Who would have thought...

I have gain such a huge testimony about talking to everyone! This exchange really helped me realize that there are so many people willing to receive our message. From the exchange that I had with Hermana Hernandez, we talked to about 13 people and gain 3 new investigators!! On Saturdy alone!! It was amazing!

 Hermana Hernandez contacted these couple that turned out to be the most interested people that I have ever contacted in my life!! We got talking to them about Prophets and it turns out that the wife had been watching a TV series named "Los Diez Mandamentos" (The ten commandments). It is a spanish series about Moses and the different things that were happening in Egypt at the time. Basically she had developed an interest in Prophets from watching that show so when we told her that we teach about prophet and what they actually do, she got so excited. We have a return appointment with her and her husband this coming Saturday...which is perfect because it is general conference weekend! The show is totally over embellished but still...very grateful for that show because it has given us so many opportunities to get people actually interested in the message of the Restoration. Who would have thought!

There was another man who was just walking out of his garage just as we biked by. He waved to us so we took that as an invitation to come and talk to him. Turns out that he had had sister missionaries coming over before but never had time to have a real lesson with them because he was always busy, but he has a book of mormon and he has been reading in it and is very interested to learn more! SAY WHAT?! That one made us so excited! We set up a return appointment with him for this past Sunday but sadly he had work so he had to cancel but he still wants us to come and teach him. I feel a baptism if we can only meet with him.

Speaking of baptisms...I had the opportunity to attend the baptism of Jackie, the daughter of Juana and Isidrio. I taught her and her family when I was in East Sac with Hermana Leon. It was such a sweet baptism. She was beaming and I asked her on a scale of one to ten how excited she was to be baptized....she held up ten fingers with a huge grin on her face. She is precious to me. She also is really shy. She was asked to give her testimony but when she was standing up there, she wouldn't say anything so Hermana Leon had to stand up with her...but she still wouldn't say anything. Hermana Leon told Jackie to whisper in her ear what she wants to say and Hermana Leon would say it for her. Jackie finally opened up and she gave a sweet testimony through Hermana Leon. haha! She is so cute!

The sad news is that we had to release some of our investigators. That was a really hard one for us because we had grown to love them so much and could see their potential...but you can't force someone who doesn't want it. It is okay. They just need time for now but we are glad that we were able to have an uplifting experience with them.

Roberto is still doing good. He has been at his mom's so we haven't had the opportunity to teach him this week...which kind of makes me anxious quite honestly but we just keep praying for him and preparing him the best way we can for his baptism on the 15th of April.

Well...I think that is all!

love you all,

Hermana Paredes

Oh...trust me...I feel it... 😑

Hola familia y amigos!

 So we have had a crazy cray week! I'll start first with the some crazy stories first.

So we were healed by the greater light....haha! We went on a Split in the Elk Grove sisters zone (basically we go and work for an hour or two in another missionaries area..) and we had the opportunity to meet an "Angel healer"...and had our shakras healed...by staring a drawing of an angel...and she kept asking if we felt it...."oh yes, I am sensing crazy!" It was a very very strange contact. Let's just say that she was not interested. Haha!

We also had four investigators at church this past Sunday! They are all great! I am so happy to teach each one of them. The only problem is that most of them like to talk...a lot! And most of it is very relavent but it just takes ove the whole lesson . The great thing about them is that they all have real intent! We are so lucky to have them.

We put Roberto our investigator on date for April 15th! That is a miracle honestly because we have had so much trouble finding him lately but he still wants to learn and is still very excited for his baptism. His family is behind him on this as well.

We have had so many blessings this week...one of them being able to send off two amazing referrals. One of them of them spoke little English and understood even less but he told us how much he wants god's help in his life. He has a lot of word of wisdom issues and he was so desperately wanting to change. He told us that he recognizes how far the lord had brought him and he just wants to be liberated from his addictions. He just looked so down...it broke my heart. I felt prompted to bear my testimony but I my logical side was thinking "how will he understand...he doesn't understand English?". But when the spirit tells you to do something...you do it. So I did. And he began to cry. He felt the spirit so strong and there was a light of hope that entered his eyes. It was beautiful to see...and I was so grateful for the tender mercy of having the spirit with me to bear witness to the words that my companion and I spoke. We were able to get his information and ship him off to the missionaries that will be over him.

It was a testimony to us that god really does place his children in our path. He is very merciful.

Basically, we have had a fantastic week! Full of blessings!

I will write more next week!

Hermana Paredes

A roller coaster week!

Dear family and friends,

 This week has been a mix of good things and hard things but I guess that is the way we grow.

Good: - We had three investigators at church Sunday. All of them who are really solid! WE are so excited to teach them. - We have found some incredible people who really are looking to better their lives - We were able to go to the temple this P-day. It was beautiful! - I got to stay in this area and with my companion - Some of our investigators moved from being others to progressing -There was some amazing lessons as well. Oh man! I wish I had time to tell you about the lesson we had this past Sunday! It was amazing! We were able to help some investigators come to the knowledge of what really happened before we came to this earth! They loved and now are even more excited to meet with us.

The work is moving forward and the lord is really guiding our foot steps. Man it feel so good to have him by our side every step of the way.

Hard: - We had to release a few people who we had high hopes for. Especailly this one family that we had a tons of high hopes for! They were so great and we know that one day they will get baptized but it made it so hard because they dropped us by telling us that they loved that we came over and talked about Christ but the honest truth is that they are not thinking of changing religions and neither do they ever want to change religions. That was a hard pill to swallow but it will be alright. Everyone has been given their free agency for a reason. We are just going to keep praying for them. - No matter what we do with Maria...she won't budge...she just doesn't want to get baptized so she is going to have to progress on her own time.

I guess life in itself is a rollercoaster but honestly...I am enjoying every moment! I am so grateful to be out on a mission.

Love you all! Hermana Paredes

P.S. I am 14 months now! 14!!! WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE??!!

It was the week before transfers....and we had miracles!!!

Family and Friends,

 This will be a very short email but i have to tell you about how merciful our Heavenly Father is!

First off, had four investigators at church this past Sunday...I have never had that many investigators come...ever!! Two of them just came by themselves! One was a former and the other was this guy that we just contacted this week! He just showed up in the middle of testimony meeting and then stayed for the other three hours!! He loved it! He asked to take the gospel principles book home to read on his own time! I was just beaming from ear to ear!! It was great!! So grateful!

We also were able to help set up a Quincenera (pretty sure I spell that wrong) for our investigator's daughter. The mother was super grateful and the father said that he thinks that he can come to church the next week. We are super excited for that!

Next week is transfers so I will be writing on Tuesday. There is also another Hermana coming this transfer so there is a possibility of training! It is awesome how many new sisters have come in the last two transfers!

Hermana Paredes

Reunited... :)

Dear family and Friends!

 This week has been such a blessing! I am just loving my mission more and more every single day. I have come to realize that after every hard experience there is a blessing. That is what happened this week.

Earlier this week it was a little rough but it has gotten better. The main reason why it was a bit on the tough side was because our investigator who keeps all her commitments but just won't be baptized. We extend a baptismal date of March 4th to her earlier this week, one that we had fasted and prayed about, which she accepted and even told us when she had prayed about it she had felt her "heart speed up". She knew that was her answer from god but when we went back over to finish up the last two principles she needed, she told us that she had a had change of mind and now does not want to be baptized...what?? Hermana Najera was with me and she asked her why. Maria told us that she simply wants to prepare more for baptism...and she thinks that she will get baptized in three months. Three months!! The Lord told her that she was prepared now! So Hermana Najera asked a great question, "What do you think the difference would be if you got baptized now instead of in three months?" She sat there for a second and then told us "nothing". We then invited her again and we read promises from the scriptures about baptism! We did everything! ...And she still believes that she will set her own date. So we are giving her a break.

That was extremely frustrating!

Also we had one of our other investigators on date for March 4th as well. He is so prepared but he couldn't meet with us at all this week because of conflicting schedules...so he will not be baptized on March 4th. That was also very frustrating.

We just felt like we were pushing but there was no break throughs. We also had to take our other investigator off date because she was not keeping her commitments.

And then Sunday came. Glorious Sunday! There were so many miracles just in that sacrament meeting alone. One of them being that we had two investigators at church. Geronimo and Roberto! And they enjoyed it so we are so excited for what this week is going to bring...the other is that...I got to see one of my trainers!!! Hermana Tor..I mean Milena...haha..came back and with her good news! One of the investigator I was teaching when I was in training messaged her over instagram! After she went home, and I got shipped to Elk Grove, we lost contact with him. That was probably the saddest moment of my mission but now I am I just overjoyed!! We were able to stop by his house and set up a return appointment...I am so excited to teach him again!

We also added some solid people to our teaching pool this week...which I will tell you about next week because I am out of time.

But now that I am loving my mission and there are miracles happening here and many more are coming.

Hermana Paredes

I almost got dragged onto the dance floor....as a missionary!!! 😱😱

Hola familia y amigos!!

 We have had a crazy week this week but a very successful and good one as well.

First off exchanges

Exchanges work miracles...i testify of that. The last few times that we have had exchanges, people are either put on date or accept a conditional baptismal invitation. This past exchange I was with Hermana Leon (which it was so nice to be with her again) and we had the opportunity to teach an investigator who has been coming to church, reading, praying, keeping all the commandments but just will not commit to a day to be baptized. We talked to her about her concerns and she told us that she didn't feel ready yet. She wants to keep studying before committing to a specific date. Also she wants to wait for her boyfriend to be ready but he is not progressing at all right now so we talk about that with her and she ended up agreeing with us that it is about her own salvation right now since they are not married yet. We also talked about that the gospel is a continual learning process and everything she wants to know about the gospel would take years for her to study out. We asked her if she wanted to wait that long. She told us she didn't. She then told us that one of the members had told her that she could choose her own baptismal date whenever she feels ready... so that is why she has been waiting! Man, when I bore witness to her that we were called of god and that we had that authority to pray for a date for her baptism...I felt the power behind it. And I think she did too...because she told us "okay...I will be baptized whatever day that the lord tells you I need to be baptized."

Now that was a miracle. She is truly humbling herself before the lord just like it says in D&C 20:37. We believe that she is going to be ready really soon. We told her at we would be coming back this Tuesday to set a date for her. Hermana Woodbury and I are still seeking the lord's will for that date.

We also have Roberto that we are continuing to work with (our nine year old investigator). He is coming along slowly but surely. His situation makes a bit difficult to teach him but he does have that true desire. The good thing is that he comes to church every Sunday.

We also had a lesson with Esther, our investigator on date...and right now she is having some doubts about baptism. She is stuck on the fact that she was baptized as a child. We already used Moroni 8 to try and explain to her that children do not need baptism...she seamed to get it but when we went back this week she was still stuck on it so we tried resolving her concerns by explaining proper authority again. Nada (that means Spanish for nothing). Crazy thing is that she believes that the Book of Mormon is true and Joseph smith was a prophet and that he had that authority from god! I am not sure what is holding her up. Keep praying for her. She really needs those prayers.

Omar, Paula, Kenia, and Geronimo are doing well. Omar, out of all of them, is the one that wants baptism the most but he feels like he needs to know more. Geronimo is interested in learning but when we asked him the question of baptism, he told us that he was already baptized...okay..but he came to our ward activity this past Saturday and he tried to come to church this past Sunday! Investigators can be so confusing....

Speaking of the ward party! It was so good!! We had two investigators come! And there was great food! And great dances! And super investigator friendly. There where tons of none members that showed up so we had so much work there. Very grateful for the members in this ward that are not afraid to invite their friends.

Funny story: one of our members invited is really really old guy who was just super sweet! There was a point in the party where everyone was dancing so we thought it would be a good point to go and talk to this guy since he was sitting down so we went up to him and introduced ourselves and he got really excited. He got out of his chair and grabbed Hermana Woodbury and my hands and began to drag us towards the dancing!! Ahhh! 😱😂 We tried to tell him that we couldn't since we were missionaries but he wasn't listening. He twirled us and then that is when our member came to our rescue. The old guy was so disappointed...he thought we were coming to dance with him... I felt so bad!! But it is a good story to tell.

Oh also there may have been a gas leakage or something in our apartment complex...because the whole fire department came one night...very interesting night.

One more thing...we think someone may have went all out for Valentine's Day...because there were two albino peacocks on the roof of their house!! What the world!

All and all, we have some really great investigators and we keep adding more great ones! We are very excited what this area is going to bring the next few days.

Love you all! Hermana Paredes

Feliz dia de amistad y amor!! (casi!)

Hello family and friends,

 HAPPY ALMOST VALENTINES DAY!!!!

Hermana Woodbury and I decided that we are going to be each others valentine! ;) haha!

This week was full of craziness and miracles and learning experiences!! We had exchanges this weekend, which were super fun, and I had the wonderful opportunity of going with Hermana Niemann and Barrera to some of our investigators. Those two together...wow...these poor investigators did not stand a chance. Hermana Barrera is currently in training and you can just see that fire in her eyes and more so in her testifying!! She is a very very good missionary. I was very impressed by her. I think the Sacramento Mission is going to be in good hands with all these new missionaries if they are at least slightly as good as Hermana Barrera. Truly did enjoy working with the two of them.

Hermana Woodbury went with Hermana Nokes but sadly Hermana Nokes has been sick for the last five days...nobody knows what is wrong (keep her in your prayers) so she didn't feel well enough to go out. Hermana Nokes is probably the best person to get sick on exchanges because she never looses her humor. I was able to stay with her for an hour while Hermana Woodbury went out with the other sisters to work a bit and I was dying of laughter. Quote from Hermana Nokes, "All I had for breakfast today was a piece of an apple and some Styrofoam." haha! (She was talking about the rice cake that she had to eat.)

I was very blessed to stay with her for that hour because she is also very good at listening and giving good council...I felt like that exchange was more for me then for her. Very blessed to know her.

Oh!! Before I forget, (I can't believe that I would forget this...) while I was with Hermana Niemann and Hermana Barrera. We had the opportunity to invite one of our investigators to baptism!! And she said yes! I then invited her to a specific date! And she said yes to that!! What the what! She told us that she would do everything to prepare for that day!!

We went home joyful until the next day....she messaged us over Facebook asking us "Do I need to get baptized? I got baptized when I was a baby." ......great..... haha! So tonight we will be going over there and explaining to her the reasons why we are baptized and such so that we can resolve her concerns. Honestly..I'm not to worried about it..but a prayer or two wouldn't hurt.

We also had Stake conference this weekend and a seventy came and spoke. His name is Elder Baxter and he said quite a few good things that I had been wondering about. Man I wish that I wasn't running out of time so I could tell you all about the revelation that I got!

Just know that I am learning everyday. The mission has gotten harder but I am growing stronger and I am growing in confidence. Probably the number one thing I have learned on the mission is that I can do hard things...actually with the grace of god, I can do all things. Stay in tune because I got a feeling that the next few weeks are going to bring a lot of hard learning experiences.

Hermana Paredes

P.S. I got to see my Patriarch!! Patriarch Severe! That made my whole week!

Week two in Back to Sac

Hello Family and Friends,

It has been a super rainy week in Sacramento but we are enjoying it!

Sunday was probably my favorite day! I got to see all the members again and I was super surprised to see how many people actually remembered me! They actually remembered my name! Most frequent comments I got... "Wow, you can actually speak Spanish now!" and "Wow...you have gotten fatter"....thank you? haha!!!

Another cool thing is that there was an investigator who came this week that a month a go, I sent her as a referral to the Elders here....and she even remembered me! I met her at a less actives house in East Sac so it was so good to see her here.

We think that she will probably get baptized soon because she loved church. While her daughters wanted to go home to eat, she wanted to stay the full three hours!! SO cool! We are really excited for the elders.

Hermana Woodbury and I are hitting the pavement hard. We are doing everything in our power to find someone to put on date this month...and we have quite a few good options. There are three children from different less active families that are baptismal age so we are trying to get in contact with them and set up some appointments. Thus far...we haven't had any luck but we are still praying for that miracle.

We are working with quite a few people but we don't think any of them will be prepared for February...probably more in March. Solemn is one of them and we taught her how she could receive an answer through reading the book of Mormon and praying and then left her the commitment to read and pray about it...when we came back, she told us that she had done what we had asked her to but received no answer. That pretty much sums up most of our investigators. They keep commitments but are not receiving answers or not recognizing them. All of them want to be baptized but are not willing to commit to a date... yeah...it can be sort of frustrating sometimes but it is okay. We are just going to keep praying and working with them.

I really don' t have much to tell you all this week...sorry but I will try to find some good stuff to send next week!

Love you all, Hermana Paredes

What a crazy transfer/year/life!!!

 So family and friends...I hope that this email finds you well.

We just had transfers and the whole mission got flipped onto it's side!! (Well...I feel like it did...) Hermana Leon is training (I miss her so much!!!), Hermana Scott is training, Hermana Niemann and Nokes are training, and I have been shipped back to Sac to be an STL with Hermana Woodbury!!

Round two!!

We are so excited and I am actually surprised by how many people actually remember me...wow! so loved! Haha!

The first few days here were strange because of being trained here...so many good memories but I am way pumped to make some new memories with Hermana Woodbury! We are going to make Sac great again! (Not like it isn't already great... :) )

Update on Ivon: Hermana Leon and I decided to release him for a time. Not because he wasn't progressing but because his wife is very very against us teaching him and we didn't want there to problems with in the family. It was a super sad release. He was pretty heartbroken that we could not visit him anymore....he was so good! We left him the first chapter in the Book of Mormon to read and he read all the way up to chapter 22! WHY?! He wants to be baptized so bad! And he is saying his prayers and they have improved so much! He now has a great relationship with his heavenly father and he is progressing and he loves the Book of Mormon....it just make me so sad thinking about it.

But it alright. I find comfort in the fact that he has a true desire and if he has that true desire, the Lord will help him fulfill all of his commandments. Just like it says in 1 Nephi 3:7..."The Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way that they might accomplish that which he hath commanded them." (Probably not word for word but it is pretty darn close)

Everything will work out for him.

Update on Jackie: She is having a bit of trouble keeping her commitments and we are a bit worried that she is more worried about how the baptism is going to be like more then she is worried about the actual covenant that she will be making with God. Hermana Leon and I went over there and explained baptism to her again so that she would have a clear understand of what baptism is really and she seamed to understand it a little bit more this time. We have decided to move her date to February 18th instead of the 11th.

Hermana Leon and her baby will now continue to teach her...tear!

Oh!! By the way!! Our less active member came to church again and stayed the full three hours!! We were so excited!!! She is so great and she was so sad to hear that I was leaving! I love her so much!

Also I got to translate a special lesson given by the Stake Relief Society...about pornography....yeah...that was interesting. Thank goodness for Hermana Leon! She and I took turns translating but man! Some of those words really stumped us both so we would make up randomness and hoped that it tied in somehow to what they were saying! haha!

love you all, Hermana Paredes

It's another miracle week!!!

Dear family and friends!

 I am on cloud nine right now! Seriously just beaming ear to ear!

We had so many less actives come to church this Sunday (three to be exact) and the Relief Society of our ward is amazing! They totally surrounded them and made them feel so welcome! So extremely blessed to have a ward that has such a big heart! They are all so great!

One of the ladies hasnt been to church in over 11 years so this was her first time coming back and because of the love she felt at church she said that she would be returning! YESSSSSS!!! You member have such a great influence on people, you have no idea! So thank you!

By the way...the past few weeks, Hermana Leon and I have totally turned this whole area around. We haven't had less then six new investigators per week! That is a miracle for us because the first time that Hermana Leon got here, we had only one investigator that we were going to drop so we basically had no one to teach! The lord has been extremely merciful unto us. I'm blown away by the out pour of love from our Heavenly Father. She and I both agree that is only through His mercy and grace that we have this many people to teach. We now have one progressing investigator and soon to be someone on date! We are so excited!

Update on Ivon: Still no change. His wife will not change her mind but we are now just looking for ways to serve her and praying every night for that family. Thank you for your prayers for them. We are going to continue teaching him at least once a week so that he can continue to grow his testimony.

And now I know you all want to know about my birthday...it was pretty good! haha! Quite honestly...I didn't tell anyone it was my birthday other then my companion so we didn't have a birthday dinner...at least not on my birthday. Hermana Leon and I just went out to eat at Chilis for lunch and she told the waitress while I was in the bathroom that it was my birthday...even though I told her not too! haha! It's all good! I got a cup of ice cream out of it! (thumbs up!) And then we went out bike riding to find people. We didn't find anyone that day but it is all good. Our zone leaders are hilarious though!! Some how word got around to the zone leaders that it was my birthday (cough cough Hermana Leon cough cough) and so they hunted us down while we were proselyting and sang to me out their car window and gave me a small jar of peanut butter (I don't remember this but I may have told them I had a Peanut Butter addiction...which is totally true! haha!) That was probably one of the sweetest surprises but I think what was even more sweet was our investigators! Juana and Isidro have three little girls that some how found out that it was my birthday (I think that was Hermana Leon as well.... she is funny) so when we pulled up to their house for our appointment, all three of them charged the car screaming at the top of their lungs "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!". It was so funny! They were all jumping all over me and gave me a tiara and demanded that I wore it the whole lesson. That busted everyone up! They also gave me a stuffed animal bear that is holding a heart.

I love those girls so much!!!

And I love Hermana Leon! She is so thoughtful and kind and just the best example for me! Honestly, I could be happier to be her companion. Everyday is a blessing to be with her....I am seriously terrified for transfers because I do not want to leave East Sac or her....I am going to do some begging with the lord and President..haha!

Oh I forgot!! Lorenzo my recent convert called me and wished me a happy birthday! I absolutely love him! He was the cherry on top of everything!

I also had an amazing Birthday dinner this past Friday with the Thompson! Seriously love them so much! The crack me up all the time!

Okay enough about me...I'm starting to sound like the Cookie Monster.

One more thing and then I done! I promise! One of the Elders just had his first birthday on the mission, so Hermana Leon and I baked a cake for him for P-day. It was so funny trying to sneak it into the church! She and I are totally not sneaky at all...we were falling over ourselves laughing at how obvious we were being! haha!

By the way!! We got permission to put Juana and Isidro's daughter on date! We are soooo excited! So far we have had one lesson with her and she totally wants to be baptized. We also brought a member with us and she bore a beautiful testimony about baptism and the gift of the holy ghost. It was very very powerful and now Jackie is so excited to be baptized. We will be putting her on date tonight! Pray for us!!!

I think the number one thing I learn this week is how beautiful the gospel really is to me. Our district leader had us as each other the baptismal questions before Sunday...that was a very interesting experience for me. Everyday, I get to bear my testimony to random strangers but this one was different. This was soul searching.

The questions are the following: 1. Do you believe that God is our Eternal Father? Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior and Redeemer of the world? 2. Do you believe the Church and gospel of Jesus Christ have been restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith? Do you believe that [current Church President] is a prophet of God?What does this mean to you? 3. What does it mean to you to repent? Do you feel that you have repented of your past transgressions? 4. Have you ever committed a serious crime? If so, are you now on probation or parole? Have you ever participated in an abortion? a homosexual relationship? 5. You have been taught that membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints includes living gospel standards. What do you understand of the following standards? Are you willing to obey them? a. The law of chastity, which prohibits any sexual relationship outside the bonds of a legal marriage between a man and a woman. b. The law of tithing. c. The Word of Wisdom. d. The Sabbath day, including partaking of the sacrament weekly and rendering service to fellow members. 6. When you are baptized, you covenant with God that you are willing to take upon yourself the name of Christ and keep His commandments throughout your life. Are you ready to make this covenant and strive to be faithful to it? We didn't ask question number four because that would be an awkward one to answer but all the others we did answer...and with everyone that I answered, the spirit confirm to me that it was true....I do really believe in all these things. I do know for myself that Jesus Christ is my savior. That I have a Heavely Father who loves me personally. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that he did really Restore Christ's church...I know that the first vision really did happen. I know that repentance IS the plan of happiness...not the backup plan and I know that anything can be wiped clean through his atoning blood. It is something so real to me. I know that this gospel blesses families...it is the only way to happiness and the only way back home. This earth is not our home. We had another home before and if we life a worthy life we will return to it and a Heavenly Father who can love us more then we imagine. I seriously can not wait to arrive there so that I can personally thank him for loving me enough to let me go and live this life....despite the challenges and hardships. Despite my loneliest nights. i have grown and learned so much this far and I know it is all part of his great plan.

If you are struggling with your testimony or if you just done know, I would invite you to discover the wonders of the gospel. You will never regret that you did.

love you all, Hermana Paredes

Best Christmas Ever!!! 🎄

Okay so is week was insane.. we had Elder Renlund visit our mission and speak to all of us missionaries. Super cool! Got so much personal revelation! To bad I got sick in the middle of it and had to run out to throw up...haha!

 I also walked up a hill to get to the temple for a special conference...I will tell you all about that later. But it was totally a spiritual experience.