Week 34: happiness!!

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HEY! How are you all? I miss you all! January has flown by and it's been so fun. Wayyy more fun than losing Region Drill... which is what my Januarys normally consisted of😪 I'm so happy to be out here!

I wanna share a cool story that happened this week. Me and my comp have been going to the Young Womens activities for the past few weeks because our youth are AWESOME and invite sooo many nonmember friends. So after the activity, we were talking to some of the girls and I remembered that we had told this older lady we would call her that night. My comp was having a good conversation with the girls so I just slipped out in the hallway to call this lady. While I was waiting for her to answer the phone, Ana (a member) and her friend Crista (a nonmember), were walking down the hall. One of the young men saw me standing there, and jokingly shouted "Crista, you should take the missionary lessons!" Crista then looks over at me and says "I'm down." I hate to say it, but I hung up on that old lady midsentence hahahah. I jumped on that golden opportunity and got talking to Crista. She is so ready. So in need of the gospel. So excited to learn!! What a miracle it was for me to be in the perfect place, at the perfect time. We are teaching Crista this week and I couldn't be more stoked:)

Sunday was a jam-packed BUSY day. We had 5 different lessons all over town. Tons of in person and over the phone contacting. And lots of appointments to set up. We were flinging around all day long, always in a hurry and trying to get to the next appointment. When I got home that night and went to say my prayers before bed, I felt so incredibly happy. A different kind of happy. Not the kind of happy I got from winning a Drill competition or playing sand volleyball @ Waimea Bay. This happy was different. I was happy because I had completely forgotten myself. The entire day, I was only focused on the needs of other people. Only focused on truly loving these people. And I had never been happier. It's crazy to me, because sometimes we think that if we want to be happy, we need to focus more on ourselves. BUT I promise you, it's the other way around. When you lose yourself in the service of others, you will find your happiest self in the process. One of my very favorite people who I have found here on the mission is myself; my true & happiest self.


Matt. 16:25
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."

GO FIND YOUR HAPPIEST SELF!  I love u all so much:) 

<3 sis Pitt

PS. our sweet Cashlyn is ON DATE! February 13th baby. Keep her in your prayers!






















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