Hola todos! Hope everyone is doing well. It is finally starting to warm up which is good but makes me nervous about summer haha. 

This week has been great! Crazy to think that I hit my 6 month mark this week, I have been gone for half a year already! Ahh that means I only have a year left.... Time is going bye too fast. I don't like it. 

Shout out to Isaac Foutz who is now Coronado's newest Mr. Coronado! 

We had a miracle this week! So we have been trying to contact someone that we had in our records to see if they would be interested in taking the discussions with us. We had passed by the house a few times and no one ever answered. But this time someone did. It wasn't the person that we were expecting but it was even better. This cute couple invited us into their home and we started talking to them. They ended us letting us share a message with them. We shared a small video about Jesus Christ and after the video we were talking to their kids and asked them if they knew who Jesus was, and to be honest I thought they were going to say yes. But they didn't know who Christ was, so we taught that to them. And the kids were wondering about heaven but we didn't have time so we made a return appointment with them and plan on teaching them the plan of salvation next! But we got two new investigators!

This weekend we had Stake Conference and then we also had a Spanish devotional with a member of the 70 on Sunday evening. So we were able to hear some amazing talks from some powerful people. AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE HERMANA HUXFORD #bestdayever 

We have a funny investigator who speaks super mumbled Spanish and likes to correct our Spanish all of the time... But after one lesson he was walking us to the gate of his house and he then told us that the moon was his girlfriend. He then talked to the moon and told it that she was beautiful and that he loved her. Then he blew the moon a kiss. It was pretty funny. 

My companion and I love Elder Jimenez as our district leader he's the best. Saturday was the Independence Day of the Dominican Republic. This is his first time being away from his country for Independence Day so we wanted to do something for him. There is a sweet member in our Ward who is also Dominican and she agreed to make lunch for him and us. We also got our Zone Leader to make him a cake with the Dominican Flag on it! And all of it was a surprise! Oh and funny story. So we called Elder Jimenez last Tuesday because we had to talk to him about our goals for the week and about four seconds of ringing it went to voicemail, or at least we thought, so we hung up. But actually elder Jimenez answered the phone but he answered it like his voicemail! In super fast Spanish and everything. Haha all of the elders that live with him got a kick out of that. So when they called us back he asks us, "Sister are you mad at me?" And we weren't because we didn't know that he played the prank on us yet haha! And it's cute because Elder Jimenez doesn't know a lot of English because he has only been in the US since August or July because he had to change missions from La Republica to Salt Lake City. So his English is really good but sometimes broken and it's funny. Kind of like our Spanish. 

Oh this week I ate lengua, aka TONGUE (so that's kind of the pun of my title-the gift of tongues is when people can understand a different language than their own with the help of Heavenly Father). We were at mutual and we went to a taco stand with the young women and we tried lengua. Neither my companion nor I had been to a taco stand before, and there are so many here, so the young women took us. It wasn't too bad either. With onions and lime nothing is really bad. The rest of the tacos were really good though! So, so far I have eaten tongue, hearts, and cow stomach! And I'm only a third of the way through! I just hope I don't have to try cow intestine... But we shall see. 

I also saw a chicken cross the road and I really wanted to take a picture but he ran away from me...

I am so grateful for the experiences I am having right now. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else at this moment. I love being a missionary, it's the best! I love these people and their culture! I love being able to be a representative of my Savior and His church. These past 6 months have been some of the hardest times of my life, but at the same time some of the absolute best months EVER! I don't want to come home, sorry family, but I know I have too so I am going to make this next year the best year ever! I love this church and the happiness it can bring to anyone's life. Christ lives, and He loves you. Don't ever forget that. 

P.s. Please keep the Wells family in your prayers because earlier this month they lost their daughter in a car accident in Pennsylvania while she was serving as a sister missionary there. 

con amor,

Hermana Olivas

Oh I heard that Jacob Ramsey made the decision to be baptized! Someone tell him that I say congrats! That super awesome! 

I also heard the news about Phil Stryker. So sad but I know that he is in a better place and how I am oh so grateful for the plan of Salvation and the knowledge that families can be together forever. Send my condolences to Lynette and Carrie. 

This week was pretty great. I love my new companion and my district. On Monday we had a zone p-day activity and we played speed ball. I got to know more of the missionaries in the zone so that was nice. Speed ball was intense because we have a Tongan district in our zone so we have like 4 HUGE Tongan/Samoan Elders, one of them is like 6 foot 6 in. and could probably kill me with his thumb. So I made sure he was on my team in speed ball haha 

Tuesday we woke up at 4:30 am for our temple day! It was great. Got to do some names of my own family so that was special. I love the temple. It is truly the house of the Lord. I love it and I wish that EVERYONE could experience the joy that the temple can bring, and they can, if they decide to follow the path of Jesus Christ. So after the temple we got zone and district and sister pictures in front of the temple #basic 

Hmm what else happened... Well we met some more of our investigators this week! So that was good. We had a few lessons in the trailer parks so we made sure to bring members and flashlights with us. Our Ward mission leader went with us to a lesson and he wasn't happy about going to the trailer parks at night haha but he went anyways porque él nos ama. We had interviews with President Spendlove on Thursday. I love him and I am grateful to have him as my mission president. He also said that I shouldn't be switched into English anytime soon so that's a blessing (sometimes missionaries that serve in a language unit will get switched to serve in English for awhile because we have more missionaries that speak that language than language areas, and it's a sad day when you have to get an English name tag instead of your language name tag) 

Rose Park is such an interesting area. I do miss serving downtown and the members and the area in general but I do like serving here. I definitely see a lot more dogs here, specifically pit bulls or guard dogs in general that like to jump on the fence and bark at us, I smell quite a bit of weed here so that's fun, and sometimes you just walk outside of your apartment and you smell sewage and you think, hmm this is the smell of Rose Park. 

On Friday night we found out that our apartment was being inspected the next morning so we spent like 2 hours deep cleaning out apartment because it was nasty from the previous elders. We even found a dead mouse! Let's just say that now our apartment is pretty nice and smells a whole lot better. And we passed our inspection so that's good. 

Saturday night we had an interesting experience. We went to a lesson with an investigator of ours, he lives in a not so safe area and we were visiting him at night. He lives with a lot of other men, I don't even know how many people live there, and they always have visitors there. But we went to tell Rene that we couldn't have the lesson because we didn't have another woman to enter the house with us (another rule) and one of his friends walks up. This guy has a cowboy hat on with one of those white button up shirts, but not a dress shirt, and has a bottle of something in a bag in his hand. He comes up and shakes and KISSES our hands. We quickly made a return appointment with Rene because more men were coming and we sped out of there. So that's the second time my hand has been kissed. 

On Saturday as well we were running late to dinner and because of it a miracle happened. We were walking and we walked past a man and said hello to him like we always do. He stops us and says "Olivas. Ribucan. I've seen those names before..." We were confused but stayed there and he pulls out a phone and shows us a text, that we sent! Turns out this mans was an investigator that we had been trying to contact since we got here! We invited him to church and he came! 

Okay last story. On Sunday we taught young women's and our lesson was on "Why do we have adversities?" We talked about some women in the scriptures, like Esther, Ruth and Hannah who went through some hard times in their lives and we related it back to our lives. Teaching it was kind of hard but it ended up really well. At the end we shared a quick video about the 10 virgins. We talked about how we can prepare for the hard times in our lives. We can do so by reading our scripture, going to church, praying daily, going out with the missionaries, etc. there are many things we can do to "fill our lamps" everyday to help us prepare for the hard times. That's my invitation to you, fill your lamps before the hard times and trials come. Because when they do, you will have the help of the Lord. Love you all have a great week!

con amor,

Hermana Olivas

On Wednesday I said goodbye to sister platt and then a nice member of ours drove me to my new area. So Sister Ribucan and I moved into an apartment that was just owned by Elders so we have had an interesting week with our apartment and whitewashing in general. I will share a few experiences later on. Then we unpacked and settled in then we ventured into our area. We live on 900 N and our northern boundary of our area is 600 N so once again I live out of my area. Go figure. On Wednesday we had dinner with the relief society president and her husband (Los Bocanegra), he is the 1st counselor of the bishopric. After dinner we get a call from Hermano Bocanegra and he asks us if we can speak in sacrament meeting on Sunday, WHAT?!? And it had to be 15 minutes. Ugh but hey it's okay because it's about missionary work. We then went to mutual and got to know the young women. 

A few things about my companion before I forget. Her name is Sister Ribucan (Ree-boo-kahn). She is from Maui, Hawaii. She went to BYU-Hawaii for one semester before coming on her mission. She has been serving for 11 months. She is super sweet and likes to laugh a lot which is good :) and this is her 3rd area. 

Thursday we walked 6 miles or more and got to know our area a little more. It's SO BIG! We had a miracle lesson with a less active member so that was good. Friday we had district meeting. AND I GOT TO SEE ELDER ESPARZA AGAIN! He, sister Huxford, and I are all twins, so I still have a twin with me. It was weird not only being in a new district but a new zone in general. Luckily I knew quite a few people beforehand so it wasn't too hard of an adjustment but our district is awesome! Our district leader is Elder Jimenez, he is from the Republica Dominicana (I forgot how to say it in English) and has 3 months left on his mission before he goes home. He was actually in my last district so we already know each other. And his companion is a brand new missionary from Arizona. Then there is Elders Lemmon and Barriga. Elder Lemmon came out with me, we were in the MTC together for 6 weeks but didnt meet each other until the day before we left for the field. And Elder Barriga is my mission step-brother because Elder Coldiron did part of his training. Then we have Elders Haight and Strate but they weren't there because they are the Assistants to the president and are super busy all of the time. We had to have our district meeting in a different building than normal because last week missionary supplies and Mail got stolen... Welcome to Rose Park sister Olivas. But it's okay because this week we got everything, granted I didn't get mail (hint hint) but hey no mail was stolen. Friday and Saturday we walked around a lot and got to know our area better. 

Sunday we talked in church. Our talks were 12 minutes each, which I am actually impressed. They were supposed to be 15, but hey Hermano Bocanegra understood. The members liked our talks so that was good. People once again are surprised with my Hispanic last name and my lack of hispanic looks but that's okay. Oh then on Sunday, Valentine's Day, we had dinner at a members home and guess what we ate. COW HEARTS (anticochas). They weren't that bad. But I could have not known before I ate it, that would have been fine. But it was perfect for Valentine's Day. 

A few funny things...

You know you are whitewashing an area when:

You come into the area and you have NO LESSONS or ANYTHING planned for the next weeks

You find a giant hole in the wall. Thank you whiteboard for covering that up

You have no idea where or when church is

You have to guess your voicemail password because the elders didn't tell us before...

Your members tell you all of the streets NOT to walk on in the night and it ends up being half of your area 

A few more adventures this week:

We saw chickens walking around this house (picture below to prove it)

On Wednesday we found out our bishop left the day before for a vacation, to Bolivia, for A MONTH. So we don't even know who our bishop is yet and we don't know if he knows we are here. 

We saw two cars legit drag racing

Even though it's been a crazy few days here with trying to get to know the members, our investigators, and the area, I am so excited to be here. We have had a lot of tiny miracles and mercies from our Heavenly Father. This ward is so excited to have sisters again, it's been about 2 or 3 years since they last had sisters. The church is the same no matter where you are. Yes it was hard leaving my first area, but I know that Heavenly Father will protect the people I have grown to love. I know that Heavenly Father needs me here, with Hermana Ribucan, in this Ward to help the work progress. We have a few investigators that want to get baptized and we have a lot more who have so much potential to progress. So we shall see. I know that this next transfer will be hard, there will be a lot of walking, but if I am obedient and work hard, Heavenly Father will bless this area. Love you all have a great week! If you want to write me a letter or send me anything my address is the same. (And don't worry the mail will not get stolen anymore here because we changed up the system) 😜 I love being a missionary and I love my Savior. Deuteronomy 6:5 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." (Ponderizing scripture of the week) 

I know that this church is true, that is why I am here. 

P.s. Sorry that this email is so long, I didn't realize I had that much to say until I wrote it all out

P.p.s. Oh an explanation of the title: we had a meeting with our Ward mission leader, Henry, he is like in his 20's and served his mission in Ogden, but we were talking about our area with him and he was telling us to avoid some areas and he's like "yeah zombies come out in the night at the trailer parks (we have some sketchy areas in our area-like this super ghetto trailer park off of north temple)..." Then he shivers and was like "yeah I don't like that area..." Haha it was great.

Hello everyone!

This week has been pretty great! I love this area and the people here. Oh shoutout to Kali that got her mission call to TAIWAN! And also to Emma Jackson who is leaving soon! Good luck you two! I got excited for what you will accomplish! 

Oh and Jon and Carley are home, that's insane! Time is flying bye! Send my love to them! 

This week was fun. On Monday we made Pupusas, they are a delicious dish from El Salvador. Basically it's like a stuffed tortilla with beans or cheese or meat or a combination of the three. It's quite delicious. 

I found out about transfers, and I will be leaving. It's sad that I have to leave the people that I have grown to love so much, but I know that Heavenly Father will take care of them. I will be serving in Rose Park in the Riverside stake. I'm excited. I get to whitewash the area so that kind of makes me nervous but excited as well. (Whitewashing is when one companionship-both missionaries-leave their area and two new missionaries come in. I will be whitewashing with Sister Ribucan, she's from Hawaii and I'm super excited to whitewash with her)

So because I have to frantically pack EVERYTHING of mine this email isn't going to be too long. 

Cool experience from church:

It was testimony meeting, the sacrament meeting where anyone can go up and share their testimony about what they believe. During the meeting, Hermano Pimentel and Calderon were sitting in the stand, both of their little boys come up and just sit on their laps. It was at that moment that I realized once again why I love this gospel. This gospel is for families. What other church could you have little kids run up to their dad and just sit on the stand? Only a church where families are important and essential to our progress. This gospel isn't for just adults, or just people with college degrees, or for people of a certain race, this gospel is for EVERYONE. This gospel allows us to progress as a family, during this life and after. That is why I love this church. Families are central to Heavenly Fathers plan of happiness for us. 

We had a miracle last night. We had our first lesson with Marvi and Juan. It was wonderfully. First off, Juan turned off the super bowl to listen to us, so that was pretty special. Then everything just went right. The spirit was super strong and they felt really good. At the end of the lesson they accepted to be baptized once they came to know it was true. WHAT A BLESSING. 

We also had zone training meeting and it was super spiritual. We did the seminary doughnut and push-up story in our zone. If you don't know that story you can google it. It was a somber moment seeing this one elder struggle to do push-ups for the rest of us. In the end he almost couldn't do it. I am so grateful for the Savior and His sacrifice to me. I couldn't do my own push-ups, I couldn't save my own life, at is why I had to have a Savior. I love Him and he loves me, and you. 

This gospel is amazing. I'm sad to leave these people and this area, but I'm excited for what's to come. 

Have a great week! My ponderizing scripture is Jacob 5:41 that chapter is pretty intense. 

Hermana Olivas

Utah Salt Lake City Mission

Hello everyone! How is everything going?

This week has been pretty good! Lots of miracles. Here are a few things that were super special:

1. on Monday we went to temple square with Simón and his two girls and we watched the family video. It was super special and spiritual. It made them really open to the ideas of eternal families and it helped them understand Gods plan for us. 

2. We had another wonderful lesson with Martha. We talked about the Restoration and she believes that it is true. She has been reading the Book of Mormon and really enjoys the spirit she feels while reading. We invited her to be baptized on March 5 and she said she would if she received and answer that it is true. She already believes but she wants to know. So we are working with her and she is doing awesome! 

3. Okay super awesome moment! On Tuesday morning we called Yesenia to make an appointment with her and she told us that she was going to go to the temple on Wednesday with our branch, wait what? a little background, yesenia has been working like crazy, from 9 am to 11 pm, and its a miracle that she can go to church so for her to say that she was going to the temple is amazing. also normally the first time a recent convert goes to the temple to do baptisms, missionaries can go with them. so we call mission president frantically to get permission to go to the RIVER JORDAN temple. that is 2 MISSIONS away, but in reality it is only a 30 minute drive. and WE GOT PERMISSION. we called the jordan river temple asking them if it would be possible for yesenia to do baptisms. they said that she most likely wouldnt be able to... so we still went with a prayer in our hearts and a miracle in our thoughts. we get to the temple and i walk up to a temple worker, smile at him inocently and tell him the situation with yesenia. he took me down to the baptistry to i could ask the workers there. he said to them "i cant say no to a sister..." haha YES! so MIRACLE! she did temple baptisms! and SHE LOVED IT! she said that she has dreamed of this place before! so awesome! also after the baptisms we asked her how she felt and she said that she could feel the presence of the people during the baptism. so amazing

Oh i hit 5 months last week, thats pretty crazy...

oh also two sister missionaries got robbed last week, they are fine thankfully but please keep the safety of the missionaries in your prayers.

Okay an explanaint of the title. 7 years ago yesterday I was baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Wow I am so grateful for my 12 1/2 year self for making the decision to be baptized. because of my decision to be baptized my life now, and for eternity has changed. With this gospel i feel the love of my Savior and Heavenly Father all around me, every day. Sure life is still hard a times, but who's life isnt hard? Even though i still go through my trials, because of this gospel, my trials become easier, because I understand my eternal perspective. I know that one day i will live with my Heavenly Father, Savior, and family for eternity. I know that Christ is my Savior, Redeemer, and brother. He loves me more than he loves himself. He loves me so much that He died for me. Sometimes I cant wrap my head around His love and Sacrifice for me. It is doesnt make sense, but its true. Through Jesus Christ I can be forgiven of the mistakes and sins I make in this life. Through Him i can live again and have a perfect body. Through Him, I can hug my Heavenly Father. If I wasnt baptized I would know ANY of this. I have always known about Jesus Christ, but it wasnt until I became a member that i really got to KNOW Jesus Christ. I know that Joseph Smith is a true prophet. Joseph Smith saw God, the Father, and Jesus, His son in the sacred grove. I have been there. and I know that he restored the true church of Christ. Joseph Smith translated the book of mormon. with an elementary school education, and the help of God, Joseph Smith was able to translate the book of mormon for all of us. the Book of Mormon is the word of God. it is true. it is the evidence of the restored church of Christ. The book of mormon is the keystone of our religion. with it we have the fullness of the gospel. without it i would be lost. Without this gospel I would be lost. I love this church and gospel so much. It truely has changed my life. I am so grateful for the missionaries that taught me. So grateful for my dad for bringing this gospel to our lives and more than anything I am so grateful for my Savior and my Heavenly Father whom I love with all of my heart.

They love us, they love me, they love you, individually and infinitely! Their love is everywhere, always look for it. This church is true, and I am so grateful that I can be a member of this glorious gospel.

Have a great week my lovely family and friends.

Hermana Olivas

Hola beloved family and friends,

How was your week been? RIP to Alan Rickman who apparently passed away last week or the week before... Great actor. I told a sister in my district that he passed away and she started to tear up, sad sad day. 

Other than that my week has been amazing! Last Sunday night we were walking to somewhere and we ended up talking to a lady, Cauleen, outside of her home. She invited us in and we taught her and her boyfriend, Dustin, about the Book of Mormon. They speak English so we referred them to the English elders. That was really cool. 

Monday we had Pday and we went to Chick-Fil-A and a member paid for us. That was super sweet. Then we had dinner with an English family. So when I was in the MTC there was an Hermana in my zone, Hermana Hussey. She told me about her family that lives in the Salt Lake Stake. That just so happened to be my first area I served in. I met the Hussey family like my 2nd week in the field. We ended up leaving the salt lake stake but they invited us over for a green dinner. Every time there is a new missionary they are considered a "greenie." Until they hit 6 months. So the Hussey family has a tradition that they feed the "greenie" missionary and companion a green dinner. So we had chicken and pesto and mint chip ice cream and other green goodies. So sweet! 

Tuesday we got a "miracle" text from the zone leaders (whenever a miracle happens to missionaries they send it to the zone leaders to send out to the zone, just a way to motivate and share our experiences). And it said that CAULEEN AND DUSTIN ARE GETTING BAPTIZED. The English elders taught them and invited them to be baptized and they said yes. It's amazing seeing the hand of God in people's lives. 

Wednesday we were spoiled rotten missionaries. So on Wednesday there was a worldwide missionary broadcast. This broadcast was seen live by every missionary, except the ones that were in Japan and sleeping, AROUND THE WORLD. There are over 75,000 missionaries and 418 missions on this earth. But we were spoiled rotten because our mission got to watch the broadcast live in the conference theater. There were 6 apostles, Elders Nelson, Bednar, Anderson, Rendlund, Oaks, and Stephenson, there, the entire missionary department general authorities and more. And I was in the same room as them, it was incredible. It was all about Teaching Repentance and Baptizing Converts. It was a super spiritual and powerful broadcast and I felt so privileged that I was able to be there. I learned a lot but something that really stood out to me was that we must ALWAYS testify of our Savior. It is His church, we are His representatives, and we teach His gospel. He needs to be the focus of all that we do. So that was pretty cool. Oh and I was on the screen because I was being nice and I smiled at the camera man, next thing I know he puts the camera on our row during the intermediate hymn, so if you ever want to be on tv I guess all you have to do is be nice to the camera man. (There is a picture below)

Thursday we had another miracle. We met Martha on the street as we were walking last Sunday night. Her daughter, son-in-law, and grandson are all members. We set up a lesson with her, when we set up the lesson she wanted us to know that she was fine with us coming over but she is not committed to doing anything. Okay. So we had a lesson with her and taught about the Plan of Salvation. Normally we talk about the restoration as our first lesson because it is what is unique about our gospel but we chose this route instead. And I am so glad that we did. So apparently she has never let missionaries in her house, until us. The lesson was super powerful and unforgettable. Once we were done, we knelt down in prayer. She offered the closing prayer, and as soon as she started to pray she wept. Afterwards she said to us, "I don't know what happened." We testified to her that it was the Holy Ghost testifying that this was the true church. She said that she would read the Pamphlet and the Book of Mormon. We have another lesson with her this week. 

Overall this week was pretty amazing, no #HermanaBlanca moments yet, but that will probably change soon haha

I love being a missionary and I love serving in this area. Apparently our area is super sketchy with a lot of drugs and police busts and so on, but to be honest I'm not really nervous. I'm not quite sure if it's A) because I'm a missionary I am just braver or B) Salt Lake sketchy isn't as bad as Las Vegas D street sketchy at night. I'm pretty sure it's B. Granted we try our best to avoid certain areas at night, but for the most part I don't think it's too bad. Who knows? With the spirit of the Lord I feel protected. 

I hope everyone has a great week! Look for the hand of the Lord in your life this week! It's always there, we just have to look for it sometimes! 

Love you all! 

(Sorry it's so long this week. I'm making up for the weeks I've slacked)

con amor,

Hermana Olivas

This week has been pretty great I can't complain! 

I'm going to start out with the funny stories then go into the spiritual ones! I feel like that works best. 

I met a dog that hugs! Can you believe it? Her name is Eskippy (skippy in a Spanish accent). And she walked up to me jumped on my legs then just hugged my leg with her front legs. It was so cute! Oh and our neighbors, somewhere in our apartment building, smoke weed every night and now our apartment smells like weed, so I have a lot of headaches now. Haha it's all good though it's an adventure and we sleep with the window open to have fresh air. We are working on the problem. 

We had zone conference this week. Zone conference is when your zone, which consists of 3-4 districts, has a conference that lasts all day. Our mission president, the assistants to the president and the mission presidents wife all did trainings for us. It was great. I was able to learn a lot and have a great time. It was a spiritual experience. We, as Spanish missionaries, sang a song "The Spirit of God," but in Spanish obviously. It went really well. I would send it to you all but it's too long so sorry. We also talked about the hymn "Come thou fount." IT IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE HYMN NO JOKE. So I was crying when it was played and then we discussed the hymn. Go listen to it if you haven't before, I personally like the Chris Rice version, but they are all great. But it reminded me of something we talked about in the MTC. My teacher, Hermana Boyce, said once that "your favorite hymn is a reflection of your testimony." And it's so true. One of my favorite parts from the song is this stanza:

Prone to wander Lord I feel it

prone to leave the God I love

Here's my heart, O take and seal it

seal it for thy courts above

I just love these lines. I want Heavenly Father to take my heart and seal it, seal it for Him and His work. Some times we will fall off of the path, but if we give out heart to our Heavenly Father, He will protect us and guide us along the way. 

Overall this week was really good. We had a lot of people at church which is awesome as always. I love serving here. Time is going by so fast it's crazy! 

Con amor,

Hermana Olivas 

There is a sister here who I love, her name is Hermana Huxford, we entered the field together and will go home together. We want to be companions one day, but we made it a goal now to take a selfie everytime we see each other so see how many we will have by the end of our mission. We saw each other 3 times this week

Hola hola todos,

¿Cómo estais? Someone used the vosotros form to my companion and I and it threw us off. If you don't know Spanish never mind. 

This week was good. We had a lot of lessons with less active members! 

This week I had authentic Mexican tacos from the Reyes family. It was delicious! I am loving the food I eat here. There actually hasn't been too much food that I haven't liked. So that is a blessing from Heavenly Father. 

Umm what else happened, oh another embarrassing moment from Hermana Blanca. We were having a lesson with this amazing 11 year old recent convert, Henry. And we were talking about the creation and the sabbath day. I was trying to say "Dios y Jesucristo formaron la tierra" but i said "Dios y Jesucristo fumaron la tierra..." I said that God and Christ smoked... It's okay they understood and did not judge me... Thankfully 

We had an amazing lesson with a less active member named Mahonry Moriancumer and his two super active girls. The girls are moving to Mexico to live with their family there for a little bit. We had a super powerful lesson on the importance of reading scriptures. And we gave the girls their own Books of Mormon to bring to Mexico. 

Hermana Olivas

con amor,