1st Week in the Ghetto #workin'it #northlasvegasprobs

Reason #100909 why my mission president is better than yours.... "Hola Hermana Cordova, that is what I love about you....you always go the extra mile! I'm trying to figure out the gospel connection.....Is it the Gospel is like toilet paper....everyone needs it in this life??? Was this a blessing contact....I mean bathroom contact??? What is the rest of the story...?" Oh my gosh!!!! This was his response to my toilet paper story last week!! I LOVE President Snow!!!

So this week was extremely hard. I went from knowing my old area like the back of my hand, to being completely lost. I'm proud to say I didn't cry every night. Once I met the investigators and potentials, I started to get settled in a little bit. It's so weird to be so close to not only the strip, but also the west mission. (and that super cool mountain with snow at the top) There is so much work to be done here. This is the first time that I've had the opportunity to street contact almost always in spanish! My spanish skills are being sharpened, that's for sure. It's amazing how many first lessons we've been able to teach. We are really focusing on finding, and focusing on the elect. This is a very interesting area.

My first day here we took out a member, Nancy, who is legally blind. We were already late to a lesson, but I saw a lady coming out of her house. I went over a started talking to her. I've never used the plan of salvation in a street contact before, but the spirit prompted me to. She was so interested, we set an appointment for the english elders to go teach her and her family. And we were able to pray with her!!! It was such a powerful and amazing experience!!!

Um.... We struggled to open my jalapeno jar on my second day here. We struggled with it for 15 minutes. So our companionship strengths would have to be diligence, patience, and strength. Obviously! ;)

I was watching mormon messages during breakfast the other day and realized that I was crying about chastity. #mormonmessageprobs #staychaste <-Elder Larson quote...

I got to see Hermana Allen at my last Alta Vista baptism. I was so grateful that I was able to go see Jose y Victoria enter the waters of baptism. They are so amazing. Seriously, I love them and their family so much. I was so thankful that members from both El Rancho and Alta Vista helped me find a way to get to the baptism. It was such a blessing.

#shank&rape Y'all. our area though. It's so sketch. Every time I tell a Henderson person that I'm in North Las Vegas, they always say, "Wait.... They put sisters there". HAhaha. #workin'intheghetto

At least once a day we say,"Did we just witness a drug deal?" Also we got to see the ultimate pant sag. His pants were so low, he could barely walk and we could see the part of his legs between his underwear and the top of his jeans.....

We serve in the vicinity of a pig farm.... Omgee. It smells soooo bad sometimes. Last night it was a literal wall of stink. hahaha. "Hermana, I would rather smell my armpits." Me to hermana Davis.

Hermana Davis has been out for 14 months, and so we are co senior companions. It was a little bit of a struggle for the first couple days, but all is well....

"Yeah my GPS also tells me the speed limit. It also tells me when you speed...." -Davis. Awkward... #texasdriver She can't drive because she got in an accident in a mission car a few months back, so she's blacklisted, which means I no longer have the luxury of chillin' in the passenger seat. (which is my favorite, I might hire a chauffeur when I get back.) ;)

Time is super limited here, so that's pretty much all I have time to write. I love y'all!!! Choose the right! Remember who you are, and who you represent!!! Scripture of the week: Mosiah 16:8.

Les quiero muchisimo!!!

<3 Hermana Cordova

Companion swap, we literally just traded areas and companions.....
More baptism pictures!! :)

<3 Hermana Cordova