Okay but for real this week has been crazy! I experienced my first 2 earthquakes EVER with in 2 days!! so we were in our “meet the President” meeting and president Cordón for the first time and he was giving a training. All the sudden the bench starts swaying from side to side. I though it was just some chunky elder at the end of the bench or something but then we got rocked a little forward and everyone started looking around and presidente stops mid sentence and goes “is this your first earthquake?” , we all answered, And then just goes back to teaching?!?! Haha so we were just casually listening to a training during an earthquake Haha. Hes seriously the coolest.
The second one we were in the church with Fredy before his baptismal interview and all the sudden he goes “temblor!!” And then church started going in a rolling motion! This one was a little longer and bigger, and it was a little weird to hear the church walls creaking. 😅 The first one was a 6.7 and the second was a 7.1, but the crazy thing is the epicenter is 125 miles away and we still felt them pretty strong!! Ive always been TERRIFIED of earthquakes because of buildings and such getting destroyed but now that ive been through 2 i’m so fascinated by them. I’ve also made that conclusion solely based on the fact that I was in a church building both times Haha so I know I’ll be fine😂
If I had to describe them though, I think I’d say it’s a mix between “why do I feel light headed? I think I’m gonna pass out” and “wow this the cheapest rollercoaster I’ve ever been on!” But all in all I’d give it a good experience!!
Since this is the last week of the transfer and my sweet mother Sister Sears is “dying” (going home) we gave her a funeral haha with cake and everything. So that’s pretty sad but we had a good time:)
Highlight of my week was for sure the John Cena baptism hahahahhaha. So one of the primary boys was getting baptized by his brother who is a professional boxer. Since Fredy is nervous about getting baptized we invited him to come and “see what its like!” Well during the ordinance the little boy wouldn’t get his head all the way under the water, so on the 3rd or so try, his brother picked him up a couple inches, grabbed his face and slammed him under the water!! Hahahahaha while the old ladies on the front row were wiping the font water off their face me and Hermana Sears were wiping literal tears off ours haha. Because A.) It was freaking hilarious and B.) Now we have to try and find a way to cure Fredy’s PTSD. Lol I love my life.
Anyway I hope you all had a good week!! I hope the 4th was fun, safe and full of fireworks! This week my spiritual homework for everyone is to find out where you came from and why you’re here! I’m thinking it’ll be different for everyone because that can be taken so many ways but what ever you thought of first, FOLLOW THAT and START THERE!! If you took the spiritual route read scriptures, listen to conference talks or maybe go to the temple and do a session or baptisms for the dead and just think! If you took the more literal route of genealogy and stuff like that! FOLLOW THAT and START THERE! do some genealogy and figure out your past and where your roots take you. You cant know yourself completely until you know where you came from. You all have a purpose and a plan and I encourage you to each find that! Maybe not all at once but keep trying! All paths should lead to the Temple so start where you can and then find the road that takes you there! I love you all and hope you have a good 2nd week of July! Be safe! Love, Ryenne
So we moved a freaking palm tree:)
We Loff America
Dark days at Hna Sears funeral
Presidente y Sister Cordón
Hermana Wood In The Hood 