Hello friends and family!
So remember when I said I was going to start having a TL;DR (too long didn't read) at the start of each email and then never did it? Yeah, well now I'm having "the field trip version". This joke started because someone texted us to explain how Jesus Christ created the earth in a field trip form and we were really confused but I was like "No, maybe he means he's giving a quick recap. Like how during a field trip you get brief explanations of a bunch of things rather than going really into one subject. So he's giving the field trip version of that story." Yeah, no, it was just autocorrect 
But here's the field trip version of my email today!
Our friend Diana is reading the Book of Mormon and asking us questions and we're so excited for her! We met her when she wanted to donate some food, so he got in contact with some other missionaries who referred her to us when they found out she was in our area. We got the food and left a Book of Mormon as a thank you and she called us to tell us how amazing the book was and how she loved the pictures in it. We started teaching her and since then she's been reading and asking questions!
Quick update on Carrie: We linked her to her great grandmother as we hoped we would, which was so amazing. But we also found out that she believes the Book of Mormon is true! Now all we need to do is just get her to actually read it Also, she blamed something on me this week, but did it by saying "Kylie did it!" and it killed me. Being called by my first name as a missionary always cracks me up.
We had another friend who is working on praying for forgiveness. Interestingly enough, during my mission I've never really had to focus before now on assuring someone that Christ's atonement can take away the shame and guilt of our sins, but it was an amazing feeling to testify of that. Christ was "a sacrifice for sin" (2 Nephi 2:7) and nothing we do will be too much for Christ's atonement as long as we turn to him and seek that forgiveness. I am so grateful for the atonement, and I've really grown to know my Savior Jesus Christ so much more during my mission.
We had a really neat experience this last week that really strengthened my faith in and gratefulness for how much our Heavenly Father truly loves each and every one of his children. We have some of the absolute best neighbors EVER. They bring us food and chat with us all the time and we love them to pieces. However, they seem to have avoided talking about religion with us because they are a gay couple who have had some bad experiences with other churches in the past. But this last week we were talking to one of the guys as he was out walking their dog and he asked us to give him some spiritual enlightenment on what's going on in the world. We talked about trusting in God and looking for the good in things and explained that we may not know what God's plan is, but he certainly has one. Then, out of the blue, he asked us where he fits in with everything "because [he's] gay so that book ( meaning the scriptures) doesn't really include [him]". I have the strongest testimony that God loves all of his children. Being able to explain to our friend that God gives commandments like marriage between a man and a wife so we can have the blessing of having an eternal family was neat. But being able to tell him that God doesn't love him any less than any of his other children was amazing. We as humans spend too much time comparing ourself to others, being racist, sexist, homophobic, and so much more. But we are all children in God's eyes. In 4th Nephi it talks about the people and how "they were in one, the children of Christ" (4 Nephi 1:17) which is how we should seek to be. I've met so many different types of people on my mission, all with different backgrounds, going through different life experiences, and trying to find God (or choose not to find him) in many different ways. I have felt so much love for each and every one of them. I know that feeling of love wouldn't be coming from Satan, so it has to be coming from our Heavenly Father, who's love is beyond comprehension. That love extends to each and every one of you, even when you may not feel deserving of it or think you "aren't included" in that love the way our neighbor did.
I love you all and hope you're doing amazing and seeing God's hand in your life each day 
Love,
Sister Bliss
PICTURES!
*I went in exchanges with Sister France (who was in the MTC with me) and we got some cute pictures including us with Greater's, a cute yellow chair at our apartment, and the coolest star wars mailbox
*Sister Coleman and I enjoy just taking dumb pictures sometimes
*a nature picture!
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