Hey all!

Today's a little crazy so I don't have a ton of time but nothing too thrilling this week!

We put our friend Karen on baptismal date for September 24th which is awesome and we're so happy about it!! The ward hasn't had a baptism in 3 years, so everyone is very excited.

That's pretty much the only thing of note this week. It was honestly a rough week with a temple trip falling through for the same reason his baptism was postponed a year ago which was just heartbreaking. And there was lots of other drama—it just wasn't a great week. Prayers for Julio and prayers that people stop being punks. 🤪

2 Nephi 7:7: "For the Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded. Therefore, have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed."

Love y’all, have a good week!!

🤍 Hna. Pursglove

Hey everyone!

This week was una locura as they say, but we made it through. 😅

The highlight of this week was definitely zone conference! It was probably the best conference of my mission, and every training was so good. My favorite thing that was said was by President Coleman, and he told a story about how someone was running up and down stairs at a basketball practice. This kid decided to give it his all for the last round of stairs, and when the coach noticed the change, he stopped the whole practice to ask the kid, "Why did you save it? Why didn't you give it your all from the beginning?" Why aren't we giving it our all every day? Something that has always been a big focus in this mission has been to give it everything, every single day. We've been frequently trained to live one day at a time, to think about what we would do if it was our last day on the mission, and to do everything in our power to be able to go home with no regrets. President's invitation for us was to think about what we're saving, what we're holding back, and then to get rid of it. To give it our all every single day and recommit ourselves to the work so that when we leave, we can honestly say that we gave it everything we had. It was a very powerful training, and I think everyone left a little more invigorated to go out and get to work.

Other things that happened this week:

☆ We were actually in our area for a whole day, and we knocked doors for the first time in a really long time and it was so fun. I didn't love knocking doors at the beginning of my mission, but it's now one of my favorite things to do.

☆ We had 4 sisters stay with us last night and it was literally the funnest night of my whole mission.

☆ I had an exchange with Sister Parks, and it was a party and a half. 🥳

☆ Our district leader taught us how to fireknife (spin one of the sticks they light on fire in luaus, i.e. Lilo & Stitch), and we're making our own today because the mops that we're using aren't very good for it apparently. That's been a major highlight and has kept us extremely entertained.

Love y'all and hope you have the best week ever!!!

🧡 Hna. Pursglove

Hello!

There were some awesome things this week!! First off, our friend Jonathan is getting baptized on September 1st (hopefully)!!🌊 We had a phone lesson with him last Tuesday and asked him what he was thinking about baptism, and he said he didn't know yet. We told him he was ready, hyped it up, gave him the date, and he said yes! The area's been a little slower this transfer so it's nice to feel like there's something going on.

The craziest thing that happened this week was that during district council yesterday, these 3 Spanish-speaking women just walked into the building and asked us how they could be baptized.🤯 It was actually wild because if they didn't just happen to show up on a Monday morning, to the one building in the area that happens to be where the Spanish ward meets, who knows what would have happened? It was crazy!! Highlights of the week!:

☆ We got to go to the temple last Tuesday! One of the biggest blessings of my mission is having a temple that's so close and having the chance to go every transfer—it's the best.

☆ I had an exchange in Pahrump which is like the boonies of the mission, and it was so fun! Got to spend the day with Sister Dickman and Sister Davenport so that was a party time. 🥳

☆ Sister Gadd and I are making a zone music video so stay tuned for that. 😏

☆ Sister Peraza came to night church to visit so I got to talk to her for a long time which was super fun. Prayers for her though, she's having a rough time right now. 🙏

☆ Did a musical number in the Spanish branch with Sister Gadd on cello and Elder Tuala singing, and it was actually pretty good. We've been recruited to do one next week, so the branch members were fans.

Favorite scripture this week was from Luke 15:20 which is the story of the Prodigal Son. It says, "And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."

Love y'all!

💚 Hna. Pursglove

Hola!

This week was super fun, and we had some cool things going on!

☆ On Wednesday I had an exchange with Sister Pope in my dream area, and it was so fun. Sister Pope, as we know, is just the best ever, and the area is literally amazing. We put 2 people on date and I'm praying with my whole heart that President sends me there for my last 2 transfers. 🙏

☆ On Friday I had 2 blitzes with 3 different sisters which was kinda crazy, but it was super fun!! Also, WE SAW DONKEYS. 🫏 That might not seem super thrilling to any of you, but Vegas has 0 wildlife except for in the boonies where there are wild donkeys, and we saw some on our way out there! It was awesome.

☆ We had a meeting with a visiting authority, Elder Schmitt, and it was super cool. He was the nicest person ever, so smart, and he had so many good ideas for us of how to keep the mission momentum going and keep things moving forward. Definitely the highlight of the week!

☆ Jeziel is just a highlight every week, haha. He comes to every lesson or calls in, he's giving our friends rides to church, he's trying to put people on date, he's just the best ever. And he's going to hopefully get his patriarchal blessing within the next month so I'm super excited for him!!

There were 2 things that Elder Schmitt shared that I loved so I'm sharing them both. The first thing that Elder Schmitt shared this weekend was in Matthew 28:18. It says, "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." He talked about how lots of times we doubt ourselves and the power and authority of our calling, but we have to remember whose power it is. We have to know that Christ is the source of our power and that through Him, all things are possible.

And then the second thing was in Moroni 10:32 which says, "Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God." He talked about how it's only through Jesus that we can be perfected and that the equation is: You + Jesus = Perfect.

Love y'all and hope you have a good week!!

💕 Hna. Pursglove

That's the text we receive from Jeziel every morning, and I'm running out of intros so there ya go.

This week was pretty chill, nothing too exciting! We did a lot of contacting and finding, it's crazy how much work can be done when we don't have additional study lol.

Highlights of the week:

☆ We had a lot of impromptu phone call lessons! We'd call people to set up times and lots of people had time in that moment, which is always the best.

☆ Sister Gadd is so awesome and we're having a great time down here. 🥳 We've discovered that we both have a love for Les Misérables so the one song we have from the soundtrack may have been playing nonstop for the past week.

☆ We're having another music devotional and Sister Gadd and I are going to be playing a piano duet for some sisters who are singing and it's going to be super pretty (hopefully…haven't actually heard any of it🤞)

☆ We hit the highest temperature we've had this summer (I think) of 112°, 🥵 which might not sound like a highlight, but last summer was in the 120's so while we are melting, it's not as bad and everyone is super grateful.

Honestly, nothing big happened this past week, but it was such a good one because it was one of those weeks where it's just so fun to do the work. To go out and talk to everyone, to chase people down, to invite people to come to church, it's so awesome!! It reminded me of this scripture in Alma 36:24-25 that says, "Yea, and from that time even until now, I have labored without ceasing, that I might bring souls unto repentance; that I might bring them to taste of the exceeding joy of which I did taste; that they might also be born of God, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. Yea, and now behold, O my son, the Lord doth give me exceedingly great joy in... my labors." It's so true! Sister Gadd and I were talking about how much happier the mission has made us, and it's because of this work! Nothing will bring more joy than bringing others to the gospel and I have the strongest testimony of that.

Love y'all!!

❤️ Hna. Pursglove