Elder Judd in California

I'm staying! transfer news came and I am staying here for another couple weeks! This transfer is going to be cut short because we get the new mission president and mission on July 1st. Elder Burrows and I just want to hit this awkward 3 week transfer hard! Had a lot of cool things happen this week! We thought we were gonna be white washed out of the area so we did all we could to progress all the people we are working with. We really tried to get as hard as we could to get them all to church. On Sunday morning we thought we were going to have 4 people come to church but by the time sacrament started only 1 showed up! She is the sweetest old lady I've ever met. She is what some would an "eternigator" she has been taght by the missionaries since the dawn of time. She loves the church, she loves the members, she loves the activities, but has never been to church. We had to go do some service at her home and at the end we told her that we were speaking at church and l...

This has without a doubt been one of the best weeks of my mission. There were so  many instances where I felt we were direct answers to someones prayers. At the beginning of the transfer Elder Burrows and I set the goal to be "Sanctified by the spirit", I feel like I understood what that meant for the first time. There are so many experiences I want to write about but I feel like nothing I will type will do them justice. I just wish you could see and understand the miracles I have witnessed and the feelings I have had. I feel unworthy to be representing the lord everyday because I am so weak, but I have learned that He does not want perfect missionaries, he just wants humble followers who will bring their weaknesses to him. 27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, t...