¡¡¡hola y'all!!!
How is everyone doing?? So good I hope! So like I was saying last week, I got scooted on over to the cute city of Orange and so far it's a good ole time:) ALSO like I was saying, my new companion is a reassigned missionary! Her name is Hermana Jensen and she was in Argentina for a little over a year before Corona kicked her out, but she's the best and we're really just loving life rn here in Cali (in the best mission aha;))
Pero sí, since we're both new to this area, we've just been doing a tonnn of calling all the members and all the people missionaries have taught before to try to get to know everyone. Nothing too crazy, except we are teaching two of the cutest old men in the world!! One of them is named Max and he's actually so funny, and then the other is Narciso who we actually just barely started teaching this week! He's way cool and loves Jesus a whole ton, which is good bc we do too. But we're hoping to find some new amigos here soon bc everybody needs a little more esperanza and a little more love these days, ya know?
Something that actually made my whole week though, was that this Sunday I was able to join in a little scripture study with my sweet Grandparents in New York and some of my cutie pie family members that put it all together. I just have to say, I have the best family ever and they really inspire me so so much. Something that we talked about was in Mosiah 13:11 when the prophet Abinadi is talking to some super bad priests, and he tells them that he can see that the commandments of God weren't "written in [their] hearts." We talked about that for a while and what it really means to have something written in your heart, and here are my thoughts: I think the things that we have written in our hearts determine the very deepest parts of our character and nature. If we have God's commandments and love written in our hearts, I feel like that's when we'll find ourselves striving to be the most like Christ in ~everything~ that we do. But when we don't, that's when the ways of world take the front seat and our priorities switch up. BUT I was listening to a super good devotional from Sister Jean Bingham and her husband and he explained so clearly that EVERYONE can change!! We can change our hearts to be softer so that God can write on them a little easier:) So how's your heart? I know I'm really working on mine right now, so maybe we can do it together:)
But hey, I am so SO grateful for all of you, and I hope all my strong beautiful women on here were reminded of just how incredible they are yesterday for mother's day. You have all made such an impact on my life and the lives of so many others, and I am really so thankful!! Love y'all!
Con Amor,
Hermana Brayton:)
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| hna Jensen y yo on our little trail we found |
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| so last week on the way to transfers we took the ~scenic route~ and I got to see the beach for the first time in 10 million years🤩 |
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| picking up Hna Jensen from the mission office and Cali is already so much brighter now that she's here!!🌞 |
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| washing the new whip: JB |
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