day late, conference was great...

April 16, 2019

It's pretty crazy how clever I am with my titles, I just really love to keep my readers hooked and engaged. 

First of all, funny story as to why I'm a day late emailing. So I've actually been rocking an ingrown toenail since December. My toe has been in a pattern where it gets really bad, and then I work on it and perform my own "surgery", by cutting into the nail and trying to yank the ingrown part of the toenail out, followed by soaking my toe in epsom salts, and applying hydrogen peroxide. Each time I do this process, my toe will be really good for a couple of weeks, only to get swollen and painful to walk on it again. My "I can do it" attitude has led me to try this pattern again and again; however, always with the same results. In talking with the mission president's wife, I finally decided to call it and get some medical help. On Sunday, Sister Davies called me and told me that we would be leaving for San Pablo city, Monday morning, and that we would be traveling with the senior couple because they were going to Manila. Then she asked if she could talk to my comp, Elder Richeson. I gave him the phone and walked away to do something, and then I heard him say loudly, "PACK TODAY?!?!" Turns out, Sister Davies broke the news to Elder Richeson that he would be transferring! Sad! So, on Thursday, I will be getting my 5th companion in six cycles! I'm sad to say goodbye to Elder Richeson! He still doesn't know where he's going, and we both don't know who our next comps are going to be (we find out later today) So Elder Richeson quickly packed, said a couple goodbyes on Sunday night, and then we left the next morning with the senior couples. For lunch they treated us to this place that was an expensive, American style restaurant in the city and it had really good ribs and mac n cheese... so that was a tender mercy.

 

Then we arrived in the mission home to talk to Sister Davies, but guess who was there??? Elder Villalobos haha! He is now finished with his mission and he had just arrived at the mission home! It was fun to catch up on stuff! Turns out, they had 11 baptisms in my last area--which I was a little sad to have missed them--but, one thing I've learned, here in the mission, is that it doesn't matter who baptizes them, just as long as they are baptized and remain active. 

Conference was so great! Spirit was so strong! So many messages that I loved about the temple, about the home, about repentance, and, of course, about the Savior. I loved Sister Craven's talk when she said "we can't be perfect, but we can be worthy..." such a good reminder to us that even if we don't feel like we are doing as well as we should be; as long as we stay worthy, and follow our temple covenants, everything will be okay!

Recently, we were blessed to have a baptism with brother Jommel! He's awesome and his sister leaves on her mission next Thursday! It was super emotional and powerful as she bore her testimony to him before he was baptized, and then as he bore his testimony after he was baptized! Good times!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK