⭐️✨Iluminad al Mundo ✨⭐️

Hola mi familia!

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving! We had a traditional dinner which I was happy about! Even though I'm here in the states, Spanish people don't celebrate it too much so it wasn't too big of a deal.

Now Christmas, everyone gets excited for. It was practically overnight that Florida turned into a Christmas wonderland. I helped 5 different people decorate their trees this week. We would go to our dinner appointment and they were all decorating their house so we got to help with the festivities. To top it off, we started sharing the new #LightTheWorld. I highly encourage everyone to do it this year!

Each day there is a video and activity to help "light the world". I am so excited! It starts on Friday so y'all better get ready! At the very least you should all go and share it on Facebook. :)

We spent all day on Saturday sharing the video. I love Christmas on the mission. Everyone is just so much more receptive to the spirit and a message about Christ. Especially this year, with all the devastation in Puerto Rico and all the service that has been going on, everyone is feeling a little more giving! I think this is going to be the greatest Christmas ever!

Matthew 5:14-16

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Don't hide your light this Christmas. Help us #LightTheWorld.

🌴🌊☀️Hermana Kent☀️🌊🌴

Exchanges with Sister Straten

Happy in my jacket!  I seriously was so happy when I got
this.  I immediately put it on and felt right at home.  It
was so nice to remember what Omi's house smells like:)

To Be Like a Little Child

This week was absolutely fantastic! We started off really well! Our investigator Felix whom we met last week and came to church last Sunday accepted baptism for December 9th! He came to church again yesterday and was just telling everyone that he believes it's all true! He is so sweet and humble.

We got to help with the most amazing service project ever this weekend. We spent all day Friday and Saturday (7:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.) at a hotel in Orlando helping with a convention for the Prader- Willie syndrome. It's a rare syndrome and one of the effects is that their hypothalamus doesn't work meaning that their brain doesn't ever tell them when they are full. So they are starving all the time. If not watched, they literally would eat them selves to death. It's pretty intense and a very difficult thing to live with. So us missionaries (about 50 of us) took care of all the children while their parents were in classes learning. It was seriously so incredible. My companion and I along with 6 other elders helped out with the group of siblings.  Those kids are saints. They expressed the challenges of having a sibling with PWS. It is not easy. My companion and I were in charge of

10 children between 6-8 years old. We played lots of games and had lots of yummy food and icecream. I loved these children. I truly felt the savior's love for each child. Ironically in my scripture study this weekend I read 3 nephi 17. Verse 24 says

"24 And as they looked to behold they cast their eyes towards heaven, and they saw the heavens open, and they saw angels descending out of heaven as it were in the midst of fire; and they came down and encircled those little ones about, and they were encircled about with fire; and the angels did minister unto them."

Now, I am no angel, but it felt like a heavenly opportunity to administer to these children. We had to be careful because there are a lot of rules about what we can and can't do with children as missionaries. It was extremely difficult not to pick them up. Haha. I love being a missionary more than anything. I understand so much more as to why we are commanded to be like a little child. I loved the opportunity to feel a little of how Christ felt in 3 Nephi 17 with the young children gathered around. Oh to be like a child, innocent, pure, forgiving, understanding, and able to love so quickly and unconditionally. This church is true. Jesus is the Christ and loves each one of us no matter who we are. I'm grateful for the time I have had this last year to become a new person through Him. I hope to become just what the scriptures instruct- like a little child.

🌴🌊☀️Hermana Kent☀️🌊🌴

The Hunters Creek Zone

My group of Ninos

My soul twin Ryleigh (she's a heart stealer)

Some Polaroids the kids took

Serving Sister Nelson by helping her put up her Christmas Tree:)
#PumpedForChristmas

These two adorable studs!

The Gospel Blesses Families

Wow. Hermana Robbins and I are already off to a great transfer. We visited the Pacheco family on Tuesday and they told us how they drove by the temple and they wanted to go on a tour. So we made about a billion phone calls and found some members to come with us. It was absolutely amazing! The sprit was so thick. (I mean, it was the temple. How could it not be?) They were all so excited and recognized the difference. I love the temple. I also really loved going back to my beloved Windy Ridge. :)

I've been reading in 3rd nephi and holy moly. There are some serious similarities to our day. However, my love for my savior has grown so much. He is there for us. It makes His heart ache when we turn from in in sin. I know Jesus Christ lives. I am grateful for His sacrifice, resurrection, and Atonement. I highly recommend reading 3rd nephi!

Sorry for the short email this week. I hope all is well! Florida is still beautiful and I love it with my whole heart!

🌴🌊☀️Hermana Kent☀️🌊🌴

Missionary "Fun"

This week was pretty good! Hermana Robbins and I are staying together for another transfer! This begins transfer 10/13 😬 Time is going to fast. We went to Wild Florida for p-day as a Zone. Saw lots of cool gators. Got a haircut by a goat. It was a good time.

We had a few experiences this week where we got to watch firsthand how the Gospel brings people comfort. Hermana Robbins and I were looking at our (very large) area map prayerfully deciding where to go. We legit both felt promoted to go to this very specific complex. This was crazy because our area covers 3 towns and we both picked the exact same place. So obviously a serious miracle was about to go down. So we went and talked to several people and knocked several doors. Nothing super big happened until the last door. A lady opens up. She wasn't Spanish, but obviously we still wanted to try to share the gospel with her. She invited us in and was very tearful the whole time. Honestly this story isn't THAT exciting. Nothing really came from it. We shared a powerful message about Gods love. She told us she never lets missionaries in, but something inside her told her to let us in. We left feeling good and like that was the reason we needed to be there.

Until Sunday happened. A member of the English ward came up to us crying and asked if we were the missionaries who drove the red Toyota corolla. He then told us about how he is going through a really hard time and was driving and said a prayer that god would comfort him.

Apparently at that exact moment we drove past and he took that as his sign that God loved Him and was aware of him. So who knows the true reason we both felt promoted to go to that specific complex. The point is, God is real and hears and answers prayers.

🌴🌊☀️Hermana Kent☀️🌊🌴

Ice-cream selfie

We love the Book of Mormon

Buena Ventura ward missionaries.  All but one of the elders are leaving. 
We are all pretty sad:(

When I still thought the goat was cute

When the goat decided my hair needed to be cut

Gators

More gators

Hunters Creek Zone

Cool missionary quote from
Elder Anderson's talk: This is a Miracle