Hermana Brayton

January 06, 2020

¡¡hola y'all!!

I hope everyone is having such a good new year so far!! So far so good over here:) This week was pretty chill not going to lie. Hermana Franklin has been pretty sick so we've been resting a bit, so keep her in y'alls prayers por favor!

But okay on New Year's Eve, we went with a few other missionaries to help this cute old couple pack up their house some bc they're moving, and it was so fun. Actually so funny hahah this lady was a trip. They had been living in that same house for over 40 years, so there was sooo much stuff, and everything had a story! There was one room that had so many cool vintage clothes, and she told us we could take anything we wanted, so Hermana Franklin and I scored some CUTE stuff. Fun times:)

Throughout the rest of the week we had a few super fun lessons! We taught our friend Paola who's 10, and she decided she wants to be baptized on the 26th! We also went by Eduardo to check-in and talk to him a little more, I still love that kid so much. On Friday we taught our friend Alma with her little sister and her niece that are both 6, and I don't know if I've said this before, but I LOVE teaching kids so much! It's definitely my favorite thing. They just have such unique insights and such funny questions, and I love watching them learn and start to understand things:) On Saturday we had a lesson with Manuel, and he's such a good guy, but he's having just a little bit of a hard time. At this point, he's really just like another grandpa to me, and it breaks my heart to see him feeling down sometimes, but we reassured him that God really loves each and every one of us so so much and He'll never leave us alone!

Sunday was honestly a party bc our church got moved from 9am to 10:30 and we also had 4 whole people that we're teaching come and love it!! Our girl Bertha came, and Paola, and Norfanelia and Felipe!! I love church:) Oh and also little Eduardo came and got confirmed so he's officially an official member of the church!

And just for a quick spiritual thought, one of the Elders shared this scripture this week and it really stuck out to me mucho. It's Mosiah 26:30 and it says, "Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me." And I love that so much starting a new year bc we start clean! We can repent every day and be forgiven every day, and what an incredible blessing that is. God knows we can't be perfect, that's why He sent Jesus to the earth for us! We can and will make mistakes, but we can and should repent and keep changing our hearts for the better