When you and your comp get tricked into a double date....

 Ya so the subject above made these last 4 days interesante for sure! 

Ever

We started teaching a couple a while ago and they have a son named Ever. He's very nice and invited us to his youth group night that he was having at his church. We agreed that we'd go to his youth night if he'd come to our church. So, we pull up Friday night after our English class and walk in and turns out it was a panel/Q&A about dating.... awkward. We see Ever and his buddy chillin in one of the rows. He kept texting us to see if we were there yet. We were like oh no we are not doing this. So, we walked out before Ever could even see us. Ah it was so funny and awkward ha! That's one I'm gonna remember. We almost got tricked into a double date. 

Temple

I don't think I've ever felt so much peace in the temple before. Everyone said my first 6 months would be the hardest, but no. This Hermana has had the hardest last 6 months. I took many questions with me to the temple as I am getting ready to come home. I can honestly say that the temple is truly a place of peace. I was able to receive a big answer to a question I've had for a while. The first 3 minutes into the endowment session I was in tears because of the overwhelming feeling of love that surrounded me. One of the biggest things I've learned very recently is that God truly is a loving Heavenly Father. He does want what's best for us. I felt that and I knew that as I sat in the temple. If you haven't been to the temple recently, I would strongly encourage you to do so!

Eduardo

Our member friend Eduardo is amazing. He is the husband of Aida and the stepdad of Michelle and Stephanie who are on date for April 27 (triste cuz I'm leaving the 26) and wow he is amazing. He was inactive for many years and referred himself and Aida on Facebook for a missionary visit. They have been progressing well and we are excited for them! But the coolest part is that we have been able to gain a lot of trust with Eduardo and he referred his sister and her 3 children to us. We have been teaching them weekly and yesterday we had a very beautiful lesson about the gospel of Jesus Christ. We invited all of them to pray about baptism as their next step. When they get baptized, Eduardo will have helped 7 of his family members come to the knowledge of their Savior. It has been so fun and life changing to be able to teach these incredible people who have changed my life. Pray for Eduardo and his family! 

Milagro

We were out walking around knocking doors on Thursday night when we went to a house that had someone who the missionaries were never able to get I contact with. We thought it would be okay to stop by, so we did. We knocked the door, and a woman answered and let us right in. We sat at her table and met her inactive husband. The woman's name was Angie and her and her husband were some of the nicest people I have ever met! They expressed to us that they wanted to meet with us and the inactive hermano wanted us to help teach his son who almost went on a mission. Angie is not a member and wanted to know more too. It was so so cool! Definitely a milagro! 

"Here's my heart Lord, take and seal it" 

This phrase from this Hymn has been stuck in my head all week. I've thought about it a lot and how when we truly give our heartfelt all and quite honestly our heart to the Lord. He will magnify our efforts and make us whole. I remember praying so hard on my knees this week giving my heart to the Lord. As I did that, I remembered the things that I've learned from studying hope this transfer. I have so much hope in the fact that Jesus Christ will take my heart as put together or as broken as it is, and heal it and seal it for my benefit. As I thought about that hope I read in Alma 34:41 which is one of my favorite scriptures and it says 

"But that ye have patience, and bear with those afflictions, with a firm HOPE that ye shall one day rest from all your afflictions." 

When we have hope, we are able to find joy and can then realize that we will one day rest from all of our afflictions. I thought about this a lot this week and have really tried to be happy and in the moment and full of hope! I really struggle living in the moment, but I know there's joy to be found when we do it! There are so many things to be happy about! Your smile is needed! And so is your light! So BE HAPPY! BE HOPEFUL! BE SMILEY! AND BE LIGHT! 

Con tanto amor, hermanita bb ♡ 

Always remember, 

God is good! 

Jesus really does love you!

1. I loved this quote!

2. My cutie compa 

3. My cutie compa again 

4. A much needed hope sign, literally.

5. My fav "my plan" couple ♡♡♡

6. Jose was there I guess 

7. The temple is my happy place 

Compliments, car crash, and chocolate

 Ya so this week happened. It was quite the adventure! 

Car crash 

Saturday afternoon we had finished our studies and decided we wanted to go to lunch. We headed to lunch and were on the freeway when we had to stop on the freeway, we were stopped when I hear the horrible screeching sound of breaks and next thing I knew, we were getting hit. I still hear that sound in my head. We both were okay, definitely shaken up. Luckily, our car was able to move so we pulled off into the shoulder. The girl who hit us pulled over as well and I got out to make sure she was okay while my comp grabbed all the paperwork. She was sweet, it was her first crash. I asked if I could give her a hug as she was in tears. Once I calmed her down a little bit, we got it all figured out. Her poor car was pretty much totaled. Our car surprising was fine. Let's go RAV 4! Once we got everything all squared away, we headed to the hospital for my comp. She was in a lot of back pain. As I was finishing filling out the paperwork. I realized what tender mercies the Lord provided. Our license was about to expire, the next day. If the car the girl drove was any bigger, we would've hit the car in front of us. And we are all alive and okay. Lots of back pain and sore muscles but we're doing okay. A little physical therapy awaits and some chiropractor appointments. I'm just grateful that we had angels watching over us. 

Best compliment lol 

This week during 2 member meals I was told by two different people that I looked like Belle from beauty and the best and that I looked like Ellie from UP. Literally 2 elite compliments! It was so funny because my comp said I don't have a real life look alike, only animated characters lol. So anyway, little side note that made my week. 

Milagros 

We had some very spiritual lessons this week. I've been praying a lot for the gift of tongues to be able to speak more by the spirit. With a little extra work and lots of faith, my spanish was able to teach well a lot this week. We had a lesson with the daughter of another friend we are teaching. The daughter is my age, has 2 little babies, and wants to grow closer to God. Her name is Carolina. We went into our lesson with a plan to teach a little bit about the restoration. Carolina decided she wanted to talk about baptism instead, say what? So we transitioned over to baptism in our very first lesson with her and now she's praying and going to come to church so she can know if baptism is her next step! It was FIRE! 

Member milagros 

We had some very cool milagros with members this week. We were in a lesson with our friend Yessica, and her 2 kids Geovanni and Taliz. Oh I love this family so so much. We sit in this very small room that they rent out. They moved here from Honduras just barely a year ago. We've been teaching them consistently and the kids come to church with a member because Yessica has to work on Sundays to keep providing for her family. For this lesson, we brought some of my favorite members who are also from Honduras. We were having a great lesson when the member named hna zuniga just straight up asks if they want to be baptized. Geovanni was all for it and wants it so bad. Taliz also wants it too. Yessica is a little hesitant but she knows it's true so we decided that for our next lesson, we are going to bring a baptism calendar and put them on date! Ahh I'm so excited! Members ROCK! I love our friends. 

17 months

Wow I'm old. I hit 17 this week. I've been reflecting a lot on my mission and how it really has changed my life. I used to sleep with my tag on because I hated thinking that I wouldn't be able to wear it forever. Then I realized that if I have the name of Jesus Christ imprinted on my heart, I don't need the tag. I realized that I have to allow my mission to change me in order to make the most of it. I can honestly say, I have let my mission change me. I have let Jesus Christ change me. Only when we make the atonement personal, we are able to really see his healing power in our lives. I love my mission. It has and continues to be so extremely hard. But it's meant to be hard because His mission, the mission of Jesus Christ was the hardest mission there ever was. When I put my tag on, I committed to feeling just a token of what He felt and with that, I have made the atonement personal. I love this work. I love my Redeemer. 

Jesus loves you! 

God is always good. 

♡ hermanita bb 

1. Scrub a dub dub the grub out of our tub

2. Tengo zero miedo 

3-4. Oop we got wrecked literally 

5. Hna Llamas for the W 

6. It's finally sunny outside

7. Found my dream pup

8. There was a rocket launch boo ya

9. I liked this.