" dont you know that if you dont get married in the first 6 months that you get home you wont get married until your 30"- Paul

 HOWDY YALLL! This week was kinda tuff to be frank with ya, but we still saw so many tender mercies! If anyone has any super creative finding ideas for ysa send them our way! 

- We had a lot of pass off lessons for our friends who aren't ysa or live outside of our area! So good but also kinda a rip🥲

- God has been placing people in our path at the randomest times haha. Like when we're getting gas, our servers at food places... after we had been tracting or finding for hours and found no one. I've learned a lot this week that God loves effort, that if we keep being diligent God will guide us to his children who are prepared to receive us

- Asking about people's tattoos is one of my favorite intros now, because usually there's a super deep meaning to them. We met this guy when we were eating out with some members and we asked him about his tattoos, he opened up a lot about some of the things he had been going through. He then told us he's been looking for a church and would totally be interested!😎

- tis the season where everyone is getting married... with that being said half of our branch is peacing out to go to the family ward now lol so happy but also so sad! Sooo we've been working a lot at reactivating members and building up our active members, we've had the most powerful video call messages with them! One member told us that he wants to start getting involved and start participating more in missionary work now🥳

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D&C 58:2-4

"For verily I say unto you, blessed is he that keepeth my commandments, whether in life or in death; and he that is faithful in tribulation, the reward of the same is greater in the kingdom of heaven. Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter, and the glory which shall follow after much tribulation. FOR AFTER MUCH TRIBULATION COME THE BLESSINGS. Wherefore the day cometh that ye shall be crowned with much glory; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand."

The refiners fire

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2014-11-0010-the-refiners-fire?lang=eng

"I wanna be a hooligan"

 HOWDY YALLL!! This email is going to be kinda lame because I'm sooo tired and can't remember everything that happened this week lol🙃🫠

- Exchanges with Sister Rowley 😎 one super sick miracle we saw was when we were tracting this apt complex. No one was having it with us and we met this guy named James, at first he was not interested but we got him to take a passalong card for activity's. We started knocking the rest of the doors around him and then a few min later he chases us down and asks if we have a pamphlet because he's actually interested 🧐🤯 we taught him about the bom and he thought it was so cool! It was so amazing to see the spirit work on him and completely change him within minutes! Long story short now we're teaching him!🥳

- We found this really cool guy at the gas station! He wants to come to game nights((: 

- TEMPLE TRIP w/ the recent converts! It was sooo amazing the joy I felt was indescribable! I asked Austin ( our recent convert) what his experience was after and he said that " it felt so good to be in gods palace" THATS RIGHT AUSTIN!🥲

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Listen to this fire talk

Good Habits Develop Good Character

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1974/10/good-habits-develop-good-character?lang=eng

"be a joy man not a hype man"

 HOWDY YALLL!!! This week was simply insane! The enabling power of the atonement, the book of mormon, energy crystalight have been my saving grace this week... don't fret mom ill stop drinking so much caffeine😬 

Here's some stuff that happened this week((: 

- it's been absolutely freezing this week!! I'll take the 100° and 90% humidity over the 26° 88% humidity any day... 🥶

- exchanges with Sister Hancey😎

Sister Hancey is just a little ray of sunshine! We went tracting for a bit and found some potential ppl! We had a lesson with this guy who was so cool! He shared some amazing miracles he's had. I always forget how much old people talk though because sometimes you have to pull teeth to get ysa to participate in lessons but man old ppl can talk without a breath for and 1hr and a 1/2... it's honestly quite impressive!

- intercambios con Hermana Thayn🪅💃 soooo fun! I didn't understand a lot of the words that were said but Hermana Thayn is a baller and her Spanish is so fuego!! We found a guy for us to teach actually who said he's almost done with the Book of Mormon and wants to prepare for baptism 🤯 I speak very very little Spanish but I prayed for the gift of tongues and was able to share a little bit with people we met! We did accidentally give a home blessing to a less active because neither me or sister thane caught on to the fact that she was a member lol. 

- in person mlc/ Halloween 🎃 MLC was sooo powerful! We talked about being a prepared missionary and virtue/ integrity (:

- we did a bom experiment with a member on campus who just got back from her mission, she taught and found so many people for us it was the coolest thing ever!! One guy she found is names Oswaldo and he's sooo elect! He came to church and loved it and we invited him to be baptized and he said yes!!

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Mosiah 28:3 

"Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble."

"All I have to say is hurrah for Israel man" ( gathering Israel not the country)

 https://photos.app.goo.gl/V1gka56kjUTcATXt8

HOWDY YA'LL! This week was crazy and lowkey so stressful lol. We had soooo many meetings and workshops that we had to/ still have to plan/: we learned a lot preparing for them though! 

- we gave talks in sacrament meeting with was a party! I straight up just read the living christ for mine because that's what god told me to do. It was actually so cool! 

- we were on campus one day and I had a thought to talk to this guy on a bench, almost didn't do it ( he didn't look ysa age) but we did anyway. He is SOOO ELECT! We've had two lessons with him and he is reading the bom and said he knows it's true! He told us that he would do whatever invitations we give him because he knows it's from God, he would move around his schedule to meet with us.🤯

- we met this guy on campus and we were able to have an amazing church tour with one of them, he said he wants to keep meeting with us! He thinks he went to seminary when he was little so that's crazy! 

- we had zone conference and it was awesome! We talked about using technology for missionary work and helping members use their social media to share the gospel!

- we got to be in a trio with Sister Finch for the day and it was soooo fun!!! We met this girl in the bathroom on campus and she came to church on Sunday!! She wants to keep meeting with us and learning more!(: 

- we've had tons of tender mercies! It's been really cool to see God put people in our path as we are exactly obedient to promptings!

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THE LAW OF OBEDIENCE-

I've been studying the law of obedience the past week and it's been really cool! Something that I never really thought about is how living the law of obedience-> bring 100% obedient to the promptings you are receiving. I read this talk that I loved, so ya'll should give it a read! 

Here's one of my favorite quotes from it

"Freedom and liberty are precious gifts that come to us when we are obedient to the laws of God and the whisperings of the Spirit"

Obedience: The Path to Freedom

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1999/04/obedience-the-path-to-freedom?lang=eng