Hello everyone! Hope
you've had a great week! Let me just fill you in on mine real quick :)
So Monday after shopping
and emailing, we decided we wanted to go on an adventure. So we hopped in the
car and headed to Durham, a city in our zone that's got a beautiful cathedral
and castle. So we went and it was so pretty! We got to go to the cathedral,
which part of Harry Potter was filmed in!
But the castle was
closed for private tours. Luckily though, we could still take a picture of the
outside!
So it was a beautiful
day and we had some fun together. We ate a late lunch and then drove back and
went to see a Sister in our Branch and we talked to her about 2 Nephi 31 and
the importance of the Doctrine of Christ. Then we got back in the car and spent
the night at the Newcastle Sister's flat.
Tuesday we had Zone
Conference which was so great! We talked a lot about the Atonement and Self
Reliance. I find it interesting how much of a push the church is putting on
self reliance right now. But anyways, it was a great meeting, really long per
usual, but it was great. And what was really great is I was able to see all my
companions (except Sister Tautkus who is busy taking care of Louth still!) that
are still on their missions!
Then we went home and
did companionship study and tea.
Wednesday we had another
busy day. We had a lesson with a recent convert named Kurt about Patriarchal
Blessings and missionary work. He is hoping to serve a mission in about a year
and so we are going to have him practice teach us the lessons now to make sure
he knows the doctrine and how to teach it. Then we travelled to Blyth, but our
lessons fell through. So we went to see Heather in the hospital again. She
didn't look too well and was sleeping the whole time basically, so we left and
went to the chapel. We got asked to help the Young Women with a musical number
for this week, so we practiced for that as our companionship study and then had
tea with a member and went back to the chapel to go to Young Women's for the
night!
Thursday we did some
street contacting into town and back, but it was pretty empty. So we went and
did some Are Book Finding and then met up with a member to go see Heather. She
was doing a lot better and so we shared the visiting teaching message since the
member is her visiting teacher. So that was really good. Then we went back and
I got a blessing since I was able to schedule another driving test for this
weekend. Then we went to have tea and saw another member and then came in for
companionship study.
Friday felt like we
didn't do much...so we had weekly planning and then a relief society activity
right after. Then we had back to back lessons at the chapel and stayed for
companionship study and I practiced my driving maneuvers for a bit and we
ordered food and had tea at the chapel...so we were there pretty much all day.
Then we went to a Members house to have a visit with them.
Saturday I had my
driving test. It went so much better and I even passed this one! So we got back
to Ashington and then had lunch before heading out to see some less actives and
members. We had quite a few lessons with them and then went home for studies
and tea.
Sunday we had another
short day. So church was awkward. We had one speaker get up and talk about the
importance of not kissing a lot...and us missionaries are the only YSA aged and
his daughter and the Branch Presidents daughter make up the youth...so that was
a little uncomfortable. But anyways, it was Mother's Day here, so Sister Kirk
got to Skype her parents and then we had lunch. Then we went to a less actives
house and had a lesson with them and then after our companionship study and tea
we went to missionary coordination meeting. So it was another quick day!
My Spiritual Thought for
the week is from Elder L. Tom Perry's talk "Bring Souls Unto Me"
"Our missionary
message is strengthened by the knowledge of the Restoration. We know that God
speaks to His prophets today, just as He did anciently. We also know that His
gospel is administered with the power and authority of the restored priesthood.
No other message has such great eternal significance to everyone living on the
earth today. All of us need to teach this message to others with power and
conviction. It is the still, small voice of the Holy Ghost that testifies
through us of the miracle of the Restoration, but first we must open our mouths
and testify. We must warn our neighbors."
I'd greatly recommend
reading this talk. It is so good and really emphasizes the importance of doing
our missionary work as members.
Love you all! Hope you
have another great week!
Sister Hope
No comments:
Post a Comment