Sister Savanna Brooks in The Golden State

Hola todos!   I am so grateful for all of you. Thank you for your love and support! Hopefully this post will give you a small update of the many things that I am grateful for here in the mission field :) I am constantly humbled by the mercy we are shown as servants of the Lord!   1. We met a man on the street named Arturo, who confessed to have been searching for the true church for over 40 years. He expressed his confusion of how there could be so many churches, yet "one Lord, one faith, one baptism" , as mentioned in Eph 4:5. We were able to teach him about the Restoration of the Gospel, answer his questions, and get him to pray. It was amazing. He was crying from the time we sang the first line of our opening song (before we even said the prayer)... We will continue to work with him closely, and have hopes of helping him get over his stubbornness. (He's the sweetest and sassiest old man. I love him.) And best of all? Before the lesson started, so...

This week we were privileged to go with Sofia to the temple.   I love to see the temple. I’m going there someday To feel the Holy Spirit, To listen and to pray. For the temple is a house of God, A place of love and beauty… I love to see the temple. I’ll go inside someday. I’ll cov’nant with my Father; I’ll promise to obey. For the temple is a holy place Where we are sealed together. As a child of God, I’ve learned this truth: A fam’ly is forever. No make up and wet hair but so incredibly happy. Sofia took us to a fancy restaurant after the temple... Best food I've ever had. We are so jipped on the food we have in Utah. If you look closely, you can see my companion who set the New Year's resolution to be more athletic. haha. love her😂 (She is on the elliptical on the left.... you can only see her hand.) Love, Herman...

Hello! 1. The work is good! Please continue to pray for the people I mentioned last week. :)  Nothing too new to report on there. Sorry to be boring.  2. We ate at a vegan restaurant this week with a member from the singles ward. It was enough to remind me why I will never be a vegan.  3. I HIT 6 MONTHS ON THURSDAY!  4. We made cookies for service on Wednesday, but we didn't have any sort of mixing tool. So my companion mixed everything with her hands. Though her hands were clean and we had a great time making them, we didn't end up giving away very many cookies...  5. I broke a lamp in our apartment. I won't explain how it happened because then I would have to admit to breaking my mom's "no playing ball in the house" rule. (We always have a good time in our apartment 😉). 6. But I did  happen to get the entire thing on video and I laugh harder every time I watch it.  ...