double rainbows over St. Cloud

HIghlights from the week!

~ We had President interviews and President Clark is a homie as always. He always makes me feel good about myself and gives me a good pep talk.

~ We had a blast at service. Heather the coordinator loves us and lets us have whatever we want so I've gotten lots of good supplies and decorations. She also played some really good nostalgic music from the civilian days and that was a tender mercy.

~ We had exchanges on Thursday and I got to experience trio life! It's super fun! 3 times the ideas, energy and testimonies. I loved being with Sister Andrus and Skrilloff. We just knocked doors all day but it was a party and a half. It really tested my contacting skills because it's been a second since I've talked to older people...

~We taught M- this week and addressed some concerns she had about what her friends and family thought about the church. We asked her that if no one had any opinions if she'd join the church and she said yes so we got her on date! It was a really nice blessing after a longish week.

~ To top it off, we went outside and it was raining and sunny and there was the most vibrant double rainbow we'd ever seen. We felt the Lord was confirming our efforts so we stopped to dance in it for a bit.

~We had a pizza party at our clubhouse and we wanted to see if we could find some cool people. Like everyone that lives in our complex is Hispanic and were speaking spanish... But there was this one couple standing by the wall so we struck up a conversation and ended up talking to them for an hour! It was so natural and conversational it was a party. They invited us over to meet their puppy and we invited them to church! We taught them points from like all of the lessons and they were really digging it. They were a little hesitant on being taught but we hope that they think about it.

~S- almost broke up with us because she thought we were going to fast... But we told her we would go at her pace and she was ok with that. She's really so solid. She does everything we ask and has such a sincere desire to know God. We know she'll come around. 

~F- got BAPTIZED!!! It was such a good day! He was beaming. The spirit was so strong. He just expressed so much gratitude for the gospel in his life. It's so incredible to see people change. And to know that this is just the beginning. I'm so excited for him to get the priesthood and go to the temple and eventually have an eternal family. This gospel is so true.

I've also had some killer personal studies on God's love. Holy cow he loves us so much and if you don't know that, Ask him!! So much of Conference is focused on love and if you look for it, you can figure out exactly how God loves you. I challenge you all to look through all the talks and take notes on the power of God's love.