Sunday, March 11, 2018

MARCH 05, 2018



PARADISE!!



Hellllllooooo 

What a crazy week! I blinked, and it was gone. 



This past week was a blast. I went on two different exchanges in two different areas this week, so it felt like I was never in my area. 



We had an awesome lesson with Josh and his family. I'm not sure if I've talked a lot about Josh. Josh is a 14-year-old boy. His parents are less active, but his aunt and uncle are pretty much our go-to best friends in the ward. Josh comes to church almost every Sunday with his cousins and just loves it. We have been visiting him and his family for a few weeks now and it's been super awesome. They are such sweet family! Josh is actually planning on getting baptized this weekend and we are super stoked! We taught them the plan of salvation and it was so awesome to just see the parent’s eyes change. The plan of salvation changes everything, it changes the entire perspective of someone. I am so thankful that I get to teach this. I am honestly humbled all the time that I get to tell people about such an amazing thing and watch them change. Ah I just love this gospel. 



Joan and Jennifer are still just so awesome. We love them so much. 

​We taught them the word of wisdom and law of chastity this past week. They understood it, but we are still working with them to dejarlo. They are just so great you guys. I am going to miss them so much. They are making me sancocho this week and I’m stoked. They came to stake conference and loved it! Jenifer just looks like a little Primary President. They are going to be incredible members. 



This past week I also got to go on an exchange with Sister Tyrrell in her area. It was so fun to be with her again and just see how much we have both changed since our time in Bahia together. We were laughing so hard the whole time about all the hilarious times we had back then. It was such a cool day to realize how much we've both grown. It was awesome. 



Life is going so great. It just all feels really unreal. I hate it. I am so excited for this upcoming week. Its going to be amazing. 



My spiritual thought this week comes from a quote we found from President Joseph F. Smith. It says "The gospel of Christ is a living, daily religion, and hourly religion. It requires us to do right today, this hour, this week, this months and this year; and so on from year to year, to live our religion- which is the religion of Jesus Christ- of righteousness, of truth, of mercy, of love, forgiveness, kindness, union and peace on earth and good will to man and all the world. This is our mission." 

I’d be lying if I said that the fact that I’m going home in a week hasn't made me just so sad. I’m going to miss this so much. This work is incredible. I am a representative of the Savior Jesus Christ. I have loved every single minute of this. Going home seems like the worst thing ever right now. I’ve been scared of the "normal" the "usual". Although recently I’ve realized that my mission is just to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. Just as Joseph F Smith said, It doesn’t end. It is a living, daily thing. I’ve been living the gospel for the last 18 months and I’ll only continue it after. 



I love you guys so much! You are just the greatest! I’ll be praying for you! 



1. Sister Jensen and I in Ft. Laud last week!

2. our cute "spring break" shirts haha it’s a party



1. Went on an exchange with Sister Mercado
2. 18 months... almost 🤤
3. Ditto




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