Talk about a GOLDEN WEEK!!!

 HELLO!!!! Oh my, I cannot thank you all enough for all the love on my birthday! It was the absolute best, so THANK YOU SO MUCH! 

This week was DEFINITELY one to remember!!! Here are a few highlights:))

-on Tuesday, I turned TWENTY! So crazy to say the least! It was the best to have my golden birthday here on the mission!! I was definitely spoiled on my birthday from my family, ALL OF YOU, and the sweetest members/missionaries here in Florida!! We went and ate a TWO restaurants! We had Mexican and Greek food haha, good combination?? Heck yes. Hahaha! The Cluff's had made me a surprise cake and the picture I sent should tell you about my reaction..IT WAS TIE DYE!!!! HOW RAD IS THAT!!! The cake was DELICIOUS hahaha! We also found a NEW FRIEND on my birthday and her name is Maria and she is the SWEETEST!! We are super excited about her!!!!

-alrighty...WE HAVE A NEW COMPANION!!! We picked her up on Thursday! Her name is Hermana Breshears and oh man shes the coolest. She's from Idaho and was originally assigned to Toronto Canada BUT IM SO HAPPY SHE'S HEREEEEEE!!!!! She is ready to work and have a good time. We have SO MUCH FUN together and she's such an amazing missionary!!! We are a GOOD TIME hahaha! So grateful for two best friends/companions who like to work hard and enjoy every minute as well:)

-FRIEND UPDATE!! Okay so I talked a little bit about Rosalida and Maximo last week! I dont know how but they got CUTER and SWEETER every time we met with them!!! They LOVE the Book of Mormon and both said it's more interesting than the Bible and better to read! They loved learning about Joseph Smith and the Restoration!! We invited them to pray about baptism so we are excited to hear from them what their answer is!! On Saturday they had prepared BOWLS OF FRUIT for us and man it was the best fruit I've ever had! They asked us if we could vacation to their home countries (Cuba and Ecuador) with them after our missions. They are the cutest old couple you're ever gonna hear about hahaha!!

-mia is doing amazing as always and we FINALLY have communication with her dad so we are so happy and grateful about that!! He wants to learn about the gospel and wow we have been praying hard for him!!

Here's a little thought for you:) 

"no matter how many times you have slipped or fallen, rise up! Your destiny is a glorious one! Stand tall and walk in the light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ! You are stronger than you realize. You are more capable than you can imagine. You can do it now!"

We are MORE capable than we can IMAGINE! We aren't perfect, but we can try and try and try again. The purpose of this life is to SUCCEED not to stay down. We have a DIVINE purpose! Elder Uchtdorf says it better than I ever could, but HAVE FAITH IN YOUR FAITH. Have faith in yourself!! Something I've had to learn this week is how much I really needed to be kinder to myself. We all are hard on ourselves but it's also important to realize how great we are doing! We are doing better than we think we are! 

This week is HALLOWEEN I cant believe it!!! Thanksgiving and Christmas here we come!!!! I hope you all get your christmas lights up and enjoy the snow!!!! We dont have any of that here!! 

Always remember where we come from and why we're here:) Our destiny is a glorious one!!

Thanks again for all the birthday wishes!!!!

HERMANA KING LOVES YOU 

Hermana King :) 

Pics:)

-THE CAKE

-the cute sisters in our zone

-we had the best lesson with Victor!

-we went out with Alaina! (She's a returned missionary!!)

-Rosalida and Maximos granddaughter scribbled all over their Book of Mormon haha, this was just ONE page haha!!

-the famous screenshot of the week

-green cookies for our greenie ;)

-first picture with our daughter!!

-surprise birthday dinner with the Cluffs!!

-another cute member on my bday!!

-birthday decorations!!

-victor gave us a few presents for my birthday and one of them was the YUMMIEST chocolates!!