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Week 67

This week was another blur... I hope the weeks slow down because they are going by so scarily fast!! I went on 2 exchanges this week, so that is probably part of the reason. I spent Tuesday in Lebanon with Sister Stroud (who's parents own property in Mapleton and are going to eventually build and move there!!). It was really fun and it is always refreshing to go out and spend a day in someone else's neighborhood. It is a Spanish area, so during all the lessons I just sat there smiling cuz I don't speak Spanish 😂 there was one lady that we taught who only spoke Spanish, so sister stroud taught her while I played with their little shih tzu that looked a lot like gizmo 😍 it was amazing hehe I just got to let him for like 20 minutes😂 I also went on exchanges with Sister Morrell and it was an overnight exchange, so I got to spend the day and night in Knoxville!! Knoxville has a special place in my heart, it was good to be back. Sister Morrell and I go home together in June, so it was good to talk to someone who is feeling similar things that I am. It's gonna come fast! It was a good exchange and I felt really refreshed afterwards. 
The ward had an activity that was really fun too, it was family feud and it got heated😂 I was enjoying myself haha this ward is such a blast. They are all about having fun and building unity with everyone in the ward. Everyone is focused on getting to know ward members that they don't know, and it makes everything so fun!! 
We also had zone conference!! It was all focused on faith and how when we seek and expect miracles, God is more likely to give them to us. It was really cool and it's amazing once you understand that even though faith is not a tangible thing, it CAN and WILL change things. It has power and is honestly not taught enough. Look at the last sentence in Alma 31:38 and tell me otherwise. It's pretty crazy once you realize the physical power that faith actually has. But anyways, zone conference was amazing and only one more to go! 🥲
On Sunday I got to play the cello!! Sister Chan played the violin and elder Burnett played the piano. We played a pretty arrangement of " Consider the Lillies". It was so much fun! I forgot how much I love playing! My fingers are so tender tho because I don't have the playing calluses like I used to, so the strings dug into my fingers and it hurts pretty bad haha. But worth it!! I made 3 old ladies and one grown man cry😎 they came up and told me afterwards haha. 
But yeah! My week was really good! I am starting to struggle a little more with fatigue, but I'm doing my best to fight it off before it gets too bad, cuz fatigue sucks the joy out of everything😵 so wish me luck, and prayers for energy would be much appreciated 🙏
I love yall tons!! 

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