Week 5: August 5-11, 2021 Celestial Giggles

August 11, 2021

This week. Man, oh man. The stress really hit. I just kept thinking about leaving and how unprepared I felt. And then add to that the mixed messages from multiple people and leaders about reassignments, visas, and everything else. It was a lot to take in. My stress level peaked Tuesday afternoon. But luckily enough for me, my district had one last temple visit on Wednesday. I was reminded very lovingly as I went through that God really has a plan for me and for each of us. Which funnily enough is what I’ve said in so many lessons this week. But I really felt that as I went through the temple. So it doesn’t matter if I’m in Vegas for two weeks or 18 months. Whatever happens, is His plan for me.

Another thing I learned at the temple is my mom and I cannot spend time together in the celestial room. We have laughed way too much to be acceptable. I had to move away from her while there because I couldn’t stop laughing. But that didn’t help because I looked over at her and just started laughing again. One of the temple workers came up and talked to us as we were about to leave. She said she noticed we were laughing and that I moved away and how funny she thought that was. This lady turned out to be so hilarious and we spent quite a bit of time talking/laughing with her.

I’m really going to miss my district. They have made this home MTC experience one of the best experiences of my life. It’s hard sitting in front of a screen all day but they make it so much fun. I laugh a good portion of the day. They have all taught me so much and have all played a part in helping grow my testimony more. The temple visits and lunch afterward were such great experiences. And Hermana Skouson. Oh my, you guys! She is one of my most favorite human beings. If you ever have the pleasure of meeting her, you’ll get it. She is so amazing. It’s going to be so hard saying goodbye.

Someone in my district (I’m so sorry I forgot who exactly) mentioned how often we pray in a day. Just in meetings, we pray like 10 times a day. And personally, it’s like 100,000 a day. And that might be a slight exaggeration, but I for sure pray a lot in a day, and definitely a lot more than I did a month ago. And my love for our Heavenly Father has grown exponentially. He is so amazing. Like really amazing. He loves us so much and He has so much in store for each of us. So pray and share your life with Him because He loves you the mostest and the bestest as my mom would say.

Con amor,

Hermana Snow

p.s. the next email I send will be from Las Vegas :)