¡Hola Y'aaall!
HI GUESS WHAT I'M MOVING!! I'm moving from sweet La Habra down to Santa Ana!! I'm soo so excited too!! It's going to be such a party :) I have loved it up here so much and I can't even tell you all the things I've learned, but I'm always ready to go somewhere new and see some new things.
This week we were able to go with Tony down to the Family History Center in Orange, and it was SO cool. He had asked his mom and grandma for some names and birthdays of his great and great great grandparents before hand, so we were able to get right down to business and start searching up his people. It was so amazing to just see his family tree grow, and he really really enjoyed it. There's something so personal and sacred about learning more about your ancestors I think. While we were there I was able to read a story about my great-great-great-grandma (I think) who was born in South Africa, and then came to the US and traveled a long and hard road out to Utah with her family, and wow I seriously loved it. 12/10 recommend Family Search!
We were also able to meet the cutest family ever this week at a little Noche de Hogar our branch put on on Tuesday. We were supposed to go over to their house and visit them on Wednesday, but things got crazy and they weren't able to. But on Thursday we went and brought them some brownies and right whenever we walked in the complex, the two little girls were outside playing and they ran up and gave us the biggest hugs! We walked with them over to their house where their mom was cleaning and listening to some Kendrick Lamar, and they start telling us about their pet chameleon they just got and their two pet snakes. I LOVE them. They let us play with their chameleon for a little bit while we talked and I just could not stop smiling because seriously you could feel the love they had in their home. I love being able to meet such amazing people here, wow.
Also on Thursday, I went on exchanges just for the morning down in Long Beach and I got to see the OCEAN and can I just say I missed that guy. The ocean and the beach always reminds me of home, and it was so warm, and you could just smell the salty air. Honestly that is exactly my happy place.
Yesterday at church, this sweet Hermana gave a talk about Heaven's playbook and how we really have it today. We really have the resources that we need to progress and learn and grow in this life and to prepare to return to live with our Heavenly Father. The Bible and the Book of Mormon are sooo so incredible and important, and honestly how blessed are we that we have them available right at our fingertips? SO blessed!! She ended with saying "No es fácil, pero es posible. Y oración nunca falla." I know it's not easy, but more than that I know it's possible with our playbooks we have, and especially through prayer!!
I am so grateful everyday to be here and to have the opportunity to talk and think about the blessings we have so often. And I know it's all thanks to our loving Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ. I wish I would've taken advantage of the scriptures more before to learn more about them and our playbook, but it's never too late! I love y'all sooo so much! Have an amazing week!
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| The ocean!!! |
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| Pascela the chameleon 😊 |
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| Cutie pies Diamela and Emma |
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| Last comp selfie with Hermana Romney 😉 |
