Week 43. One of my favorite weeks on the mission

 So y'all already heard about Monday and that fun day, and the week just gets better from there. And Summer finally came! There's actually a sun in Washington. But this week has been super awesome. Had lots of fun times and memories and amazing spiritual moments. Here are the highlights:

District Activities - made tacos and we ate as a district. The Elders also brought Walmart tamales and I was wary at first but they lived up to the hype and they are actually pretty good. And Tuesday morning we played chair soccer and despite being crippled I still won one of the games. 

Then we brought a whiteboard to a park and talked to people as they walked by and answered a question on the board. It was fun. 

Chip service - we helped Elder Juarez and Schow with this wood chip service and it took a combined 5 hours over 2 days to get it all done. It was actually fun and nice to be out in the sun and be hot. Reminded me of Utah. Hope y’all are surviving the heat 

District Council - I taught and I actually ended up speaking a bit on my spiritual thought from last week. Good talk to read, "If ye had known me" by Elder Bednar. 

Stalkfleet/Hood - after DC we went over for dinner, had a lesson, and stayed for games. It was super good and hopefully they will start coming back to church. 

Miles - had a great lesson on Tuesday and an even better one Wednesday night reading 1 Nephi 17. I asked him what he learned from it and he was like Nephi just told his brothers off. So freakin funny, and I love the chapter. 

Zone Conference - so this was one of the coolest spiritual experiences yet in my mission. We talked about Jesus Christ and His Atonement. It was super cool. We had this moment where we got to close our eyes and imagine Him speaking to us, what He'd say, how we would react, and how it would change us. That was a really neat experience for me and y’all should try it. I was literally crying and then right after they had a musical number: Oh Lord, My Redeemer (super good song y'all should look for it), and I sang it with a few others. It was so cool singing it right after that experience because I truly sang my testimony and it was amazing. 

I loved that conference. 

Mission Devotional - it was an amazing devotional had some really good thoughts: Remember your spiritual moments, to ask God to lift your burdens, He has a perfect plan for you. Be kind and make strong choices. 

Then President gave our whole mission a blessing and that was super cool. 

Luau - Saturday night they had a departing Luau for President and Sister Auna. It was pretty fun, good food, and a video that we made for them. Then we did a lot of pictures. The best part was driving home, they were behind us and we just kept waving to them and they did it back. 

Sunday - Elder Fuluvaka spoke and it was really good. Then that night we biked around and it was super hot, but the dinner we had was amazing and lots of laughs. Then they made crème brûlée for us with a flame torch so that was cool. 

And finally spiritual thought. I just wanted to share what I know to be true. I've shared a lot already but I know this Gospel was made for me and for you. It's there to help us, to guide us, and consecrate our afflictions for our gain (2 Nephi 2:2). I love this Gospel, I love Jesus and the joy I can feel because of Him and His infinite Atonement. 

And I love you too. I hope you all have felt His love before. It's so amazing, comforting, and life changing. 

I hope you all have a great week! Until next time... photo dump