Hola!

This week was so amazing because...we had general conference!!! I didn't really know what conference would look like here, but it was incredible, and they were probably the best sessions of conference of my life.

For the Sunday sessions, our plan was to meet as a district at our chapel and all of our friends would meet there. For the first session, 1 friend showed up. Not 1 per companionship, literally just 1 friend between all of us. BUT, it's a friend who hasn't come to church even though he's been taking lessons for months now, so that was a miracle.

For the 2nd session, Sister Glauser and I didn't think we'd have any friends show up (they'd all said no) so we decided to just head home because the metal chairs were no longer fun. We got home, and as soon as we walked in, a random person in our contact list called us because she had decided to come to church that day but there wasn't anyone there except for the elders. So, we got to go back to the church and watch conference with this lady who is now taking lessons! It was such a miracle because all of our more reliable, steady friends didn't even come, but this lady did. She loved it and told us that it was so beautiful to hear all of these prophets testifying of Jesus Christ and telling the world about Him.

Honestly, all of it was such a testimony builder for me because we ended up watching most of the Sunday sessions in Spanish (which I've obviously never done) and it was so cool to hear the messages being translated right in the moment. The messages are still the same, the Spirit we felt was still the same, and it really just testified of President Nelson's statement at the end of his talk about these messages being for the whole world.

Also, just wanted to share my favorite quote from conference which was by Sister Yee. She said, "Our need for healing and help is not a burden to Him, but is the very reason He came." A lot of the time, I feel like there are other people with bigger problems than my own, and I should just take care of my problems myself, but I know that Christ came here for each one of us so that He can help us. It's not a burden to Him, but the very purpose of all He did! I've been able to see that not only in my life, but in the lives of all the people around me, and I know for a fact it's true. So, turn to Him with your burdens, with all of your trials and challenges, and He will help and heal you!

Another amazing event we had this weekend was the mission music devotional on Sunday night. This mission genuinely has so many insanely talented missionaries, so there was a big music devotional, and the Spirit was so strong. I got to play the piano for a musical number and I'm just so grateful for the talents that we each have that we get to share with the people around us. Our friend Javier came and said he felt so much peace and joy, and he's praying about baptism right now!! So, all in all, this weekend was a spiritual high not only for me, but for all of our friends who were able to participate.

Besides that, not much else is new this week. I got to go on an exchange with Sister Luker this week (she's a literal angel) and that was an actual party. We had one of the best dinners I've had, got to go knock around an area that gave Draper vibes, and she bought me an ice cream cone, so it was a win overall.

Sister Santillan is literally DITCHING me to go to Peru today and I'm so mad because now I don't have anyone to go on exchanges with and we'll never be companions. SO SAD.

Another miracle: Our other friend Julio is on date! We honestly didn't really plan to put him on, but it just happened, and he said yes! Last week miracle!

OK, now that's all. We get transfer news on Sunday so pleaseeee pray that Sister Glauser and I stay together for the next transfer (or until she goes home in June). Love you all, hope you had a great weekend, and make sure to listen to or read the conference talks when they come out! Love you!

🤍 Hna. Pursglove

Bonjou everybody!

This week at English classes we had a whole family come that spoke Haitian Creole. Unfortunately, none of our missionaries speak it so while one of the teachers taught in Spanish, the other was Google translating everything into Creole to teach them. I clearly picked up a lot. Bonjou.

Another week done! Do you know what that means? It means I've been out for 3 months now!!!😱 That's actually so wild to me I don't even believe it. It feels like it's been either 2 weeks or 9 months and I can't decide which I'd prefer.

This week was interesting because we didn't have the chance to get out much due to a lot of exchanges and being sick, but we were still able to see so many miracles.

An amazing miracle this week was that we were able to hit all of our goals. Like I said, we didn't get out as much as we would have liked to and by Sunday, it was looking pretty impossible to have as many lessons as we were supposed to. However, Sunday night we managed to get 4 lessons which had literally never happened. As a result, we reached all of our goals, and it was definitely a miracle.

A fun thing from this week was the ward Family Home Evening activity last night! We had our friend Javier come, and he actually had a such fun time. We played this kinda tag game which was super fun, and everyone got so into it. This ward is such a party and all of the activities they've had have genuinely been my favorite parts of the mission.

That's kind of all for the week, but it was a pretty good week! Transfers are coming up so if you all want to start praying that Sister Glauser and I stay together for at least 1 more transfer (we're hoping 2) that would be very appreciated.

Love you all and hope you're doing well!

💙 Hna. Pursglove

Olá everybody, (my Portuguese is clearly amazing, send me Portuguese-speaking, President)!

This week was a rollercoaster for sure, but so many fun times.

1. Friday as a whole might've been the best day on my mission. We got to do a service project that morning where we just made spiderwebs out of cheesecloth and stapled them to posts in this amusement park place. Honestly still not sure what it was, but a few of us split into teams to see whose spiderwebs could look the best, and not to brag, but Elder Leal and I won hands down. I wish I had a picture, but just know that we were the obvious winners.

We had interviews with our mission leaders after the service and they pretty much just consisted of Sister Nielsen and me peeing our pants from laughing. She's actually so hilarious and it was a dandy time. President Nielsen is amazing and gave me some good advice for our friends, so it was all just a win overall.

!!HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY!!: 🥳Noche de Hispanidad!🥳 The ward had a party celebrating all the countries that ward members are from, and it was SO FUN. We took some of our friends, and the ward had dances and songs and food, and it was so fun. Genuinely was the funnest thing on my mission so far. It was kind of a tragic day, though, because it felt like a normal day because we didn't really go out much or talk to many people, and I honestly felt like I was just at home again. So, it was so much fun but also a little homesickness-inducing.

2. Biggest miracle of the week! We've been praying to find a single mom in an orange shirt (just for fun/see how much faith we REALLY have) and it has not been going super well. Last night though, we went to a media referral's house and this cute lady opened up and she's wearing an orange shirt! Didn't think much of it and we go in and she tells us about her life and she's soooo amazing. Then her DAUGHTER comes out and she tells us that she lives here alone with her daughter. It clicked in my brain that this was literally our answer to our prayers, and it was just so amazing because she's so elect! It was such a tender mercy and was crazy that we were able to actually find someone.

3. Zone Conference! We had Zone Conference on Thursday, and it was incredible. The main theme of the conference was that the Savior can bring us peace. I really love this scripture in Alma 34:41 that says, "But that ye have patience, and bear with those afflictions, with a firm hope that ye shall one day rest from all your afflictions." I know that this is so true and when we have faith in the Savior that we can find the relief we need, and He can provide us with the support we need.

Also, this is for Peru people, but do y'all remember the yellow juice that they had at the Heliconia every day? It's passionfruit, lol. A member made it for us yesterday and it was so good and I was literally back at the Heliconia. Rip.

That's all for this week, it was such an amazing week full of so many blessings and miracles. Hope you're all doing well, and thanks for reaching out. Love you!

💛 Hna. Pursglove