I'm a trooper...let's do it!

That was Tyra's response when they asked her if she wanted to be baptized for more names lol. She was super stoked to be there and it was so fun to be able to see some of my College Park friends. Again it's just such a crazy turn around to be in the temple doing baptisms with someone that I just saw walking by on UCF campus. God works in strange ways like that. It's just cool.

This week has definitely had it's ups and downs but such is life. We've tried to stay optimistic as things are starting to pick up. It's a slow process and I'm still trying to adjust my expectations from Daytona Beach which was super busy crazy to where I can just be content extending an invitation to learn more and not care if they accept it or not. Just be happy fulfulling my purpose. So there's tons of learning opportunities!

Some Highlights for the week:

~The weather has been super beautiful! We had a bit of a cold spell and it was in the mid 50s-60s (I know I'm a wimp now) but it was chilly!!! We biked for like 5 hours on Tuesday just street contacting and I did not thaw out until that night. But I will tell you I definitely appreciated that way more than biking with sweat dripping down my back all day. So it was a blessing.

~ We had Interviews with President Clark and it went really well. He always has such nice things to say. He told me that when I get stressed I should go lay down on the bed and ponder who's work this is and that I shouldn't be stressed and let Christ take it over. Then I asked him how long I could lay down on the bed for..... LOL he laughed and told me at least 30 seconds which isn't long enough if you ask me. I would love a nap sometime.

~Thursday we met this super cool lady Sharon while we were bike contacting. She was the one lady we bike contacted that said we could come back and tell her more. She's just super busy because she's a flight attendant so we're working on setting up a return appointment with her. Also while we were on the trail I saw this super cute young mom with kids in the distance that I wanted to go contact and then as we got closer we found out they were members who had just recently moved in, so they were too perfect for the gospel haha.

~We had a fun relief society party and got to know a lot of the women. They had a silly game where we had all written down a fun fact and had to guess which sister it was. It was hilarious! We also got our recent convert and a less-active mother there and they had a great time.

~We are now teaching a family who's son hasn't been baptized and we'll be meeting with them a couple times a week so that will be good. HIs dad is working towards the Melchizedek priesthood so that will be good.

~We went to the temple with Tyra like I mentioned. But I also saw my favorite people from my  Greenie Area, Palm Bay!!! it was so much fun! Tender mercies!!!

~I got to go on exchanges with my homegirl Sister Russell from the golden days in College Park. It felt just like old times. We had so much to talk about holy cow!! We just reminisced about the glory days and all the crazy experiences we had together. We also found 2 new people for them to teach and put someone on date! So overall it was a great day! We ate at this park in downtown Orlando which was beautiful! And this guy came up and talked to us who had been taught by missionaries 10 years ago but got in a car accident and lost touch with them. So we referred him to the missionaries who live in his area. It was such a cool moment that shows God's timing is perfect. 

I love you all so much! I can't believe I just hit my fourteen months mark yesterday! Time is flying! But life is good. Life is hard, but it's good. It's full of so many beautiful lessons and experiences and I'm grateful for the person it's shaping me to be.