Discipleship!

We went to the cutest ice cream place today

Hello everyone!

First of all forgive me for forgetting to say last week that P-day was getting changed to Wednesday this week because of a temple trip! So that is why I was MIA... lo siento fam

Second of all I am very worried about our house plant (which I have affectionately named Fergie the Fernie) I actually think it is a lily of some sort....but anyways despite Sister Neahusan and I's best efforts Fergie is dying. I've tried the only things I know how to do. I have watered it everyday, made sure it was getting sun and took off all the dead leaves to no avail. So if anyone is a plant expert your comments and advice are very much appreciated!

Third of all ANA MACHUCHA GOT BAPTIZED!! I started teaching Ana two weeks ago but other missionaries have been working with her for quite a while now so her getting baptized was a big deal. It was really sweet because her husband got to baptize her and it was the tenderest thing. All through the service he was just crying and the spirit was SO strong. I can't wait for them to be able to go to the temple in a year and continue their eternal family. That is what it is all about and I am so grateful to have been a part of it all.


It has been a crazy week and a half and something that I have been reflecting a lot on recently is something that my dad said in a blessing before I left on my mission. He said that I would "see the devastating effects of sin" throughout my mission.

This week we had some of the most powerful, and hardest, lessons of my mission. We had the chance to talk with 3 different people throughout the week that all responded to their own trials and challenges in different ways.One of those people left the church, another chose to follow the Savior even more and the third decided to find Him. Each one of these people had awful, terrible things happen to them and it just made my heart hurt. It also just made me reflect on the person I want to be.

If I was in a situation like that, how would I respond? Would I deny what I knew to be true because I had been hurt or would I embrace the Savior more fully?

This life isn't just about doing good things and trying to be a good person but it is about becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ. If you look back through this last conference you will see that almost every talk focused on truly following our Savior, on becoming His disciples. When He called out to Peter and the others as they were fishing how did they respond? "And they straightway left their nets, and followed him."

It is the hardest thing to do but the thing that brings the most joy. I invite you all to follow Him.

To the Moon and Back!
Hermana Showalter

what happens when you have dinner with your ZL and DL in the nursery room

Que Chevere @my Venezuelan mom Sister Cedeno

When dinner abandons you at their house with their dog....