Layla Pulufana is the definition of meek & humble & also shy... the start of our lesson was us attempting to get ANYTHING more than a shrug & an "I don't know" out of her.
After some MAJOR prying & digging she admitted that she just didn't see the point in prayer and she had stopped praying AGES ago.
As she talked about high school I was TRANSPORTED back into my high school days.
I love those moments when I can POWERFULLY feel the love that God has for one of His sons and daughters.
God LOVES Layla Pulufana. A LOT.
So we told her!! We told her everything I wish I had been able to grasp in high school.
That God IS there. That He WANTS to hear from her.
In the end she asked us if she could say the closing prayer. (sobbing)
That whole room changed when she started praying.
God was listening and she knew He was listening.
Robin Hayes is my hero & role model.
You know when you're already 15 mins late to the Saturday session of stake conference but you HAVE to buy a $300 purse that will match your outfit because you accidentally grabbed your brown purse BUT YOU'RE WEARING BLACK?!?!?
Robin knows.
You know when you're 30 mins late to the Saturday session of stake conference but you HAVE to get some authentic Italian cuisine before you go in????
Robin knows.
She also knows how to get in & get out with NO reservation at a "reservation only" restaurant.
Incredible.
And in the end?? You make it to stake conference with a box of canolis waiting for you at the end.
Let's go Robin LETS GO!!
ALSO I need to know WHO picked "called to serve" as our closing hymn.
I JUST WANNA TALK TO EM!!!!!
Was actually a blubbering BABY for both verses.
Could barely see the hymn book.
I would be lost without my mission.
It means more to me than anything.
WHO wants to hear my new LIFE motto?????
Helaman 3:35
"Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God."
Did you actually read the whole verse?
Stronger & stronger in HUMILITY.
Firmer & firmer in FAITH.
FILLING their souls with joy & consolation.
To the PURIFYING & sanctification of their hearts.
LITERALLY WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?!?!
Striving to exemplify this verse until the day I die.
Dropped my phone in a sink filled with water!
Also dropped my charger in a sink filled with water!
My phone now refuses to charge past 30%.
kachiga.
Also locked ourselves OUT of our apartment & our keys INSIDE the apartment! A dream scenario.
BUT good ole Tam came to our rescue in no time.
Annual health & safety day in the LBRM is quite the ride. 10am-6pm of mission wide zooms & deep cleaning your apartments?! RIVETING.
Sister Brown: "do you believe in aliens?"
Sister Nwobi: "oh yeah, there are definitely more wet rocks out there growing creatures on it."
My comp calls me Bryan...makes me miss Davis.
Exchanges with Sister Mower were A. DREAM.
That's all I have to say about that.
Kidding I have lots more to say about that.
You know when it's DUMPING rain and freezing cold, but you BOTH just LOVE LOVE LOVE being a missionary and sharing the gospel????? SO you don't even feel it??? And it's just a day of pure bliss??? And joy???? That was that day.
Quote of the day was "I'm legit on cloud 9 right now"
Yakob called us & begged to meet with us so he could get his own Book of Mormon THAT NIGHT.
I love that.
Exchanges with Sister Bailey in Alexandria!!!
Full circle moment since my FIRST ever exchange was there.
WENT BACK TO MONROE FOR 2 WHOLE DAYS & I WAS SOBBING. MY TRUE HOME. I love Monroe with everything in me.
2 different old men bear hugged me & kissed my forehead this week. Umm. So sorry president!!
update:
I don't feel bad anymore because he made me conduct zone conference.
Visited our friends Nik & June Leoso this week.
The most precious polynesian couple.
June recently suffered from a stroke and no longer has the ability to communicate or take care of her own basic human needs.
I silently wept as Nik sang "one day at a time" to her.
It was heart wrenching and heart warming all at the same time.
The love that Nik and the Savior have for June is APPARENT when you walk into her hospital room.
Also the Savior's love for Nik as he takes care of her.
As we sat with them, one of the Book of Mormon videos kept replaying over & over again in my head.
When Christ visits the people in America and takes the time to heal each & every one of them.
His love is PALPABLE and their gratitude and RELIEF is so powerful.
I cannot wait for the day when we are all healed.
Every pain, sickness, disease, illness, & heart ache will be GONE.
You will be made whole.
Your family will be made whole.
All because of Christ.
I love him.
-SISTER... Splanger? Searling?? Spanglet???
(anything but Spangler apparently.)
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