So Tuesday was New Years Eve...we went to the soup kitchen and then after that we went to the library and we met with Amy! I think I told you about Amy a while ago... it was probably in November! We were tracting in Lisbon and we met her...we gave her a Book of Mormon and we sang I am a Child of God to her... well! last weekend we were in Lisbon so we called her to see if we could stop by possibly... she said during the week would be better so we told her we don't have a car during the week...and then she said she would come to Brunswick!! awesome!! So she drove to us and we met at the library!! She said that she has been flipping through the Book of Mormon but is confused so we answered some of her questions and then taught her the Restoration! The best part was when I got to recite the first vision to her! The spirit was so strong as I told her about Joseph's Smith experience when he went and prayed! She wants to come to Book of Mormon class now and hopefully to church! Church is just a little too early for her though so she's gonna work up to that! :) But it was a really good lesson with her and she wants to learn more!! We're planning to meet with her again tomorrow after the soup kitchen! That was pretty much all we did on Tuesday...we had dinner with some members and then we had to be in at 8:00! So we spent some time setting goals for the new year!! We took some pics and then we were in bed by 10:30....oh the life of a missionary... not your regular new years eve! haha but it was great!
On Wednesday we had district meeting and we were talking about the importance of family home evening and how we can use FHE to find new investigators and having fun object lessons. Our goal as a district this week was to do object lessons so we've had lots of fun with that this week! Our favorite this week was the iron rod...we would blindfold the kids and have a rope leading to their parents and had them hold to the rod and then we read in 1 Nephi 8 about Lehi's vision and talked about it! It was so fun! We did it with three different families this week! :) We still had Book of Mormon class even though it was new years day! And Brother Eldredge came! and Brother Rainey! and Sister Hersom!! :)
Thursday...well we got a text from Brother Jones saying that schools were closed...which means our car is grounded...but not just that but it was -30 with windchill! Extreme cold and blizzard conditions, frostbite warning...so he told us to stay in unless we had an appointment and a ride! A little later we were able to get to the bus so we could go do service at the hospital...but then we got a call saying she didn't need us...so we just stayed on the bus and came back home! it was a nice little adventure to get out of the apartment! haha... then since we were just stuck inside guess what we did?? well... our mission is starting this scripture memorization program! and we are memorizing one scripture everyday!!! :O crazy huh?? so we spent our time writing out all the the January scriptures on 3x5 cards and decorating our little boxes :) and then we started memorizing!! it was quite exciting :) haha so, so far i've got 6 scriptures memorized!! pretty awesome!
Friday...we were supposed to stay inside that day too! :P We did our weekly planning...worked on the scriptures some more... and then they said it was "warm enough" to go out! haha so we went and saw a less active! and then on our way home we decided to stop at gelato fiasco... They have this great deal where for every degree below freezing you get that percent off!! So of course we had to stop and got 31% off!! :) haha it was great :)
Saturday we were finally able to get the car from the elders! It was safe to drive so we were able to go to Lisbon and see some people!! We were able to see Sandy but Michael was busy....she has been talking to him lots about the gospel and said that she told him about the word of wisdom and they are both going to quit smoking together!! :) We were able to meet with Corey!! I was so hoping that we could just teach him the rest and then he would be baptized this saturday... but he said he could use another week.... so his new baptismal date is the 19th!! probably i'll be gone... but i'm super excited for him!!!! :D After that we went to Orange leaf to celebrate our... 7 month mark! Ridiculous!!! So that was exciting :)
Sunday was really good :) great testimony meeting!!! Lots of good things that we talked about at church! I loved the lesson in Relief Society we talked about goals! and there were so many good quotes! i'll share some of them with you... :) I loved this - it's from the January ensign... "We can be empowered...even though we might fall short of our finish line, just continuing the journey will make us greater than we were." -President Uchtdorf I loved what we talked about how it's not perfection now... it's progress! We talked a lot about the Atonement and how it plays a big part in our goals. "Perfection is our long term goal, but for now our goal is progress in that direction - continuous progress that is possible only through the continuous Atonement." This week I have been thinking a lot about perspective. It seems like a lot of the people that we went and visited this week we talked about the plan of salvation and having an eternal perspective. I have a strong testimony of the plan of salvation and I know that central to that plan is the Atonement. I am so grateful for my Savior. I know that He is always there for us. I know that we all have weaknesses, we go through hard times, and have many challenges, but he gives them to us so that we can learn and grow and progress. Joseph Smith taught that true faith is more than knowing there is a God. It is knowing God - knowing His attributes and His relationship to us. It is knowing that He has a plan for us and that we are living in accordance with that plan. It is knowing that His Atonement is real, that its purpose is to transform us, and that it will be available as long as that perfecting process takes. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us! We are His sons and daughters. he loves us so much that he sent his son to die for us. And I know that our Savior loves and cares for each of us. I hope that this year we can all strive to not only know there is a God...but to know God. I know that by reading the Book of Mormon we truly can come closer to Him and that we can pray & He will hear us. I just love this gospel so much!! i love all of you!!! hope you have a great week!!! :D
Love,
Sister Tait
Happy 2014
Gelato!!! 31% off!!! haha so worth it! :)
Look at my awesome new mittens!!! I LOVE U!!! :)
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