Journal entries 9/10-9/15

 9/10/2024

Well today i woke up dizzy. I tried to workout, but it didn't go so well hahah. It was weird. And then on our way to go to zone council I locked the keys in the house so sister shrader crawled through the window. The window is highish up from the ground and isn't too big. I felt bad. Then we had zone council which was good. Nothing to crazy. But we also found out that we are no longer doing zone council and that we can only do district council from now on. But whatever. We went to lunch today as a district and I got a quesadilla. Hna crawford was getting on my nerves a little today. She is VERY strict When it comes to the standards and stuff. And she just didn't make me feel super good about something. And I didn't even really do anything wrong either. And then again tonight she just made me feel kinda bad about another thing. And it has just been getting on my nerves because she just always points put things bad about other missionaries too that doesn't make me feel the greatest. I guess I just need to have a talk with her. But Angelica passed her bap interview! Yay!! And we had some good lessons tonight! The mountain next to us is on fire. So that is fun. But also. Yesterday we had a super cool miracle that God led us to get donuts and we met a worker there and she said she needed to talk to us after she ended her shift. And we ended up talking to her for like over an hour. And gave her a book of Mormon and told her to read and pray! So that was a super cool experience!!

9/11/2024

Today was healing. We drove to the office today and back to get our Permanente license plate. So that was super fun. Got to see all my favorite senior missionaries!! Then we had a sister's comp study where we just talked about some good things. The we started our exchanges! I finally got to go with sister Briones. And I was excited because I feel like I still don't really know her, but I can just tell that she is a super good missionary, and she has been struggling a little bit too. So I did buy her dinner tonight and it was just good to talk to her and get to know her more. We had so much fun, and we have a lot in common just on the way we think. I feel uplifted and I have felt the spirit so much today! Plus, Jaimes mom sent me an email!! So that was super nice and sweet of her!

9/12/2024

Today was good. There were some hard parts but it was also super good in ways. My exchange with sister briones was super good and just healing for the soul. It was just speacial. Me and my companions are very quiet, and I feel like they are never asking me questions, so it was just nice to have someone ask who I was doing and just someone who loves and appreciates me. It was super nice. We had sisters' lunch at Wendy's today so that was super fun. My pday study was super good today. I was reading in 3 Nephi 17 when Jesus Christ is praying to his father with the multitude. I wish I could have been there. there is so much peace and love that comes into it. Then we had some good lessons tonight with our friends. We are preparing for our baptism for our friend Angelica is getting baptized this Saturday and I am learning to have to disagree with some of the things that hna crawford does and then just letting them happen anyway. It is just frustrating cause I feel like everything has to go her way. And I am getting a little tierd of feeling like I am just dragging them around, but whatever. We had a super cool miracle where I just felt prompted to talk to this lady and it was just a super spiritual lesson, and she was so grateful we talked to her. Anyway, it was just super good. 

9/13-14/2024

The last two days have just been crazy. Low key kind of hard. I fell asleep holding the bom in my hands last night. Thursday night I went to bed crying because hna crawford just kind of made me feel like I wasn't important. And I have also just been feeling like not important this week in this companionship. So, it has just been hard. So, Friday morning I cried to them but then we went to the gas station to get treats. And then we had a whole baptism to plan basically. And then at night Angelica called us crying. So we sped over To her house, I jumped a fence to get in. And then we just sat and held held her while we calmed her down. I basically just distracted her daughter Dara. It was actually a cool experience, and we really just used the power of Jesus Christ to get rid of the adversary. It was crazy. Plus we listened to Lauren daigle! And she cried more. Amd then today Angelica got baptized!!!! And then we went to a members bday party! Low-key a stressful Day but we are all good. Everything is going to be ok 

9/15/2024

Hi mom and dad. Guess what. I got to see hna amith today and my bestie ailyn in Bel 1! And my friends camilia and Salvador. And literally everyone! It was so good. I miss them! It was super fun! But yeah not much to report now. It has been a chill day. We had in-n-out for dinner on Sunday which was bussin. And now I'm just typing my emails to get ready for bed. One of the sisters might be going home because she was diagnosed with a eating disorder. And I was just able to calm her down tonight, so I am sad for her because she doesn't want to go home. And she is just struggling. So I have been able to help her out. But pls pray for her!!

Hola mis amigos! Que tal?!!

This week was amazing!!

-Listened to the spirit that told us to go get donuts and we ended up being able to introduce the gospel to a girl who really needed it! 

- I went on exchange with Sister Briones. Teaching in English is kinda weird. But it was so fun!!

-Angelica got baptized. She is the strongest woman I know. I have never seen anyone want to get more baptized than her. She overcame the opposition and I am so grateful for example to me!!

-went back to Bel 1 to see my friend Yaretzi get baptized!! I also got to see my fave hna smith!! And my bestie ailyn (she did infact beg me to stay...like wouldn't let me leave). It was so good to see everyone, but also so sad to leave again. They are my family 

3 nephi 17:5-6

I absolutely love these verses. As I have been trying to spend more time with him, I have been surrounded by his spirit and love. As I was reading 3 Nephi this week I was really wishing that I could have been there. Something my mission president has been teaching us is to spend more time in the sacrament room, because it is a sacred room where we preform sacred ordinances. As we have done some personal studies there, I have been able to feel the spirit so strong and realize that Jesus Christ is still "Tarrying" with me even though he is not physically with us. 

I love you all! 

Hasta luego 

Hna Rigby