July 7, 2014

BOY OH BOY my friends and family I am going to die. haha no one is allowed to mention in emails or letters the amount of time i have left!!! UNDERSTOOD???

anyway. moving on!!

first things first me and hna perez are STAYING TOGETHERRRR!! WOOO!!! for our last transfer and guess what else??? both the sisters in our apt are staying together as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOO!! so we are all gonna have a grand time :) i'm so excited. i love them all.

MAN OKAY LET ME TELL YOU THE GREATEST NEWS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so this family we have been trying to teach and baptize for FOREVER have never come to church except for ONE TIME a year ago, and then the 12 yr old son comes every once in a while on his own cause he is awesome. but this last week we had a really great talk with them about church, and the importance of it for the family and how it unites and all and etc etc etc, and the father isn't too keen on the church, we haven't even been able to teach him... BUT GUESS WHAT!!!!! THIS SUNDAY I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SAW THE GLORIOUS SIGHT OF ALL OF THEM WALKING UP TO THE DOORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(light gets brighter and the singing HALLELUJAH IS FILLING THE BACKROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

oh my gosh i was so happy, SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was awesome. unfortunately it was fast sunday which is the WORST sunday for investigators to come to for the first time... cause they just look at everyone and are like... why is everyone crying... saying the same thing... what is going on here.... hahaha BUT!!!!!!!!!!!! it's okay because it was actually a really good fast and testimony, MAN you guys in utah!!! every testimony meeting i had in utah there was always so much silence!!!! but out here, there is never a minute of silence, people line up to bear their testimony! look i'm not bashing utah... i love utah!!! but i feel like when we grow up and are surrounded by mormons, everyone thinks everyone is good and solid and we just don't understand the importance of bearing testimony. but man oh man, out here, you have to choose if you will be faithful, or not, because you are surrounded by a billion other churches, and stuff. man living outside of utah has it's challenges, but so does living inside of utah. 

BOTTOM LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the church is true wherever you go, everyone still has to find out for themselves, AND, that is that. haha
but yeah they came and i was so happy and almost died :)

OH BY THE WAy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have to speak in church next week... i have gone my whole mission only saying one prayer in sacrament, and bearing one testimony, and now i have to give a talk... hahaha i'm freaking out!!!! because it's me and this other kid who everyone loves who is leaving on his mission so there will be a BILLION PEOPLE THERE and a billion non members as well!!! AHHH NOOOOO!!!! just kidding it'll be awesome............................... oh my heck pray for me.

anyway, so listen... apparently north america is doing this thing now.... where any missionary who needs extended treatment for something like physical therapy or something just goes home to fix it, and comes back out. cause it is too expensive out here! so two sisters just got sent home, without any of us knowing, from our district.... and one of them WAS ATTACHED TO MY HEART and it so it broke my heart :( and NOW everyone is terrified to have something wrong with them!!!! hahaha man it's scary! that would be really hard.... but anyway.

oooh my goodness 4th of july was so fun!!! we went to the parade and passed out a billion cards and talked to lots of people!! and we had a great idea to make it less awkward we just would just ask someone to take a picture of us! hold all our pass along cards out and smile, and then make a conversation and give them one!! then we would walk and pass out, and then stop again, ask someone else, hey could you take a picture? hahahahaha there are like 50 billion pictures of us 4 just smiling holding cards... Hahah! so funny. anyway it was so fun though, i was so pumped up!!!!!!!! it was great with the 4th cause i would be like, hey this will strengthen your faith in Christ!! ONE NATION UNDER GOD!!!! WOO!!! fist pump in the air!! and then they COULD NOT REFUSE because that would be unpatriotic and ALSO rejecting Jesus Christ.

man i just typed a huge story up and deleted it!!!! hahaha NOOO!

okay well.
i just want to say, that I love you all, and I love this gospel. 

stay strong, don't push the line. live every moment so that you can have the spirit to be with you. 

having the spirit with you is so important, don't compromise losing that. put the Lord first, and he will put you first.

SORRY BUT I GOTTA GO!!!!!! LOVE YOU!