dad is the man....hope to follow in his footsteps when i get home

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NAY!! 

i saw the pics from youth conference of dads 'band' performing.  loved it.  dad is the man. hoping to follow in his foot steps when i get home. great guy. glad to hear when youth things go well! do you have a calling mom? 

i got your birthday package.... got tempted pretty good by my roommates and made a grown up decision now that i'm 20! i can choose my own birthday! so i opened it instantly on friday and cherished it :) you really are the best mom. almost got a full collection of my instagram pics now and i'm hyped to have that for my own personal history type thing. so thanks so much for being super thoughtful!!! best mom award goes to you :) 

so came to a hard than beautiful realization the other day. one day after visiting a great family i felt a new kinda discouragement as i was going home to our nice apartment but my family wasn't going to be there.... really all of a sudden missed coming home to you guys BUT THEN almost instantly i realized the branch is my family. i may have lost 1 mom (maybe 2 or 1.5 bc of Erin) BUT i have like 9 in this branch! people here freakin love missionaries so your really family with everyone here. so much love from all the old ladys. its so refreshing :) 

also the lightning here is nuts. it'll flash multiple times every minute for a whole evening and the thunder lingers for like 30 seconds. during a heavy rainstorm, i saw a flash that made the night turn into day for like a second and then instantly loud thunder that made my body rumble. exciting. then the power went out. :/ still sunny 

an exciting thing this week was my first MLC! Missionary Leader Council. all the Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders show up and discuss things and are instructed. but i got super embarrassed bc i showed up and forgot my name tag. oh man, so it was a quick dash back home to get it and we made it with only a little bit of ridicule but i also got to see my tatay (trainer) Elder Briones :) we had lunch and i talked to him the whole time. i didn't realize how much i missed and cherished the guy. he really is an amazing person. while talking he asked me how Joeys doing, Caleb, Joel, Matt etc. and remembered them all by name. just super super good seeing him and other friends. 

something i learned this week is interesting but i realized in the church we always invite to pray to know if the Book of Mormon is true and how essential it is for us to receive that witness and use it to fortify our testimonies but what about the Bible?? Moroni 10:5 doesnt just apply to the Book of Mormon.

that should be good. no time :)

ELDER KEARL

first pic on the new cam and first ceral in months :)

a boy 

not actually his birthday 

Elder Olsen 

never forget it

blackout chillin

:') spending lunch with my first trainer

good find

birthday parcel :)

mountains 

turtle find

snuck a quick one of this angel. he always helps me wash my hands. great less active family.