AI Jesus

 

So a couple weeks ago I got some warts frozen off the bottom of my feet, which was just straight pain. One of them got infected and now half that toe has been numb ever since. Its quite sensational. 

Then Saturday morning I felt nauseous right, so i chowed down on some cocoa pebbles super quick hoping thatd help.. then it all came back up and i was sick as a dog with the flu all day, then we went to a visit that night with this dude who has memory issues and it all felt like a fever dream. My new district leader brought me a frick ton of Gatorade and chicken noodle soup though so I was covered.

Sunday after church me and H morgan played a mad game of monkey in the middle with Aurora Jr and me and morgy both full body dived (I think that makes sense) onto a bush right next to Aurora the mom (who we're teaching) and she said something like oh jeepers! In spanish 

In one of my personal studies this week I was reading 1 Nephi 11 where an angel is showing Nephi a vision about Jesus Christ. The angel shows him the "condescension" of God and then Bruce R McConkie explains it beautifully so I'll just put that here- 

"When the Book of Mormon was translated, the English word condescension meant voluntary descent from rank or dignity in behalf of granting requests or performing acts. Nephi was shown how the Savior voluntarily descended from His position of superior dignity, submitted to the will of His Father as well as the designs of evil men, and performed merciful acts for the benefit of all people. Though Jesus Christ himself is the Lord Omnipotent, the very Being who created the earth and all things that are in it, He was born of a mortal woman, submitted to all the trials of mortality, then was finally put to death in a most ignominious manner." 

So- Jesus Christ voluntarily descended from His glory to the Earth, then descended below all things. I know that He was the only one who could've done that for us, and that He is the only one who can truly lift us up in these last days. 

I hope that increases your gratitude for the Savior today, if you aren't doing anything that gets you closer to Him day by day- here are some things that have helped me. Put your energy into loving him and thanking Him for all He has done for you, read His words and apply them to your life, and look for the good things He puts into your life especially on the hard days. Alright that's all from me

Hugs and kisses

- hermanita jerman 

Pics

-don't stare at the AI Jesus pic for too long.

- district activity was going over our romance timeline on a chalk board

- featured picture of Sir Remington the baby

Alexa play "Wake me up when September ends by Green Day"

- LA mission temple day!

 I love the house of the Lord. BUT WHY DOES THE TEMPLE PUT ME TO SLEEP SO EASY. I was only awake for about 1/2 the session

- hermana morgan found out I'm very ticklish. When im pinned to the ground at night fighting for my life it takes me back to my childhood when my sisters would do the same hehe

- had a lesson with our recent convert Julio, he's never really believed he'd go to heaven since he was on a different path a few years ago. But being able to tell him he will was so special. Those moments are what makes all of this worth it. 

congrats to my parents kaleen and roger for getting called to the Oakland San Fran mission! Maybe I'll drive 3 ½ hours some night to get a hug and a kiss and come back but for real my parents are my role models. They are so full of joy and light

- we had 7 friends come to church! I mean we do have 2 different churches but it still felt really lucky to see our work pay off. Evening sacrament mtg is my fav bc its so chill and basically everyone bears their testimony 

-we got a member refferal of a woman named Gabby who just moved to our area from wyoming. She recently became a paraplegic because she got shot in her spinal cord, but she has an amazing story. She's also German and has a bajillion expensive trinkets and knick knacks so moving her into a tiny beach house with the elders has been 

Lately I've been trying to be more vulnerable in my prayers, David A bednar talks about that a lot in his two 2008 talks. I've learned how we can ask for increased faith and understanding beyond our own ability which comes from the power of the Savior. This week has had a lot of high ups and low downs, but the time on my knees and the times I reach out to my Savior is when I feel at peace- I know that Heavenly Father listens to me and that my Savior lives. 

So many hugs and kisses 

-hermana jerman

Pics

-elaphant seal beach

-me when I wake up in the morning 

-me and morgy did the try not to cry challenge while watching the movie Charly

- zone conf

- modanna inn 

 Morro bay

- eclairs yummm

Painted walls

 - Our friend Hugo came to church and bore a beautiful testimony after driving 2 days straight for his work. My college self who couldnt get out of bed at 9am for church is crying of shame. 

-We crashed a wedding reception that had the iconic madonna inn cake and we took home like 7 pounds of that stuff. 

-Oh my heck we also went to an institue lunch after church with a member and our group leader (javier). We had gotten our food but javier hadn't so we started talking to him while big John puts his plate of food next to ours. So we sit down and start eating and javier sits down and starts eating johns plate. And big john does NOT mess with food. He was stunned when he saw this mexican dude going to town on his plate. Javier goes oh they not serve it to me here? Craziest 2nd hand embarrassment hahah

-Also like half our members or friends here are going through a divorce or fighting for the custody of their kids and its made me realize how important the law of chasity is to make sure you are committed to each other before you have kids.

Toilet tales️

- our toilet got clogged again, and we dont know what the dude used to unclog it but there was let's see how do i put this, "brown stuff" sprayed all over our walls and floor. Pic attached is us after cleaning it for a straight hour

-Night church testimony meeting was so special. It was just us, the elders, the bishop and his wife, and one member. Every single one of us went up and bore our witness of the Savior and the room was soo full of the spirit. Definitely a meeting I'll never forget. I bore my testimony of this story a lady told us about when she's driving and there's squirrels in the road she silently pleads for them to move and to be safe. That's how Heavenly Father is with us. He's given us all the commandments and principles to have happiness and safety but with our agency we sometimes don't make the best decisions. But He is always with us silently pleading and trying to guide us to be safe and do whats right. 

-Continue praying for aurora and also for Gloria our sweet homeless member 

I love you all! 

Hugs and kisses

Hermana jerman 

Snoop D.O double G

 -Our friend aurora called us crying because shes stressed about a court case coming up and the custody of her daughter. We went and took flowers to her, then later that night she invited us over and bought us panda she always one ups us.

-at lunch for interviews I was wheezing and president was like you laugh funny! And one of the elders was like ya i thought you were having an asma attack!

- We put our friend Hugo on date, he has such a sweet heart and looks like Snoop Dogg mixed with Walter from breaking bad. Below I will attach a selfie he sent us

- Had exchanges with hermana Stubbs back in my old area, paso! She was actually quite nice to me this day. 

 

Anyways it was fun to see the surprised reaction of some of our friends when they'd see me. I especially loved seeing biranida again and her kids again. liliana told me told me my hair was more pretty before I cut it

-We get to go to the temple in one week, and I'm so excited to go be in that peaceful heavenly place again. 

Elder Robert D. Hales said, “The primary purpose of the temple is to provide the ordinances necessary for our exaltation in the celestial kingdom." 

So basically in the temple we can make special promises with God, that are necessary for us to live the kind of life God lives. That's sooo cool. During the sacrament lately I've been thinking of the temple and I feel like the Savior just is the temple. His presence is so strong there, everything is white like Him, and we're doing things to remind us of Him. Go to the temple more often than you are, bc we can never go too much. 

Hugs and kisses

- hermanita jerman

Went otter watching at Morro Bay for p-day