Week 51: Make it Sacred

We were going to have zone conference on Thursday, but it snowed a TON here. Normally it snows once a year, and it's all gone the next day, but we lowkey had a blizzard. It felt like home. So Zone conference was canceled, and we spent 5 hours shoveling driveways. And so we had Zone Conference today instead!

I forgot to say, but they asked me to be an SMS again, and so we've been leading the Zone in that again. People kind of loathe Facebook work here, but it's fun to see them get excited about it when we send challenges out. I think we do a good job. We definitely have a lot of fun and it unites us as a Zone.

Anyways, January 8th was an interesting day. My estimated homecoming day is January 8th, 2026. And I was like "oh no, I don't have a lot of time left." It does not feel like I've been here for a year, and I've been told the 2nd year goes even faster. So I sort of panicked and said a pleading prayer asking God to help me make the most of it. I don't want to look back with regret. Anyways, and then at Zone conference, President talked a lot about the dangers of becoming casual about sacred things, and as a missionary, every day of the week is meant to be sacred. We talked a lot about things that we start to treat casually, and the dangers of doing that. There were a lot of things I realized I need to shape up at, and after Zone conference I realized that was God's answer telling me how to get the most out of this next year. But I guess it doesn't make sense to ask for a fruitful year and expect not to work and make sacrifices, even if they night seem miniscule. But to sacrifice literally means to make something sacred. By making the sacrifices the Lord asks me to make, my mission becomes his mission, which is what it was always meant to be.

Our friend Juaquin was going to be baptized this Saturday, but he's still been drinking coffee. So we rescheduled it for Feb. 1st, had an amazing lesson, and he gave us his coffee!!

They moved P-day to today for Zone Conference, and a food bank called us asking us to help. Normally we wouldn't because it's our P-day, but we decided to put other first, and the Lord Blessed us abundantly. We now have 15 DOZEN eggs in our fridge, 6 giant bags of apples, and 40 bags or BBQ chips. We have a lot of food, which is amazing because eggs are expensive

I finally got some Boots!! It's about time too, because I've had my blazers for 3 years now, and they offer no support anymore. Here in Roswell, it's close enough to all the Texans that they have a store dedicated solely to high quality handmade boots, but far enough away that they're actually really cheap for boots. They aren't at all like what I went in looking for, but I saw them and I just had to get them. I'm so excited to wear them country dancing after the mission (Emoji face with cowboy hat)