Adventures of a Californian Sister!: Last week in the transfer????

Hola my familia bonita!

This past week has flown by! It seems like just yesterday I was sitting at the computer emailing you all! This week has been amazing. Yes, we have our hard times, but it is these hard times that make the sweet times so much sweeter. I am starting to glimpse a portion of what our Savior did for us.

Sister Jones and I were on an exchange this past week and we ran into two men at the park, one of them was really nice to us, but then the other one just exploded with anger like I have never witnessed in my life. He was yelling at us at the top of his lungs and said some of the most profane things to us. As we turned and walked away from them with tear filled eyes I couldn't help but feel hurt. I'm not telling you thins to make you feel sorry for me, I am grateful for this experience. But it wasn't until later that night when I was reading my Scriptures that I read a quote from a talk by Jeffery R. Holland, and I'll just paraphrase it, "missionary work isn't easy because salvation isn't easy to obtain, how could we expect it to be easy for us when it was NEVER easy for Him. Be prepared to walk along the path that our Savior walked. We have to pay a token of that price." As missionaries we get to walk side by side with the greatest missionary that has ever lived. He had people spit upon Him, torture Him and crucify Him. And He did that willing for us, His brothers and sisters. My pain was nothing compared to what He went through, and I feel honored to be here and to be His servant and to feel a glimpse of what He felt for us. I love my Savior and I feel so sad for that man who felt that way towards us and the church. I wish he could understand how perfectly He is loved by the most supreme being ever created.

I love this work. Last night we put this amazing 17 year old boy on date, he has been prepared to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ! We asked him how his reading in the Book of Mormon went and how he felt when he read, "I felt warm and happy inside even though it was cold out!" Ummmmm can you say elect?! Then we asked him if he prayed to know if it is true and he said yes, when he was at the Catholic mass, which I thought was funny, he prayed to and asked if the Book of Mormon was true and the first lesson which we shared with him and he said he got the chills all over but it was a warm chill and it filled his whole body! December 31st he is preparing for baptism and we couldn't be happier. The Lord is preparing His people. I couldn't help but think of you mom when you were just 17 hearing and accepting the gospel, and I shared that with him :)

I love you all and pray for you always. Make sure you are reading the Book of Mormon everyday and opening your mouths and sharing the gospel :) This is the most precious gift that anyone can offer! SHARE IT!

Love your favorite California girl

Hermana Shea McCartt

Sister Stark took us out to a lovely Thanksgiving dinner a resort!