Hermana Dimond Takes Florida: lol at the days when I used to take melatonin to fall asleep

Hi Hi Cutie pies, just your gal Sister Dimond here, still loving life in West Palm, and still amazed everyday that I am a missionary and really here. It’s still surreal. Everyday I just realize even more why this is MY mission, and that I am exactly where I need to be. I just love it here.

Well this week has been great. I think I am just going to start doing this bullet point thing, ya? (:

-Started the week of strong having a good ol’ allergic reaction, to some unknown substance. Lol! It’s just too funny because I had been telling my companion Sister Bingham about all my good allergic reactions before the mission and that she would DIE if she saw the pictures of my face, and then that night as we were planning and praying, my throat started getting all weird, and I ran to the bathroom and my eyes were getting all puffy and ET looking, and I knew it was happening. Hahahah. But the work must go on. I woke up the next morning and looked ridiculous, but just put on some glasses and headed out (: I’m sure people were really interested in the gospel at that point, lol.

- Jeremy Guthrie, a player for the Washington Nations baseball team, has been coming to my ward the last few weeks as they are here for their spring training, and so we have been talking, and we ended up figuring out that we are totally in the same stake back at home. Anyways, this last Sunday when we were talking, he asked me when our preparation days were and he said he wanted to hook me up with some tickets for the next day. We were unsure if we were going to be able to go, but we gave cute President Richardson a quick call and he said "BY ALL MEANS, GIDDY UP go and have fun" "the only requirement is that I need to see some pictures (:" So he got me and all our district tickets to his game against the Yankees. So on Monday we got to go to the stadium, which is like 3 minutes from our house, and watched the game! It was SO FUN! But it was kind of the weirdest thing ever. We felt like real people again. He gave us a tour of he stadium, and even came back to church yesterday and gave sister Bingham and I balls and hats. He is literally the nicest man ever.

- It’s getting hot here and I am currently getting so nervous for what is about to come. lol. I am a summer gal by all means, but the other day it was so hot, and we got home and I felt like I had just spent an entire day at the beach and was so sun drained. Oh here we go! This is gonna be fun! But you know you can’t count on the weather here, because the next day was literally just the biggest rainstorm. We got absolutely DUMPED on. We ran from our car to our members house across the street to go have dinner, and in a matter of 3 seconds we look like we had just jumped into a pool. I LOVED IT hahah! Just memories. We just couldn't stop laughing. We hit up the most Mexican McDonalds you have ever seen after, to go dry ourselves off. I just love Florida. The weather and the people, heck you just never know what you are going to get here.

- Well I just absolutely love Sister Bingham, because there were a few days that literally all our plans would fall through and that NOBODY would listen to us, but we just always stay so positive and happy together and we just have so much fun. Everyday we find out how we are even more like the same person. Sketch. Anywho she is also a killer singer, which is just perfect for me, cuz anyone that really knows me knows that I LOVE music and to sing, but am straight up tone def. So dad you are going to be so proud; Sister Bingham and I each day in the car learn a hymn in Spanish and then she’s teaching me how to harmonize!! So I can actually use my man voice for good! We have along way to go, but ay, you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes to keep yourself sane. (:

- Well we have really been trying to practice how we teach this last week to be better and teach more by the Spirit, and man, all our role playing must have done us some good, because this week after we taught this family the Restoration, they tried to hand us a wad of cash. LOL. THAT WAS A FIRST. I mean holler thank you, but instead of handing us money, go do yourself some real good and GO GET BAPTIZED. Haha anywho, we just cracked up at that. I just wish everyone could recognize how important and really amazing this message that we have is! It just blows my mind, that we have the most true and perfect gospel and book on the WHOLE EARTH, and we are offering it to people for FREE and still people wont accept. All the times I am rejected I just think of our Savior. I just feel so lucky and just am reminded everyday. I cannot let myself ever forget these feelings and experiences that I am having out here.

Sorry this is kind of all over the place, but I am just so happy and so grateful for the people that have been placed in my path in the seven months that I have been out here. We are currently working with the sweetest people, and I just cannot believe God has entrusted ME.

I can hardly even wait to watch conference this weekend. It will be the best!

Hope you all enjoy it and your week too!

Thanks for all the support and love! I am the luckiest gal in the world

xoxox

The Goon

Hermana Dimond