JOHN GOT BAPTIZED🌊

WOW this week was incredible🙌 we got to go to the temple today so our pday changed! Our friend John got baptized on Saturday and received the Aaronic priesthood on Sunday!! He was so happy and smiley and it made Sister Beach and I so happy too 😊 the joy I've felt from sharing the gospel and helping others come unto Christ is unmatched!! John was such a miracle and I will be forever grateful that God placed him in our path!

We had so many cool miracles this week! Yesterday we were daily planning and I felt prompted to visit this inactive member who didn't even live there anymore but I just felt like we had to go. When we followed Google maps it took us to the wrong address and we were about to drive away but I saw that the door was open so we were like might as well try. And we ended up finding Kelly!! Turns out her Aunt is a member and she's down to learn more. It's crazy how the Spirit guides us throughout the day!! This is truly the Lord's work and I can see His hand in it everyday💗

Love and miss you all!!

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One Year as a Missionary🥳

I can't believe I hit one year as a missionary this week!! Time has flown by but I've learned so much. Even though I only have 6-7 months left I don't want to waste any time and I'm excited to keep growing and becoming a better missionary!

This week was so much fun! We had a general authority, Elder Gimenez, visit our mission and we had zone conference and MLC with him and his wife! The meetings were so powerful and the Spirit was so strong- I learned so many things on how I can improve as a missionary and STL. I also got to see some of my favorite people which is always a highlight🥰

I love the friends we're teaching at the moment- we have a few that are progressing towards baptism which is so exciting! Our friend John is getting baptized next week and we just put out friend Blake on date for baptism in June!! It's amazing to see the gospel change our friends lives and bring so much light into their lives!! This work is so amazing🙌 our friend Blake is overcoming some things though so please pray for him!!

We had exchanges this week with the Yellow Creek Sisters so I got to be with my last trainee, Sister Kington, again!! It was so much fun and the Lord provided so many new people for us to find and teach!! I've come to gain a strong testimony in the power of prayer. God always answers our prayers, in His timing and way🙏

Love and miss you all!!

Shrek the Goat🐐

Our friend Shelby has some baby goats so we got to see them after our lesson one day. Her boys were so excited to show us their goat named Shrek and I love Shrek💗 It was the best day🙌 also our lesson with Shelby was so amazing. We taught her about the restoration and when we asked what she thought about the first vision she said she felt goosebumps and believes it's true! The spirit was so strong and the spirit confirmed to her that what we were saying was true!! It was such a powerful lesson.

We had a nerf gun war for YSA game night and that was so much fun. Some people really got into it and it was funny. We started a new transfer too so we have some new missionaries in our zone which is exciting! Also we went to this Amish town on Monday and shopped around and it was so much fun. I love meeting Amish people and we found some Amish baby dolls that were funny.

Also Sister beach and I totally slept through a tornado Monday night. We woke up to some missed calls from our member and we have some other Sister missionaries that live nearby so we stopped by to say hi in the morning and they were just getting back from a members home. Turns out there were tornado sirens and warnings going off and we just completely slept through it all😴 but we're still here so yayyy

Our friend Blake came to church and we also had a powerful lesson with him and one of our members!! Working with members is the best👌 we met some interesting people this week- some wanting to bash us and tell us we're wrong but we were just not having it lol. People always be hating but we just move on. But people are also so sweet and tell us we're angels so we get the best of both worlds😁

Love and miss you all!!

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ANOTHA ONE 😍

Ok first off transfer news... Sister Beach and I are staying together for ANOTHA ONE!! we were so excited because we have so many amazing people we're teaching right now and we've seen so many miracles this transfer!! Plus we have so much fun and all the Sisters in the zone are staying too🥳

This week was crazy but so much fun! We had mlc+ on Tuesday so we had mission leadership council during the day then we went to President Gallup's place and played games and had a testimony meeting!! It was so much fun and we got to compete against all the other zone leader/stl teams. I almost won at limbo and Sister Beach crushed it at the pie eating contest😤🥧 We had a testimony meeting at the end and it was raining and then the clouds cleared and the sky was SO PRETTY🙌

Also our friend John is already a missionary!! First off he came to a baptism and he thought it was cool. We had a really good lesson with him the night before and he goes "this might sound weird or crazy but I just feel at peace when I'm with you guys"🥹 We told him thats' the Holy Ghost and how he can have the gift of the Holy Ghost too after he's baptized!! Ok but also he invited his friend Paul to church and now we're teaching him too!! I love how John is already sharing the gospel with his friends! Our friend Blake came to church too and it was so awesome- church is the best 👌 

Also we had some uncomfy moments... we visited our friend Mitch (who's like 40 years old) and we talked about church and it was such a good visit until the end. We shook hands and he goes "also you look very cute today but don't tell your boyfriend I said that" Sister Beach and I just looked at each other and walked away😐 Then on Saturday we had a luau with our ward and this old man came up and asked if he could give me a Lei the traditional way- I had no clue what that meant so I was like sure. And then he slowly leaned in and put the Lei around my neck and kissed my cheek- but it was SO SLOW. It was painfully awkward!

Besides that this week was so awesome and so many tender mercies.

Love and miss you all💗

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tornado season 🌪

hey!!

Missouri weather is kinda funny. I feel like we got 20 tornado warnings over the weekend but not much happened. I mean there were some pretty bad storms but no tornado yet😔 Sister Beach and I really want to see one!

Anyways this week was just full of so many miracles!! Our friend Shelby and her two little boys came to church! She lost her dad a year ago and she wanted to learn more about God and she's loving the Book of Mormon!! She has a son who's almost 8 and he wants to learn about baptism too. Both of them have mullets and they're just the cutest little boys with their cowboy boots- they're so funny too.🐮 Shelby loved church and the talks were so inspired because the spirit really touched her during the meeting. Everyone was so sweet too and they were so excited to meet her!

Also our friend Blake came and he's so cool!! We had some awesome lessons this week. It's honestly crazy how much the spirit works on people. There's been a few people that we thought would not want to learn anymore but then we show up with a member and suddenly they're reading the Book of Mormon and interested in learning more. There's been at least 3 friends who's hearts have truly been softened and they're willing to learn more. Working with the members has been so powerful too because their testimonies are so strong!

This work is so amazing!! I've been able to see God lead us to people who are ready for this message. Missions are definitely exhausting and hard but it's also so incredible that we can be instruments in helping others come unto Christ!!💗

Oh also we finished that rap video I mentioned from like a couple months ago but I forgot to add it haha so I put it in my Google photos if you wanna watch our awesome masterpiece😎

love and miss you all!!

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