June 13, 2022 "Apostles and Trauma"

 Hi everyone!! I'm back and I'm having the time of my life! As in the first time ever that I've experienced this situation lol. On wednesday, I was transfered to the Fontenelle area in Omaha! It's been great except for one thing... A few days ago, I woke up with bug bites everywhere and now we've discovered the apartment here has bed bugs. We had to clean everywhere, wash everything, and have a couple mental breakdowns, but now we're doing better because we are staying with the other sisters in our district (Sister Pace and Sister Hillyer who are awesome). It's been a party and a half with them. 


We also went to a mission devotional with Elder Gary E. Stevenson! We all got to shake his hand so he probably saw all the red swollen bug bites on my arms haha... but it was awesome! It was a great spiritual meeting.

Then, we had stake conference yesterday so I wasn't really able to get to know the Fontenelle ward itself, but the stake conference was great too. We got to hear from an area seventy, Elder Paul V. Johnson, and also our mission president and his wife. 

Overall, it's been an intense week filled with tears lol (some from the spirit, others from emotional stress). Anyway, though this was one of the most difficult weeks of my mission, I got a great story out of it and I've been able to bond with my companion already because of the trauma 😆 I'm doing great! 

Love Sister Brice 











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