Goodbye Florida 🥲

 Hello everyone! This is going to be a long one because it's the last one, so I will put the most important news in the beginning. I will be coming home. It was a very VERY hard decision, but I know that this is what's best for me and I know that this is part of Heavenly Father's plan. ❤️ Sometimes we have to do things that we don't expect or even want, but it is better for us in the end.

To all those that might be asking why, I will explain a teensy bit. A couple months ago I got food poisoning, and my stomach hasn't been the same since. Mental and physical health problems are real, and it is important to take care of yourself. I am going to get the help that I need and continue to serve the Lord in my own way! 

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR MY MISSION!!!! I have learned so much here that I could never have learned anywhere else. I have loved my companions, the missionaries I have served around, and most importantly the people I served along with Jesus Christ.  He is my Savior and I love Him. I know that we are never too far from His reach, and I know that He understands even when no one else does. I have had so many experiences these past couple months that have made me realize just how close He is and how much he cares about each one of us. I TESTIFY THAT HE IS THERE. HE LOVES YOU. HE WILL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU. ❤️ I also want to testify that angels are real. They are here looking out for us. When I thought I couldn't hold on any longer, I know that I had help. We are never alone! 

I wanted to thank you all for all of your support! I couldn't have done this much without you!! I will be flying in on the 18th and I am excited to see you all!! 

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Now, for the week. This week was pretty interesting for sure. 

We did a mother's day service project where we took cookies to widows. It was SO COOL!!! I loved it!

I got to decorate for a relief society activity too! It was fun! 

We went on a walk with a less active member in the richest area I've ever seen!!!!!! It was SO COOL!!! 

We also got to do departing interviews on Saturday and it was incredible!!! I got to see Sister Bayles again!! One of my favorite sisters! I also saw 2 Lamborghinis right next to each other at an intersection and they raced!!! It was lit!! Then we went to Key Biscane for a stake activity and it was super fun!... except that I was standing in the grass and felt a bug bite me and when I tried to get it off it wouldn't come off!! Finally I got it, but it was SO itchy the next day and it was swollen. I put some ointment from my companion on it and apparently I'm allergic because I got hives and blisters and it swelled up so much I thought it was going to explode!!! It was burning so bad! I washed my feet and it looks a little better today... 😌 You wanna know why it had that reaction? Because the ointment had tea in it!!!!! Keep the word of wisdom folks... jk jk 😂 

Lastly, the miracle!! There was a lady that had been taught in the past and she came to church this week with her daughter and we were able to teach her and she said she is ready to be baptized!!! She is on date for the 28th!!! Her name is Yarira! I love her!! ❤️ 

Also, I found this picture of Christ and my friends and I have the same pajamas, so... pretty cool haha

You are each in my prayers!! I love you! Thank you for being a part of my experience! 

Am I a Princess?

 Hello everyone! I hope your week was awesome! 

Here are some stories from mine:

We went to lunch with this lady and she was a SAVAGE!!! She was talking all about her life and how she went scuba diving at night with sharks. 😮 She's so cool!

We were on a call with a crazy lady and we asked if we could say a prayer with her. When we asked if there was anything specific we could pray for for her, this is what she said: "Can you pray to make those wannabe criminals that keep putting weed in my washing machine go away? It's disgusting! I've cleaned it out with water so many times, but it just keeps happening!" My wonderful companion said it for her while I was trying to contain myself. 😂 She took one for the team. 

At district council one of the APs was visiting and afterwards we went to lunch... It was an awkward lunch... We had to sit at 3 different tables and none of us talked to each other. 😂 Good times. 

An old lady fell in the parking lot on Sunday and we all RAN over to help her and this man had so much adrenaline that he looked like the hulk and she was back on her feet in 2 seconds!! She had to go to the ER though! It was so sad 😞 

I got called 4 different princesses this week, so apparently I look like some kind of princess, but they can't decide which one lol😂

Now for the miracles!!

* Our friend Roylan came to church!!!!! It was awesome! He also helped the old lady

* These other 2 people came to church and they are SO cool!! They are so interested in learning more and they had a really good experience!

*There were these 2 guys in the hall at the church and we walked out at just the right moment to see them and take them to the YSA! They said they were about to leave if they didn't find us! 

Last, my personal favorite. When we pulled up to the parking lot at lunch, there was this man that was walking past our car, and without thinking about it I just smiled at him and moved on. He gave me the most shocked look I've ever seen!! Then when I walked back out to the car after lunch, there was a note on the window that said "Your smile changed my day. God bless you." 

I thought about this a lot throughout the week. I think it's so cool that even when we don't think that things matter or are a big deal, they are to someone else. So keep being you!! You are making a difference to people even if you don't realize. You have all made a huge difference to me. So thank you! I love you all! 

I'm Not Getting Married

 Hello everyone! Hope you're all doing well! Here are some pictures, because I can't remember what happened this week! I love you all. Thank you for your support. Don't forget that God loves you.

Today we tried on wedding dresses at Goodwill. Don't worry. I'm not getting married. I also put a pass along card in a Bible :) 

I'm Famous... Again

 Hello everyone! This week I just want to bear my testimony. God lives. He loves us and He will never leave us. No matter how bad things are, He is there. He will never leave. It's never too late to ask Him for help. 

This week was good. We had zone conference and I gave a talk in church. A lady from Utah was visiting and took a picture of me with her kids, and now I'm famous on the missionary mom Facebook page! 😂 

Car Crashes and Miracles

 Hello everyone!! Hope you all had a great week!! Here are a couple experiences from mine...

I got in a tiny car accident... We were in this really tight parking lot and I had to turn around, but there were all these scary guys outside and they were also moving their cars and revving their engines and honking at us like they wanted us to hurry. My companion was outside backing the car and I got nervous and pressed the gas a little too hard and accidentally backed into a golf cart thingy... The man that owned it was there and they all came over and started yelling and said to call the police, but I stepped out and started crying because I felt bad and I was embarrassed and then they all started comforting me and they were super nice. They had me pull up the car a little and MIRACLE!! There was no damage on his and only a tiny scratch on ours! He let us go and one of the men gave me a hug... He smelled like alcohol, but oh well haha. We found out that the man that owned the golf cart had just gotten baptized that day into another church and said we were sent by God and the other guys joked that there wasn't any damage because we were missionaries and God was protecting us. TRUUUUUEEEEE!!! 

We had a really cool miracle this week!!! We got a call from a sister in Texas, and she told us that her sister in law was having a hard time and needed a visit because she was searching for God. She gave us the address, but when we got there, we realized that we didn't have the apartment number. We prayed and we were both drawn to a door on the 3rd floor. No one answered and we were pretty bummed, but we didn't give up!!! We prayed again and felt a prompting to go down the stairs. We saw a woman and her daughter, and both knew it was her. We asked her name and it was her!! She led us to her apartment and it was the door we had knocked! She is now being taught and her husband wants to join the lessons as well!

The last thing I want to say is to always follow the Spirit. He will always guide you the right way. Love you all!! 

I Look Like an Alien... I Mean Angel

 Hello everyone!! I hope you're all doing well and had a great Easter. I'm going to tell you the funny stuff and then some cool experiences! 😎 

1. We went to an Easter "dinner" with a less active family, not knowing that it was a PARTY!!!! We drove up and there were like 10 cars in the driveway and we were both like oh no. We walked to the back and let me tell you. It was a party. People had been drinking a little too much liquid death and then they tried to give some to us!!! They sat it down in front of our plates and after I had been staring at it for about a minute trying to figure out if it was alcohol or not, the less active member said, "are you going to drink that water?" When I said no, she grabbed it and drank it. 😂  Their giant dog climbed out of a window upstairs and was standing on the roof! Everyone freaked out because he was trying to jump and they thought he was going to break a leg. They lured him inside with a toy. They also talked about Starwars for 3/4 of the dinner lol. We actually got to share a message with them at the end though and it was pretty powerful!! They loved it!!! Before we left, they told us to eat this homemade flan and let me tell you... it was rough. I took a bite thinking it would be good like normal flan, but it was so bitter and burnt!!!! I shoved the whole thing down and when we got to the car my companion said, "that was definitely coffee in that flan." Now I know I don't like coffee. 😂 

2. I've been out for almost 11 months!

3. We were having a lesson with a less active member with the most tender soul. He is a little bit special needs, and so sometimes he can't get his words out very well, plus he tries to speak English to me, but he knows very limited vocabulary. We were teaching him and then he turned to me and said, "you look like you're from another world" and I said, "like an alien?" And he goes, "NO! Aliens are demons!!!" "I meant an angel. You look like an angel" hahahahahahaha

Cool experience: We were looking for a less active member's house and we knocked on the door and he wasn't home. As we were walking away, we ran into our recent convert Luciano!! He was talking to us when all of a sudden our less active member walked up the stairs!! If we hadn't gotten lost finding the address, or run into Luciano, we would have just missed him! Crazy. God really does place everything just perfectly when he needs you to do something. 

My spiritual thought for this week is that God loves us as His children first. Someone was saying a prayer on a devotional call this week and said, "please help us as missionaries, but as his sons and daughters first" and that really stuck out to me! We might be workers, bosses, parents, missionaries, etc., but before anything else, we are his children!! He loves us as His children and He is looking out for us. He wants what's best for us and cares about our happiness. 

I hope you all had an incredible Easter. As we were reading deeper into the Savior's atonement, I really was able to appreciate what he did more. Even though He wanted to give up, He said Thy Will Be Done. I think sometimes it's tempting to do that in our lives too, but as long as we are trying to follow Heavenly Father and trying to get direction, He will lead us to His will and help us accomplish it. He also won't make us do it alone. He sent an angel to help Jesus. He will do the same for us. 

Love you all! Thank you for the support!!

Transfer News is Killian' Me... haha

 Hello everyone!!! This one's going to be pretty short, but I figured I would give an update. Also, sorry that title is so cringy, but I couldn't help it. 😅 😬 😂

Our friend Olivia is getting baptized this Saturday!!!!... And I'm missing it again BECAUSE... I'm getting transferred to Killian (South Miami) to train!!!!!! It's kind of crazy, but luckily it's her second transfer, so I'm just half training and she's a native! It will be so fun!! I'm sad to be missing Olivia's baptism, but I'm very excited for a new adventure! 

2 of my favorite parts of the week:

1. The sisters in my house came across half a cat this week... so they got one of our stray cats a collar so that she wouldn't get sacrificed by the people in our neighborhood that practice Santaría... 😂 She looks really cute.

2. We got to babysit this week! I never thought that I'd get to do that, but because the girl was over 18, we got to watch her while her mom went to the store. Her name is Carol and she has special needs. She is SOOOOOO CUTE!!!! We got to watch My Little Pony with her and sing karaoke, and by the end of the 2 hours her wrists were completely filled with all the bracelets we made her!! She is SO sweet!!! 🥰 

Pictures: We went to my favorite place in all of Florida, Coral Gables. We got some fancy ice cream and this bougi car pulled up and these super fancy people showed up!!! It was so cool. The rich dude tossed his keys to the valet driver and kept walking, just like in a movie!! 

The next picture is one that my companion took of me during conference that I just barely found in my phone. I was FREEZING!! So funny. 

Thank you for all your support and I hope you all know how important you are. God is watching over you and He will always be by your side. You are INCREDIBLE and you are loved. Don't ever forget it!