How It Feels to Adjust to a New Area as a Missionary Your first days in a new area can feel like your senses are turned all the way up. New streets. New stores. New accents. New everything. Even normal errands can feel difficult. On my first P-day in Barbados, I learned something that helped […]
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Looking Back at a Hard Beginning My last post The Sunday I Felt Broken has a bit of a bleak outlook. Well, more than a bit. It is a very bleak outlook, but a very real experience when it came to one of my first Sundays as a new Sunbeam teacher. If you don’t know
My husband and I were recently called to be Sunbeam teachers at our church. We teach three-year-olds. And this past Sunday, we had seven of them. Seven tiny humans in one room doesn’t sound like much. But it is. Don’t get me wrong, they are so adorable and are full of joy! It just that
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Living Faithfully From the Beginning I’ve been part of my faith for as long as I can remember. I grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, served a full-time mission, and learned early what faith was supposed to look like. For a long time, I thought living faithfully meant doing
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I Wanted a Gift He Could Carry, Not Store Finding a meaningful, not-cheesy spouse gift is hard. I didn’t want to give my fiancé (soon-to-be husband!) something that would sit on a shelf and collect dust. I wanted something personal he could literally keep with him—something he could open on random Tuesdays and smile. The
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The honest truth about busy mornings Most of the time, my morning devotional starts right after family scriptures around 8:00 a.m. First, I make my bed, (because a tidy space helps my brain breathe) and then I climb back on top with my little stack: scriptures, pen, and journal. My room is my quiet place,
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I felt like I had lost my map. For weeks, my prayers felt dry, strained. I couldn’t even whisper “amen” without tears. Doubts crowded my mind: Why isn’t He listening? What did I do wrong? If you’ve ever felt the heavy hush of heaven . I see you. I was you. Feeling Distant When Prayer Becomes a Chore Maybe
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