Today was Crazy

 August 12, 2024

Today was crazzzzyyyy. I had Wendy's and talked to my family so overall It was a success!  bit much happened today. Hermana smith seemed to be grumpy but I am learning to not take things personally. Our recent convert christian I had a prompting to call him tonight and he told us his nephew got murdered on saturday. So it was really cool to just bare my testimony to him about the atonement. It truly is true that when we share our testimonies they do get stronger!

8/6/2024

Today was cool! Zone council was good. An elder brought me a mtn dew like I threatened him too haha. Grandpa rigby sent Me 60 dollars. So thanks dad hahah. There were 3 positives ttoday. 1 help a puppy. 2..super cool lesson with Katy Who is a recent convert. 3. Felt an earthquake it was super cool 

8/7/2024

well I'm currently listening to podcasts by kenneth Brooks right now. So good! Today was crazy. It was hard. I've just been feeling sad. Like I don't really know why I just have been. But we went up to Glendale for lunch today to see some other hermanas. We went to portos! It was good to get out of the house. The days are all the same here. Not much variety and we don't have a ton of friends who are progressing. But we had a miracle today where it was hot and long. And a lady invited us to sit in the shade aND to share the gospel With her. And we invited friends to be baptized tonight. A cute old couple. They didn't say yes but said they would prepare! I also ate fake crab today so that was kinda gross not gonna lie hahah

8/8/2024

Well today was crazy! opposition has just been going crazy literally in every aspect like I don’t even know. Had a dream about mom last night. And she was wearing a bonnet like we were dressing up with the pioneers or something like that and she was just being silliy. So I woke up a little sad and today was just wide open and i really just didn;t want to do it. On the way to a contact I just had a brake down and Hermana Smith made me talk so it was just good but I just keep feeling like I am living the same day over and over again. I am excited to meet with president tomorrow for our interviews. Despite all the opposition we also saw a lot of miracles today and made lots of friends. We spent 2 hours with a hermana to celebrate her one year as a member. We got her cheesecake and ate while walking to the park to teach some people there! She has a little bit of autism but is absolutely adorable! Then we had a member meal with the santanas and it was so so fun. Tonight we also had a super lit miracle. The bakersfield missionaries called us and said that there was a peraon that needed a visit so we literally went right then and there. And she just needs the gospel in her life and her kids life right now…so super lit miracle. 

8/10/2024

playing catch up a little bit. We are at the church building right now we just finished eating litter cesars pizza and I have been playing the piano a lot. Yesterday was so good! Talking with president was good and healing in a way of words. I told him how I have been feeling and he basically said that it seems that I don’t feel 100% forgiven by my savior jesus christ, and how I also need to forgive myself. So he told me to read the talk morning of forgiveness by elder hinckley I believed. It was very powerful. I still think I am working to forgive myself fully. he also says that I need to work on flaming my fire of faith. And that will carry much further. I also brought up about how I want to help people with the things I went through and he said that I should make sure I am doing my 10 hours of service this next week. We also talked about transfers and I just said that I am nervous but working towords being ok with whatever happens. Yesterday after 9 I took an hour to just be with jesus christ. It was very speacial and very healing. I invite you both to do it. I read my patriartichal blessing and the scriptures and listened to that one talk. There were words and impressions that I had that helped me. And really just fortify me to know that god does need me in this work. Me and Hermana Smith are getting very sad that our time together is ending. She has become my bestfriend and I am so eternally grateful for her and for helping me continue to press forward with faith and honestly just making me laught. (she tried to teach me how to beatbox, it didn’t go very well hahah). I am still nervours about next transfer but I am learning to be ok with whatever happens. Something really speacial that my patriarchal blessing closes with is to do HIS WILL ETERNALLY. I have been afraid a little bit about the plan of god for me, but that really just helped me. The spirit testified to me so powerfully. my patriarchal blessing also just talks alot about me being a leader and guide in the church…so I am excited to see where god wants me to be called throughout my life to help others through their trials and help them progress and not get stuck in the mud. 

 Today I ran some hill sprints with my roomies and it was so good and after we got home we laid on the floor and sand break up songs! It was so fun! I have loved living with the three of them and they have become my safe place and my family in a sense. Todaaay we also had the most awkward lesson ever and it was just not good hahah! We tried extending a bap invitation and was just not it. They didn’t say anthing after. But our purpose is to invite and we are doing that hahah! Yesterday on the street we had a lady on the street yell at us and said she was a member and gave us her adress and said she need to talk to us. We went over earlier today and she hasn’t gone to church in 5 years. She said that a couple bishops have said that she was not welcome. anyway not really sure what is going on but we are gonna talk to bishop. it is just a long story hahah! Also yesterday i got bubble gum icecream which was bussing and I was so happy hahah!

8/11/2024

Dang today was crazy. We had stake conference which I enjoyed bur hardly anyone was there I feel like. And we also went to a baptism up in glendale and I told someone to go to 2nd east and they said they would. We also put camilla and Salvador on date today!!! Woot woot! They are adorable! Oh also I got to wash a car today at a car wash for a member. Quite possibly the best thing ever. I have never been so happy to wash a car before. The hermana was so happy and she bought us a treat afterwards hahaha!! They also started Sunday evening church tonight. That was lit. Literally had to be approved by the general authorities! Quite a few people came today too!