Dearest family and friends,

Happy Halloween week! I hope you all are doing something fun! On Halloween we are having a zone meeting in the morning, so that is our celebration. Also, on Wednesday night there is a trunk-or-treating activity that we have invited several families to, so hopefully they will come and have a great time!! It is a combined activity with the English and Spanish congregations and has been planned by the youth. It seems very well put-together. 

Also, I bought a little pumpkin last week at the grocery store and then a lady that we were visiting gave us a big squash to take home, so almost without trying we have some fall decorations in our kitchen! They will be tasty to eat in a few weeks too!

This last week has been really good. Antonio, the man I wrote about last week, came to church again yesterday and is preparing to be baptized at the end of November. Also, we met a couple of times during the week with Elizabeth and Juan Carlos, the family we started teaching last Sunday night. He has told us now that he is pretty happy with his Apostolic Catholic faith, but he is glad to keep learning more from us and has no problem with Elizabeth continuing to learn and deciding for herself if she wants to be baptized. She is so excited about everything we have taught, and she has been reading the Book of Mormon and really likes it.

There have been some setbacks too in the lives of people we're teaching. Some real opposition and also some real sadness caused as consequences of not-so-good decisions. It's especially sad when you find out that someone you never would have expected has made serious mistakes. I know we are in all of their lives for a reason, and living the gospel will bring healing and peace to each of the people we're teaching regardless of their current challenges and circumstances.

Last but not least...transfers again this week. I am staying here in Davis and receiving a new companion, Hermana L. She is from Arizona, and was trained by Hermana H (the first sister that I trained) in Rohnert Park. She arrived partway through my last transfer there in Rohnert Park, so I have actually lived with her before. It's going to be great!!

I love you all!

Hermana Brighton