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WEEK 69

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This week was really good. Here are the highlights — - SERVICE This week we did a bunch of service! We got to help a woman clean her couch. A few weeks ago, we helped her brother with his couch. It was super dirty and honestly, it was really hard. After scrubbing for like two hours, my arms were dead and my knuckles were bleeding cuz of the friction with the couch. But we got to munch on some food after so it was worth it. Then on Sunday, after lunch, we were driving home and saw a couple pushing their car so we got out and helped them! We pushed for about a mile and just straight uphill! It felt super good cuz I felt at home again. It was so nice. - INTERCAMBIOS We had intercambios this week! I stayed in my area with an elder named Elder Sanchez. It was really cool to help him out! He has a good amount of time on the mission but hates talking and has absolutely no confidence in himself. So the whole time I helped him just talk with strangers and open up more. Than you know we had to e...

WEEK 67

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This week was really good. Here are the highlights — - MISSIONARY WORK We actually saw a bunch of miracles this week!! We were able to put a family of two on date and then two other girls on date too! It was really cool cuz we found two out of the four people. And honestly, we haven't had a lot of time to work just cuz we were working on the zone, but God is definitely helping us! We're hoping we can have 15 baptisms in our area before the end of the year. - ACTIVITY We had an activity with Elder Corum and the young men where we played soccer! I played goalie the whole time and honestly is was pretty fun but then I got super bored. I tried switching to the field but my team said I was white and didn't belong on the field. So then I just switched to the other team and in prolly like 5 seconds I scored a goal. Then they played basketball and picked me last just cuz they said they are blacker than me and black people are the best at basketball! - BAPTISM 2 companionships had b...