I can not believe that 8 Months ago today I was headed to the Provo MTC. This is literally FLYING by!

Mom sent me some money for my birthday and I bought myself a new outfit! Its super cute and I wore it to the interviews with President Cardenas on Thursday! Momma also sent me this necklace! 

A couple we have bee teaching are progressing so well. They have such a huge desire to be baptized and are praying and fasting for the opportunity to be married legally. They study Principles of the Gospel each night and are always full of questions when we go over to their humble home. To get to their house we walk across a huge bridge that scares my companion everytime we walk on it. I think its quite an adventure! 

Our mission leader in our ward, Arnold, is always so willing to come with us to visits or to introduce us to his friends. 

No I didn't really hit him we were just messing around! He is such a good support to us and to the Elders in our ward! 

I had a really good birthday! My companion decorated my bed with paper balloons and confetti when I was in the shower and made a yummy breakfast and "cake" out of bread and peanut butter! Then we taught some lessons and our bishop asked us to come to the Ward Counsel meeting at 3 at the church. So we went to our lunch appointment and the Hermana wasn't there so we went to the church hungry and decided that we would eat something at the house after the meeting. Well there wasn't anyone at the church for the meeting except the bishop and he was interviewing someone so we waited for a little and were watching mormon messages. Then the elders came and so we waited with them. 

​Okay and when I say waited, maybe we partied a little bit...

A hermana came and asked us to come with her so we followed and.... SURPRISE!!!!! 

They threw me a fiesta! haha Elder Reyes has more pictures on his camera that I will send later but it was so fun! We ate tostadas and tamales and had cake! Oh the Mexican traditions are fun!!!!. They have a tradition of biting the cake... I didn't want to but they said just bite the frosting in the corner. I though, hey it won't hurt anyone! So I bent down to bite the cake..... and

BAM! My face was pushed into it!!! haha The sister behind me is Sister Jairu and she helped my companion shove my face into the cake. Ha there is a first time for everything! 

​ I was asked to sing in the other ward that meets in our building yesterday with their bishop. It went well! and after church this Cute Friend came with us to a few visits! It POURED on us!!

Well that's all for this week. I am so happy to be a missionary and I can't believe I am 21 years old! I couldn't think of a better place to be then here serving our Lord and Savior. I know He lives and I know He loves me! 

Thank you all for everything you do to support all of us missionaries!!

Love

Hermana Oliphant