Journal entries 6/19- 6/22

 6/19/25

SO, I have not journaled this whole week and it is Thursday, so I need to catch up. 

We met this guy alvaro in the park. We were sitting in our car, and he asked if we wanted him to take our picture. Lowkey is kinda confusing, but he is cool. He talked to missionaries in the past and everything, and lots of his friends are members. He said we could meet back up with him soon.

We put cirilo on date!! July 13th. The coolest most prepared Person ever. The spirit was SOOOO strong!! Like he was smiling the whole time and hna Bennett is starting to get a hold of the whole teaching thing!! Yayayay! 

We stopped by to give Rafael and Areceley cookies. Rafael wasn't there. But we sat down, and their daughter also sat down with us for the first time!! They have been taught since February, so this was a big step. Their granddaughter Emily also joined us! They are gonna join us for our lesson on Friday!!

We had orientation and it was so long. BUT GUESS WHO I SAW?!!! HNA GASTELUM! I about cried!! I miss her so much. I'm grateful for her for sure!!!! 

I've been feeling stronger lately. I think it might be because I am trying to soak every moment before I dip. I'm loving it it. 


6/20/25
Thursday Was kinda crazy. It was a little boring to start off with. It was super-HOT. But like always God provides miracles!!

-We went to dinner with steph at this Ramen place and it was absolutely bussin. She is best friends with my favorite member in Bel 1, so I love them.

-went on a lesson with Gerardo!! It is always so fun!! They are already planning on coming to cedar in August so I can show them around Utah, and then they want to take me to Guatemala with them!! So that is super exciting!

Friday was such a crazy day!!

- last interviews with president and sister jones, besides the departing interview with prez. It was quite tender taking that time with sister jones and her giving me advice for life pretty much. One thing she focused on a lot is that I am now a changed person than from who I was before the mission, and I need not to stress about it. She talked a lot about how there will be and adjustment period and how I just need to keep doing the little things and it is ok if I don't feel the spirit as strong than from before. And o set one goal with her that I will keep for the rest of my life and that is always to Love God first more than anything. And if I do that it will be great. With president jones I passed of the living Christ so he is going to let me go home in a month!! Yay! Hahaha. 

-had a lesson with Rafael, arecely, Alejandra, and Emily. The spirit was super strong. And they are all growing super well. Rafael is hopefully going to get baptized on the 29th so we have to pray so hard for that!!

-I GOT TO TALK TO HNA ZAVALA! It was so good! I miss her 

-we had the craziest miracle ever!!! We met this kid Nathaniel on the street, and he literally wants to get baptized. And we were like we got you. So now he is gonna get baptized!!! DIOS HA SIDO BUENO DEMASIADO BUENO 

6/22/25
17 MONTHS!!! I actually have no idea how this even happened. The time has flown by so so fast. Lots of good moments lately. Trying to remain humble, teachable, and correctable. I hope I am doing ok at it. Yesterday was kinda long! But it was fun. We met a recent convert finally. His name is Omar. He is from Colombia. Now let me tell you he is hilarious. Also, he has the coolest style ever. We went and had dinner at BJs with a member. He is going to come to cedar for my homecoming hahah. He is funny. then we went and visited the family we ate teaching! Noemi, Juan Carlos, Izmar, Betsy, carin, Carlos, and Jose. We talked about the book of Mormon and they ate it up. Unfortunately, they didn't come to church again but that is ok. We went to help Hna Tzarax move her store. Then we sat outside and ate food from Guatemala with her and some other missionaries. Super cute. We also put our other friend Adrian on date for July 13th!!! Super stoked for that! Gonna be awesome!

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