Coolin' off in Alabama

Hello Family!
Running a little on the late side so I will do a quick update on the past week.
Wedding plans are moving right along for Rebecca and Francisco- Sister Simpson and I are becoming pro wedding planners....haha that is a joke, but we are proud of our good brainstorming ideas.
We are still teaching Sylvia- she is so great I really do love her, she has a very peaceful and calm personality and wants to do things right.  She doesn't believe a lot in what we teach about the resurrection and about eternal life, but teaching her is starting to change her perspective and recognize little by little the potential that she has. She told us she is not ready to come to church.  She is praying to feel ready (and so are we) We are also praying for some softening of hearts to happen, and her little plant of faith that we planted with her is still growing and her little girl always tells us when we come over that she puts water in it everyday. so cute
We took a cute little birthday cake- bright pink- to a little girl- Luisa and taught her family as well. They have been taught by the missionaries for two years and we were led back to their house. We sang three different types of happy birthday and all ate cake, gelatin and orange juice. Great little birthday party- they were all so happy and we were all laughing at their other little girl- Yeretzy haha she is one of the funniest little 5 year olds I have ever met. they also have a boy who is very smart and loves it when we come. we taught them about family prayer and challenged them to do that as a family and individuals. Spirit very strong and it was a great lesson. We are hoping to increase their confidence and relationship with God.
Sister Simpson and I talked a lot about communication this week- since we all know that I am so good at that.....it was a good talk and we learned a lot!
We had a member from the Hoover English ward do team-ups with us this week. She helped us with one of our English investigators.  I think I mentioned her last week- she is in high school and is so amazing!! She is really increasing my testimony on how amazing this gospel is, how people really desire to have more of the spirit with them, and she is such an example of me of her love for our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ. All three of us left a lesson we had with her and we were like "Well, that was pretty much the most amazing thing ever, and we all need to be like her and have the same love and desire to follow the Savior and do what he asks of us." We all love her, and love having Chandler with us, she also helped us with two Spanish lessons we had and shared her simple testimony in Spanish!!!- which was so great- simple is always the way to go.
Temple this week was amazing!!!! So grateful for the workers and the opportunity we had to go.
I got to see a recent convert from the Altadena branch on Saturday. another recent convert from the Lorna branch was having a party for her little girl- she turned one :) and so people from the other branch came and so I got to talk to them all! Maria who was baptized- her husband, son and baby on the way were there! Ah I was so excited to see her. I also saw Valentin, I got to talk to him for a bit which was so fun and we talked a lot about him preparing for a mission. I also got to see other members and it was just so happy. I love seeing people from past areas and seeing how much they are growing. It strengthens my testimony.
I love you all, I love this area and the people. They help me every day. I am excited for this week to see what it brings.
Love you all! make it a great week :) and Be Happy!
Hermana Coleman