Hermana Kayla Zayas' Missionary Experiences in Arizona Scottsdale Mission: 2022-2023

  hi there!! wow it isn't monday!! our preparation day got moved to today because today we are going to go to the mesa temple eeeeek!! • the work here is pretty slow right now in terms of teaching nonmembers. most people we talk to on the streets don't want to hear a Christmas message, but we have been visiting lots of members & inactives which has been so happy:) • this week's exchange was with sister smith!! this was our 4th exchange together hahah basically companions. i am so grateful for her & cannot believe she'll be home in 2 months :( but it was funny bc our car got a flat tire so we had a fun time heheh shout out to mi papá for teaching me how to change one that was pretty useful:) • please, please watch the Christ child video i sent out last week, this video has become so precious to me. here is the link again:  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2019-09-0050-the-christ-child?lang=eng&alang=eng • we had our branch Christmas party &...

 feliz lunes mis queridos!!! • our lesson with maria del mar was so so so amazing. she just has the purest most open heart ever. she has been reading from the book of mormon, and we have another lesson with her this week! please pray for her, the adversary has a tendency to snag people right at the beginning of teaching them and when they are about to be baptized  • we got to go caroling at a nursing home!! • brisa is finally reading from the book of mormon and is loving it mi corazon es so happy:) • it was eld wiscombe's bday on thursday entonces we brought brownies to district council and put a ton of balloons in their car and gave him a piñata hahah i love sharing a branch with elders • went on a 1/2 exchange with my roomie hna hayden to her area!!! i just love her we had so much fun street contacting. even found cristian who is interested in learning more and lives in my area sooo that is exciting! had a super cool experience where it was getting late and we were about to ...

  oh hey!! its monday again!! how was your thanksgiving? i want to hear allll about it:) here are the highlights!! • well so being an stl is mucho mas stressful than we expected hahah. we are over 7 companionships of sisters so this week we spent a lot of time in meetings and coordinating exchanges, call-ins, and comp studies for the new missionaries. it has been an adjustment but also really fun because i am getting to know all the sisters! • we had a super good lesson con sara & she is praying for a date to be baptized!! we are also going to try to go see the mesa temple lights with her soon so that'll be fun!! • hna brandt is trying to learn how to thread eyebrows so she has been practicing on me heheh • MICHELLE CAME TO CHURCH!! and loved it!! we were even able to have a super good lesson with her and the kimballs afterwards, milagrosss • bret told us that meeting with us has actually made him a stronger catholic. we were a bit thrown off hahah but came to the conclusion th...