This week. Yep.

Familia y amigos!

Well, last Monday we went to Kuna caves. They're one little exciting thing about Kuna. They are literally a deep hole in the middle of a field that connects to a few little crawl spaces. But we had a blast and crawled all around in there last week. Then, we think it was something about the dust or being underground or something, but that night, both Hermana Turner and Barnes got super sick. Sooo Monday and Tuesday weren't too productive. It was super fun to explore down there, but the repercussions... probably not worth it.

This morning, we ran out of gas. Completely. We were driving out of the driveway and it puttered and died. The gas light turned on yesterday, but we couldn't get gas and we had a lot of places to go. So we drove around and made it home last night. We thought we'd for sure have just enough to make it to the gas station, but nope. It was super funny and we felt like classic sisters, running out of gas. We DIDN'T put water in our tank, though. Don't worry. The members we live with had an extra gallon that we used. We put in just enough to make it to the gas station. WE MADE IT!! We were praying that we wouldn't die on the way there.

Then yesterday I had a great Easter! We had a stake conference meeting, then our church meetings, then we went and visited a few people, sharing the Easter video. Then our dinner appointment was really nice. We ate with the Pierces (M&D: they told me they met you!) and when I first walked up, they greeted me, "Sister Shirley, let me guess, you're from Vancouver, Washington." I racked my brain for any idea of how they could know. I just went with it. We walked inside and they had their whole family there. It was kinda crazy but mostly really nice. Being surrounded by people is what I'm used to for holidays. They made us feel really welcome and even gave us little bags of candy. Then after, we went over to our president's house. They had family too. They also had confetti eggs. Long story short, we got into a big fight and their house was covered in confetti. Super fun.

We also were able to go on Facebook this week. I realized that I don't love spending time on Facebook. It's awesome for sharing things, but it takes a lot of time. Plus, it felt weird being on there. But I actually did see some awesome things happen because of it. First off, the video was amazing and I still get chills watching it. Second, being able to remind people that they are cared for and that they're important to me was really good. And realizing how much good can come because of facebook was awesome.

I took this week before Easter to REALLY think about Christ and how I have been, am, and will be blessed as a result of Jesus Christ. I've never thought about it that way, how the Atonement of Christ personally affects me, past, present, and future. It's really cool. I know I have been strengthened, physically, mentally, and spiritually by Him. And I'm overwhelmed with peace and comfort when I think that Christ is how we can be perfect. I'm hard on myself sometimes and especially when I think of all the responsibility I have and the promises I made with Heavenly Father, I know that I haven't been perfect and I make mistakes. To think, though, that when I try my best and humble myself to repent, He will cover when I fall. That's amazing. That's what Easter is about and that's why I'm here. This knowledge makes me so happy. And I want to share that with others. I want other people to make changes for the better and know that they can be happy. Even if they think they're happy, they can be even happier. Even cleaner. Even more at peace. All because of Him.

Love you all and hope you have an amazing week!

Con amor,

Hermana Shirley

1) I look kind of mentally insane, but I had a good easter.

2) Using the emergency gas this morning!

3) This is a house. We just saw it as we drove by and we HAD TO take a picture.

4) In Kuna caves.

5) Us on Easter!