Hermana CocoMelon

  "When you need a friend to carry you, when youre broken on the ground, you will be found"  You will be found from dear evan hansen has been stuck in my head for the past couple days and I'm not sure why... am I complaining? No. Not at all. We all at times need a friend to carry us through the dark times and when we find ourselves broken on the ground. I guess that is the cool thing about missionary work.  God has prepared so many people for me to find and to teach about His Gospel! I get to be the friend to carry them through the dark times and when they are "broken on the ground". I hate being social but I LOVE helping others. One full transfer in and I have already found so many amigos who just need a friend to carry them through their hard times! And to help them find joy in the Gospel and growing their relationship with God!  Hola Tonotos (see attatched picture at the end)... Our barrio had a fiesta on Saturday! It was a culture celebration! Everyone broug...

  "A reason to start over new, and the reason is you" How often do you listen to a song and actually listen to the lyrics? For me, I feel like im always listening to the lyrics but am I paying attention to what they are really saying? Not really... whoops... you know how many times ive listened to "the reason" by hoobastank in the last year? I could probably count them on 1 hand   but for some reason it got stuck in my head and here we are...sure this may be a love song and the "you" might be about a girl but how about we replace it with "You" Go look up the lyrics to "the reason" and tell me you cant put yourself as the first person talking to Jesus Christ. (Lo siento to the other missionaries who don't have google atm) We are not perfect people, we have to continue learning, and don't we wish we could take at least some of the pain Christ had to endure while in the garden of Gethsemane? Petition to start playing "the reas...

"For leaving and growing up..." Sorry Anna... no coco song... how bout Harry styles?  Guau. This week has been crazy. First of all, one of the fastest weeks while being en el campo... Second of all, crazy things just kept happening.  Kenia came to church for the second time yesterday so she will be baptized on Sunday! We will have her interview hopefully on Wednesday! She is so ready! I am so excited for her. And it will be my first actual baptism! Wooo We had zone conference this week and that was fun. We had lots of trainings on the importance of weekly planning. It's great! Woo   We also learned about the "big daddy step" from on of the AP's Elder Sparrow. It's so sad he's leaving in like 2 weeks.  Sister Robinettes birthday was last Monday so we had so many sweets in our fridge from all their friends and members. It was awesome.  I introduced the sisters in my house to cinnamon and sugar toast! Woo. Been surviving off of grilled cheeses, peanut b...

  "Desolation comes upon the sky. Now I see fire, inside the mountain" Ola amigos! Envia oraciones a la gente en San Bernardino! Hay es un incendio muy grande! The "Line" fire really blew up overnight Friday evening to Saturday morning. I think it went from 7,000ish acres to 17,000 acres in the blink of an eye. And now it is up to 20,000. So the people, homes, animals, and everything else in San Bernardino needs your prayers. The fire is far enough away from me, im only affected by the dense smoke that is coming into the valley. But I will say, it does make for some really pretty sunrises and sunsets! The Hermanas and I cant stay outside for too long to enjoy them though    Well on the note of one natural disasters... I felt my first earthquake while being on my mission! And apparently there were 2 on the same day... Hna Nicholson and I were in the middle of a lesson when we felt the first one and a massive train passed by so we honestly just brushed it off as the t...