Holiday Week!

What a fun week! We had Star Wars day (not officially a holiday, I know), Cinco de Mayo (not even an American holiday but whatever), and Mother's Day all together! :) It was awesome. I love holidays. It's an excuse to celebrate and make cake ;)

So let's see... Some of the highlights of the week include, but are not limited to, the following experiences:
I met the SWEETEST lady in the WORLD. Her name is Juanita and I LOVE her. Oh my goodness. She's just so so sweet and so happy and faithful even though she's had a lot of trials recently. We also had some random members of the Tongan ward give us dinner on the way to a lesson which was SUCH a blessing because we didn't actually have time to get dinner that night and it was making us both grumpy. #tendermercies. We also found out one of our investigators, Andrew, who just turned 9, got permission from his parents to be baptized!!! :D His grandma and older sisters are members and he's just been waiting for his parents to give the OK. So that'll happen this coming Sunday!!! Super exciting :) Then on Cinco de Mayo I got to wear my excessively Mexican dress again and it was awesome ;) nuff said. Also. I had the BEST steak of my mission life that a member cooked for us and DANG. I miss food like that... so yummy! Then on Friday we spent a lot of the day doing service for a member! We mainly helped clean up her yard by pulling weeds and cleaning up rotten lemons and whatnot (because everyone has fruit trees and they just have more fruit than they know what to do with). It was fun though :) and on Saturday I saw Rapunzel!! Seriously! :D yeah... we were in a CVS and she was wandering down the aisles... Not a clue why XD Made me wish I could just wander around in my Cinderella dress ;) except funny joke it won't fit anymore (that's not funny actually.... that's sad).

Then on Sunday I got to talk to my family!!! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! :) I am SO Grateful for all the amazing mothers in my life (whether they're my own mom or someone else's!) Mothers are hands down the coolest people on earth. Where would we be without you all??? Nah, but for real, I'm so grateful for all you mothers out there. I know it's not always easy--I mean, I have a hard rough time just taking care of myself out here! But know that you're loved and appreciated by SO many! :)

-Hermanita Johnson