Sister Hale in Seattle

It feels like it's been 20 minutes since last p-day tho   Update for this week: Apparently Tang is our friend's LAST name. We took him to see a baptism on Saturday and since then he started introducing himself as Peter, so we asked and is full name is Pengcheng (Peter) Tang. So that's kind of fun  We also had a mission tour this week, and it was President and Sister Kearon who came! They were AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THEM! They partly focused on the BoM and how we can use it more powerfully with our testimonies and the Spirit. I loved what was said about how we thrive on opposition, and it's really true. It's hard, but if you're looking in the right direction and focusing on the right thing it'll be like Peter walking on water to the Savior in the middle of a storm. As long as we keep the focus, we will be safe :) We met so many great people this week! We gave out 4 BoMs and made 2 new friends... and President Spataro (our stake president) brought a friend t...

One day less than the day before... Update for this week: OUR FRIEND TANG IS PICKING A DAY TO BE BAPTIZED WOOHHOOOOO  If y'all have any tips for helping someone prepare for baptism, please shoot me an email or something  Also we got a referral this week and she lived in this little cluster of houses that I didn't even know EXISTED in our area   we would never have found it if we didn't have her address  But she was also SUPER NICE (from Louisiana #batonrouge ftw) and just so open to our message and the Spirit and it was just amazing :))) Scripture of the week: Ether 12:4 "Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God." Desire brings faith, which brings hope, which brings light and love to our lives. Funny Quotes: •"you'...

I got my halfway letter from my mission President this week  Next week we will start part 2  Update for this week: We had literally the BEST lessons this week thanks to the Spirit! We had one with our friend Jesse and we sang A Child's Prayer and the Spirit was so strong, it was amazing. We also had a lesson with our friend Tang that was just AMAZING, we were teaching him about the Spirit and he basically taught the lesson himself XD he knew exactly what the Spirit was and he was like "I felt the Spirit when we came to church last week, I felt very peaceful there" and we were like HECK YEAH   and we invited him to be baptized, and he said that's something he wants to work towards!!!!  I am SO EXCITED oh my goodness he's just so amazing. After that lesson he was telling us about how he's seen so many blessings since starting to meet with the missionaries and the gospel has made such a big difference/impact on his life and I am just so so happy for him  Scrip...

I made a note widget so I can write funny quotes as they come along Update for this week: This week has been so busy and I'm really tired. But also President Dallin H. Oaks came and spoke to our mission IN PERSON   he's super cool and he and his wife are HILARIOUS!  it was super special to be able to see them :) Also one of our friends came to church for the first time and he brought his 6yo son and they had a great time :)) And a random man from Lima Peru messaged me yesterday and all he said was "hola" and so I created a group chat with him and the Spanish Elders in my area and they had a video call with him that apparently went pretty well XD Scripture of the week: Mosiah 18:17 "And they were called the church of God, or the church of Christ, from that time forward. And it came to pass that whosoever was baptized by the power and authority of God was added to his church." The power and authority of God is so important. People can have authority in the wor...

I'm healed Update for this week: Halle and Chris have moved   they're literally like barely out of our zone   it's so sad, but hopefully they'll keep progressing! This week our friend Brandon couldn't come to church because he couldn't find anyone to babysit his duck. Rip. Also this week we had 17 lessons, 10 of which were with members, and a party for Harry Potter's birthday, so that was fun. We invited other Sisters in our district over for like 30 minutes and I learned a lot from them and also downloaded an app that let's you see all sorts of different Bible versions next to each other, which is cool. The Hermanas (Spanish speaking sisters) that came over brought a true Harry Potter birthday cake, so that was super fun :) Scripture of the week: Psalms 23 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness fo...