We live to die and die to live.

Good morning friends and family! This week was crazy! It's been very hot here in Anaheim and the fires are very intense. The beginning of this week some sisters in our zone got smoked out of their area. Ash was falling all over because the fires are so big and close. I got some in my eye haha. Our shirts were spotted black from the ash in the air. It was crazy. But a great conversation starter on the street! This week we did get our new sister! Her name is sister humphreys. I love her. She's originally called as ASL. So I'm picking some of that up and it's been really special. I can pray now in sign language! It's great. This week we found a lot of people to teach. It's been a blessing. Sister pressler and I have been working really hard and it's paying off. Sister humpherys is such a great addition to our companionship. She has helped a lot to further the work. We are teaching a family that we found a couple weeks ago. There's a mother and 2 boys. Amber, DJ, and Boston. They are adorable. Amber is 30 and a single mother looking for peace. As we have been talking with her she keeps telling us the warm feeling she has when we visit. She said "I feel like what you sisters are teaching me is filling a hole in my heart." She said that and I just felt a warmth in my soul. I know this gospel fills the holes in our souls. She has yet to come to church because of some weird things a work but we are praying hard she will be able to come and god will prepare a way for her. I know this gospel is true! I was reading a talk by pres Nelson in 2011. One line from that talk explains the gospel in one sentence. "It is true! We live to die and die to live!" How true that is. We live to die and death is our gate to live forever. Plan of salvation right there! Anyways I love you all. This gospel is true and I know that will all my heart. I love my savior and being his representative. I have a long way to go to being a better missionary but it's coming a long. The hardships of the mission are blessings and I love them. It's the strain that builds the muscle right? I know it's the same with missionary work. The harder it is the better you become and stronger your testimony.  God is so Good! I pray for you all! 

- Sister petzinger

Our new comp, we love her so much