Day trip to capital

 Hey everyone! These last couple weeks have been great! Life's good and I'm trying to just soak up my time here :) 

Last week we had our zone conf and it was awesome (kinda sad because it was our last zone conf with this mission president bc were getting a new one) but it was rad still! I absolutely love my zone and area right now and things are going great with my comp! I feel very blessed! 

This last month of May (which is it just me or does it feel like may never even happened?) our mission broke its record again with 125 baptisms which is super cool to me knowing that this work is progressing right along!

 This weekend our friend Leticia got baptized and it was such a special experience! Her son Jose was my first convert in this area and after he was baptized I shared w him 1 nefi 8:12 from the book of mormón that says "And as I partook of the fruit thereof it filled my soul with exceedingly great joy; wherefore, I began to be desirous that my family should partake of it also; for I knew that it was desirable above all other fruit." I shared that and said "don't you want to share this new joy with your family?" And he said yes and actuallyyy shared the gospel with his mom by inviting her to come watch general conf with us at the church and after weve been teaching her since and now shes baptized  such a cool experience! It was also so cool because juanjo our other convert blessed the sacrament in sacrament meeting yesterday and ahh its so cool to see people progress spiritually! 

guys, GOD REALLY DOES LOVE YOU AND IS SOOO AWARE OF YOU! Every day here I am just overwhelmed with love knowing that this is right where I'm supposed to be with who I'm supposed to be. Try to find the joy that God is giving you right now even if it's hard to see or appreciate sometimes. One of my fav quotes has always been "find joy in the journey". Sometimes in our life we just want to enjoy the pretty mountain tops and views without any of the struggles, but some of the coolest, most beautiful things that can really strengthen us is the journey or hike up those steep slopes :) find joy in every day! (Ps also enjoy the actual mountains for me bc I do miss them) 

I love you all and hope you all know that God loves you even more. You guys have the amazing "fruit" or joy that this gospel brings, enjoy every taste of it and try to share it with someone else in your life that could use it! Thanks for everything!!

-hna Stone