HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

So I don't have a lot of time today, but I'll try to fit everything in :) 

Monday the 26th: I washed the car barefoot because I was wearing my boots and I hadn't waterproofed them yet. My feet were cold! xD Then we ate dinner at the Ward's home because 2 missionaries were going home: Sister Harper and Sister Ricks. They shared their testimonies and we sang "I Am A Child of God" and "This Child This King". Then the Wards gave everyone cute gift bags with socks and other things :) Then we went to the Visitor Center for our Shift. Hermana Heath and I rocked it on outside tour! She got 1 referral before even going out and then, by braving the cold weather outside, we got 3 more referrals!! The Lord does bless us if we try our best and don't give up!! Then I took a Chat from a future missionary who is going to France in April. She was trying to get the missionaries info for a random girl she met on Instagram who lives in France!! 

Tuesday: We had power problems all day so almost none of our resources worked. Oh well! We taught a few less active members the Plan of Salvation and had very meaningful conversations :) We also went to see a potential investigator but he wasn't home so we went tracting (knocking on doors) in the circle where he lives and found out where one of our ward members who is becoming reactivated lives! So cool!! She lives in the back of someone’s house and they answered and asked if we were there for Kathy and we said "yes!" figuring Kathy was a common name, and it turned out to be her!! 

Wednesday: We went to the Visitor Center for our morning shift and hadn't seen the text to not come in until later because the heat wasn't on. So we went home and studied and then went to District Meeting. Elder Tung is now our new District Leader. He is from Hong Kong so he has a British accent :) Then we stopped by a referrals house to see if she was home. She was, so we taught her about the Restoration and she said she would be baptized if she knew it was true!! So yay!! We're meeting with her twice more this week so we're hoping to do a church tour and get her to come to church!! So excited!! Then we set up an appointment with another potential investigator too :) Then we had a really cool experience; our lesson had canceled so we were trying to figure out who to go see and both of us thought of Sister Brown! So we went over there and shared a message with her family about scriptures that give us strength. 

Thursday: I memorized the 42 Doctrinal points and the First Vision completely :) Then we were going to see an older lady in our ward who is a recent convert. She asked us to come later in the day then called us back and told us not to come because she was going to the hospital :/ She's home now but has bad health problems. We did have a really cool experience today. One idea that is given as a “finding activity” is to go to a hospital or funeral home and put your name down on a clergy list. This way people who have had someone pass away and who may be having a hard time can reach out to us :) When we went to the funeral home, the lady who was working there had an awesome conversation with us. She said that she had seen a few people from our church who were dead and said she got chills (in a good way) because they were dressed in their temple clothes etc. Totally thought about teaching that lady the plan of salvation right then and there! 

Anyway, that's all I have time for... but we got to wach StarWars, The Force Awakens and Zootopia as a zone for our new year’s activity. :) 

Love you all! Bye!!
Sister Phillips

P.S. - Here are some pictures of the San Francisco Bay I took from the Visitors Center