Hola hola hola! How is everyone doing? This week was so miracle filled! I also turned 20 so I feel really old but also so grateful to be serving my Savior during my birthday! Nowhere else I'd rather be, and I got really spoiled with 3 birthday parties which consisted of 3 cakes woot woot! Thank goodness we work out every morning....
G O A L S
Right not the CRM is really focusing on proactive goal setting and how to make goals that we can achieve. It's been great! As we were making our goals for this past week, we knew our friend Sandro was going to be baptized and so we would only have 2 people on date. We knew that we have some very progressing friends and know God is a God of miracles so as we prayed about this goal we felt prompted to make it 3 and put another friend on date. The night before our baptism we were able to put our friend Jorge on date for Oct 21. He is so prepared! One of the most prepared people I've ever met. It was so cool being able to really put our trust and faith in a loving Heavenly Father. Setting goals that would stretch us but also be achievable IF we put the work in. Temecula is a white field already to harvest.
Sandro
Our bestie Sandro was baptized on Saturday, and it was seriously one of the most spiritual baptisms I have ever been a part of. He was absolutely glowing, and the ward filled the room as well as 2 of our friends who came to watch (one being Jorge woot) Hermana Haws and I were able to be the witnesses and it brought tears to my eyes. Sandro is from Cuba and had a hard life growing up. He moved here to get a better job and life as well as find a way to provide for his daughter who is still in Cuba. He was found through an English class ad in a group on Facebook that his sister is in. His sister still lives in Cuba but saw the ad and sent it to him. He started coming and then started slowly being taught and 3 weeks ago because of members he felt ready to be baptized. Sandro is a miracle, and he is incredible. I KNOW this gospel blesses individuals and families. I experience it every day.
20 years?
I still feel like I'm 17 sometimes but it felt a little different being 20 years old this time. I've been reflecting a lot on this past year and how much I absolutely love my mission and how grateful I am to be here. A mission was not the plan for me but in a time where I was so lost, Heavenly Father told me I needed to serve a mission. I still remember that day and that experience. I know God is a loving Heavenly Father who wants me to succeed and find joy in this life and I have but only through the gospel of Jesus Christ. I couldn't have made it this far without my Savior. A mission is no piece of cake. It is the hardest most incredible thing a person can do. I am a better person and a better disciple. I love my Savior and I love being a missionary.
God is so good!
Jesus Christ lives!
♡ hermanita b
1. Cutie roommates decorated for me
2-3. Sandro!! This was a happy day!
4. The boys and the hermanitas
5. My new doggy friend Loui
6. The stoker fam!
7. The Piñeda and Martinez fam!
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