Week 13

Helloooo. Yesterday I gave my first talk since I've been here. It was at our ward in Camp Pendleton. Usually when I give talks I write it out word for word and memorize it haha but not this time. I did the classic missionary thing where I wrote the last half on the drive over and it surprisingly didn't stress me out which in itself is a success. Growth lets go.

I got another one of those heavenly peanut butter smoothies for those who were wondering. Our lessons on base Saturday morning went pretty well except Braden didn't show up butttt he did come to church so that's a win.

Hailey, the cute girl who came to ysa church last week, had two lessons with us! She's the sweetest. Very social and loves to learn. Our lessons were extremely long because she had a ton of questions so we've been over basically everything. She leaves for college in Texas this Thursday but she wants to keep meeting with missionaries there yayayaya.

Luna and Zoe are both doing well. They're really busy but we had the greatest lesson with Zoe on Tuesday. Vibes were just vibing. We were sitting at this park with the most beautiful view of the ocean. I'm so lucky to be in SoCal.

Today has been a party and a half. We had our district activity and played sand volleyball for like 2 hours. It was pretty chill. We did have to say goodbye to the Kings though (the senior missionaries in this zone/military relations) and that was quite sad.

I'm learning to love and use preach my gospel more and more. Everyone can benefit from reading it even if you're not a missionary. I was reading about the Christlike attribute of humility this week and something simple that stuck out to me a lot is "Pride is competitive." If you know me you know I am very competitive haha but I really really love Jesus Christ and want to become like him as much as possible, so my new mission (and life) goal is to change my nature by focusing on humility.

You know what's awesome is we'll always see people cruising around on their bikes with their surfboards in hand. It's a talent honestly. Anywho that's all, goodbyeeee everyone happy birthday to Madina and Likia! Lots of love from me, Sister Mortensen.