Hermana Brayton

January 20,2020

¡hola y'alllllll!

¿Cómo están? I hope everyone is so good, bc we are so good over here in Santa Ana:) This week was kind of a party and a half so let's get right to it. My birthday ended so well bc we went and talked to our girl Bertha for a while. She's so funny and I love that girl so much, and she even came to church yesterday which was so good bc she loved it a lot. She even wore her ~special~ eye shadow so you know she was excited:)

This week we also went and saw our best amigos Manuel, Paola, La Familia Ramirez (& puppies), and we made a new amigo: Israel!! We met Israel while we were petting his neighbor's dog, not surprising, but he's actually such a cool guy. He had heard about the Book of Mormon a little bit before, so he was super excited to have his own copy and read it for himself!

On Friday we had lunch with our Obispo and his cute family, and his daughter left this morning to serve a mission in Mexico City! It was super cute bc she had so many questions for us and she was super nervous, and on Sunday when she was saying bye to everyone it really took me back to my last Sunday at home. It's crazy how long ago that was, but it also kind of feels like it was yesterday. It's also crazy how much I feel like I've learned and grown and changed since then. I definitely know a lot more Spanish, and a LOT more about the grace and love of God. Missions are crazy. Oh and also on Friday, Hermana Franklin and I had too close of a call with some big ole possums, and let me just say I do not like those guys but I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. I love it here:)

But okay this week I just want to share a few scripture thoughts. I started reading the Book of Mormon over again and too big things that stuck out to me in the first few chapters are humility and faith. These are two things that I feel like I talk about a lot, but they're just so so important and I always feel like I have so much room to improve on them. 1 Nephi is such an incredible book to read when it comes to learning about both. Nephi is the perfect example of being humble enough to accept the Lord's will and commandments and having enough faith to act. I remember in seminary how much we talked about the faith of Nephi, and I really want to encourage you all to read a few verses in 1 Nephi (the very first part of el Libro de Mormón) and learn more of his example. And as always, si tienen preguntas, déjame saber!:)

Okay but really I love y'all sooo so much and I'm so grateful for each of you. I hope everyone has the best week and that you all remember that Jesus loves you