Have any of you had a super burritos?? Well. It's a super big deal in San Fran. Literally these are just MASSIVE burritos with everything you could ever think of inside. Sister Burch is very set on finding the best burrito on mission street. So. I had my first super burrito today...it did not disappoint. Super burrito with carne asada...hits different.
This week has been a little bit sad. We found out our transfers on Saturday. I'm staying here in the city with Sister Burch and Sister Morris is heading to the other side of the bay (closer to Oakland) to Hayward. I'm sad to lose her...but she's going to crush it over on the other side of the bay! She's the coolest and she tries so hard in every way. Very inspiring to me. Gonna miss her.
We have a new friend. Alfonso. He speaks so fast that it honestly doesn't even sound like Spanish so that's the actual worst. But all is well!! We love him. We have taught him a few lessons andddddd he wants to be baptized!! Amazing right?? This man is so great. He's already made some pretty amazing changes in his life. I can't wait to witness all the blessings that will come from his sacrifices!
Alright so, y'all remember that event we call...General Conference?? Okay the second talk given in the conference was by an Elder Whiting. So. Picture this. Me and my companions...driving in SF...phone call from the assistants...they say "you are going to have a zoom call with Elder Whiting and he's going to assess your daily planning and companionship studies"...um okay?! THEN to make it scarier the assistants say "no pressure...you're just representing the entire mission". Anyways. We get around the this call. This man is SO kind and SO inspiring. He didn't have anything bad to say. And then he talked us up in front of the whole mission on another zoom call. It was a proud moment of my life. Go listen to his conference talk if you haven't yet. It's about Christlike attributes!
We played soccer, rugby, and football today for p-day with our district! I think we were there for around 3 hours. It was soooooo fun to get out and play sports with other people who love sports. I'm not gonna lie I'm super bad at rugby and football too but especially rugby. But just because I'm bad doesn't mean it's not fun right? ;)
Remember how I just barely mentioned the meeting with Elder Whiting? So there was a few with the entire mission as well. And this is what I'm going to share a quick thought about today :)) This is honestly more specific to my other missionary friends that are on this list. I feel it's good to share tho. He told us lots of things but one thing he said was "Find the blessings in the virus" (or something like that). I realized after these talks that I am dwelling too much in what I don't have. I need to be grateful for the situation I'm in now. I was blessed to go home for a while (as hard as it was to be there for so long) I got to spend so much time with my family. And now I am taking part in one of the most important times in missionary work! I'm so grateful to be a missionary TODAY.
Love,
Hermana Graves
1- It's spooky season...so I made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for district council :)
2- Elder Dacayanan wearing the BEST apron that Hermana Betty owns
3- Betty's dog, Gigi.
4-Our traditional car selfie.
5- At the chapel recording the musical number for the Facebook live! (Let me know if you want the link to that hahaha)
6- Elder Tompkinson forgot his name tag at home today...so we had to improvise
7- Post Soccer/Rugby/Football. I'm telling you. This group of missionaries are superior to all of them. There are 4 languages between our little district. Kinda cool :)
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