Tue, May 24, 2016 1:52 pm Aprendimos la palabra filoso. (We learned the word sharp).

(This picture was taken right before the Sister we were visiting cut her hand)

Dear family and friends,

Well, this has definitely been one of the craziest weeks of my entire mission. But really. I have a hard time thinking that other missionaries have experiences like Sister Wilson and I have had. So I will tell you the event that has basically changed our lives forever...it's pretty weird. 

So on Friday, we had a lunch appointment set up with a less active member. We get there and we begin chatting with her. Pretty soon, she brings out a huge plate of fruit and cheese. We were starving and so excited...so we took a picture to remember that moment. Then after the prayer, the member goes over to the counter and then brings back avocados and a knife. She said that she wanted to give us some avocados too. So as she was about to start cutting them, I grab a a chip and was about to dip it in beans when I hear a slicing noise. The sister had cut her finger as she tried to cut the avocado. She ran to the bathroom and starting running it under cold water. I turned to Hermana Wilson and was like,"Was that bad??" She was like "oh yeah!!!". We tell her to wrap her hand and put pressure on it. We were in shock and I couldn't watch her because I was feeling sick. I ran back out to the living room and was thinking "okay...what should we do? Should we call someone? Who should we call?" Then I thought of our relief society president. She told us she would meet us at the hospital. So Heavenly Father really helped me stay call and directed me with everything I needed to do. I gave directions to the Sister and Hermana Wilson...although Hermana Wilson wasn't looking so good. So I grab the keys, her phone, her bag, lots of towels. and we locked the door and headed out. Sister Wilson was doing so good and was struggling climbing the steps to leave. We finally reach the top and I had my arm around Hermana Wilson and the Sister was behind us. Hermana Wilson kept saying to me, "I'm going to faint". Then I looked at her, and her face was COMPLETELY white and her lips were blue. She immediately fainted. And in this moment, I know there were angels helping us. I threw my hand under her back to catch her and then the Sister behind us caught her head. Everything was so graceful. But then I was stuck there...in that moment..by myself. My companion, who I thought was dead, was unconscious and I had a sister there bleeding. I told the sister that we needed to say a prayer. I lifted my voice to God, pleading that He would help me, that my companion could wake up, and that the sister's finger could stop bleeding. I felt calm. Hermana Wilson soon came to it, but was so weak and coulnd't move. Then the Sister told me that she was feeling dizzy. I sat by her to support her if she fainted too. Then she opened the towel and I couldn't believe it. Her finger had completely stopped bleeding. God hear me. He answered my prayer. Soon members came to take the Sister to the hospital. And other sister missionaries came to help me and Hermana Wilson. After we got our strength back we went home. We tried resting, but we were just in shock with everything. The whole story kept playing and playing in our minds. 

So we were pretty scarred by everything that happened and I was just feeling down on it. But we got priesthood blessings and in my blessing it said that God know the experiences that I have to pass through and then there will be other experiences that He will deliver me from. I know that God was absolutely with me in this crazy moment. I know that I don't need to understand everything that happened or why it happened. God knows..and I am learning to trust in the Atonement. I know that Christ's Atonement is the greatest gift of all. I know that everything that is wrong or unjust about life can be made right through the Atoment of Christ.

Well...I wanted to share that story with you...because I learned from that just how real prayer is. Prayer is the most powerful thing. And I learned that God's angels are always surrounding us.

And for Rosa and Raul...they came to church and Raul is working on getting the Preisthood! And then Karla and all of her kids came to church and stayed the WHOLE time!! So many miracles. God is so good and His work is incredible!

Love you all,

Hermana Hoth

Mon, May 16, 2016 1:24 pm Esta es la senda.

Dear family and friends,

I am so grateful for my mission. I love being the Lord's missionary here in B.C. Canada. It is such a blessing in my life. I just want to testify that we are in the right path. We, as members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, are in the path that leads to eternal life. I know that this doesn't mean that it is easy. It's never been easy. Life is so hard, but because of that, I know that God loves us. He is giving this time to us, away from His presence, so that we can learn and grow and become like Him. And one day, we will be like Him. I know that's true. I love the scripture in 2 Nefii 31:21 "Y ahora bien, amados hermanos mios, esta es la send; y no hay otro camino, ni nombre dada debajo del cielo por el cual el hombre pueda salvarse en el reino de Dios. Y ahora bien, he aqui, esta es la doctrina de Cristo, y la unica y verdadera doctrina del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Espiritu Santo, que son un Dios, sin fin. Amen" God is so good, and He has given us everything we need to be happy in this life and in eternity!

Okay, so we have had so many miracles this week. We have been running from one lesson to the next! It's so good.

Miracle #1: Joan!!! So a few weeks ago, we met Joan, who is a little old lady here in Surrey. She is from Canada...so she speaks English..not Spanish! But we of course talked to her and asked if she knew anyone that spoke Spanish. She pointed to her neighbors..so we knocked on her neighbor's door..they spoke Spanish..but definitely weren't interested. So then as we were walking back, we passed Joan again, she was just finishing mowing her lawn. We asked if we could help, and she said we could come back the next week. So for the past few weeks, we have been mowing her lawn and sharing the gospel with her. We had an amazing zone meeting on Friday that really pumped us up to go out and do the work. We headed straight on over to Joan's, mowed her lawn, and asked if we could share the gospel. It was so cute, she had chairs and a table already set up for us in the back. We usually start teaching people by sharing the Restoration, but we felt inspired to teach the Plan of Salvation. She was quiet as we taught, but we could see the Spirit was sinking deep in her heart. When we talked about judgement day, we mentioned that judgement day can be a GREAT DAY...if we are prepared. We can be prepared through faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. She immediately asked, "So would I have to be baptized again?" It was silent..it's always a bit scary telling someone that their baptism wasn't valid and that they will have to be baptized again. But I felt the Spirit speak through me. I said, "We know that Jesus Christ had the power to baptize, and we know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is His chruch and so it has His preisthood power. And so Joan, the answer is yes, we would invite you to be baptized again by someone holding the preisthood authority." She took it so well and agreed to be baptized!! YAY! So please, pray for Joan!

Miracle #2: Lucero!! Lucero is the niece of one of our members in the ward. She is visiting from Peru for a bit. We felt like we should stop by to "drop off a mother's day letter" for the Hermana and then offer to share the gospel. Haha..it worked perfectly! Hermana was so happy to see us and receive a card, and Lucero was there! She had been there when the Elders had dinner with this family and they already shared about the Restoration. So we shared the Plan of Salvation. Oh my goodness, the Spirit was so strong! Lucero was just glowing! I know she felt the truthfulness of God's plan for her. She told me a few weeks ago in relief society that she didn't know why she came to B.C. or what her purpose is here...well I DO!!! I know that she is here to learn about the gospel. She is so ready. We really love Lucero, and so sad that she is actually in New Jersey now and then will go back to Peru. It's hard to not be able to teach her again, but we know that we made a difference in her life!

Miracle #3: Rosa and Raul. They are progressing so so much! And we are working so hard with Raul to get the priesthood! So next Sunday he should be meeting with the bishop to finally start the process. Pray so much for them please!!!

Hermanas with Isabella, Ludwig

So we were visiting a family in our ward this week, and their granddaughters wanted to show us there dancing. Haha, they are like 6 years old and 2. We died laughing. They were all over the place...so intense. But after the dance, the little 2 year old was talking to me. She asked what we are doing...so I said "we are missionaries right now!" She looked so confused and then was like, "NO! You're not fairies!" She must of heard me wrong, but we died laughing. She was so cute. 

Wilson, Lucero, Hoth

Well...I'm so happy to be on my mission, working so hard for the Lord and with the Lord. I know God is real. I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and I know He will come again. I pray that all of us will be so prepared, and I know we will as we live the gospel!

Love,

Hermana Hoth

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Mon, May 9, 2016 1:57 pm The Short Answer.

Dear family and friends,            

 First, I want to say Happy Mother's Day MOM!!!! It was so good to talk to you all yesterday and tell you how much I love you! It is so fun to see how much everyone has changed. I hope I have changed too!:) Change is so good.

So as I was talking to my family, I felt prompted to commit them to memorize something called the 'short answer'. I have been trying to memorize it so I can explain to everyone I meet why we believe the things we do and why we live a certain way. I would like to invite all of you to do this same! Memorize it!! If anyone has any question about the gospel the answer is always the "short answer". Which is this:

"The short answer is this: In 1820, a young man by the name of Joseph Smith went into a grove of trees in upstate New York to pray. He wanted to know which church he should join. There he saw God, our Heavenly Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. Joseph was told he should join none of the churches. But he was told that through him, the Church that Christ had established while He was on the earth would be restored. This restoration would be through a process of revelation."   (and it is through revelation that we know . . .) 

-Elder Dale G. Renlund.

These are such powerful words that each and every one of us can use to explain our testimonies. I have loved studying more about the Book of Mormon this week and gaining a stronger testimony of it. I know that it is the key to our religion. If the Book of Mormon is true, Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, he received the priesthood, he received revelation to be able to restore Christ's church on the earth. We are part of Christ's church.

Rosa and Raul's baby Emily

 It has been so good to work with Rosa and Raul again. They really are our family. we love them so much! We were able to celebrate Raul's birthday with them and share a lesson about the Atonement. I love how much they are working together to be unified as a family. We also had a lesson with them this week with the Bishop and his wife. Bishop thinks that Rosa is so close to baptism. I love that when the Bishop asked Rosa what her thoughts were on baptism she said, "Well I am still just waiting to feel it." That is the perfect answer. She must feel the truthfulness of the gospel for herself. If she can learn to feel the Spirit now, she will be more prepared and willing to RECEIVE the gift of the Holy Ghost after her baptism. I am so impressed with Rosa and her honest desire to follow God! Rosa and Raul love us so much and want us to come with them to El Salvador next year for a trip...haha that sounds pretty good to me!:)

I just want to ask all of you to keep Rita in your prayers. She is trying so hard to stay close to God, but still so many challenges keep coming up! Pray for her granddaughter too, she was just in a car accident! 

The Dynamic Duo back together again!

Pday Outing at White Rock: Sisters     , Hubert, Hoffman, Grant, Lewis, Hoth, Wilson

Well I pray that all of you have such a great week! Stay close to God and always pray to Him. I know He wants to hear from each of you!

Love, Hermana Hoth

Mon, May 2, 2016 1:34 pm Better Safe than Surrey.

Dearest friends and family,

Oh my goodness, so I don't have a ton of time. I'm super sad about it, but really, this week has been so filled with miracles.

Hermana Wilson and I are learning, again, how to work with each other. We are working so hard and I am so grateful that we are both able to teach in SPANISH together now. We have had amazing visits with Karla, Carolyn, and Rosa recently. We might not be able to speak the language perfectly, we know how to talk with the Spirit and to invite with the Spirit. So no worries there.

Hermana Wilson & Hermana Hoth Sister Williamson, Lucero, Sister Lee (Williamson & Lee are RM's that came back to visit their mission)

This week, I went on exchanges with Sister Lewis. We had so much fun together and we were in the area, knocking doors, where Rita lives. So we thought we would give it a shot and stop by. Before, we haven't been able to visit her because Lenin has been so sick and recovering and everything. But she was SO HAPPY to see us and invited us right in. It was incredible to see them both again. And even though Lenin suffers from memory loss, he remembered me (and Sister Johnson too) and was so excited to see me! I love them so much!

Lenin, Hermana Hoth, Rita

Karla is doing good. She has been sick this week and so she couldn't come to church. So we stopped by after church yesterday to read the Book of Mormon with her. She hasn't been reading it as much as she did before and she tells us that she can feel a huge difference. She says the Spirit is constantly reminding her to read and to pray. She feels so guilty when she doesn't do it. I think it's so important to remember that to have a living testimony we must be living our testimony...every single minute, every single hour, every single day. We have to renew and gain a stronger testimony through daily prayer and scripture study. That is what Karla is learning right now.

We have had many miracles finding people who speak Spanish. Mostly from talking to everyone and asking everyone if they know anyone who speaks Spanish. We should have a lot of new people to teach this coming week! Please pray for us!!

Hermana Hoth & Hermana Lewis on exchanges visiting the Sikhs

We decided that we would start visiting Rosa and Raul again. We gave them some time to think about everything and really think about what their goals are in the church. Rosa has so much real intent and wants to be baptized and everything. Keep praying for them please. We feel so strongly that Rosa and Raul and Emily will be our miracle this transfer because both Sister Wilson and I have worked with them before.

Hermana Hoth, Rosa, baby Emily, Raul

Well, everyone. I love my mission. I love this gospel. I know God is real. I know that we can talk to Him through prayer. Something important that I have learned this week about prayer is that prayer is not there to change God's will, but to align our own wills with His. His plan is perfect and we must be humble to choose to follow Him. I know that if we follow Him, we choose to be happy. Have such a great week! Love you all!

Love,

Hermana Hoth

Missing Hermana Cendreda

Mon, Apr 25, 2016 4:37 pm Let Him Be Your Savior

Dearest family and friends,

I really love my mission. I really love the gospel. I love God and am in awe at His endless blessings. This week...I said goodbye to my sweet Hermana Cendreda, said hello to my sweet Hermana Wilson, helped Rita prepare to receive the Holy Ghost, and worked so hard as I watched the hand of God works miracles in my life.

Yesterday, Rita received the gift of the Holy Ghost. It was beautiful to be able to prepare her this week for one of God's greatest gifts to us. She is just so grateful for everything we have done for her. I feel like we haven't even done that much. Wait till she fully comprehends just how much Jesus Christ, her Savior, has done for her. I love that we have been able to understand that a little more as we have worked with Rita. Exactly what it means to let Jesus Christ be their Savior. God is the one who softened Rita's heart and prepared her to be a disciple of His Son, Jesus Christ. We were just here to help. Rita was called up to the front of the Sacrament room and then los hermanos surrounded her and put their hands on her head for the blessing. I peaked my eyes open, and I just saw complete peace on her face. I knew at that moment that she was RECEIVING the gift of the Holy Ghost. She received a companion that will be with her forever. She found us after the meeting and was just so grateful. She gave me a huge hug and just thanked me for everything. She calls us her angels. She is such an inspiration to me. I love her so much. Keep praying for Rita please!

I said goodbye to Sister Cendreda on Tuesday morning. I was completely fine and so joyful for her to start this next part of her life. But then when I went back in our apartment and found her note and Plan of Salvation cut outs for me...I cried and cried. She is so special to me and has taught me so much about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. Someone who can give their absolute all to God. She emailed me today and told me about how she is STILL a missionary and how she will ALWAYS be a missionary. Such a good example to me.

Polanco, Hoth, Cendreda

Lewis, Polanco, Hoth

Hoth, Cobb, Cendreda, Lewis, Yonk, Hoffman, Polanco

And now for one of my favorite parts of the week..........Sister Wilson is my companion again!!!!! We met up on Tuesday and have been running ever since. I know that there must be many beautiful things in store for us this transfer. God is working so hard with us and supporting us as we do His will. I really love her. It is incredible that we have been apart for almost exactly 1 year. We have lived completely different missions, but now we are together again. It will be so exciting to see what God has in store for us. We have already seen so many miracles...including asking a latino family if we could practice spanish with them in the mall...they said yes! And so we hopefully will be teaching them soon. We also met a Spanish man as we were running to get free burritos. We got his number and were the last ones to get free burritos. We will see Rosa and Raul this week. We feel so strongly that they will be our miracles this transfer! And then yesterday, we met Lucero, who is from Peru but staying with her family that are members in BC for a while. We really hit it off! Hopefully we can teach her too! So many miracles. So much to do! WE love it all! 

Well I want to share my testimony with you. I know that God lives. He answers our prayers and pours down blessings on us for our righteousness. God loves His missionaries. God loves His children. God loves you. I know Jesus Christ is working right along side me. He carries me when I can't go any more. He is there. I know that the only way to find peace in this life is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Learn it. Live it. And remember "In the end, the gospel isn't about how much you know, but how much you've changed."                                    Love,

Hermana Hoth

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HERMANA CENDREDA'S LAST EMAIL & FIRST EMAIL FROM HOME

So I just want to share this insight with you as I was learning and pondering about Enduring to The End the other day.

Enduring to the End.

Our life is a continual process of everything, it is an eternal principle. When you live the gospel and you know who God is and who you are, you will see that nothing in the gospel is "one and done." Once you have Faith, you keep growing it. Once you repent and feel the cleansing power of the Atonement, you realize and should remember that we have to keep changing. Once you are baptized, you just can't assume all is good and you can go on now, you have to keep on being true to that promise and renew it every week. Once you receive the Holy Ghost, you have to keep choosing every day for the rest of your life to receive it. Once you gain a testimony, you have to keep making it stronger. Once you are the Lord's missionary, you ALWAYS will be, if that is what you want.Father has eternal blessing for us and that is why we have to endure to the end, to fulfil the plan He has for us. And it's all done through CONSISTENCY.

Well, this is my last week in the mission field. It's weird to even think that because I know there's not an end to this. I may resign Sister Cendreda soon, but I know I will always be my Father's Missionary.

So yesterday was my last Sunday and it was a proof to me that miracles still do exist. No effort is wasted. Our friend, Rita, was baptized! Oh my goodness, she looked like an angel! She is almost 80 now, and she probably is the most humble person I have ever met. To humble herself before God and let Him wash away those 80 years of experience to welcome Him in her life and to become Jesus Christ's disciple.

Well, this is my last email as a missionary and I just want to leave you all with my testimony that I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of the latter day saints is the Savior's restored church here on earth. I know that in 1820, Joseph Smith saw God the Father and Jesus Christ. I know that he did indeed saw a pillar of light exactly over his head. And that light deescended gradually until it fell upon him, and when it did, he saw two personnages standing above him in the air. I know that Heavenly Father spake unto him and called him by name, and said, pointing to the Savior, "This is my Beloved Son. Hear Him." And I know that thanks to that event, we now know all the things we know and it is for everyone. The church of Jesus Christ was restored exactly as He established it before. I may not have been there then, but I am thankful for prayer because through it, I was able to receive my answer from God that it did happen. And I have seen miracles in my life happen, I have changed for the good as I lived the restored gospel and that is also why I know it's true.

I know God loves us and all that we have now is given so we can go back to Him. He won't give up on us and His hand will forever be extended towards us. Never too late or too early He is there. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

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LETTER FROM HERMANA CENDREDA!!
Ok so Im so mad right now because I just wrote you a cool message and it totally just disappeared!!! So lame!! :(

but anyways, to start it off, how was Rita's confirmation!? Como estan tu y la hna wilson? killing it poor seguro ;) How was natalia's lesson???

Well, as for me, everything is fine. Home is good. I'm still a missionary! Haha. I still try my best to wake up at 6:20! Hahaha.

Well, I just miss you so much! Lol I admitted it you're probably so gflattered right now. Hahaha. But yeah, I'm doing fine although I just miss being with someone always and laughing with someone always too. Haha. Man, I love being a Mormon!

Yeah so I'm giving my mom tons of hugs right now lol she's so weirded out but she likes it. hahaha. We're doing good so far. She just feels that I'm so different though. With the whole actually listening to her, asking her how her day was, me going for a run in the morning (lol she was so weirded out by that), praying over food, specially saying hi to people we come across with! Hahahaha but yeah, I'm just living the gospel, and it feels great to have the Spirit!

Anyways, let me tell you about the most awesome plane ride home! So I sat beside a Jewish man, named Jacob! Turns out he's the graphic designer for lions gate and  all that. But yeah, so we talked and he has a ton of knowledge of the things of the world. He didn't really give me a chance to talk about the church and all that because he just started telling me about the history of other churches and all the knowledge he knows. he even asked me if i knew some stuff about history happenings and I'm like noo.... i don't really know... and he tells me "well, if you want to preach the gospel, I think you should  know these things." and so he just went off on and on and you already know me.... haha. I just let him talk! but in the middle of his talking, our plane started flying up and I didn't want to fly off without a prayer so I said, "Sorry, would it be okay if I just pray first? I just want to pray because I'm scared. I'll pray first and then we can continue chatting." So I did. And then Father told me to tell Him that He loves him. So I did! I told him, "So I was praying, and God told me He loves you so much!!" And he smiled from ear to ear and was just so happy! It was the cutest thing. And before we landed, I felt that I needed to testify to Him of Jesus Christ. I was a bit intimidated because he's a jew and he knows so much things. But I still did it. I know that the Spirit was telling me to do it, so I prayed SO HARD that Father will give me courage and then i did it. And I told him, "Mr. Jacob, would it be ok if I bear my testimony to you?" and he said yes and I said, 

"Well first, I want to thank you for all the things you taught me today, I just felt really humbled by it and I really love learning new things... but then it made me realize that i didn't know much, but that's ok because I know that I am called to be a missionary by My Heavenly Father not because of the amount of knowledge I have, but because of my will that I wanted to align with His. And like I was telling you before, I have been praying a lot for you today, just thanking God that I met you and I can feel He really does love you and that's how I know that He really sent Jesus Christ, and that He loves you too and that's why He gave His life for you so you can be happy!" 

Oh my goodness, you have no clue how nervous I was to do that but I know God has given me the power and authority to do that and in spite of all his knowledge, he couldn't say anything, just smiled. I know my testimony is very simple, but I know it's strong and I know that the Spirit touched his heart that day!

Mon, Apr 18, 2016 1:35 pm God loves you.

To my dear family and friends,

My heart is so full of gratitude as I write this. This week has absolutely been such a blessing. God is so good and His love is real. We had so many miracles. Rita was baptized. Grace, Vicky, and Joyce were baptized, Karla and Carolyn are progressing, Sister Cendreda is the most powerful missionary I have ever met, and now it is time for her to start a new mission.

Rita's baptism!!!!! President and Sister Burt came!

At the beginning of this week, we were feeling that Rita wasn't prepared enough for her baptism. It felt like we were dragging her to baptism. So during our companionship study, we knelt down and offered a humble prayer to God. We asked Him what His will was for Rita. I felt so strongly that Heavenly Father was telling me, "Thank you so much for all you and Sister Cendreda have done for Rita. You are literally doing it all for her. Thank you for fulfilling your covenants that you have made with me. But this isn't your covenant that you are going to make with me, this is Rita's covenant. She must act for herself." So Heavenly Father helped us understand that Rita needed to take a bigger step and show God that she was willing to make this covenant with Him. She called us every single day before her baptism to show that she wanted it and that she was ready. She is such a fantastic example to us. God has given her so many responsibilities including taking care of her husband, Lenin, who has recently had 2 heart attacks, and also taking care of her daughter, Elizabeth who has special needs. Rita is one of the elect. God trusts her so much...he trusts her with the lives of others too. We were so worried...we were thinking if she has so many responsibilities..how in the world can she fulfill a baptismal covenant. But what I learned is that Heavenly Father has made this covenant possible for everyone to make. We each have our own capacities to fulfill the callings of God. Rita has been blessed with more responsibilities than most of us. She is so blessed as she makes an even greater leap of faith for God. She has been given so much to do, but she always puts God first. It is amazing to think that she is 80 years old and changing her life so much. It is never too late to change for God and with God. That is 80  years of mistakes completely washed clean...and now she just has to endure to the end. Her baptism was so special. It happened Sunday after church. Many members came and we were shocked when we saw President and Sister Burt walk through the door. They are so good and came to support Rita! Rita was so excited and felt the Spirit so strong. She is a fighter and has literally given it all to God. God will bless her forever. I am so excited that next Sunday she will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Rita and Claudia (Rita's daughter)!

Grace, Vicky, and Joyce were all baptized too!! It was so good to see Grace right before her baptism. Every time I see her, I remind her of when we met at Surrey Central a year ago. She has changed so much. She said to me in her broken english, "I am so grateful. I am so happy." I told her "God is so happy for you." And her reply was "God loves me". It is so true. God loves us. He loves Grace. And He loves you. The gospel's blessings are there for all who will receive it! 

Grace, Vicky, and Joyce were baptized!!!! Love them! 

The Giron family loves us so much. They got a farewell surprise cake for Sister Cendreda 

Speaking of God's love. I want to give a tribute type of a thing to my best friend and amazing companion, Sister Cendreda. She has been working so hard. We ran so fast and so hard these last two transfers of her mission. My dad told me at the beginning of this transfer that my goal should be to work Sister Cendreda to the ground. And so that was my goal. I absolutely know I fulfilled that goal because my body is completely exhausted. I am so tired, but my Spirit has more energy than every before. My Spirit finds so much more joy in the work and sacrificing all for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Sister Cendreda was able to give her last testimony at our zone meeting this week. She is so powerful and she knows God, Jesus,and the Holy Ghost. She said in her testimony, "A few weeks ago, I was wondering if the Restoration was true. Then Heavenly Father told me to look at myself. I am the proof that this church and this gospel is true. I have changed so much." That was so profound. How could we not know the Church of Jesus Christ was restored. Look at us who are living it! We are the proof that it is true and that it is from God. Something I love so much about Sister Cendreda is that to every single person we talked to every single day she said to them before we left "God loves you" I have heard over the past 12 weeks "God loves you" every single day, multiple times a day. What a beautiful thing to be able to say that God truly loves all of His children, but even more to know that God loves all of His children. I love Sister Cendreda so much. She is incredible From her I have learned that I can give God everything! And He will take care of me. 

Hermana Cendreda & Hermana Hoth/ Friends Forever!

     I feel so blessed to be serving my Lord here and sacrifice all for Him. It is incredible to do the work of the Lord in Surrey...and I am so thrilled to be able to stay in Surrey another transfer. It will be different without Sister Cendreda, but I'm so excited to see Sister Wilson again. God is so good. He truly answers prayers! Just turn to Him, just give it all too Him. This morning, during our last comp. study, we just cried as we testified of the gospel to each other. God is so good. We know that this work is His. We know His love is real. Truly, all things are possible to those who believe in God. I know the gospel is real. It has changed so many lives. I am so honored to proclaim the truth every single day. I love the scripture found in Matthew 16:24-26. I am learning how to deny myself or forget myself and follow Jesus Christ. I love Him. I have learned that God is asking me to give it ALL to Him and He will take care of it all. 

Love,

Hermana Hoth

The Cerna family...ward mission leader.

Carolyn and Alex      Karla (below)! We love them all so much!