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Hey everyone,

I've lived another week here in California. This week felt pretty quick but very good. Anyhow, enough rambling—let's get to it.

The title of this email is what it is because we watched a car wreck in front of us the other day. It was the first time I've ever seen a car wreck. I'm talking lightly about it because no one got hurt. A lady ran a red light and hit another car that was going when it had the green light. They started screaming at each other and getting all hysterical. I hope their day got better.

We've had a lot of good contacts this week, and now we're teaching a Hindi lady. It's very difficult to teach someone who has no background in or knows little to nothing about Christianity. But it is a fun challenge and helps us teach simply.

We got to go to the temple and had several exchanges. The temple was nice, and it's always good to see the temple cat. The mission has made me like dogs way better than cats because cats aren't trying to bite my ankle off. I went on exchange with Elder Brown, and it was so nice. He's such a positive Elder. He's going home in less than two weeks. So sad.

Training is going well, but it's hard—that's expected, though. It's all about getting 1% better every day. I tend to be hard on myself too. Zone conference with President and Sister Davis went well! It was so insightful and humbling, with lots of learning.

We did a cake decorating competition. I had the marvelous idea to make a Barbie cake. It turned out okay, and I'm proud of it. We didn't win, but it had a few fans.

Anyway, sorry this email is sloppy—I'm scatterbrained. I love y'all. Thank you all for the support!