Week 44. Food and Fireworks

 Wassup! Happy 4th of July! This week has been absolutely fire. And today topped it off. Here are the highlights:

Khimani - She is on date to be baptized, but was still struggling with the word of wisdom. Then on Tuesday we had a few lessons canceled and then she randomly texted and asked us to come over to teach her a lesson. Definitely seemed planned by God. So we went over and talked about the prophet Elijah and some of the stories in the Bible about him and we transitioned into being a follower of Christ and we challenged her right then and there to give up her addictive substance and she did! She's been going strong, and to make sure she isn't sacrificing alone, me and my comp are giving up sugar until she gets baptized on the 9th! Super excited and she asked me to do it!

Among us - we had a social media training and it's usually more of a social media pump up than a training. So we played Among us irl and had tasks and imposters. We were just normal peeps and we ended up winning so that was fun. 

New President - our new President is here and he's pretty awesome. I got to meet him on Sunday for my first interview with him and that was great, we had a ton of laughs. We had him and Elder Juarez stand together because they kinda look like Carl Fredrickson and Russell from the movie Up.

Mangum - Had dinner with our Bishop's family on Friday and had an awesome discussion on Doctrine vs Practice and it was super good. I really enjoyed it 

Eliza - She's a kinda new member that the Spanish Elders needed another male to teach. She's super cool and chill and was helping me speak spanish. So we talked about tithing and I tried sharing the story of Elijah with the poor woman in Spanish. It wasn't the best but it was something. I definitely switched to English to say my testimony. 

The 4th of July - so today we played basketball, volleyball, and Gator Ball with our whole zone. We also had a member bring his grill and make burgers for everyone, that was good. My body definitely felt beat up after all the sports tho,  but my whole district got some shirts and we looked amazing,  everyone was definitely jealous of our drip. Then we went to a member's house for dinner and saw a bunch of fireworks on the way home so that was cool. 

Spiritual Thought - The Lord is with you.

He cares so much for you and your well-being. I've seen and heard of so many miracles while on the mission and it really brings me comfort that I have an all powerful being in my corner guiding me through life. He's there for you too, He always has been, and He always will be. Because you mean so much to Him. 

I hope you all can know that personally for yourselves and keep it with you through your hard times. 

I love you all and I hope you enjoy these pics  talk to ya next week. 

1. Funny running meme

2. 4th of July drip

3. Finally got to run, not on a treadmill. 4 miles 

4. Fun pic

5. probably the first time I had my daily recommended greens on my mission 

6. Member who made us food

7. UP