Happy Birthday to me...

Hey everyone! Sorry, I`m writing a little earlier today because we have an activity planned for my birthday at the time we normally write...so we`re writing right now :) I send you all pictures and let you know how it goes next week ;)

This week has been a little stressful, but also very spiritual. We had a multizona reunion on Tuesday, and I learned so much. I had even more desires to work harder, be more obedient, and make the changes in the way we do the work so that we can bring even more souls to Christ!

This week Fernando was going to get baptized, but he was having a lot of personal doubts that took his desire to get baptized. But we went ahead with his interview, and our District Leader really helped him to understand that he didn`t have to be perfect before he got baptized. All the changes come later, poco a poco, if we`re ready to make the sacrifices. So  he didn`t get baptized this past Saturday, but we`ve set a new goal for him on the 4th of June and he`s so excited now to get baptized and be a member :) 

This week in the Book of Mormon I`ve been reading about the missions of the sons of Mosiah in Alma 18-20, and they`ve been really inspiring to me. How they were able to keep the faith they`d gained through they`re own experiences, and how much they trusted in the Lord and strived to do his will even when things got hard. That`s something we can all apply to our lives, whether we`re missionaries or member missionaries, we can always strive to do the will of the Lord, and to firm in our faith when struggles abound.

I love you all so much, and I hope you have a great week!

Love, Hermana Oliphant

Fotos

1. A little flower from a plant some little kids gave me. I`ve been taking good care of it and it`s the first plant I haven`t killed...I guess the mission`s taught me something ;)

2. The piñatas we`re using for my birthday party today...the whole ward`s invited.

3. My comp made me a ham and cheese pancake in bed...excuse my just-barely-woken-up-face

4. Rafa gave me a present...that I had to return to the church, so I took a picture :)

5. From left to right, Me, Candi, Hermana Barron, Valeska, Rafa

Mibebecitotanlindo...eseplupblu

Hey everyone! Sorry for not writing last week. We went to Managua and time flew away from us...so I didn`t really get a chance to write about my week. And sorry for the title. That`s my comps favorite little baby voice she uses with everyone, haha. So the past two weeks have come and gone pretty fast. We`ve had another set of changes, but for the first time since my training (and I`m getting ready to finish a year on the mission), I haven`t had any kind of changes, comp or area. Thank goodness. But, that means I`m killing again. Which I`m happy about, because Hermana Barron is awesome. But I`m not going to lie, killing is tough. Talk about trunky, hehe. 

We`ve been pretty preocupied these past two weeks helping two of our investigators get ready to get baptized. Rudy and Fernando. And Rudy did end up getting baptized on Saturday! It was such a great day, and we were so happy for him. However, he wasn`t able to go to church yesterday, so we`re working real hard with him to make sure he gets confirmed this next Sunday. We`ve just loved working with him and getting to know him and helping him find the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. Fernando is getting ready to get baptized this Saturday, and he`s also super excited. He`s 11, and his Grandma`s a member. He loves going to church, and he`s such a cute kid. We call him my son, haha. Or, Mijo, I`d call him. He`s in the first picture :)

Yesterday we also started a music class! Only 5 people came, and we didn`t study anything beforehand, so it was a little confusing...but it went really well. The members who came were great and so patient, especially since explaining music in Spanish is hard, especially since I don`t really know how to teach music, since it`s just been a part of my life for as long as I can remember...haha. We just taught how to direct music, and they were such a good class :) We`re going to get into reading music, playing the piano, and working the electric piano to automatically play the hymns for sunday! This next week we`ll do a little more studying ;)

For my spiritual thought I just wanted to share one that reminds me a lot of one of my absolute favorites of the Book fo Mormon, Moroni 10:32. This one is in Omni, and when I read it in my study of the Book of Mormon it just really stood out to me.

 26 And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption.Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying,and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will besaved.

That`s pretty simple and self explanatory, haha. I just love this invitation. That we offer our souls to Christ. We stop doing the bad things, fasting and praying for strength to do that, and keeping at it. Always humbly looking for ways to improve. Because even though we want to think we`re perfect and know everything...we don`t. Ha. 

We`ll I`ve got to head off now. But I love you guys so much. I hope you all have a great week!

Love, Hermana Oliphant

Fotos

1. Our little band of misfits. From left to right (excluding me), Rafa, Lauren (a recent convert), Fernando. We brought those boys together :)

2. Taking selfies after church! Left to right (excluding me and my comp), Rudy (on the bottom), Pablo (on the top), Valeska (we`re finally getting her back to church, and she helped Rudy get baptized!!)

3.Baptism! It was one of the craziest nights of my life, but it was so great. We`re so excited for Rudy to get confirmed!

Hey!

Hey everyone! So I`m short on time, again, but this week has been super great. And a little sad. It`s been really hard to get our investigators to church, but that`s always the hard part, right? But we`ve also been working really hard with our futuros elderes, or Future Elders, and helping them get ready for missions! And we`ve been using the members a lot, and it`s so great to see their animo to help with the work. They just need a little encouragement sometimes. 

We also had great divisions this week with...guess who? My MTC comp, Hermana Walborn! She`s my TL now, and so we were companions for a day in my area, and it was so incredible to see how we`ve both grown, teach together, and see so many miracles. She`s an incredible missionary and I hope I can be like her some day :)

So to finish up, I`ll explain the pictures. A couple days ago, we got home at night, and I was getting ready to take a shower...and then got in the shower. I was all ready to clean myself, and then I saw that scorpion on my loufa...and I had a panic attack basically. I was in the shower, and basically trapped by that evil (sleeping...tailless) creature. My poor comp was great enough to throw me a shirt over the wall so I could put some clothes on, and then she passed me a broom so I could unlock the bathroom door, and she calmly coaxed me out of the shower curtain so I could escape before I started crying...and then I started to run out and I tripped and banged my knee against the wall and now it`s really purple. As I calmed down in my bed I told her to burn the scorpion after she smashed it...so she did. That`s the fire picture. Our little firepit for the demon. Funnily enough, we had smashed the tail off a scorpion a few weeks ago that escaped...so maybe it came back for revenge. It definitely did scar me a bit, but it`s dead. So we`re okay. Moral of the story, scorpions are demons. Watch out.

tailless but still frightening scorpion

fire pit for the demon scorpion

But on a spiritual note, I`m in Alma in my BoM reading, and I just read some really great scriptures in chapter 7.

23 And now I would that ye should be humble, and besubmissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.
 24 And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works.

That basically sums up everything we need to do in life. I want to challenge all of you to pick one of these things to work on, and then pray for the help you need to accomplish it. God really does work His miracles when we show Him our faith. That I`m certain of.

I love you all so very very much, and thanks for everything you do!

Love, Hermana Oliphant

Hey y`all!

Sorry, it`s been a little while. Time`s been a little short lately.

But lately we`ve been seeing so many miracles, and it`s been so incredible. We`re seeing the love and unity increase in our ward, and we`re helping the members get so excited about missionary work! We have so many people preparing for baptism now, and most of them have already been to church before, and know members already, and are being fellowshipped by new members. It`s incredible to see how much the work hastens and how much more positive our investigators are when the members really step in to make this ward great, and when they fulfill their commitments. 

So the pictures are of Rudy and Kevin. Kevin (the darker one on the far right) is a recent convert, and the one on the left is our investigator who`s preparing to get baptized, and he`s so excited. He`s been to church a couple times, he`s loved it, and he keeps saying he wants to be Mormon, haha. He has a lot to change, but Kevin is so down to helping him do the things he`s needed to do, and I`m so happy for them. I`ve loved seeing the change in their lives as they come closer to Christ. 

And the other picture is a pancake that I made...it turned into a flower (more specifically, the saccuanjoche flower from my hair a few weeks ago ;) The national flower of Nicaragua!)

Something I`ve been thinking a lot about lately is a talk from April conference last year about The Music of the Gospel. I can`t remember who it was by, but I just love the comparisons he makes to the music. Our primary responsibility como parents (and missionaries) is to help our children (and investigators and recent converts and less actives) hear the music of the holy Spirit, not just teach them the dance moves. As we all strive to hear the music more in our lives, our desire to dance (keep the comandments) will just come naturally.

I love you all so much. I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Att. Hermana Oliphant

Rudy (investigator), Missionaries, Kevin (new convert)

saccuanjoche flower in a pancake ;)

Another hot week in Chinandega

Saccuanjoche, the national flower of Nicaragua

Hey everyone! Sorry for being super slacking on the emails lately...I´ve been pretty good until these past couple of weeks, haha. This weeks has been full of finding. We´re been having terrible luck with all of our existing investigators...so lots of contacting and meeting new people. Especially helping my new comp get to know her new area :)

Noche de Hermanamiento (or Sisterhood night, like RS activity evenings)

 We have the best members in the entire world. They love helping us meet references and teach lessons. But lately there´s been a bit of drama causing some divisions within the ward itself. But some hnas decided to take a stand. So they´ve redone Noche de Hermanamiento (which is like mutual for adults), and talked about love and how they all need to work together to help reactivate members and be more united as a ward. It was so incredible to see, and I love how much these members care about their ward and the state of the unity and the spirituality of the members. They want to help out so much, and it´s really starting to make the difference. 

Big scorpions. Big. Scorpions. 

We´ve been having lots of run-ins with...scorpions. It´s been terrible. 3 this past week, one was a baby. And another one was hiding in my clothes...thank goodness I saw it before I put it on my body. That, and lots of other things has got us considering moving, haha. Our lunch cita is moving, and her house is huge, in our budget, and she´s totally willing to let us take it over. So we´re going to see about that ;)

The baby pineapple growing at the church

We´ve also been focusing a lot on helping out the menos activos, especially the punks. Haha we have lots of young men/young adults who are in the crossroads of going on a mission or not, and we´ve been making them help us out on visits, and they´ve really been seeing the joy of missionary work. It´s changing their perspective, and they´ve all been getting more excited about missionary work. If anyone of you are thinking about going on a mission or know people who are questioning going on a mission, tell them to go out with the missionaries for a few hours a couple times a week. (supposing the missionaries are cool...hehe). I promise it´ll change your mind.

Mosiah 24:13-16

When we have sins and weaknesses and struggles, God promises to help us. But he also promises to help us on HIS time. And sometimes we need to be patient. But as it says in the scriptures, he will never forget us. He will ALWAYS complete his promises. We just need to have faith in him and do a little waiting.

I love you guys so much. Thanks for everything. Until next week!

Sarah and her new companion, Hermana Barron

Comps as twinners ;)

Love, Hermana Oliphant

[Note from Mom: I mistakenly said last week that her companion was new to the mission, but I think now that there was some confusion from her previous note. Her companion has been out 16 months, not a couple. I think Sarah meant to say that her companion has only a couple of months left in the mission before she leaves, rather than she's only been out a couple of months.]

Hey!

Hey everyone!

So I`m a little short on time this week, but this week has been relatively normal. We`re still working on helping our large family get to church, and its a struggle. BUT, we got to see the 13 year old daughter get baptized! She was baptized when she was 8, but somehow her records got deleted, so she had to get baptized again. But, she`s been pretty inactive and rebellious lately. But with lots of love and the Spirit, she`s been coming back to church and was so happy to get baptized again. I love seeing the miracle of conversion on the mission.

I don`t have a scripture today, but I just want to encourage all of you to sincerely pray to your Heavenly Father today. Kneel down on the ground. Pray to know if he`s there. To know if he loves you and is aware of you. Plead forgiveness for your sins and the help you need to stay strong and resist temptation. Plead for the blessings you need. Then stop and listen. Feel. I promise you that if you do that, you will feel something. I promise you that the moment you kneel down to sincerely pray to your Father in Heaven, even if you`ve already down it before, He will answer you again. Or if you didn`t receive an answer the first time, He`ll bless your faith and diligence with an answer if you keep trying. But I know that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us and is waiting for us to exercise our faith and come unto Him.

I love you all so much. I hope you have an amazing week!

Att. Hermana Oliphant

P.S. no pictures because the computer isn`t cooperating. Sorry! Next week!

Another week passing by way too fast...

Hey everyone!

This week has been pretty normal. No more scorpions, thank goodness. Lots of visits with less actives, and I`ve been able to see so many miracles from that. One family in particular we`ve been focusing on have started to go to church, little by little. And 12 people live there. 10 are members, and 2 have baptismal dates :) The family is super crazy, and it`s kind of draining going there, but I love every second we can spend with every member of that great family. I know the Lord has great things in store for them, and I know that with the help of the Spirit, we can help them all become closer to Christ, and truly converted to this incredible gospel.

My scripture of the week is in Mosiah 1.

3 And he also taught them concerning the records which were engraven on the plates of brass, saying: My sons, I would that ye should remember that were it not for these plates, which contain these records and these commandments, we must have suffered in ignorance, even at this present time, not knowing the mysteries of God.
 6 O my sons, I would that ye should remember that these sayings are true, and also that these records are true. And behold, also the plates of Nephi, which contain the records and the sayings of our fathers from the time they left Jerusalem until now, and they are true; and we can know of their surety because we have them before our eyes.
 7 And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to search them diligently, that ye may profit thereby; and I would that ye should keep the commandments of God, that ye may prosper in the land according to the promises which the Lord made unto our fathers.

Always remember what a great blessing the scriptures are. Read them, ponder them, and pray to know of their surety and how to better apply it in your lives. I love you all so much, and I hope you have a wonderful week :)

Att. Hermana Oliphant

A member's pet (!?)

Part of a family they are working to reactivate

Crazy Week!

Hermanas Arias and Oliphant

 Hey everyone! I`m so sorry for not writing last week. I ended up traveling to Managua on Monday, and then ended up staying the night. I hadn`t even brought clothes or toothpaste or anything! It was a very exciting adventure running around Managua, and what`s more, the night before on Sunday, we were up late helping a sick member of the ward (with permission), so I was just super exhausted.

This week's been pretty normal. We had a multi-stake

Chinandega Zone Activity

Zone Activity

Chinandega YW activity

conference with all of central America, broadcasted from Salt Lake, this Sunday. So great. And we were able to bring 4 investigators, which was super great.

We`ve had some interesting experiences these past 2 weeks. Full of scorpions, flooding the apartment, investigators who just think we`re pretty, and some real talk as companions. It`s been crazy hot, too. So hot that at night, once I`ve finished my cold shower, I start sweating even before I`ve dried off. Craziness.

Aaaaaand we have scorpions, and one literally almost stung me. I was laying on my bed with my arm on the wall, and suddenly my comp screamed at me to get off my bed, so I jump/roll off, and there`s a GIANT scorpion that was crawling toward my arm. We killed it with a baseball bat.
And we think we`re seeing more scorpions because we accidentally flooded our house the other day...there wasn`t water, and we left the tap on on accident. Lots of stuff got wet. Hopefully the mouse hole too.

And the work goes on as normal. Talking to people. Teaching them the word of God, and slowly but surely gaining my own testimony of how true it is and how much our lives would be blessed if we could just trust God and keep the commandments. But we`re all pretty weak. 2 Nephi 4 has helped me a lot :)

I love you all so much, and I hope your week is fantastic and spiritual and stress free! At least as stress free as it can be.

Love, Hermana Oliphant

(P.S. I`ve officially hit 9 months on the mission...halfway done!)

New Week

Hey everyone!

Sorry for not writing next week, even though I actually did. Apparently there was some kind of mix up in the system and none of my emails and pictures sent. But the main news is that last Sunday we had a baptism! He`s 17, and so great. Just yesterday he received the Aaronic priesthood and is now a priest! He`s going to bless the sacrament next Sunday, and we`re all excited :)

We also got to listen to President and Hna Collado in a Multizone meeting. It was fabulous, as always. I learned so much that I`m so excited to put in to practice :)

I`m kind of in a hurry this week, but I just wanted to share some scriptures that I loved from my scripture study this week in Alma 29.

 6 Now, seeing that I know these things, why should I desire more than to perform the work to which I have been called? //
 9 I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy.

What was his joy? Being able to bring souls unto God. And if we keep this eternal perspective in our minds, we should have no other desire. I`m so grateful for this opportunity I have to be here, to teach and be taught by these lovely souls here in Nicaragua. I hope all of you can find ways to be missionaries this week, whether full time or part time, it`s really the best.

I love you all!

Hermana Oliphant

Missionaries with Bryan Joven, a member who works with them preparing for a mission

Cute selfie pic

Bautismos y Carpinterìa (Baptisms and Carpentry)

[Comment from Mom: Last week the missionary email system had a massive glitch, and thousands of emails home never made it. This is last week's letter that Sarah did send, but I only received yesterday.]
Hey guys!

This week was pretty normal. We did have some interesting intercambios this week. Our zone and the zone right next to us had divisions amongst all of us! I ended up staying in my area (that I barely know) with Hermana Morales, who just barely got to the mission field two weeks ago. It was kind of interesting, training for a day. Talking to her brought back so many memories of when I just started (which feels like yesterday...oh dear). She`s the cutest. We worked hard together, and it was just a great day overall.

Jose' Before baptism

dressed for baptism

After baptism with the member family that introduced Jose' to the gospel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Then on Saturday...we had a baptism! His name is Josè, he`s 17, and he was a reference. He works for the family business (making pupusas) of a member in the ward. He`s also really good friends with her two oldest kids. Together with their help, he readily accepted the gospel (starting just a couple weeks before I got here) and made the decision to be baptized. He`s already talking about a mission! It`s been such a privilege to be a part of his growing testimony. But I know for sure I didn`t really do much. The Spirit and this amazing family brought the gospel to this great kid, and I was just there to teach him the principles and invite him to act. He was so shy throughout the whole process...hates pictures, and the idea of being confirmed in front of everyone scared the bejeebies out of him, but he did it. I`m so happy for him and can`t wait to see his progress :)

Earlier on Saturday, we decided to help this lady carry large wood slabs into her house...and she almost didn`t let us, but we forced her :) And then we go out in to the back, and it`s a carpentry. We ask if we can help them with the work, and they gladly oblige. I ended up sweeping, and we both sanded a bed frame. It was super random, but it was so fun meeting all the people who live there and talking to them and getting to know them. Who knows, maybe one day they`ll get baptized ;) We`re going to go back this Wednesday to sweep again, haha. But this time to leave a message as well. 

Sanding a headboard

 

In my BoM study this week, I found some great scriptures that really stood out to me in 2 Nephi.

Ch. 8
3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
 24 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
 25 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Ch. 9
18 But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel,they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever.

 19 O the greatness of the mercy of our God, the Holy One of Israel! For he delivereth his saints from that awful monster the devil, and death, and hell, and that lake of fire and brimstone, which is endless torment.

I know the Lord WILL comfort Zion. But for us to be comforted by the atonement of the Savior, we need to become a part of Zion. It`s not a location, but a people. The people of the Lord. I know this gospel is so true, and we`re all so blessed to be a part of it. I hope you all have a great week! :)

Love, Hermana Oliphant

Sweating in Chinandega

Hermanas Oliphant and Arias

Hey everyone! This week was very hot, and very new, but it was very great. :)

My new companion is awesome! Even though she`s going home this change, she`s determined to finish with a bang. And she says she was worried that a gringa would be her last comp, because she normally doesn`t get along with them. But we get along great, so that`s a bonus :)

We`ve had a couple earthquakes here...which scared me a bit, but they happen relatively often. Nothing to worry about for now ;) And it`s very very hot here in Chinandega. I`ve sweat off a few pounds just in this past week. Not that I`m complaining, but it`s very hot. Lots of water. If you`ve ever thought of Nicaragua and pictured hot, tropical, palm trees, humidity, etc...you`ve thought of Chinandega. There are actually LOTS of gringos who live here. It`s kind of strange, actually.

We had a fun miracle this week. On Saturday night, we stopped at a nacatamale stand and decided to buy some for Sunday lunch. And it made me really want to by un fresco de calala. Or, a homemade passionfruit juice. It`s definitely my favorite kind of fresco here. Sooo good. I remembered seeing a house that sold them a ways back, so we headed back down the road, and saw a couple of guys sitting down and decided to talk to them. They were super interested, and we were able to commit them to a baptismal date right there in the contact! We haven`t been able to go back with them yet, but it was a tiny little miracle that keeps me and my comp laughing. #buscandocalala. The Lord works in mysterious ways.

Something I`ve been thinking very strongly about is how important it is not just to go to church on Sunday, but to sanctify it, like Pte Nelson said. To keep all of our actions on this holy day in accordance with the respect and love with have for our Heavenly Father. Study the scriptures. Do visiting teaching. Do family history work. Go help the missionaries teach a lesson ;) The tv can wait. YouTube and Facebook and Pinterest can wait. Even the cleaning and the laundry can wait. Sometimes you can`t help it, but sometimes you can. And I know we`ll be super blessed if we do all we can to sanctify the dia de reposo :)

As part of my scripture study this week, I read in 2 Nephi 4, and it`s so beautiful. I just saw it as a plead for mercy and forgiveness to the Lord, and how all of us need that sometimes. Verses that really stuck out to me are:

 26 O then, if I have seen so great things, if the Lord in his condescension unto the children of men hath visited men in so much mercy, why should my heart weep and my soul linger in the valley of sorrow, and my flesh waste away, and my strength slacken, because of mine afflictions?

 27 And why should I yield to sin, because of my flesh?Yea, why should I give way to temptations, that the evil one have place in my heart to destroy my peace and afflict my soul? Why am I angry because of mine enemy?

 28 Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul.
 29 Do not anger again because of mine enemies. Do not slacken my strength because of mine afflictions.
 30 Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
 31 O Lord, wilt thou redeem my soul? Wilt thou deliver me out of the hands of mine enemies? Wilt thou make me that I may shake at the appearance of sin?
 32 May the gates of hell be shut continually before me,because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite!O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I may walk in the path of the low valley,that I may be strict in the plain road!

The Lord will redeem us of our sins, if we are ready to give them up. I know that the atonement is so real, and if we apply the repentance process in our lives, even for the little things, we will be so much happier. I love you all so much, and thanks always for the support and prayers. I`m nearing the halfway mark, and the thought of coming home is a little scary. But I`m ready to enjoy every second I have left in this little time of service to the Lord :) Feliz Semana!!

Att. Hermana Oliphant

Fried and Deep Fried here in Nicaragua

Hey! I`m short on time, so I`ll just get the important stuff said

CAMBIOS.

And I`m in Chinandega, my area is called Monserrat, if I`m not mistaken, and my companion is Hermana Arias from El Salvador. She`s dying this change...or she`s going home this tranfer season. Oh dear. Haha no, it`ll be great. I`ve heard that she`s awesome, and we`ll do great things here.

Chinandega is also the hottest place on the face of the planet, so if I show up like a baked potato in some pics...you know why. But my area is the main part of Chinandega...so we get the maxi pali and the mall ;) So ya know.

Spiritual thought! So many great scriptures this week.

Judges 10:14 (what idols are we worshipping?)

DyC 123:11-17

1 Nephi 20:16-20 (cling to the Lord and keep the commandments)

I would talk about them, but time.

But please look them up, read them, ponder them, and pray about them. These all really impacted my week, and I hope they do the same for all of you ;)

I`m waiting on my old compita for the pictures...sorry. Bear with me.

I hope you all have a great week!

Love, Hermana Oliphant.