Be Together Forever".  That's her favorite song and after she got baptized, she talked about how happy she is that she can live with God and with her family forever. So cute. FAMILIES ARE THE BEST. 

All is well here in California, only a little hot.... 

Love y'all, stay safe 

Love, 

Hermana Weenig 

Bautismo de Reina 

Teaching Reina

Reina Flexing Her Milk

"Hike"

Bautismo de Felix

Hi Y'all,

When I was companions with Hermana Ramírez, we taught this guy named Felix. We found him on Facebook when we were first in quarantine. We taught him each lesson three or four times to help him understand. So it took a while to teach him.  Hermana Ramírez called me the other day and told me that he was getting baptized!!!! We got to call in on zoom to talk to him on his baptism day.  We weren't able to go because.... corona, but it was so fun to see him and how happy he was!!! It's so cool to see people grow in the gospel and to see how the knowledge that God loves them makes them so happy. I'm so happy for Felix!!!

This week was good! We are teaching so many good people. We are teaching a cute little grandma. Her name is Ana Maria.  She can't see very well.  So when we teach her via Face Time, she puts her eye right next to the screen so she can see us. haha So Cute!

But all is well! Love y'all! Stay safe!

Love, 

Hermana Weenig

 Bautismo de Felix 

Sacrament with the Zone Leaders

Parallel parking skills

                                                    

With Sister Staheli

                                                                       

Bautismo de Andrés

Hi Ya'll,

I was transferred last week to Inglewood!  My new companion is Hermana Millet.  She is from Arizona and she served in the Ecuador mission before being reassigned to L.A.  It's beautiful here!  We live like five minutes from the beach! It's a dream come true. The ward here is amazing and our friends we teach are fantastic.  We have three of the cutest roommates (English speaking):  One from Fuji, one from Russia and the other from Colorado. haha  They are so sweet.

We continue to do most of our teaching through technology.  However, we are able to teach in person (wearing a mask and six feet apart) outside the investigator's home, if they request it.

We had a baptism Saturday. His name is Andrés and he's amazing. He has such a strong testimony. With all the craziness of corona, we had to do the baptism in a swimming pool. The spirit was so strong. It was super cool to see how happy he was after. 

We received a referral from sister missionaries in Mexico and she's awesome. Her name is Renia and she really wants to be baptized.  We set a date for the 22 of August! These people are amazing and have a love for Christ. Some of these people go through so much and they don't think it's possible to change, but y'all... anything is possible through Christ!!! I know it's true and I'm so grateful that we have the chance to change! Yuh

All is well! 

Love y'all 

Stay safe!

Love,

Hermana Weenig 

Bautismo de Andrés
With Hermana Millet (Arizona)

California Sunset

Caught a Turtle

California Oranges (yum)

Corona Hug with Sister Birch

Bautismo de Gloria, Junior, y Marvin

Hi Y'all,

Yay! Gloria, Junior, and Marvin all got baptized last week! We had to keep social distancing and to wear a mask and a face shield, of course, but it was so cool. I even got to see Hermanita  Ramírez!!!! After the baptism, Junior bore his testimony and (this part was my favorite) he said: "The water was cold so I was pretty cold, but when I came out of the water and the men put their hands on my head all that coldness went away." The Holy Ghost y'all!!! It was super spiritual. This is the reason why I love being a missionary, you help people come closer to God and Jesus Christ and you can see the light growing every time you see them. They all looked so happy at their baptism. Even if they never say my name right (Hermana Weeeeenie, Hermana Weani, or Hermana Wanee) haha, they will always have a special place in my heart. Yuh 

Other than that, Hermana Fernández and I have been working hard and having a good time. The people in this area are awesome and so are the members! Oscar is super excited for his baptism, but he wants to be the most prepared. haha So we've been teaching him a lot. 

We received some blue light glasses from Elder Diede because our heads hurt from looking at screens all the time haha, but we love it! We also got our AC fixed.  Before it was fixed, it was only 85° in our apartment... even at night. We love the summer in the Valley! But we are always grateful!

I hope all is well with you! Love y'all! Stay safe! 

Love, 

Hermana Weenig 

Gloria, Junior and Marvin's Baptism

Face Shields

After everyone left, we could take off our masks and take pics with HERMANA RAMÍREZ 

Social Distancing

Hermana Fernandez and I helped with a blood drive

California Chilling

Hi Y'all,

This week was great! 

We had three lessons in person!!!!!, which is so great -- it's been a while.  I love the people here, they are amazing. We set a baptism date with our friend, Oscar! We had had two lessons with him and during our third lesson, he said he wanted to be baptized.  The lesson was super spiritual and amazing!  Oscar is so prepared!!!!  We set a date for mid-July and he asked to meet with us every day to continue to learn. God really does prepare those ready to hear the gospel.

Today we were able to go to the beach and jam.  While there, I was reminded about how beautiful this earth is and how God created it all. We truly are so blessed.

Love y'all!  Be safe!

Love, 

Hermana Weenig 

Pics on the Beach (Malibu)

Filming with Hermana Fernandez

GOT TO SEE SISTER BIRCH AND SISTER WESTCOTT!!!!

 With Hermana Gable (Florida)

 Mi compañera, Hermana Fernandez (Provo, UT)

All set for the beach! :)