Time Is Going Too Faaaaast

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buckle up folks its been an awwwwesome couple of weeks! 

we found out transfer news tomorrow!!! which is crazy I feel like I just got here! and then ill only have like 3 transfers left! stay tuned to find out what happens 

- our friend carlos accepted the invitation to be baptized!!! we're so excited to help him grow his testimony! hes such a cutie humble guy! he came to church on sunday and LOVED it! the members were so cute and invited him to sit with them in class and when we picked him up they were like "bye carlos see ya next week!" so basically yall better go be nice to the new people at church.

- we went to the temple! it was so awesome i looooove the temple!! 3 hour bus ride. got to see lots of mission friends!

- i had exchanges with hermana cox! we were companions a few transfer ago so it was way fun to spend the day together. we even went into Boot Barn and DIDNT buy anything!! 

- had mlc so got to take another trip to oxnard we had to run a bunch of errands so we were out of santa maria from 7:30 in the morning until 8:45 at night.

- we had the primary program this sunday and yall those kids get me every time. and they asked all of us missionaries to go up and sing "Llevaremos el Mundo Su verdad" We'll bring the World His Truth" and i was a mess it was so cute 

- we're teaching this awesome kid named jose whos like 19 and he has so much faith but just is a slow cooker in accepting the gospel so we'll see i guess.

- Carlos is progressing so well! he came to church again and didn't even want to sit with us at the linger longer cause he wanted to sit with the other members haha (I was only slightly offended)

- someone bombed the courthouse so that was random but everyones ok and people just had slight injuries!

- this weekend is general conference I'm so excited!!!

 i had more but ran out of time as always ill end with these quotes from a talk by president Nelson 

"Before the Savior submitted Himself to the agony of Gethsemane and Calvary, He declared to His Apostles, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

So what does it mean to overcome the world? 

It means overcoming the temptation to care more about the things of this world than the things of God. It means trusting the doctrine of Christ more than the philosophies of men. It means delighting in truth, denouncing deception, and becoming “humble followers of Christ.” 

It means choosing to refrain from anything that drives the Spirit away. It means being willing to “give away” even our favorite sins. 

Now, overcoming the world certainly does not mean becoming perfect in this life, nor does it mean that your problems will magically evaporate—because they won’t. And it does not mean that you won’t still make mistakes. 

But overcoming the world does mean that your resistance to sin will increase. Your heart will soften as your faith in Jesus Christ increases. Overcoming the world means growing to love God and His Beloved Son more than you love anyone or anything else." 

As you let God prevail in your life, I promise you greater peace, confidence, joy, and yes, rest. With the power of the holy apostleship vested in me, I bless you in your quest to overcome this world. I bless you to increase your faith in Jesus Christ and learn better how to draw upon His power. I bless you to be able to discern truth from error. I bless you to care more about the things of God than the things of this world. I bless you to see the needs of those around you and strengthen those you love. Because Jesus Christ overcame this world, you can too."

love youuuuu! -Hna Buhrley