Miracles...and Benadryl

Hi everyone! I can't believe it is already Monday again!

I live in paradise.

The Ojai valley from the top! So pretty!

We had to scrape our car the other day.  Don't know how I feel about that.  I thought I was in California!

Ojai is awesome! We see so many insane miracles every week. I will try

and include a few. Our investigator F., is one of our miracles.

He was going to the Stake's Addiction Recovery Program meeting this

week, so we felt like we should go over the word of wisdom with him

first. He was okay with all of it, except for the coffee. It made for

a slightly awkward lesson. Nevertheless, we kept pushing on, and

finished the lesson. We always sing him a song at the end, so we did

as always, and during the song, he told us that God had spoken to his

heart, and had told him, "you idiot, you know the doctors told you to

stop drinking coffee." He took that as his sign from God that he

needed to stop. Such a cool miracle. Another miracle was last night

with Shirley. We had felt this week like we needed to review the

baptismal interview questions with her, so we went over those last

night. We were able to have a fun time, laugh a bit, and at the same

time discern what we need to review with her more. It was an awesome

experience. She is also learning right now to sign the Book of Mormon,

so she can understand it better. She is so awesome.

We had confetti eggs on New Years at District Meeting.  Here are a couple of pictures.

The Ojai elders, and a bunny.

So one fun story from this week. So, we had exchanges, and I was with

Hermana Costilla in Camarillo! It was so awesome! We had so much fun,

and got work done. That is, until dinner. Being in a new area, I

forgot to tell them that I didn't eat fish. And we got shrimp at

dinner. Don't worry, I didn't eat it! But it had been cooked with

everything else, and that still got me sick. Within 30 minutes, we

were running to Vons for Benadryl. It was awful. Sound vaguely

familiar? I swear, President is going to emergency transfer Hermana

Zarate and I. We are a wreck when it comes to allergies!

Had an awesome exchange with Hermana Costilla this week! (Pardon the

weird outfit.)

My lovely companion!!

Me. And a bunny!

Service really does open so many doors! The lady we have done a lot of

service for here in Ojai, Lys, told us this week that she would come

to church if I ever sang. So this week, when the music coordinator of

the ward called and asked if I could sing, I said yes! She came to

church yesterday, and really enjoyed it. The singing was a little

iffy. I just get so nervous. But hey! I did it!

I have loved this transfer so much. It is going by all too fast! I

love Ojai so much! I just wish time would slow down a bit!

I love you all so much!

Keep being awesome!

Hermana Courtney Miller