Speirs, Brytan

HOLA A TODOS!! So crazy that I'll be on a plane ride home tomorrow... i'm still trying to wrap my brain around it!!! It's hard for me to put into words what the past year and a half of my life has meant to me. My mission has forever changed me and I'm so grateful for all of the millions of lessons I've learned. Las Vegas is the place that I've come to know my savior Jesus Christ. It's the place that I've learned that every person on earth is a child of God, that family is EVERYTHING, and that with God NOTHING is impossible. I'm forever grateful for the opportunity I had to serve my savior and for all the amazing people here I've come to love!! VEGAS will always have a big peace of my heart. the last week of my mission was so special to me. we got to go to the temple with our recent converts, gave my farewell talk in alta vista, said SOO many goodbyes, had departing interviews with president rodarte, laughed, cried and spent everyday doing the Lor...

helloooo everyoneeee!! it was a super busy but happy week. we went to the temple and it was the best ever. I'm gonna miss the vegas temple so so much! matías got baptized, had some fun valentines activities with the branch, and got to sing in stake conference... bet ya know how that one went Matías' baptism was so so happy! He's one of the happiest people I've ever met and after his baptism he couldn't wipe that smile off his face. Can't wait for him to go to the temple next week!!  as I've been preparing myself to finish my mission I've been thinking about how to continue being the person that God needs me to be and I read a talk that was soo good called lasting discipleship. President steven j. Lund answered my question perfectly... "Keep doing at home what has worked so powerfully for you here. You have learned to pray and to whom you pray and the language of prayer. You have studied His words and come to love the Savior by trying to be like Him....

hola hola hola  this week we had zone conference and I had to give my departing testimony, said bye to some of my fav missionaries, & laughed & cried a lot. Satan is working really hard with our friend matías and his baptismal date so please pray he'll be able to get baptized this next week!!! some highlights were scoty left the hospital this week wahooo, taught english classes which is my fav thing ever, went to Boulder city, had some lessons with some cool new people. it wasn't the easiest week but the scripture that really helped me was in romans 8:38&39 which says,  "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."  So grateful for the simple knowledge we have that god's love is always there!!  2 more weeks people!!! hope to see you ...

hola mi gente!! a couple of highlights from the week were teaching english class and wearing some coollll ponchos, eating menudo (srry but worst food ever), teaching the cutest families, and preparing our friend matías to get baptized next week!! I've been studying the ricciardi letter this week and it says something i loved... "to see people change their lives, to love people from another place, is a testament of the existence of God & his son Jesus christ." This week someone asked me the best thing about my mission and I just thought of this quote! There is nothing better then seeing people completely change their lives and find happiness through the gospel of jesus christ! keep all my people in your prayers this week- matías, edgar, jasmine, SCOTY who gets to leave the hospital tomorrow!  LOS QUIERO Y LOS EXTRAÑO ♡ hermana speirs  1/23/23

holaaa my fav people!  super crazy week with some big life decisions but the biggest thing I learned was a little message my mama sent me, "Remember when you are making righteous decisions there are no wrong answers" Sometimes in life God doesn't give us direct answers but he gives our agency to choose and when we are choosing between 2 good things the path will ALWAYS be uphill!  I'm feeling so grateful i get to spend the last 4 weeks of my mission here in alta vista!! I have fallen in love with the people here and this amazing area. We're teaching some awesome people right now who are getting baptized soonnnn. keep matías, abel, and edgar in your prayers everyoneee.  Just a little scripture I wanted to share that's been a comfort the past couple weeks... d&c 121:7-8 "My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; and then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph ove...