August 9: Sister Anderson

Hope you all had a great week!!

This is my 5th transfer! Hermana Anderson and I will be whitewashing the area. And hermana Anderson isn't originally a VC sister so it was a surprise to her on tuesday that right when I picked her up from the mission office we went straight to the VC and gave tours, then went shopping then had a lesson. So we didn't unpack til 10pm at night. We are living back at the first place where I started my mission. No longer at the temple apartments. Hna Anderson is so cute and bubbly her and I am very excited to learn from her.

We had a crazy week. With white washing and being at the visitor center.

Hermana siete and I after being companions for 5 months we are officially being separated. Going to miss her for sure but we will still see her at church and the vc so.

Before I changed areas our little 9 year old  that we are teaching is getting baptized!!! Sep 12th!!

My first week back as being an STL

We were able to have follow up calls with elder Montoya. He seems to be doing good! It's amazing to see how much he's already grown in a week. My companion hna Anderson is doing amazing! She has just jumped right into the work.

Also funny story, we made a new friend that seemed es super solid he was a fb referral. We taught him how to pray. We was so excited to go church. We had church on Sunday and we texted him and he said he can't go to church because he lives in the Dominican Republic ... we asked him to send is his address so that we could refer him to missionaries. It was just kinda funny to the distance on Google maps. 

Photos: 

1. Zone pday 

2. Hna Anderson 

3.again 

4.first meeting a zone 

5. Hna Anderson first day on the mission! 

6. We gave a tour with some members in our ward. 

 

Aug. 2: I'm Training

What a crazy week. I can't believe the transfer is over already. This past week was full of miracles. We found 6 friends! All were miracles. We found a family that just moved here from Utah and are all members except the son and the husband. The 9 year old son was supposed to be baptized in Utah but then they moved here. And he wants to get baptized!! Another big miracle is one time we went to a members house Hna Zandana and we were sharing a Spiritual message and her neighbor knocked on the door, she came in and we shared a message with her!! And we have a follow up appointment with her and the member for this week. How amazing 

So big news, I have transferred! I'm still in the same zone but a new area. I'm moving back into my old apartment in downtown LA, and I'm going to be training a new missionary ! While still being at the visitor center, while being an STL.. so I'm not nervous at all. 

Hna Siete and I have been companions since March. So it's going to be sad leaving her. We have gotten so close and use to each other. But this change will be good. Hna Siete will also be training next transfer. 

Hope you have a great week!

Photos:

1. Hna siete

2. Went to olive garden with Pia! Our recent convert 

3. Siete 

4. I had the cutest tour with this adorable family 

5. Sunset 

6. More

7. The cute family we are teaching Rachel, Dennis and Erika. We hope they get get baptized one day 

New Assignments

 06 Aug 2021 

Dear Parents,

Sister Olivia Brunner has been called to be a Sister Training Leader in the California Los Angeles Mission. This assignment has come to her because she has exhibited high qualities of leadership, demonstrated her obedience, and gained the trust of her fellow missionaries.

As a Sister Training Leader, Sister Brunner will work with between 3 to 5 companionships of sister missionaries and be responsible for their training and welfare. She will also be a member of the Mission Leadership Council, which helps set and carry out the goals and priorities of our mission.

Sister Egbert joins me in extending to you our sincere appreciation for your fine daughter. We realize that your example, training, and love have contributed in large measure to her success as a missionary.

Sincerely,

John J. Egbert
President
California Los Angeles Mission

July 26: 6 months

 We have one more week before transfers it's going to be interesting to see what happens for next week. This was the first week where we taught the elders area and our area and worked at the VC, we have been very very busy. We have been trying not stress. We got to meet lots of new people this last week. And we still sew going to this coming up week. Not too much time to write.

We had some really good spiritual tours. This week. I love working at the visitor  and and being a procelyting missionary at the same time. I get to meet so many people and get to see so many miracles. 

Photos:

1-4 and the last 2. pday today we went to the Grove with the Sisters in our district. It was actually really fun.

5. Our friend gloria taped the plan of salvation on her TV we thought that was the nets thing ever. 

6.we taught Roberto at burger King! Never in my life did I think I would be at burger King teaching the gospel. It was really funny he told us it was a promotion to be taught by us

July 19: 3 areas

This last week was pretty crazy but so fun. I went on my first exchanges! Which was really fun with hermana walker. It was really fun, she has only been learning Spanish for 3 weeks and I am still of course learning Spanish so we worked really hard.

Also as of Saturday we have been back to the masks!! 

Had to officially say good bye to the ahlmans. They have been such a blessing at the visitor center I'm truly going to miss them. 

We witnessed a lot of miracles this past week. We made 4 new friends all by street contacting and talking to everyone. 

Other news.. we originally have the APs in our ward. The assistant to the president. But since out new mission President is english they moved the APs english. And instead of moving two new elders into the area they gave all their friends to us. All the people they are teaching and contacting is now out responsibility. So we technically have three areas right now, our area, the Aps area, and the visitor center. We aren't stressed jaja. 

I love being a missionary, I am so grateful I am here, yes its is hard. But the blessings that we receive and our friends receive is amazing. I realize in these weekly emails I update about the craziness but I also get to see the lords hand every day, with our friends, at the visitor center and in my life. I love every minute I get here on the mission and I can't wait too what the future hold. 

(Ps I hit my 6 months July 20) 

 Also random story, on tuesday hna siete and I were in charge of the VC because the directors had to leave for like 30 min but we figured it would be fine. There were no other sisters there, we had three scheduled tours. We started giving the tour to this family, it was a family the elders are teaching, parents, their young daughter and their old grandma (she couldn't hear or see very well) and while we were listening the christis the power went out!! And alarms started going crazy. Security came I guess they were working on power lights and something shut the power. But the tour went on. We got flash lights and went to Savior of the World, we used the example of how christ is the light of the world. We basically did the same thing in the next tour. We weren't able to see very well or watch videos but the spirit still was very strong. 

Photos:

1. Shane, hna siete and I , Shane comes to the VC often, he isn't a member but is willing to listen 

2. Picture our our church 

3. Exchanges with hna walker!

4-5. Goodbye ahlmans 

6. Our crazy area 

7. One of the most spiritual tours with mele and Lauranne.

8. A really fun tour we gave to this cute family.  They posted us on fb jaja 

9. Picture of when the power went out 

July 12: Goodbye alhmans, grooming dogs

 This last week was pretty good. 

Sorry don't have tons of time today. As always. 

Photos: 

1. funny pics with the elders 

2. Our friend gloria is 70 years old and she has 4 dogs that she hasn't groomed since the pandemic so hna siete and I washed them and cut their hair!! I dont wanna share all the pics of the dogs cause they pretty nasty 

3. The hardest mission rule for me has been not being able to hold little kids. At the VC we get lots of kids and at times they want me to pick them up but I can't!!

4. We have been meeting with members! This is familia Franco they are so cute 

5. This is the last week of the alhmans! So so sad, already have cried I love the alhmans so much. They are the senior couple that work at the VC they invited us over for dinner 

6. We had dinner with elders and a member. I loved what he put in the calender

7.small World!! The stockmans came to the VC ! They are in my stake. 

8. Elder alhman 

9. Sister alhman 

July 5, 2021: New Mission President

 

Happy 5th of July!!!

Hope everyone had a great independence day!

last week was so good. Not going to lie not was probably one of the longest weeks on the mission. But it was still a great week. We got a new mission president on Wednesday! It was fun because Hermana Siete and I had to help them and show them around the mission office. President Egburt and his wife seem so amazing we can't wait to get to know them more! 

Photos:

1.  I can't remember if we sent this or not. But this is when we ate with bishop 

2. 4th of July we could see some fireworks from afar 

3. 4th of July the Sisters made some cute jello! 

4. Hermana and president cordon last day on the misson and they were so kind to give Hermana Siete and I the rest of their food. (I think they knew that Hna Siete had just moved to the patrons and didn't have any food) I'm truly going to miss them. Especially Hermana cordon 

5-6. We had a 4th of July BBQ with everyone in the zone ! It was so fun 

7. Sunset tings 

8. It was sister Ahlmans birthday and we have the best inside joke with Tjmax.bags so we bought her some for her bday. 

9-10. Beautiful sunsets