Panama by way of Colorado. Hermana Bledsoes mission

I probably had the most spiritually enlightening week I've ever had in my life besides the time I went to EFY, but even that kinda pales in comparison. On Thursday we hopped onto a bus and drove 8 hours to Denver. Stayed with missionaries there and had a devotional with the mission Friday night. Seeing around 200 missionaries together in the same room was pretty incredible. Singing with them was even more so. Saturday we had a devotional with Elder Holland, elder Nielsen, sister Craven and Bishop Budge. I don't think I can properly put into words how amazing it was. Life-changing, is probably how I would describe it. Elder Nielsen told us that President Ballard had recommended that elder Holland not come to Denver because of his health. And he replied with "no, we're going." it was his first trip since before covid and he had a LOT to say. Here's some highlights: -"serving a mission is the most important thing you will ever do. The most important thing in...

Forgot to hit send on my email last week. Here it is: I'm officially in my last transfer as a missionary! So, to keep me from slacking off, they gave me a brand new missionary as my companion. It's been an insane couple of days, but seriously I wouldn't even guess that Sister Fa was a new missionary. She just jumps right in before I even explain what we're doing! She's awesome. It was after 9pm, so we were done for the day and she exclaims: "I'm just going to send ONE more message!" so I'm loving her enthusiasm for the work.  We're finally allowed to go out street contacting! We've been talking to people at the park and it's been SO fun. Naturally the very first person we talked to was a member.... Hahaha.  And last night we had a lesson with a lady we're teaching and her neighbor was over... And she was very very drunk. It was hilarious.  Funny story: a member came over and brought Sister Fa some cookies because she heard somewhere...