Thursday, August 24, 2017

Drawing Christ into Our Lives -- May 29, 2017

Hello everyone! Another week in England has come and gone!

So Monday we had PDay. We spent the day in Ashington and Morpeth doing some shopping and stuff. Just a relaxing day...then we did a little knocking and had a lesson with Kayleigh. She taught us the Restoration and even drew it out for her Faith in God requirements, she had to teach an FHE on the Restoration, so that's what she did!

Then we did a little more knocking and street contacting the rest of the night...so not much to report.

Tuesday we spent the morning at the car place so they could replace our headlight for us. Then we had companionship Study and lunch before picking up Sharon and having a lesson with a man named Gary. He is so cool! He really soaked in everything we said, and he even prayed! But unfortunately, his daughter is worried he's taking too much on, so he doesn't want to meet with us frequently...not fair! Then because it was a beautiful day and our next lesson cancelled, we went to the beach and talked to some lovely people there. Then we saw Heather and then went home for tea and the Book of Mormon Class. It was on Alma the Younger this time. So that was a good lesson!

Wednesday was especially fun because Sister Magallano had fun telling everyone it was my birthday! We were late to District Meeting because of an accident on the highway, but when we got there all the elders started singing Happy Birthday, so that was fun! Then we went to do service for a member on her allotment. We just helped her plant a few vegetables and prepare the soil a bit. Then we had companionship Study and tried by a bunch of people and did a bit of knocking. Then we had a tea appointment and they were sad they didn't know beforehand it was my birthday, so they threw together a little something and sang to me! I did feel bad though because I though Sister Magallano had already told them...oh well! Then we went to do another service project. We helped a less active paint her fence and clean her windows. So grateful my mom taught me to use newspaper on windows. Helped a lot!

Thursday was so HOT! I even got a little sunburn! Oh well. So we were out all day street contacting and knocking. We did have a lesson with John and Jackie though now that Jackie is out of the hospital! We talked with them about their wedding date and their baptismal goal to get that all sorted. AND their kids have said they want to learn! So we'll be working with them a lot this week since school is off for a week. Then we did more walking around and went back to the beach because...why not on a beautiful day? Then we had tea and went to the Relief Society Activity and learned to index! That was fun! And then because by this point EVERYONE had found out it was my birthday, they got me a cake and sang again...

Friday was really short again. So we had weekly planning all morning that went a little over time. Then we went to see a member and talk to her about her goals. She's going on a six week holiday now though, but she's got amazing goals for the My Plan! Then we had companionship Study at the chapel to practice giving a chapel tour and then went to tea with Pam and she had invited Bill as well. So that was good! Then we had a lesson with a less active and part member family about the Restoration and then had a chapel tour with Jennifer. So it was a very busy evening!

Saturday was another busy day...so we had two lessons with less actives in the morning before lunch. Did a little knocking and tried by a new less active we just heard about. Then had a lesson with Heather and Kurt about the Restoration. Then we rushed off to see Eileen. Then we had a member lesson to go over the area Plan and then we had a lesson with John and Shannon about the Priesthood. Then we came home for studies and tea...and collapsed!

Sunday was good. We had church, obviously. Then we had lunch and went out knocking and trying by less actives. So that was good. Then we had companionship Study at the chapel and missionary coordination as well. Then 12 weeks and tea. 

So yeah, that was my week! Hope you had one just as eventful!

My spiritual thought comes from Elder Russel M. Nelsons talk this Conference, which is what we read in Relief Society yesterday...
"God so loved the world that He sent His Only Begotten Son to help us. And His Son, Jesus Christ, gave His life for us. All so that we could have access to godly power--power sufficient to deal with the burdens, obstacles, and temptations of our day. Today I would like [you to think] about how we can draw into our lives the power of our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ."
It is a daily choice to come unto Christ. Let's think about it daily, shall we? He has so much power to offer us if we will just reach out to Him!


Love you all!
Sister Hope


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