Week 41: Arizona: come what may & love it❣

 hi there! :)


how is it already monday? again?

well let's get right into it shall we?!

• siegren is progressing!!! she <3s the book of mormon, has an open heart, and really wants to know this is true. 

• we were able to meet with valentine & got to teach her how to pray!! she is literally so cool, she is fluent in portuguese, english, and spanish, so i got to practice some portugese heheh. 

• hna brandt made some bomb 3 ingredient cookies: banana, oatmeal, and chocolate chips. kind of addictive 

• following the Spirit is so cool. we were trying to make contact with a member but they weren't home, so we were leaving the neighborhood sitting at a light when hna brandt goes  "superrr apologetic but we need to turn around and go talk to someone." so we literally make a u turn at this tiny intersection and i dont make it all the way so hna brandt has to run out of the car & back me meanwhile there are cops just observing us from afar it was actually hilarious. so we get back to the neighborhood and pull over & walk over to talk to this guy and he ends up being super nice and is actually interested in learning more and so that was pretty cool :)

• please pray for bret :'( he is getting attacked by the adversary so hard right now. it seems ever since he decided he wants to be baptized everyone is just dropping out of his life :'(

• we had a super good lesson con sara!! we brought hna kimball along & she just killed it. she literally managed to teach the first 3 lessons in an hour. sara accepted a book of mormon & said she'd read from it daily so yay :)


i honestly feel as though i have been spiritually blind my whole life. coming on a mission has helped me see "things as they really are, and...as they really will be..." jacob 4:13. my whole perspective of everything, literally everything, has just totally changed. being able to study from the scriptures every day for an entire hour has been such a blessing. but you don't need to read for an entire hour to draw closer to God!! He will accept even the smallest effort & will consecrate it for your gain. 

life is beautiful my friends. it is so hard. but with Christ it is beautiful. He turns our ashes into something beautiful 💛

i love you and i pray for you.

hna zayas

 








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