Hot Weather, Exchanges and Service

Some cool updates. First I have to give a talk next Sunday on, wait for it, Mothers haha. 
I sent like 5 letters out to people so some should be coming soon. 
Get this, you know the girl, Daisy, I was teaching in Fillmore ? Well she goes to the ward here in Simi, so I'm teaching her here as well :)
So I am loving Cali and I cannot believe  I am almost at my 4 month mark ! What the heck, it goes too fast mom, way too fast. 

Simi Valley 

I can not believe I am missing my boy's wedding. He picks NOW to get married? Please wish him and the future Mrs. Nixon my best and tell them I love them dearly and how stoked I am for them...oops...slang is not allowed..okay I am so well pleased :) 

So my week was pretty sweet. 
Tuesday was so sweet. I went to do service work at a dog shelter and I got to pet puppies and see some of the cutest dogs. I was cleaning cages and there were probably 40 dogs all barking at once. When you stepped towards them they would just cower. The lady said that a lot of them are scared of men so they just feared us, but a few came up to me so I could pet them. 

Cool Elders 

Goofy Elders 

We taught a young girl this week. Her name is Paula and she is just a boss! She is 8 and wants to be baptized and has already read the Book of Mormon. 
Later a member took us out for dinner at Panda (Panda Express). I eat Panda so much here, I love it soo much (this is true...probably explains why his pants don't fit ;-) ).

I went on an exchange with Elder Hamson (the tall one). It was so much fun and I got to drive finally as a missionary. It was a little scary as I am a little rusty for not driving for 4 months almost, but all in all we lived through the day. We had a super busy day as well and saw a lot of people and so many were just in love with how tall he was :)
Friday was our weekly planning session and that was really fun. We also ate at a Mexican restaurant which was good. Very spicy, but yeah, all in all very good. The food sizes were huge ! I had like 10 pounds of food, no lie and I ate almost all of it, but boy, was I feeling it later. I felt so full but it was soo good I could not stop eating haha. 
(I think that's all he does on his mission !) 

Elder Routledge & Hamson 

We talked about some Elders in our district and how we can help them. With him being the District Leader, we discuss a lot of our district and how to help them so that was cool. We made some goals on how to help them out. 

Saturday was fun. We got to help a member move into her new place. The move was fun, but the best part was we put a fridge through the window which was soo fun ! We took out the glass panes and stuck the fridge through the window because it would not fit through the door hahaha. It was kinda fun. 

The Pot House

After we worked on seeing some other people. We have a lot of less actives so that is mostly what we do. We work with them and try to help them get active again. 

The Hike 

Sunday was soo good. We had Fast & Testimony meeting and the testimonies were really good and we had a lot of less actives come to church. Like some people that have not been to church in years came so that was really cool to see. 
And the talk on Mother's Day next week really had me jumping for joy because you know I just love talks. After we had Break The fast at a members house and he is a Nascar nuts we kept busy talking :)

Well that was my week. I love it here so much! We are going on a hike today, playing golf next week and then going to the Ronald Reagan library so we are kept busy all day. 
I love Simi. It is very hot but very nice. Sorry no crazy stories to tell, but I'll try to get more in the future though. I can not wait for the package as I love treats :) Even more so, mommy treats. Dad also sent one so that was cool. 

Well, wish David and Chelsey my best and say hi to Shel for me and tell her to write more, jeez :)

I love you mom soo much and I'll talk to you in a week. Sunday for mommy day hahah and boy you are going to love the scar on my face...oh I mean my smiling face hehehehe jk. 

See you soon Mom.