Buhrley, Eliza

this past week we had transfers! and they did it different this time (highkey hated it but whatever) normally we recieve our transfer news and then the next day we have to transfer. well this time we found out our news and had to transfer the same day. AND our news didnt say where we were going or who our companion was, all it said was to either pack or not. so we woke up and had to speed pack to drive down to the mission office and recieve our news.  LOMPOC!!!!! yeah baby im out in the middle of nowhere in Lompoc, California. Lompoc has a reputation for being a tiny (really) bit dangerous so there havent been sisters here in like years. like years.  alsp SHOUT OUT HNA POWELL!!! shes a baddie and is training right out of training! shes killing it. I miss hna powell and santa maria so bad!  cool things about the area: - we also cover Solvang!!! go look up solvang rn its so freaking cool! its like a little dutch town in the middle of nowhere like 30 minutes from where we li...

past couple weeks have been absolutely awesome!  -We were biking past this park and we slowed down to watch a soccer game that some guys were playing. The ball rolled out, so the goalie went to grab the ball and kick it and at that point we had stopped completely to watch, and as soon as the goalie kicked the ball the ref blew the whistle blew and it was halftime. we groaned and were like "okay God, we're getting back to work. Sorry we got distracted."  - we did our studies at the cemetery and it was sooooo beautiful for Día de Los Muertos! theres so many orange marigolds and the cemeteries are absolutely covered in just a blanket of orange! we bought some for our apartment! we walked around and talked to the people who were there visiting their family and friends and asked them to share a memory they had of the person and it was so fun and beautiful - thank you thank you thank you for all the birthday wishes and cards! i felt so loved and hearing from yall made my day so...