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Wow what a crazy week it's been! I wish I could put in every detail.. but I'll just highlight a few miracles!  Our friend Judy finally got out of quarantine & so we were able to go visit her. We have been teaching her for awhile so on wednesday when we saw her we had a super spiritual lesson & invited her to be baptized on feb 12th! She had a lot of concerns but the spirit was working hard & we were able to resolve her worries. She thought she had to be perfect to be baptized.. so we cleared that one up haha. If everyone had to be perfect to be baptized, no one would be baptized lol It was such a powerful lesson & I was literally jumping for joy when we left haha Our recent convert Amanda just found the Book of Mormon videos & to say she's obsessed is an understatement. We went over to watch an episode with her & it was so fun! The Book of Mormon stories are so cool!! Mona is another person we are teaching & she is VERY hard to get in contact wit...

Hello friends! It has been a crazy couple weeks! My companion Sister Stettler went home this last week and then I got my new companion Sister Kendrick! She is so cute holy moly. We're having a good time here in Umatilla!  Last week Amanda got baptized!! It was so good ahhh I LOVE HER! It was so funny because after she got confirmed she went up to bare her testimony & decided to sing a song... it was so sweet, but also, she cannot sing. So it was interesting hahah but so tender because she just wanted to share her testimony!! I wish yall couldve experienced it hahahah On tuesday my bff Phyllis got baptized!!! AHHH phyllis is the funniest & craziest lady. I taught her in my last area so I got to go back for her baptism it was soooo good. But also very chaotic haha. We filled the font so high so that she would be fully submerged easily because of her back problems. And it worked because she went under with no problem haha. After she came back up from the water she was so excit...

Hellllooo friends! It's a new year! That's so crazy holy moly 2021 went so fast. I spent 9 months of 2021 as a missionary and now I get 9 months in 2022 as a missionary!  I have learned soooo much oh my goodness I can't even explain a piece of it. But I am just so insanely blessed & grateful.  It's been such a good but hard couple of weeks. Lots of learning & growing lol. But that's what missions are for! Here are some cool miracles!!----> Amanda- we've been teaching her for awhile & she loooves the church & everything we've taught but has struggled following some commandments, BUTTT she called us a couple days ago & said that her boyfriend got arrested & shes ready for a new start & wants to plan out her baptism!!! I started screaming, I'm so pumped for Amanda she is amazing!! She's getting baptized this sunday! She turned to me during church & said "It's all the more confirmation I'm in the right chur...