April Foolin YA

APRIL. Quit it. Not even funny. Time is flying. 

So transfers are today!!! Guess where I'm being transferred to?? The Bronx. Yep!!! You heard me. The Bronx.

Okay little sister McCall is 16. BE SO CAREFUL. I love you and hope you had the happiest birthday ever!! Ps I still don't think you're allowed to date.  ;)

APRIL FOOLS about transfers. Hahah! I'm funny. I am actually STAYING in South Manhattan. But I thought I would fool momma Kendra! Haha.! Relax. I'm still in Manhattan. Still training Sister Spencer. We are lovin it! Laughing all day. 

sista kim left to go home to Korea :( 

It's EASTA time!!

Guess what. I haven't even had ONE STINKIN chocolate Cadbury egg. Those are my weakness. I think they win as my favorite candies in the world. (Now please, nobody send me those in a package) I will eat them all. Love them. I am doing an Easter egg hunt for the sisters in my apartment on Easter morn! It's going to be fun.  

Along with Easters is.... General Conference. My most favorite time to be a missionary. Because I actually understand things for a change :) hahah. It's like WATCHING A MOVIE. We are totally getting pumped. Already bought some popcorn. YAY. The Women's conference thingy was awesome. I loved how they talked about defending the family. I CANNOT wait to be a mother one day. My mission has made me so pumped to be a mom. (Not that I wasn't pumped before.. I just now have a whole new knowledge.) 

--Random moments and thoughts from throughout the week--

*We had a few Ballet classes taught by (me. Sister Dunford) in our apartment. So funny. Laughter non stop. We love our old classical music. Really brings the spirit. Haha!

*I was proposed to on the subway. Definitely blushed and didn't know what to do with myself.

*Haha. Judge Sister Spencer and I, but we HAD to buy Jergens tanning lotion for our snow white legs. It's warming up. And this transition from tights to no tights is a lil blinding. 

*I made some new friends in Central Park. Skaters. They taught me a skateboard trick and I taught them the Restoration. YEAH. Good trade if you ask me.

*I waxed Sister Spencer's lip and never have we ever laughed so hard. The scream that came out of her mouth was deathly. AH hahaha. She is a new woman. Smooth upper lip. 

*Found my new favorite go to meal. Jamba Juice at whole foods. Apple n greens. Best healthy yum. 

*Shared the He Lives video with like 1.5 million people. Spirit is there EVERY time. 

*I am just happy

*The weather is bipolar here. One day it's warm and one day it's snowing. Crazy NYC. SO YEAH. Can't complain about life. It's good. Serving is awesome. 

A little thought to end. 

Something I've been learning and figuring out on my mission are the traps that the adversary puts out for us!! The adversary wants to catch us. Satan KNOWS our weaknesses. And so he is setting all these traps and just waiting for us to fall. I don't like him. 

Some traps pertain to our mood and attitude. When we have a good attitude and good thoughts and happiness, we have the spirit with us. When our mood is opposite from that, we separate ourselves from the spirit. Satan wants to separate us from the spirit! He wants us to fall and get a little snappy with someone. Or get just a little irritated. Or frustrated. Mad, Sad, Upset, Bugged, Impatient, Jealous, rude. You know? WE MUST NOT FALL INTO HIS TRAPS. We all know what happens to those little mousy mouses when they fall for the cheese... SNAP. It's too easy to fall. That is why we must have a strong foundation built on our rock. Christ! 

1 Nephi 15:24 reads: 

"And I said unto them the word of God; and whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction."

There is a scripture that I am memorizing and WHENEVER I feel like I'm going to fall into the adversary's traps, I say it in my head. It's Moroni 7:45 and it says:

"And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."

I LOVE the scriptures. They are changing my life. 

I know that when we are STRONG and we stand firm on our foundation, satan has no power over us. And we can resist his silly little traps. I'm so grateful to have scriptures and prophets and church and prayer and the temple and leaders, and Christ to help me not fall into those yucky traps. I invite you all to memorize Moroni 7:45 and say it in your head over and over!! Whenever your about to get a little snappy with someone, think of this scripture :)

I LOVE YOU. Sorry to end so quickly. Gotta go have fun in NYC. 

Have a swell week!!

Love, Sista Dunford