1 year!!!

Hey yall! 

This week I hit 1 year on the mission! We celebrated with Burger King! The other hermanas also made me a crown and we at budín! This week we had exchanges, interviews with president, and a zone counsil. But here is an exciting story from my week: 

On Thursday we had interviews with president and he gave us each our own phone. So now every missionary in our mission has their own phone! On Friday night we we were walking to a members house for a lesson and my comp was using my phone for the directions (because my phone has the chip). We were just having a good conversation, laughing a little and then we hear something come from behind us on the sidewalk. We moved over because it was getting close to us. Then, a second later we see a bike drive off with my phone....we got robbed! This guy was low key so smooth. He just came from behind on his bike, didn't stop or say anything, instead he just grabbed the phone out of my comps hand and drove off. It was perfectly timed. Hermana Bateman starting trying to chase after him so I pulled her back and comforted her jaja! We were shook up for a minute but were super close to the police station so we went and got a cool police report. On the walk home we were scared of any noise from behind us. Our leaders were suprised to know missionaries in this zone got robbed because it is one of the nicest areas in the mission. It was a miracle though because I had 2 bags because we had exchanges the night before, we had a lot of cash on us, and we had another phone, but he only took one phone. Having our own phones was short lived, but I know God was protecting us! 

Also something funny....this week I saw a 2 year old drink mate and a women taking pills and using mate to swallow them. We love mate!

This week I was reading a byu devotional called "6 Things I Believe." It is so good, you should go read it. The 6th thing the speaker said he believed in was the power of smile. He said worry is normal because it is evidence you care about someone, but smiling can be a way to help you feel lighter. Simpling smiling can change your outlook on a situation and help those around you. A smile can go a long way, so smile this week!

Have a great week!

Hermana Neuberger