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Week 31


This week was good! Nothing crazy happened, but we did get bashed by a baptist preacher for about an hour, and that was actually pretty entertaining! Its hard to just take the punches, but we know that explaining things would only start an argument, so we just sit and listen until we can find a good break to leave. But I still love the people here so much! No amount of baptist preacher bashing can change that. 

Our teaching pool is a little bit empty right now which has been hard. The lady who we had on date to be baptized dropped us over text which was really sad. But we know she'll be ready at a different time! Michael who was baptized a few weeks ago is preparing to go to the temple! We are so excited for him! If I'm still in the area I'll get to go with him as well! I went to a book of Mormon study on Tuesday and there was a gal there that recognized me because she served with my older sister, Haley in Oklahoma it was pretty crazy but it was fun to have another little connection!

I've done a lot of video editing for the videos we are posting on Facebook called "With The Gospel". They are doing really well, and I figured out the editing software! I was pretty happy about that because I've never even touched Adobe premiere pro before.

We are still teaching Guang and Stephanie and they are so amazing! They are working on their testimony of God, because they are from China and have never believed in God or Jesus Christ before. They are soaking it all in and the progress they are making is amazing. I don't know if they see it, but I can definitely see the change that this knowledge of the Gospel has been making in their lives. Their home seems to be happier and it has the spirit there. I can't wait for the day were they accept the full Gospel of Jesus Christ by being baptized.

We had zone conference this week which was really awesome, and we had a sister's safety conference with all the sister missionaries in the mission. It was basically a self-defense class and mental health course and ended up being five and a half hours.. very long but very informative! I got to watch president Graham be tackled to the floor like three times which was very entertaining and probably the first and only time I'll get to witness that 😂
On Sunday I got to see Jessica again! She's headed back to Utah which is sad because I liked knowing that we were in the same state haha. But I'm excited to see her next summer! It was honestly much needed seeing her on Sunday and her spirit just lifted me and she makes me so happy:) 
Thank you to everyone who has reached out and shown your support! It really means a lot and I'm so grateful to be a missionary. Don't forget this week to look for opportunities to serve others! It goes a lot further than you think it would:) talk to y'all next week!

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