Texas Te Amo

holaaaa mis amores!!!!!! Luis-- reflecting on our obstacles /testimonies We were waiting for someone to answer the door (basic) and this friend marched up and we immediately started having such a meaningful conversation about overcoming addiction, the power of the word of God, and how each of us have to go through certain things in order to recieve a testimony. he acknowledged that he really needed to talk to someone in that moment, and confessed that, after 4 years of being completely sober, was about to drink for the first time. When he saw us he renewed his desire to stay strong and sober- so cool!! moments like these build my testimony and have really helped me see that God places us where we need to be. It is by far one of the greatest pleasures of missionary work to witness tiny miracles in the world and realize you played a (albeit tiny) role!! blessings rain.  (h)exchanges/hawks/hermana holbrook Hermana Holbrook is a good friend!! I like her! We had a good exch...

a funny thing that happened to us while we were tracting that really did not phase me but in hindsight I logically re evaluated the encounter and realized it was actually hilarious: so we knock on this door.  We see through the unveiled window a huge sheet covering a doorway inside this home. All we then see is a completely shirtless man wearing very short jorts peek through the sheet, then stride confidently to the door. He opened, we introduced ourselves, all he said was "I have something to show you. come with me." we readily explained that sir, we cannot come inside your house because that is a rule, sorry, but could he show us out here? "I'll go get it" he said  He returns with a confident stride, with a headlamp (?) strapped to his forehead (turned on), and carrying a HUGE, hard-cover, full-color bible, open to a very specific page.  He then proceeded to show us some actually really beautiful copies of renaissance paintings within the Bible! I...

HELLOOOO I officially have a fleco aka STRAIGHT ACROSS BANGS and I love them!!! Basically this is a dream I have had for approximately several years but the homie who always cut my hair artistically disagreed with straight across bangs. Here I am, liberated by the independence of mission life over here in my happy place of Garland, TX, and I impulsively let my fav hermanita chop my hair!! I am happy :-) anyway we had a lot of other fun things happen this week apart from myself getting the bangs of her dreams! hehe earth shattering zone conference i would be happy to explain more if you would like, shoot me an email. I will be brief by saying: I learned how to construct my very own memory palace, realized who I truly am, now understand the concept and principle of obedience much more deeply, and can see missionarywork in a much more wholistic and universal perspective. Thank you Elder Klebingat for helping me escape the suffocating miopic!! admiring: Christ's c...