Christian
Some big news happened!!!! Christian was baptized!!!! Elder Beckstead and his new comp finished teaching the lessons with him and he was baptized the other week and I was able to call in and watch it and to say a quick hi after!! He seemed really happy and Elizabeth was too. There has been no update on Cesar, he has picked up another job and Elder Beckstead hasn't been able to chat with him.
Gustavo/Jhon
Well Gustavo and Jhon have both been really lame and frustrating lately. Literally both of them are not responding to anything, calls, texts, passing by, everything. It's super frustrating, but it's out of my control, so I'm trying to let go of it.
Guatemaltecas
I don't know if I have talked about this amazing miracle family but 2 weeks ago a member brought a family of 4 to church, and for the first time they actually live in our area, lol. We have so little members and dots (that show members on a map) that live in our area so we just have been grinding trying to find people because we have hardly anyone in our area book from the last Sisters (they were office Sisters so they didn't work in the area very much so we basically started with a fresh area book). But we have met with the family and they are absolutely amazing and have a ton of faith. Their names are (Mom) Heidy, (Dad) Esteban, (Son) Jose, (Daughter) Sofia. They are the cutest little family that arrived in Florida like 9 days ago. They talked about the crazy experiences they had and how much they had to rely on God in all that they did to get to arrive in the States. We gave them a couple invitations that they actually did!! And they came to church this last Sunday too so they are doing amazing!!!!! Super happy we got this miracle family so let's see where this takes us.
Halloween Party
Our Spanish Ward had a trunk or treat with the other English Ward that we chapel share with. We had a bunch of people show up and fun cars decorated. Us missionaries decorated a car which was super fun!! After that everyone went into the gym for a ton of games and food. When we went in, I saw Carlos, a straight Colombiano with that thick accent and slang lol, he's super funny, with a mic and the Sisters with him. The Sisters lock eyes with me and wave me over, and I get scared instantly, lol. They told me that I need to translate for the English people for the instructions for all of the games and everything that Carlos says, and to be hype about it, lol. So super stressful but I did it and it was super awesome!!!! It was hard to understand Carlos with his thick accent and through the loud muffly speakers but I think I did a pretty good job, lol. There were like 150 people there so the stress hit hard but after getting into it, it went a lot better and smoother, overall a confidence booster and a party with all the missionaries and members.
Elder Craft
Sad news but transfers hit and Elder Craft is now home. We had a short but super awesome transfer together, we grinded hard and had a ton of fun together. What's cool is that he lives like 6 min from my house back home, lol. He lives in AF (American Fork) and his dad works at the temple, and so does my dad, lol. So maybe they will see each other, but I told him to visit my family and to play with puppies :))
NEWSS
I'm now a District Leader so woooo hooooo!! I am the District Leader of the APs, STLTs (Sister APs), STLs, and a trainer and his trainee. So a pretty hefty District but it's about time to get this going, lol. ANNNNDDDDD I'm also training which is super amazing!! I've wanted to train my whole mission and here I am!! My greenies name is Elder Jimenez, who's straight outta Ecuador. He's super awesome and knows a little bit of English so I have been helping teach him and he has been super helpful and helping teach me Spanish. He's super fun and an amazing Elder!! It's only been a couple days but I love him to death, lol.
MY BIRTHDAYYY
Bless my parents for sending me the best packages in the world that makes the mission birthday 1000000x better in every way!!! It was super fun tho, our whole District bought Orbeez guns and we had a war at the church. It was so so so fun and we ended up with welts all over ourselves. We set up a bunch of tables, chairs and chalkboards and everything. It was the most fun I've had in a fat while. And we also got Wendy's for my birthday dinner because we all don't have any money, everything is so expensive here in Florida!
Everything's going good right now, I got a little Trunky seeing Elder Craft pack all his stuff up for the last time. I help him a lot with weighing his stuff and all that because of course my clutch mom has the perfect thing for it, lol
Super short scripture because I got to get going, but this fire scripture came to my mind I haven't thought of in a fat min.
Ether 12:27
And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
The Lord has humbled me so hard and so many times in my mission and I am extremely grateful for it. I have learned so much about myself, the Lord and the Savior to a level I never could've outside of my mission. I have strived to obtain Christ-like attributes throughout my entire mission and the Lord has played a massive hand in it. I have been stretched tremendously and have grown so much. I can truly testify that the Lord wants us to learn and grow, which means we must make sacrifices and get uncomfortable. I heard last Zone Conference that the Lord doesn't care about your comfort, but that He cares about your growth. Which I agree to some extent, lol.
I think He also does care about our comfort, but I have truly seen the blessings that come from a mission so far and I am so excited for this next year.
I love you all, look for the miracles in your lives, every day. I PROMISE you they are there, just open your eyes and look for them.
See you next week :))))
Elder Harbs
1. Welts from Orbeez war
2. Birthday mug, IYKYK
3-4. Always finding dogs
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