I just hit my first month here in East Pasadena last June 14! Woot woot! 🎉 And it was also my sister’s 18th Birthday in the Philippines!

Woah! I still cannot believe it! 😅😂 But I feel good! Lots of great happenings this week and I am getting so excited!

So how are you all guys doing?

Last Pday we went to Old Pasadena where they filmed the movie Lalaland. We also went to the Rose Bowl Stadium where BTS had their concert months ago.😂 (My Army self is screaming inside!) Awesome! The Hermanas also took us to the mall. (Note: it was my first time to go in an American Mall 😂) The mall here was very big and it is also very alike to the Philippines. The Hermanas also took us in a BTS Pop-up shop, and there are lots of stuffs to buy there! (But I didn’t buy anything 🤗) We also had free make up session in Sephora. 😂 My obsession for make up is ❤😂 But I didn’t buy anything because they are really expensive! 😂😂

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We went to Leslie’s house to help her in her Spring Cleaning. Leslie is our new friend here in East Pasadena. Sister Paris (her roomate and also a member of the Church), however, wants us to take things slowly with Leslie. She doesn’t want us to rush things with her. Leslie is very nice! 🤗I do hope good things will happen soon!

I also attended my first ever Zone Conference last Wednesday! And It was very fun! I met lots of missionaries there! It made me nervous at first because President Wells told us that he will pick randomly from us to be one of the speakers. And I am really scared and nervous at the same time,  I am not really fond of talking in front of many people. 😂 Luckily, I didn’t got picked.😂 However, I really learned lots of new things from the speakers. The speakers talked about ‘How can we improve our Spirituality and Prayer?’ It was very helpful for us to become an effective and successful missionary! I really liked when one of the speakers said that we should also include others and for missionary oppurtunities! President Wells also talked about the Atonement, I gained more knowledge about it.

Before our Zone Conference got started, we took pictures and a short video for the new missionaries. Our mission is getting new missionaries from the Long Beach and Rancho Cucamonga Missions! It is very exciting! ❤

We had dinner in Panda Express with Grandma Sharon. Grandma Sharon loves the missionaries! And she is very kind and always treat us for lunch and dinner. [She also allowed us to use her wifi. Hahaha! Just for sending emails and contacting our family! I really love her! She also said that she is treating us like her own grandchildren! 💕]

Got a short notice from the STLs for exchanges that day. So we did. 😊 I went to El Monte Area, and my companion for the whole day was Sister Cartwright and she is from Colorado. She is very fun to be with! (She is assigned in Spanish Speaking) she always ask me to share my testimony and translate it into Spanish afterwards. I really had fun working with a spanish ward/ area here. I also met Christina, an awesome new member. She got baptized months ago. She was a member of a gang before who wanted to change for the better. We’ve shared to her about the Law of Tithing and Fast offering to her. Her struggle is to find a job and so we shared to he about the blessings of fasting. And when Sister Cartwright told her that she is willing to fast for her, Christina was in tears. She was touched, and it almost made me also into tears. She also told us that she wants to serve on a mission! That is so exciting! ❤

We visitted few less active members and former friends! And some of the less active members came to church last Sunday! Which is really cool! ❤

How am I doing as a missionary? I am doing good I guess? Not feeling homesick anymore. 😊 17 months pa? 😂Chaar! I really love missionary work!

That’s all for now! 💕Love you all and miss you all!

Email naman kayoo! 😂

-Sister Zabala