Hello all! So this has
been a busy, busy week!
Monday I spent the day
in Newcastle with Sister Reynolds. Sister Kirk and Sister Berg got a ride down
to Leeds with Sister Berg's mom first thing in the morning. So we did some
stuff around the flat before going to the chapel. We had a good time emailing and
talking to each other and then six o'clock rolled around, so we went out. We
knocked one door, and had a really good conversation with them and then we
walked to a Members house to have FHE with him and a less active friend. We
taught the first part of the Plan of Salvation. It was so good! Then we walked
back and knocked one more door and had a good conversation with her! It was
such a great testimony builder to me to see how important it is to never waste
time! Because both these people accepted a return appointment! Anyways, then we
went back in for the night and went to bed.
Tuesday was insane. So
we got up at 5:30 so we could get our metro to the train station to go to
Leeds. Well, the metro broke down. By the time they got it running again and we
got to the train station, we had missed our train by 3 minutes. So we caught
the next train in half an hour and made it to Leeds. But we were really late.
So the STLs picked us up and drove us to the chapel for our meeting. The
trainers had some instruction from the APs and then we got to meet our
trainees! My new companion is named Sister Magallano (Maga (as in magazine) LI
(yes there's an invisible I in her name) ano (as in ah! no!)) she's from the
Philippines and so excited to work!
Anyways, then we had
President's instruction and lunch before going to Cow and Calf Rock, where
President Turvey has us dedicate our missions to the Lord! Then we went back
into Leeds and did 40 minutes of proselyting before having tea with President
and Sister Turvey! So all the trainees, trainers, and departing missionaries,
office missionaries, and President and Sister Turvey had tea together. It was
so great! And...since President and Sister Turvey have a beautiful
piano...Sister Kirk and I asked if we could play our duet. So that was fun! After
dinner, we got a ride back to the train station, and caught a train to
Newcastle and then we drove home from there. Made it back around 10:15...but
all was good!
Wednesday we hit the
ground running! We had district meeting on making good plans and then came home
to do our shopping and lunch. After that I began introducing her to a lot of
the less actives in the area and we did a little knocking. First door agreed to
have us back next week! Fingers crossed! Then we had a tea appointment with the
Broadfoots and headed home for companionship study and 12 weeks. Then we headed
out and saw a part member family in the area and taught them the Restoration!
Thursday was another
busy day. We had a lesson with a member and then a less active first thing in
the morning. The member wanted us to show her where someone else lived because
she wasn't good with directions, but wanted to visit this sister since she'd
just gotten out of hospital. So we went and showed her. The only problem was
that meant we'd have to skip our lunch. Well, the less active had just made
some quiche and decided to give us some! Heavenly Father really does provide!
So then we saw John and Jackie. They're kids we're home from school this week
because its school holiday, so they asked us to the school their kids the Plan
of Salvation. So we did that! Of course! Then we tried by some more people and
did a little knocking and then went to the library to have lessons with Kurt
and Sharon. They're doing really well! So that's good! Then we left to go have
tea with the Redpaths where we found out we had Branch Council that
evening...so we rushed off to have a quick lesson with Kayleigh about the
Brother of Jared and prayer and then went to Branch Council. It was good we found
out because it was all about missionary work in the branch! But that just meant
no companionship study or 12 Weeks...
Fridays. Fridays always
seem so short because we do planning ALL morning...oh well. It was good. I got
to explain a lot about the area and we set some good goals! Then we went out to
see some less actives and do knocking in their areas. It started pouring. So we
went by one more person and had a lesson with her and she asked us to go see
her daughter! We ran out of time for the night though and came in for tea and
companionship study
Saturday was a pretty
good day. We tried by a bunch of people and went over the area Plan with them
and then did some finding and visiting more members...then we had tea and
companionship Study and then headed out to see one more person. We taught her
the Restoration as well and then came in for the night. So it was pretty quick,
but very good.
Sunday was a great day!
Sister Magallano bore her testimony and got introduced to the rest of the
members in the Branch. Then we had lunch and companionship study and then went
to visit a less active. She's doing well and gave us a ton of tinned food she was
about to throw out! Blessings! Then we went to visit a member and she invited
us for tea this week! More blessings! Then we had missionary coordination with
Brother Grimes and he gave us like three referrals to try by! Then we came home
for 12 weeks and tea.
So that was our busy,
busy week! Hope you enjoyed reading about it. And if not, you're almost
done!
My Spiritual Thought for
the week is from Conference again...
"We don’t hold back
to see what the minimum is we can get by with. The Lord requires the heart and
a willing mind. Our whole heart! When we are baptized, we are fully immersed as
a symbol of our promise to fully follow the Savior, not half-heartedly. When we
are fully committed and “all in,” heaven shakes for our good. When we are lukewarm
or only partially committed, we lose out on some of heaven’s choicest
blessings."
Elder Gary B. Sabin
'Stand Up Inside and Be All In'
I love this symbolism of
Baptism! It is so important for us to remember the covenant we made and to
strive to be 'All In'! There's so much we can do in our life to be 'all in' and
he great thing about the Gospel, is we can always improve. As long as we try
earnestly to keep our Covenants, we can always be All in with God. What a
wonderful Promise that is! What a wonderful Promise to remember and help others
find!
Love y'all! Have a great
week!
Sister Hope
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