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Missionary Chronicles: "La Hermana Taylor Swift"

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Hola a todos! I hope everyone had a great week and that all is well back home! I hope all my Florida people are enjoying the warmer weather cause it's still in the 50s here haha This week was really good! As y'all know we've been forced to do a lot more finding again. Finding can be really difficult cause it's hard to see much success right away. However, we had a really cool experience on Monday! Hermana Hammond and I decided to go and so some late evening finding at one of the Tiendas in our area. I put in the name for a specific tienda I know and we started driving there. Turns out, there are two tiendas with that same name on that street hahah and the GPS took us to the one I wasn't thinking of. Instead of driving to the other one, we decided to try this tienda put and as we were walking to the door, we saw a man outside waiting on a taxi. We walked up to him and he got suoer excited and began to tell us that he met missionaries not long ago at Walmart but didn...

Missionary Chronicles: "Soy La Nueva Misionera!!"

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Hola a todos!! I hope y'all all had fantastic weeks! This week was a little different but I'll get into that lol. First off, I want to explain my email title which just happened to be on of the most tender experiences of my whole mission. Y'all know how much I love Sammy and Yimmy with my whole heart! Last Monday night we went over so my companions could say bye before heading home, and Viki (their 4 year old) was not keen on them leaving and me getting a new companion. So, she took Hermana McBlain's tag and put it on her shirt and said "ahora, soy la nueva misionera!!" This translates to, "Now, I'm the new missionary!!" So tender!! She came and stood next to me all proud to have that tag on! Let me tell y'all, "Hermana Viki" will be coming at y'all in roughly 15 years haha! Be prepared!! I officially have a new companion and she's so awesome! Her name is Hermana Hammond and it's been a pleasure working with her this pas...

Missionary Chronicles: The Waters Of Magnolia

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Hola a todos! How was everyone's week? I hope it was a good one full of God's love! This week was super busy here in Georgia and I'm excited to fill y'all in! I guess I'll switch it up a little and start with my transfer news! I'm staying here in Magnolia and I'll be getting Hermana Hammond. I'm excited but also pretty nervous! I'm excited to see what the Lord will use me for over these next 6 weeks.  Now, the email title come from on of the Zone Leaders, Elder Bowling. This past transfer we have helped 4 people come onto the covenant path here in the Magnolia Ward and it's been incredible! All 9 of us missionaries feel so blessed for the chance to work here in such an amazing area and Ward! On Saturday our friend Gloria Leyda was baptized!! We were kind of nervous Saturday morning because the weather said that it was probably going to snow! Now, it's hard to get people to show up to a baptism when there isn't snow on the ground let alone...

Missionary Chronicles: "The Temple Feels Like Home"

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Hola a todos! How was everyone's week? I hope y'all were able to see the hand of the Lord everyday! This week has been a busy one here in Georgia and we've been helping a TON of people!! Our friends Gloria, Sammy, and Yimmy are all on track for their baptisms this weekend! We are so excited to help these people who we love so much take the first step back to their Savior! Please keep them in your prayers this week because Satan is going to be working hard!  We went down to Paper Mill (my English Area) to observe a District Council! It was so weird being back in an area I've already served in but with different companions lol. While we were down there, I knew we needed to make one special stop so we drove to the Terry's House and gave them the surprise of their lives lol. They were so surprised and so shocked to see me and I was equally as happy to see them! The Terry's took us out to lunch at one of the Brazilian Bakeries in Paper Mill and we had a great time wi...