Last Monday I got a hair cut. Not because I wanted anything
to change about it, I just needed the split ends trimmed. It ended up being
about 4 inches, but my hair is well below my collar bone still. Just, I guess,
for your information. :)
We taught FHE (family home evening) Monday night and it was super awesome!! The spirit was so strong! We taught The Restoration. We started be asking everyone to pull out their phones and make a list of five non-member friends they have. We went on to explain how Heavenly Father loves each of the people in the room, and each of the people in the world. We taught about how we were placed into families, and given ward families, to understand God's love more. We taught about how there are prophets all through out history that lead and guide until Christ came. After his death, many people believed that the world was left to their own interpretation of religion, and honestly they were. Until Heavenly Father prepared the world again to receive a prophet. We showed the (20 minute, check it out) restoration movie (http://www.mormonchannel.org/films?v=870618547001). At the end we bore some powerful testimonies about how the restoration of Christ's church has blessed each of our lives, and our families, and how we know it will bless the rest of our lives. We challenged the crowd to look over the list again, prayerfully, and ask Heavenly Father who is prepared to receive the gospel NOW. It was super fun and super sweet.
I want to shout out
to all the less-active members we are working with. They have such unique
backgrounds and stories. They all have reasons for falling away and they all
have reasons for needing to come back. We are working with an (AWESOME) kid who
was bullied by church kids growing up. Because of that he slowly lost his
testimony. He joined the Marines and just got harder and harder hearted. One
day we stopped by and we were able to help him to change his life. :) We have
been meeting with him for a month now and we finally asked him to make a list
of things that he believes so he knows what he can start with. He sent us a
text. "Sisters I did it." We asked him what the list was. "I
believe God exists and I believe He will forgive me of my sins." Let me
tell you, that will make a sister missionary cry. It's EPIC the change that has
occurred in him. He hasn't missed church, and doesn't plan on missing it ever
again.
We are also working with a lot
of people who just let work and school take priority. To see them beg God for
their testimony back is so humbling. I wish I could just take all of you to one
of these lessons. I want you to feel what I feel. I want you to know how much
Heavenly Father loves them like I do. OH MY GOSH> I am just so full I can't
explain it! :)
By the way, Sister Coltrin fits in
her suit case. We were super stressed after a really weird thing that happened
this week and we just went home super giggly! I was hiding behind the clothes
in the closet to scare Sister Coltrin and she was thinking where she should
hide. I dared her to fit in her suit case. And she does. You welcome world. My
companion has a sweet super power. :)
We had zone training this
week. I got to sit next to Sister Barth (my MTC companion for those of whom
don't remember/know). We learned a lot about organization and about the things that make
member-missionary work roll. Sister Neider showed a little clip about some guy
who did the Iron Man Triathlon with his autistic son. It was so crazy. He did
the whole thing with him strapped to him. In the swimming part he pulled him in
a raft, he had him in a little car seat thing for the bike part, and he ran
with him in a stroller during the running part. It looked insane! I realized
how much we need Heavenly Father and how we can't do it without him!! I loved
all the little trainings. I am ready to apply them and be super successful and
work super hard! :)
We just started teaching this
kid named Kevin. He is so ready to live the gospel. He had a friend that was an
awesome example and invited him to learn more. Kind reminds me of the infamous
story of Jake Hansen. :) It's cool to see the missionaries' side of the story.
Jake, bro, you're a blessing. Text your missionaries and tell 'em you love
them. Their job was hard.
We made T-shirts. They say
Mormon,org. And they are awesome. I will send pictures!! :) (When I take
them.....)
There is a girl named Emily
Mower who moved here from Oregon (via BYU-I) to be a Spanish teacher. Anyways,
she is one of the most talented musicians I have met in my whole life. She was
playing around on the piano after church and I joined her. We sang together and
it turned into an intense 20 minute (gospel) jam session in the chapel. I loved it. It
was so relaxing and stress relieving! I felt like a real person for a
while. I love love love love love loved it!! :) Tender mercies!
I SERIOUSLY AM JUST SO HAPPY. I HOPE YOU ARE TOO!
~Smiles from Sunrise
Sister Fields
While we were there we made this for one of the Elders in
our district. He eats with an apron at all the house he goes to because he is
messy. His companion asked us to do it for him. :) It's one of his ties tied
down and a puff painted tag. hahaha :)
This is Sister Coltrin, Ms. McDade and I. We went over to
her house for service. We helped her puff paint (thanks to my Awesome DAD) T Shirts for
her and her class :)
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