Hello
Everyone! This has been a great week here in Ashington! Let me tell you a
little about it :)
Monday we had a normal
PDay, we got a little bored though, so we decided to do a service project for
the Branch and we re-organized the library. We haven't told them we did it and
we haven't heard anything, so I hope they appreciate it! Anyways, then after
that, we went to have a lesson with Kayleigh and we taught her how to conduct
music since we're working with her on her Faith in God award! She is doing so
well! Then we went to see the Norris Family and we read Moroni 7 with them.
They're still reading the Book of Mormon between visits, so hopefully they'll
decide to come back to church soon! Then we did a bit of street contacting
until the end of the evening!
Tuesday was a strange
day! We did some street contacting in the morning and had planned to do
knocking, but we decided we should go do Language Study in the morning, for
some reason. So we went to the library and Sister Filikitonga realized she
needed to finish up some stuff for her application to BYU. So she wrote the
essays and I helped correct her grammar. So that was a tender mercy that we
were able to get it all in for her in time! Then we walked home and had lunch
before going out to see John and Shannon. We read 2 Nephi 31 with them about
the Doctrine of Christ and talked about enduring to the end specifically. Then
we met up with Kurt and talked to him about his goals for a mission and helped
him (hopefully) overcome some concerns that have come up in his life. Then we
felt we should go see someone else named Eileen. So we went. We hadn't seen her
almost all transfer because she had to help her daughter in law and hasn't been
home. Well, we literally showed up about half an hour after she got home, and
was going to be going back in about an hour. So that was cool to be able to see
her and talk to her about what's going on. Then we felt we should go see Jenny
Stoddart. She was also only home for that day. Her grandson is going to be
moving in with her this week, so we caught her on the best day of the week too!
So it felt good to be guided by the Spirit so much in who we saw! Then we did
some more street contacting by the River before going in for tea and
companionship study!
Wednesday we had
District Meeting in the morning and then we decided to have lunch with the
North Shields Sisters, so that was good! Then we went home and found their keys
in the back of our car...so that wasn't good! We wound up having to drive right
back. So that took another hour out of our day. It was funny though because
they were with an elderly lady in their ward doing service for her, so when we
dropped off the keys, she wanted to talk to us...so that was funny! Then we
finally got back to Ashington and went to our appointment, but he asked if we
could come back in an hour and a half because they were running late and needed
to eat still, so we went to the River for an hour and a half and came back.
Unfortunately, they had to go because their kids had gotten sick and they
needed to pop out to get some medicine, so they said they'd call us when a
better time is (Still haven't heard from them...) so we went to the river again
before going to our tea appointment with the Broadfoot's and then went in for
our studies.
Thursday we walked to
the library to sync our iPads and then back for lunch. Then we went to do some
more street contacting before taking our car in to check the tire again. Still
good! So that was good! Then we did some knocking. We knocked two full streets
and guess what? Not a single door opened. It was a little hard for us, but oh
well! We made it through! Then we had tea with Peter and then went out to do
some more contacting before our studies.
Friday was short, but so
good! We had our weekly planning in the morning and then had companionship
study. Then we saw Elsie and talked to her about having Heavenly Father help us
overcome the trials we face. Then we saw Gemma finally! We watched Finding
Faith in Christ with her and talked to her about the need to develop faith. It
was such a powerful lesson! She really wants to find out for herself if Christ
truly is there! Then we went to have tea with Pam and then came back for
language study before going to see Jennifer Thompson. We talked with her about
the Area Plan and the need to set goals. So that was a great lesson as well!
Saturday we walked to
the library to have a lesson with Tony. He'd come across a lot of negative
content from a friend, so we mainly just answered his questions. Then we came
back for lunch and then had a lesson with Shannon again. We read Alma 5 with
her and talked to her about why its such a great chapel to evaluate where she's
at spiritually in her life. Then we went home and found a service project! There
were these two girls who at first it looked like they were arguing, and then we
realised their car wasn't starting and they were upset. So we offered to jump
start their car, but that didn't work. So we helped them push start their car.
So that was really good! They were so happy it started and we got to meet some
more of our neighbors! Then we went to try by some formers. None were in
really, but it was still great! Then we came in for language study before tea
at the Griffith's and then came in for our companionship study and awaited
transfer calls. Well, we fell asleep waiting for them and by 1 o'clock,
when we woke up and there weren't any messages, we were confused...
Sunday we went to walk
to church with Shannon again and on our way to church we finally got the call.
I am leaving to go to the Stanley/Durham ward to serve with Sister Luna from
Mexico! So that was kinda some hard news to hear and to take to the branch.
Especially since we were supposed to find out Saturday night and so
many had asked us to let them know when we found out and since they hadn't
gotten a text from us yet, they assumed we were both staying! So anyways, after
church, we went in for lunch and studies. But for studies, I just packed. It
was good because I was able to get it done before it really hit me that I'm
leaving. I've definitely come to love this area so much in the past few months
I've been here! But I'm excited for the new opportunites to come my way! After
studies, we went out and said goodbye to some members and had our missionary
coordination and then said some more goodbyes before tea.
My Spiritual Thought for
the week is from Conference:
"While there are
many things we can do to be a light and an ensign to others, I would like
to focus on the following three: observing the Sabbath day, hastening the work
of salvation on both sides of the veil, and teaching in the Savior’s way."
-"That Our Light
May Be a Standard for the Nation" Elder BenjamÃn De Hoyos
I am so thankful for the
opportunities we all have to let our light shine for other! We need to take
advantage of every opportunity that arises!
Love you all! Hope you
have a great week!
Sister
Hope
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