I work up dying of laughter hahaha :)

Last PDay we did a zone activity and I ran around a lot and played soccer. It felt sooooo nice! I haven't been able to run in MONTHS and I loved it :)

We are trying to do more service- we cleaned out the bishops wife's pantry. The best part was when we were done and she was making dinner, she temporarily forgot that the pantry was cleaned. So when she opened it again, it was the best reaction ever :D I love it.

We also have been giving baked goods and notes to people in the ward (we used Beccas carrot cake recipe! It was so good :)) and we made no-bake cookies... One batch for us, one batch for them! One batch for us, one batch for them! Haha :) 

Our investigator, Beatriz, is awesome. She's the one with the crazy health episodes. But she's great and excited to learn and so funny! 

Wednesday night, it was starting to rain and storm. Thursday morning, Hna K and I woke up to one of the biggest thunder/lightening I've heard my whole life. Immediately followed by ALL of the annoying car alarms from the cars in our neighborhood. I work up dying of laughter hahaha :) 

Thursday, we had a zone meeting and interviews with president Woodbury. I am so grateful for him- he is so awesome and spirit driven and such a wonderful example to me!! I'm grateful for him and his leadership.

We met with a less active in the ward who is literally one of the funniest little old Mexican ladies I've met my whole mission.

She was feeling really crappy and sick that day and was just really down in the dumps. She couldn't stop talking about it. Then the spirit told me to ask about her flowers. Luisa did a 180 right before our very eyes! She LOVES her flowers like children and went on for a while, then brought some to the table to show us, and she just lit up and everything!

THEN, she was like, oh let me show you pictures-- she got stacks and stacks of pictures out of her family and her flower garden here in full bloom (it looks like a tropical garden jungle). So wonderful! And it was fun to see her light up, and Hna k just was so excited to talk to her about it in ridiculously broken Spanish-- hermana k definitely has a talent of being excited to hear about others, and not letting her Spanish stop her :) 

And FYI, I've been studying preach my gospel chapter 10- my favorite sections are Asking Questions and Listen. Yes. :)   

Watching Conference 

Favorite quotes from the week (mostly general conference): 

- mind over mattress (president Woodbury)

- Your are infinitely more important to go than a tree

- The mission is a million dollar experience that nobody would pay for (Woodbury)

- Blessings from righteousness and sorrow from sin both take time (they don't happen immediately), so it takes faith to follow god and be righteous

- "Oh, things will work out"

- Pure Christ-like love flowing from out righteousness can change the world

- Defend your faith with courtesy and compassion, but defend it!

- God's law must always be our standard

- We best help our Heavenly Father by loving and serving others

- When we are passing through times of sorrow or pain, we will find happiness by being grateful to god.

- The gospel of Jesus Christ is not weight... It is wings, that carry us

- LIVE true to the faith

- Our protection is to decide and commit to follow the savior

- One should not roam through garbage

- May we realize how close our Heavenly Father is to us, and how far he is willing to go for us.

- blame keeps wounds open... forgiveness heals

Conference Goodies:)

Favorite Talks

Holland

Reeves

Zwick

Nelson

Uchtdorf

Ballard

Stevens

Stevenson

Bednar

Corbridge

That's pretty much it for me! I love this gospel so much, I love being here, I love my companion, I love the Book of Mormon, etc. It's the best :) love you all and have an awesome week!!

Hna  Walton