I bought nikes for 10 dollars!

Apparently when i was 5 years old i won a child pageant for saying a fun fact about me was that "I went to old navy and bought some new jeans". If only life was as easy as winning a pageant. It would be a lot more fun if we all walked around spouting our fun facts. The thing is I actually do that, but my fun facts are a lot more important now cuz they're about Jesus:) 

We woke up AT 545FREAKINGAM because the elders wanted to go on the bus cama bus. And I didn't sleep at all because it was like world War iii (respectfully)(mostly). It was interesting because my brain is just different. Like we all think differently. And it was kinda like an aha moment because I realized I have to learn how to work with people who don't know my 20 years of backstory. 

They don't know about that race sophomore year when I ate track and lost my chance for qualifiers. Or that one drive junior year. Or the time I couldn't take the chaos in my brain any more and just kept running and running and running. 

I think people sometimes get my brain wrong. Because I think they think sometimes it looks like this. 

Which I do love. Smiley faces in all forms are awesome. (Fruit snack version are my favorite tho) 

But actually I think my brain looks more like this. 

because it ALL takes work. And love. There's about a million other brain thoughts in there, like BYU provo and what the heck I'm supposed to be doing and also my family and where max is going on his mission and a million other things that don't fit into my brain map. 

but i think the biggest thing i took away from this week i the best things in life are things we have to FIGHT for. That we have to WORK on. 

Like a testimony. 

We aren't just going to wake up and know everything, we have to WORK on it. 

was talking to hna bird (2 mas galletas till ur stuck w me hna>:) and we talked about how we still have so much to CHANGE and work on. But it's like yo. You came here so good. But you came here to be fine tuned. 

 Simple. (I have zero idea I am not a mechanic but for analogies sake we're gonna go w it) And for some people coming on a mission is a HUGE change. Like taking the whole engine out. And for others it's like these finite details that lowkey hurt to change because you got a good bas she just ain't running quite right. 

God is restoring us to how He knows we can be. 

stole some mayo french fry hot dog sandwhiches that ended up being for us anyways and go to watch Fonseca (a colombiano ) sing I am a child of god with the tabernacle choir. Almost cried. It was so wholesome. 

we taught our vegetarian zl the fine dining of sushi. In peru. When in Rome ig. It was actually delicious, mango sushi SLAPPED. 

anyways. its SO hot rn and i dont think ive sweated so much since well, last march in tacna but yk. Worth it for the 2 sole ice cream cones. 

this homie can quote like the whole book of mormon. He has long hair like heleman he said

He doesn't want to get baptized rho, wants to keep burning sacrifices like lehi did in ONE CHAPTER in the bom. Idk. 

add bowling to my list of things I am absolutely garbage at. If someone is trying to show off to someone else bring me as your comparison and they will be begging me to stop I swear. Pday things. 

Love you all. Have a chevere week. 

Missing u somuch 

-Emma