Received New Pictures July 23

Nanay Eusebia & Tatay Carlos

The Mijarez Couple

E-mail from June 22-
Last week me and Elder anda were about to go home and get ready for bed but we decided to knock on one more door. Bro. Mijarez answered the door.. and started to tell us that he's been thinking about us and that he's been inactive for a few years and that his wife is going into surgery and he wanted a blessing for her. We gave her a blessing and everything and after that they were like saying that the lord works in misterious ways and that they have felt that they have been missing something in their life and they are coming back to church! cool huh.

First Baptism Sunday July 12

Alise Baptism

I have couple more scriptures for you.. DC 62:3 and DC 50:24. And, I was reading this book the other day, i read this quote and it just hit me hard. It said "When no one else around you understands how you are feeling, the Lord understands." So true, always remember that. I also came across this when I was reading... Its called "Look to this day" "Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life, in its brief course lie all the varieties and realities of your existence! The bliss of growth; The glory of action; the splendor of beauty; For yesterday is already a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision; But today, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day." Remember to not look to the future, cause if you do you'll miss whats right in front of you! :) i hope i didn't leave anything out... But Thanks again for all your love and support! Love you all! Tell the granpas I love them too! Mahal ko kayo!! :) have a great week yo's. Elder Ipsen

Fourth of July at Point Loma Navy Base

Yo. Whats up. ha ha last week was pretty alright. Except like ten of our appointments fell through :( we have a baptism this coming sunday though.. its a black girl named alise. Pray for her! Yeah I didn't know i could send the pictures through the internet either but I guess i can? Elder anda showed me how :) I tried to send you a video too but it wouldn't work. Its on my camera though so you'll see it when i send my memory card home. My ankle isn't getting better but it isn't getting worse! it doesn't bug me that much.. it just looks like i have a fleakin kankle. ha ha! Answers....:)Last P-day we didn't really do anything fun... we had a lot of stuff to buy and clean. So.. it was kind of boring ha ha. and today we don't really have anything fun planned either. Just basketball! But next week we're taking a boat ride around the bay for only 8 dollars so That'll be pretty fun!We do get to know the other missionaries in our Zone. cause we have zone meetings and stuff. Now, a zone is made up of a few different districts. and a district is made up of 6-12 missionaries so yeah. In my district there are 7 missionaries.. you'll see pictures of them when i send them home. Theres 3 samoans, me, elder anda, and a couple white boys from riverton! For the money, when we first got here they gave us a credit card and it has 122 dollars each month. Thats more than plenty for me.. I had like 50 left over! and they also give us a gas card too... thank heavens. Cause we fill it up like every 3 days!Yeah i have enough shirts and everything thanks! I'm gonna buy a san diego shirt sometime! if i ever run out or anything ill let you know :)The language is tough.. all the words sound the same haha. but, yeah im working on it! I pretty much just try to memorize different sayings and stuff.

Um... 4th of July was pretty bomb here.. we woke up early and trashed the samoan elders' car because it was elder tavete's birthday. and then we had a pizza party for him at a members house and played ping-pong for like 2 hours. And then we went to this carnival at point loma (a navy base) and watched the fireworks! It was fun i got a lot of pictures of everything. The fireworks were so beautiful because it was over the water and you could see the reflection and everything! oh goodness.

But, like i said it was a pretty unproductive week with investigators... but the Mijarez fam came to church again. 2 weeks in a row! This next week should be pretty busy with investigators though. I'll let you know. Well, I do a lot of reading here on my mission so I have some scriptures for ya'll to read. you can do it during family home evening or on your free time! These are some of my favorites... Joshua 1:9, Jacob 6:12, 2 timothy 1:7, D&C 19:38, John 14:27,28, Proverbs 3:5,6, D&C 8:10, Ether 12 (all of it. especially verse 27) D&C 24:8, and.. D&C 42:46 (good one for our grandmas) :) keep updating me on everything at home please! I hope i didn't leave anything out. When are the hunts? Keep up the good work! remember to pray every night and morning! :) Love you guys have a wonderful week!!!Love, Elder Ipsen