What in the world even happened this week? Not gonna lie, but
some weeks I just feel like its super quick between each pdays, but then I
think about what happened this past week and it feels like forever ago that it
happened.... I probably mention my fascination with time each week, but it is
so true. Okay anyways...
Monday was not pday. That my friends was weird. But we had a
lesson with Jose in the manana. And then we did service at the Kaysville mill.
It was way fun and they needed the help. The mill provides food for families
across the world. I kind of felt like Aly and AJ when they were in the movie
"Cow Bells" and they had to work in the factory and they messed
everything up. Anyone remember that? Well I had to fill cans with black beans,
and I feel like there were beans EVERYWHERE. Its okay the Atonement is
real.
Tuesday was pday. We got to go to the temple in the morning. It
was such a wonderful experience. I love the temple so much and I am grateful
that we get to go as missionaries. We met the Young Womens general president
that wrote the young womens theme about 25 years ago. After we had a district
breakfast at ihop. That was fun. Then we did some shopping and hung out at
Janice's to rest.
Wednesday we had a worldwide missionary broadcast. And we
watched it with our zone in SLC. The broadcast started at 10, we had to be
there at 9:45 and we left at 9. It normally takes us 25 minutes to get there,
but it snowed the night before so traffic was terrible! We got there with 45
seconds before 10 am. They made changes in our schedules, we now plan in the
evening instead of the morning #hallelujah and we only set 4 goals instead of
like 9, but the goals we set are actually going to help us focus on the conversion
of the people we teach, not just the numbers. We had dinner with a family and
the kids were adorable. One of the girls got dressed in her sunday clothes, and
did her hair herself fixed with 15 hair bows because we were coming over. We
became instant friends :)
Thursday I got to see Sister Bonzo. I love that girl! We did
hermana studies and watched the broadcast in English because we watched it in
Spanish yesterday and we wanted to get more out of it. We had some good lessons
with an investigator and a less active. Oh and I hit 17 months. AHHHH
Friday we had district meeting and I love my district. It was
super spiritual but we still have fun. Then we had interviews with president.
It was good. Nothing special to talk about haha. Did weekly planning, and some
Hermana olivas get your life in order planning. It was good.
Saturday in the morning we went to a women's conference and the
guest speaker was an artist named Sandra B. Rast. So i bought a temple
recommend holder with the salt lake temple a few months ago, and i never knew
who painted the image. Well it was her. So i got to meet her. Her art is so
beautiful. It was a super spiritual experience and I have come to really
appreciate art on the mission. Then Hermana Huxford and I did myplan and that
was good. We did some tracting and then had lessons with less actives
Sunday we went to mission prep. I loved it. Had breakfast with
the Daltons. Did studies. Went to church, we had ward conference, and it was
great. I love this stake and the leaders that serve here. They are so
wonderful. We finally got ward missionaries and we are super excited. Had a
nice dinner with a cute family. Went around and tried to visit people, but no
one was home... until we felt inspired to go visit a less active member, who
totally opened up to us and expressed her desires to become better and change.
Oh then, highlight of the night, okay so we play board games with the members
we live with in the evenings from time to time, and the Brother always wins.
Its annoying. Well tonight, I WON!!!! By a lot. It was a great victory.
This week in studies I studied on the attribute of knowledge.
During my entire mission i have never studied the knowledge section. But it was
great. A little hard to start off and build from, but what i discovered is that
the knowledge we gain by faith will produce a pure testimony and a pure
testimony had the power to change lives. But it requires action, like praying,
reading, fasting, etc. and the knowledge i gain on this earth is to help bless
not only me, but my family and those around me. It was cool. I hope you all
have a great week! Cant believe February starts this week. Thats crazy. Love
you all!