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heyooooo not a lot to update on but
things that happened in the past month:
‐ got invited to 4 thanksgivings
- got asked to teach sunday school with like 1 hour to prep
- held a teeny tiny turtle. will not disclose if i tried to kiss him (i thought the whole prince thing applied to all reptiles or amphibians)
- our friend isaac is gonna be baptized on sunday and he is SO SWEET! Literally God has been preparing him for it! he said and i quote "You know what, the truth is that it makes me feel good to be there, I don't know, I can't explain it... but it's something I hadn't felt before"
- our friend jose martin also accepted to be baptized and is becoming best friends with isaac and we're so excited for him! hes the cutest ever!
- went to OSTRICH LAND!!! yeah you heard that right. literally this giant ranch filled with ostriches and emus! best place ive ever been
- had exchanges in santa barbara with sister Williams and again a week later with sister Wimmer and it was such a party!
- got to help out in the solvang wards drive through nativity and dressed like a shepherd! or shepherdess? met so many sweet people and also am now besties with Steven, Mochi, Persia, Barley, and "no name"; the goats, sheep, and donkey
- gang violence is picking up but luckily we've steered clear of it and havent had any problems. God is good
- our branch presidency got reorganized and it was so sad! president negrete had been in the leadership here in lompoc for 19 years! and had been branch president for like 9 years! bittersweet for sure. Him and his wife bore their testimonies and i was bawling and I've only known them for like 5 weeks! the spirit was so strong and it was a really cool experience
‐ got invited to 4 thanksgivings
- got asked to teach sunday school with like 1 hour to prep
- held a teeny tiny turtle. will not disclose if i tried to kiss him (i thought the whole prince thing applied to all reptiles or amphibians)
- our friend isaac is gonna be baptized on sunday and he is SO SWEET! Literally God has been preparing him for it! he said and i quote "You know what, the truth is that it makes me feel good to be there, I don't know, I can't explain it... but it's something I hadn't felt before"
- our friend jose martin also accepted to be baptized and is becoming best friends with isaac and we're so excited for him! hes the cutest ever!
- went to OSTRICH LAND!!! yeah you heard that right. literally this giant ranch filled with ostriches and emus! best place ive ever been
- had exchanges in santa barbara with sister Williams and again a week later with sister Wimmer and it was such a party!
- got to help out in the solvang wards drive through nativity and dressed like a shepherd! or shepherdess? met so many sweet people and also am now besties with Steven, Mochi, Persia, Barley, and "no name"; the goats, sheep, and donkey
- gang violence is picking up but luckily we've steered clear of it and havent had any problems. God is good
- our branch presidency got reorganized and it was so sad! president negrete had been in the leadership here in lompoc for 19 years! and had been branch president for like 9 years! bittersweet for sure. Him and his wife bore their testimonies and i was bawling and I've only known them for like 5 weeks! the spirit was so strong and it was a really cool experience
- transfers is this week and itll be my last one! super sad about it but i try not to dwell on it too much. Buuuut for everyone asking, I come home February 5th and my homecoming will be that sunday (more details to come)
i loved this section of the talk "Sunday Will Come" by Joseph Wirthlin and i know its long but its sooooo good!
"I think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross.
On that terrible Friday the earth shook and grew dark. Frightful storms lashed at the earth.
Those evil men who sought His life rejoiced. Now that Jesus was no more, surely those who followed Him would disperse. On that day they stood triumphant. On that day the veil of the temple was rent in twain.
Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jesus, were both overcome with grief and despair. The superb man they had loved and honored hung lifeless upon the cross.
On that Friday the Apostles were devastated. Jesus, their Savior—the man who had walked on water and raised the dead—was Himself at the mercy of wicked men. They watched helplessly as He was overcome by His enemies.
On that Friday the Savior of mankind was humiliated and bruised, abused and reviled.
It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God. I think that of all the days since the beginning of this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest.
But the doom of that day did not endure. The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death.
He ascended from the grave and appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind. And in an instant the eyes that had been filled with ever-flowing tears dried.
The lips that had whispered prayers of distress and grief now filled the air with wondrous praise, for Jesus the Christ, the Son of the living God, stood before them as the firstfruits of the Resurrection, the proof that death is merely the beginning of a new and wondrous existence.
Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again.
We will all have our Fridays.
But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come.
In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.
No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come."
I love you all so much! not gonna lie this has probably been the hardest past few weeks for me so it'd be much appreciated if you could shoot a few prayers my way, have an excellent week!
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