Kendall Green San Bernardino Mission

Hey everyone, I have had an amazing week! I didn't find any one new, but those that we are teaching are progressing so well. It has been a wonderful experience. I have been able to see the gospel of Jesus Christ give people who have no hope, hope and peace. Also, several people I am teaching have now accepted baptismal dates. Our lessons with them have been powerful and you can see the spirit testifying of the truth of our message. House with an airplane hanger for a garage  I know that the message that the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored through the prophet Joseph Smith and that the Church of Jesus Christ is Hus kingdom on the earth is true. I know that every part of that message is true because if it were not, the spirit would not testify of its truthfulness. This us because it is bold to claim that the gospel was restored through a modern prophet. It is even bolder to claim that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the kingdom of God. The boldest statemen...

Hey everyone! This week has been another great time down here in Salton City and in Borrego. Next where I live, Salton City, is a big lake called the Salton sea. Salton city is hot and humid and the lake stinks. Ive always wondered why and I've heard so many explanations from ancient Indians cursing the water against European settlers to Mexico pumping their sewage into it. The most plausible of these explanations I think is that the water smells bad because it has no run off. Just like the Dead Sea, water may come in during the wet season, but the lake has no rivers or streams as an outlet. The lake is actually the remnant of a really big flood from a river. Since the lake doesnt have outlets, the salt content is really high. The farmers also drain there pesticides into the lake which adds to the stink. What's interesting is there is a way to fix it, but its expensive and I don't know when or if it will be implemented.  Besides uncovering the mystery of the Salton se...

Hey everyone,  This week has been great! First we're had exchanges which was interesting since we had to do a lot of driving. Elder Richardson came down to Borrego to replace Elder Rodriguez for the day.  However,  we had a special experience with one of the people we're teaching. He called us saying he was having a bad day and that we wouldn't be able to come over to come over.  Then my companion asked him if he wanted to witness a miracle. Here responded yes so we went over and gave him a powerful blessing and at the end he said that he realized that he needed to have more faith in God. It helped me see that all we need to do to see God's miracles is have faith and do His will. We can have miracles daily. They will not always be great miracles like the raising of the dead,  but the power of God can be manifested everyday as long as we do His will. We also had an earth shaking lesson.  While we were teaching a guy, his wife asked are we having an earth...

​ Hey everyone,  So to start off,  there have been a lot of earthquakes here. The epicenter of those earthquakes have been I think one- hundred or so miles from here,  but me and my companions haven't felt a single one. Some of the ward members have felt them,  but we haven't.   This week I got to meet the new mission president, his wife,  and their youngest children.  They're a pretty cool family and were pretty friendly. They've made a new mission Facebook page:  California San Bernardino Mission 2019-2022  - President McKinnon  We've also had a few miracles this week. For the first time in the transfer, we have had a person come to sacrament meeting! She liked it and has accepted a baptismal date so we're pretty happy. Also, we had a special experience. While driving away from a street, Elder Nunes told my companions to turn the car around and head to a house where a woman was sitting outside of her house. When we came ...

Hey everyone! Well this week has been a good week. So my area is huge and is very close to the Mexican border. In fact, there are people who occasionally visit Mexico in my area. The two central parts of my area are Salton  C ity and Borrego. In Borrego there's a branch and a chapel that's English speaking. In Salton  C ity there's a Spanish group and we meet in a senior's center. Yesterday,  I went to church with the Spanish group, gave a talk, and played piano accompaniment for the hymns. The talk was impromptu, but thankfully I can speak Spanish better than a year ago so I was able to talk for 15 minutes without much trouble.  Besides church and talks ,   w e have a couple of people that are progressing. One even accepted a baptismal date! She is very open to the feelings of  the S pirit.  We left her a Book of Mormon last Wednesday and by yesterday she had read to 1 Nephi 10. She didn't understand Lehi's dream to o  well but we helpe...