The prophet of God is cominig to Florida!!

Everyone. I'm stoked out of my mind!!!! We just received news that President Nelson is coming to Orlando on June 9th!!!! President Clark said that something cool would be happening but he didn't tell us what.... so sneaky... but then some elders let it slip and then the coordinating council announced it!! It's like 2 weeks before I leave so I'm super lucky. And it will be such a cool experience for those that we're teaching and recent converts. Ahhhh this is amazing!! I have no idea why he chose Orlando but I'm so glad he did!!

Wow this week has been soooooo busy!! We hardly had time to do anything.... (I think we only were able to do companionship study twice, don't judge me.... And weekly planning is a joke) but it was a good week overall!

~We found 3 new people to teach which was exciting because we've been too busy to do any finding lately... But on Wednesday we had ALL day. So we talked to this guy walking his dog who was cool that said we can come back and this former family who we're going to meet with tomorrow. And a potential we've been trying to set an appointment with but has been super busy but does have time for phone lessons. So we're going to shoot for that.

~We went on exchanges with the Semoran Hermanas! I was Hermana Quigley's first exchange ever and I feel so bad she had to bike in the rain TWICE. Out of the frying pan into the fire. Literally 2 minutes before we had a lesson with Paul the skies just opened up. Our member had already picked him up and because he's a guy we couldn't catch a ride so we just decided to brave it. We were just a little soaked... but the lesson went well. Hermana Quigley wears glasses so I'm not quite sure she could see while we biked but we survived!

~Paul is doing amazing! We taught him the Word of Wisdom last Saturday and he was a little nervous because he's been smoking since he was 14. and now he's 65. He has so much faith though and made little progress everyday. He was able to give coffee up right away and this past Saturday and Sunday he hadn't smoked at all! Some members gave him a priesthood blessing and he said he feels he has enough spiritual strength and doesn't want to slow down and is planning on being baptized Easter Day. So the pressure is on for sure. But we know he can do it! The ward is really pulling around him.

~We had Zone Conference on Thursday which was incredible as always! Sister Clark gave a training on "becoming instruments in the Lord's hands" and it just reconfirmed to my spirit that I am setting goals for the things that the Lord wants me to and that I'm moving in the right direction. I still have far to go but I know i can do it.

~I also got to say good bye to my dear friend, Sister Russell who goes home TODAY.. sooooooo sad.... I love her... but she needs to get feeling better..

~Saturday we got to do a lot of service for some members. We helped lay mulch and the member was able to introduce us to her neighbors who also needed help laying mulch. It was kinda a bummer because we already had plans for that evening but we were happy they introduced us. The members are starting to catch the vision a little bit. We also helped Lynn, a recent convert clean out her garage because she's attempting to get out of her house. She needs A LOT of help.... so I'm glad we can assist her in that way.

~So this week our mission had 12 emergency transfers happen.... It was insanity.... Our trio in Lake Mary got dissolved, our zone leader went to be an assistant to the President and we got a new zone leader and a new elder to make a trio. It was craziness....... 

~Ok funny story about yesterday.... So we're sitting in the foyer of the church weekly planning and this member from the other ward comes out of the classroom and asked if we had 10 minutes to come roleplay and they were talking about how to tell girls that were dressed immodestly to dress better.... ahhhh so awkward... so we nicely redirected them to things they could say instead... it was quite the day.

Anyways I love ya'll. Can't believe on Wednesday I'll only have 2 months left. ahhhhhh I'm freaking out.....