Week 36: Arizona: "oh look! it's the missionaries😄"

 feliz lunes!!

this week was wonderful, and you all probably think im lying or hiding something because i pretty much say that every week, but i promise you i am not. the mission is just so good. so good. 

here are some things that happened:

* we got a call from Anne on Tuesday. she was extremely distressed and told us that she just wasn't ready to commit and couldn't keep meeting with us. it was so sad because she literally loves reading the Book of Mormon and has a testimony of temples and we wanted so badly to help her to prepare to enter the temple to perform baptisms for her ancestors. we will be reaching out in a few months, but it is just so annoying how the adversary is working against us.

* we had zone conference which was a spiritual feastttt as always. the theme was developing Christ-centered relationships with our districts, companions, friends, and ward members!

* we had exchanges on Tuesday so i spent the day with sis harward! we biked around for a while and street contacted hispanic workers. none of them live in our area but we were at least able to help them get english class info from the missionaries in their area!

* funny moment: we were trying to make contact with a former in our area book. we knocked a couple of times and there was no answer. all of a sudden hna horton exclaims "oh look its the missionaries!!!" im like uh what we are missionaries what do you mean ? well i turn around and the larkspur elders are pedaling along on their bikes trying to make contact with the same family as us. we had accidentally left our area haha whoopsie daisy it was just so random we were all laughing about it 

* i finished my book of mormon study on the character of Christ! this has been my favorite study of the book of mormon yet. I JUST LOVE THE BOOK OF MORMON YALL. as i have started from the beginning this week, i have noticed now more than ever how close of a relationship we mortals can have with deity! Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ can literally guide us through in every aspect of our lives if we choose to let God prevail. 

* we were at a member lesson and the little boy who said the closing prayer prayed that he would one day know how to make lava :)

* hna horton and i finished listening to saints 1! if you haven't read saints 1 yet 10/10 recommend it strengthened my testimony of jospeh smith and the restoration so much!

* Lorenza, Sara, Ruben, Edgar, & Luis came to the fiesta de la hispanidad on saturday which was a partyyy i hadn't eaten tamales in sooo long it was divine. 

* BRISA CAME TO CHURCH AND BROUGHT HER SISTER!! they both loved it <3 

* our stake is starting some new self reliance classes and last night there was a kick off devotional. they announced it during church and brisa heard and was super interested and asked if she could go and we were like uhhh yesss of course!!! so she came and brought her HUSBAND and they are super excited to take the personal finance course together yay!! and Lorenza went to the meeting too and is now friends with Brisa <3 it is so fun to see people you teach get together and become friends ahhh so tender.

alrighty. let's talk some more about the book of mormon.

it's true.

IT'S TRUE FRIENDS. IT'S TRUE. and i want to make that absolutely clear. it is true. it is true. is true. it is the most precious book on the face of the earth. it is the book that can bring us closer to God than any other book. when we put real effort into immersing ourselves in the book of mormon, we gain a deeper appreciation and love for Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice, we begin to remember who we really are and who God really is, we are taught the purpose of this life and how covenants and ordinances are essential for exaltation, the list goes on and on and on. 

friends, my fear is that we don't love the book of mormon enough and that we aren't intentional enough in immersing ourselves in it. and that really scares me. i can promise you that the very moment that you decide to make daily immersion in the book of mormon a priority in your life you will feel of God's infinite love for you as His child. as you are diligent in studying daily you will receive greater direction and clarity to know what you should be doing in your life, you will come to know your Savior Jesus Christ in a very personal way, and you will be happier. 

to my dear friends who aren't members of the church and who haven't read/heard of the book of mormon, i testify that it is the most correct book on the Earth. i seriously wouldn't want to live a day without it. i would love to talk more with you about it, read from it with you, and answer any questions you might have. 

nos vemos la proxima semana mis amores!!

hna zayas