Hermana Dimond Takes Florida: YIP SKIP MANGOS

YIP SKIP another week down? WHAT IS GOING ON? How are ya my cute little family?(: HAPPY FATHERS DAY ALL MY CUTE LITTLE MALES I LOVE YOU

I hope you had a great week. Florida has just been treating Sister Call and I good. We are happy as ever and just working our little booties off, despite the lack of success we may be seeing. This week was definitely one of the hardest weeks of my mission though. I know that we are just really being tested for our faith right now, because an OBESE miracle is just around the corner (: I can feel it!

BUTTTTT this week was just a testimony to the start of these obese miracles coming, because this week was PRETTY MUCH THE START OF THE MANGO GIVE AWAY. (: (: (: Literally every single house has a giant mango tree, and y’all know my love for mangos before? It has just escalated out of control here. It is a problem but at the same time A BLESSING. Because I am asking, and we are getting handed mangos left and right (: , we are sharing prayers and the gospel and these Floridians are sharing their mangos. It’s just a good trade off (: This week this cute woman we taught also had a Bahamas’ cherry tree in her backyard, so we got to pick some of those and try them out too:) Gotta love this tropical place, fruit for days.

Well a few of the fav highlights from the week:

-I felt like a little greenie again on Sunday. Just like the first day in the mission. This sweet little Haitian woman walks into church and doesn't speak a lick of English, only Creole, and I just felt so helpless. Hahaha, I literally mustered the few Creole random phrases that I have picked up, and then just decided to call the Creole Elders and have them talk to her. Thank heavens for the gift of tongues.

-Saturday morning I was asked to speak in church the next day, Fathers day. I was like what? Hahah, what human wants to hear a missionary speak on Fathers day? But I went for it. And then get to church, and they ended up not even needing me. So basically dad I wrote you a really fat shout out (: but never got to share it. So just know that I hope you had a splendid day tho (: and felt super duper special because I LOVE YOU and am so grateful for you! I know the lord had me write it so that I could just reflect on all the wonderful dads in my life and how grateful I am, so therefore blessings.

-Super cool experience tho this week. Sister Call and I went up to Pines area, and did a knocking session with the Sisters in that area and with their whole district, to help them get their area going with a little fire as they are struggling a little (: We got up there, and as we were walking away from our cars to get started, there was a man walking down the street. I go up to him and start talking and hand him a card of Jesus Christ. One thing led to another and an hour later, we taught the Restoration, we prayed, and we just took him right inside the chapel and gave him a tour, since we were right outside!!!!! He accepted baptism and all!!!!! MILAGROSSSS!!! It was just the coolest OYM ever!!!! God truly does just put people in your path, and all we need to do is just open our mouths! People are ready to hear this beautiful message that we have. Found little Danny for the sisters in their area! NOW THEY JUST NEED TO GO BAPTIZE HIM.

-Well absolute favorite part of the week hands down, was on Saturday. WE GOT TO GO TO THE TEMPLE this week to do baptisms for the dead with Sister Call’s recent convert Monica. We have been working with her the past few weeks on her family history and she was able to take her own names to the temple and do them, and I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY FIRST NAME TO THE TEMPLE AS WELL. It was the most special experience ever. I nearly cried just driving on the temple property. 10 months is way too long. I am so happy they changed that rule, so that we at least have the chance to go do baptisms. It was a day I will never forget. The number of ward members that were there to support her was amazing. Most of the temple workers were Spanish speaking and it was just so cool to hear the baptisms being done in Spanish as well. And you know you are not in Utah anymore, when you do 30+ baptisms. I just loved it. Anywho, Monica is amazing, and becoming like my best friend. She is thee biggest example to me and I just fee so lucky I could be part of that special day with her. She is becoming the strongest member ever.

Well just a quick quote I want to share for the week:

"If we give our heart to God, if we love the Lord Jesus Christ, if we do the best we can to live the gospel, then tomorrow and ever other day, is ultimately going to be magnificent, even if we don’t always recognize it as such. Why? Because our Heavenly Father wants it to be! So keep loving, keep trying, keep trusting, keep believing. Keep growing. Heaven is cheering our on today, tomorrow, and forever."

Elder Holland just kills me. What a man. This really resonated with me this week, and I hope that it helps one of you as much as it did me! KEEP GOING! I love you all and hope you have the best week!

xoxox
Hermana Dimond

The Opa Locka flea market !! (: I swear some days we are not in the U.S.

Too fun. We bought our selves some special maiz and coconuts from our boy Ishmeal from Guatemala (: He had heard quite a bit about the church previously as well!!! Cutest man.