Wednesday, June 5: sparkly shoes and a paintbrush

Wednesday, June 5

First off the best news of the week... THEY DROPPED THE FIRST 15 SONGS OF THE NEW HYMNBOOK LETS GOOOOOO

all of the Sorelle in my zone were blowing up the group chat hahaha BEST SURPRISE ALBUM RELEASE OF MY LIFE 🫠🎉💫 hahah mission things. 
Also I complimented a lady on her shoes at church and she just GAVE them to me??!? Then she apologized they were a little dirty and gave me a PAINTBRUSH to clean them with?? So now I've got sparkly shoes 3 sizes too small and a paintbrush. Nice. Hahaha ceciliani are so random. I love them to death. 
We went to a member's house this week who is so brava. We chatted in the kitchen and discussed why bad things happen to good people and God's plan. Then she squeezed the juice out of 3 fresh grapefruit she grew herself and mixed it with frizzante (basically sparkling water) to make the most delicious fresh drink of my life😮  

This week was also zone conference! I always love getting to spend time with everyone and President and Sorella Morris- there is such a strong spirit and power in unity!  Sorella Pike volunteered to do a role play with the APs as a model "Lesson Zero" which is a new concept our mission is applying for when we have our very first lessons with people. As they started the role play the APs said "okay you're going to be jessica" (for the sake of the roleplay) and Sorella Pike said "No, I'll be Sue" (her actual name) and as they did the role play she used her real story and everything from when she had her first lesson with the missionaries when she was 17. The room was still and the Spirit was so powerful. At one point she began to cry and the anziani asked her if she was okay. She said that the APs asked her the exact same questions her elders asked her. I felt so privileged to watch this sweet sorella, 4 years later, doing this lesson now in her mission language. Full circle moment. 

"While many Christians view Christ’s suffering as only a huge favor He did for us, Latter-day Saints also recognize it as a huge investment He made in us. As Moroni puts it, grace isn’t just about being saved. It is also about becoming like the Savior." -Brad Wilcox (BYU speech "His Grace is Sufficient") 
God is so good. Jesus Christ is so good. He loves us so so much that he didn't just save us. He saved us AND gave us a way to become like Him. With Him by our side we can do all things and become much more than we can on our own. I love Jesus. 

Don't forget: 
"The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives." -President Nelson 

I love you! 
💖Sorella McCune 
 











 

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