Hello everybody! This
has been a great week that seems to have disappeared!
Monday was a pretty
typical day. We hung out at the chapel for most of the day and watched Meet the
Mormons! Then we had a busy evening! We picked up Sister Griffith and she
stayed with us the whole evening! We had a lesson with Kayleigh and then went
straight to a first lesson with a man named Bill. We talked about the Plan of
Salvation with him and then went to see the Norris family. We watched Finding
Faith in Christ with them and it was a really good evening!
Tuesday we did a little
street contacting in the morning and then spent pretty much the rest of the day
driving down to Darlington for another doctor's appointment. Then we saw Bill
and introduced him to the Area Plan. Then we had language Study and drove down
to North Shields to spend the night with the Sisters there.
Wednesday we woke up
super early and went to the Newcastle Chapel so we could get on a coach to
Billingham, and pick up the Billingham Zone Missionaries to drive down to
Huddersfield! We had an all mission Conference with Elder M. Russel Ballard
presiding! It was such a great conference! (I'll talk more about it in my
Spiritual Thought, don't worry!) It lasted pretty much the whole day and we got
back to North Shields around 9:30. So we spent the night there again.
Thursday we did our
morning schedule with the Sisters and then drove back to Ashington. We did a
little street contacting and I got into a mini argument with a man...I still
don't think he believes Sister Hope is my real name. He's convinced I changed
my name just to be a missionary! We talked about it for a good five
minutes...then we went to have lunch with a member family and then had a lesson
with John and Shannon about becoming Children of Christ! It was a really good lesson!
Then we had a lesson with Angelique. And guess what!?!? She's asked us to start
teaching her daughter! So fingers crossed!
Friday we had a great
weekly planning in the morning and then headed out to work! We did some
painting for a less active which took us ages, but it was good! Then we had tea
with Pam and Bill before going to see Jennifer Thompson and talking to her
about Patriarchal Blessings! So that was a good lesson!
Saturday we were busy!
We had a lesson with Shannon in the morning and then we opened the font for the
Alnwick Elders...and to say it was disgusting is an understatement...so we went
to clean the font. It took the better part of an hour. So that was a fun
Service project! Then we went to see Samantha and talked to her about the power
of motherhood. Then we came back for the baptism. Our investigators didn't show
up, but we got to stay because I was playing the piano. So it was a beautiful
baptism! Then we had a quick lesson with Tony before going in for our studies
and tea.
Sunday was a great day!
We decided to just take the bus mostly because I was tired of driving but also
because we wanted to talk to more people. Then we had church and did a little
street contacting near the chapel. Then we came home for studies and tea and
then caught the bus back to the chapel for missionary coordination and caught
the bus home for the night.
So yeah! That was my
week in a nutshell! As promised, my Spiritual though comes from the mission
conference! We talked a lot about our Savior Jesus Christ and the power His Atonement
has in our lives. Elder Ballard made us the promise that if we allow His
Atonement to be our motivation, we would never have a reason to murmur again.
Just think of it! When we allow the blessings of the Atonement be what
motivates us in our callings, in our work, in our school, in our families, in our
relationships, and in ourselves...we will never have a problem we can't find
peace in and we will never have a cause to murmur or complain. Murmuring and complaining
comes from when we take our eyes off of His blessings!
Love you all! Have a
great week!
Sister Hope
Such a great
reunion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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