JayLynn E. Loves: Companion

Hi Fam! Its been a BUSY week!

Transfers!

Transfers was crazy! But I managed to get all my stuff packed in time! We borrowed the Elders car and made our way down to Reno where I met my new companion, Sister Cluff!

She is from Alpine, Utah! We actually went to the same school, graduated the same year, but I've never seen her! haha and then after we drove down to my new assigned area!

Jobs Peak Ward/Walker Branch

I LOVE my new area!! So I have a pretty big area. I cover the border of Nevada and California in the cities of Minden, Gardenerville, and Walker. Close to Lake Tahoe! This area is so pretty! It reminds me a lot of Utah. (But cleaner air) We live by the Mountains! Which is something that I've really missed. I was able to go to The Jobs Peak ward this past Sunday and Its a huge ward with lots of kids. just like Utah! Everyone is really nice here!! Its really cool to go to different areas because they all have their differences. This is an awesome area and Im glad I have the opportunity to serve here!

Richard.

Richard is an investigator that the missionaries have been teaching since the 90s. He has had a really hard life and has gone to prison several times (he has quite a story). His wife recently got baptized but Richard has some issues to work out still. He is in his 70s and he has been waiting to be baptized his whole life. He loves music and he said he has worked with a lot of Musical artists (Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder..) This Week, he was able to have an interview with our mission president, Pres. Chesnut to see if he can get baptized. Now he is waiting to hear from the First Presidency to see if he can get baptized! It could take up to 2 months. We are excited for him because he has waited so long to get baptized! We will continue to meet with him every week to make sure hes prepared.

I feel like I haven't had time to breathe this week! this week was so busy. With the responsiblities of being a Sister Training Leader. I have more things to do haha. But its been so fun! I am over the Sisters in Carson City (Sister Murdock and Strausse) and the Sisters in Reno (Sister Tauveli and Ellis). I am excited to get to know each of them and help them with the work.

I am half way done with my mission! I love this gospel so much! And I love love love being a missionary! I am learning so much everyday. Well I hope you all have a GREAT week!

Love

Sister Tupuola!

How is everyone?? I hope you all are having a great week!!

This week has been so fun! We drove down to Reno with the Hermanas to drop off Sister Kitchen at the airport! And then I had the opportunity to be in a temporary trio with the Reno YSA Sisters, Sister Brock and Sister Thomsen! We had so much fun! We went and ate Sushi with one of the members in their ward in downtown Reno. I spent the day with them while I waited for my companion to travel from Ely. And then when Sister Minton arrived, the Perazzo family (members in our ward) drove us back to Fallon.

Sister Minton is so awesome!! I LOVE her!! haha we get along great! She is from Sevierville, Tennesee. Born and raised. She has been out on her mission for 4 months now and started in Ely, Nevada. She is so funny and athletic. She is a very diligent and a hard working missionary! I am excited to be serving with her!

Jimmy

Jimmy our investigator recently had back surgery this week in Reno. He has no family or friends. He said he was really scared to go in so we had Priesthood holders from our ward give him a blessing before his surgery. He said it really helped him feel better. And then we also sent the Elder missionaries in Reno to go visit him at the hospital. The Reno Elders were able to go there and talk to him. They gave him another blessing for him to recover well. Jimmy called us afterwards to thank us. He said he has felt a lot of love from the members of our church and that he considers us family. It is Jimmy's birthday today, so we are going to go over to his home to sing Happy Birthday!

Homestead

Sister Minton and I went to Homestead (Senior Living home) to visit some of our members there. Both of the members were sleeping and weren't able to visit with us but as we walked around the building, we were able to meet a lot of the elderly people and we talked to them. We met Margaret who is not a member. She is soo funny and she loves to dance. She said she was born in 1925 and asked us to do the math to find out how old she was. She kept saying the answer was 52!

"Im 52! Im 52!" she says...so we pull out our phone to do the math and it says shes 93 Lol..she goes, so what does it say??? And then we both look at eachother and say, "Yuup your 52"! hahaha it was so funny. Margaret gave us a tour of the whole building and she took us to her room. There was a picture of her with a little girl and she pointed to it and said, "thats me and my husband!" hahaha it was obviously a little girl! Man we died laughing. She said she has a strong relationship with God and she agreed for us to come back to teach her more about what we believe!

Elders to the rescue!!

Ive been having bike troubles for the past couple of days. I havent been able to take it in to get it looked at or anything so I asked the Elders to fix it for me. I was down without a bike for a day but they were able find out what was wrong with it and they fixed it! It was a miracle!! So my bike is okay now! #Bikingfordayyyz

While biking this week, we were able to talk to so many people! Its been a warm week so we have been seeing more people out walking! We found Rose, who is from California. She is not a member but she said her fiance is a mormon but doesn't go to church. She said she was willing to meet with us. We scheduled a time to meet with her at her home on Saturday!

I seriously love being on a bike! I have seen so many miracles as we stop and talk to everyone the Lord puts on our path! I love you all! Thank you for all of the love and support! Its cool to see how much I've grown spiritually. I am learning new things every day!

Naval Base!

Sister Kitchen and I went to the Base for our last Pday together!! Her father is in the Air Force so we were able to get on the base. It was really cool! We went and visited a less active member who works there.