Holy cow! I can't believe it's December!!! :) today feels like spring :D The sun is out and melting all the snow!!! :)
So last monday we went on exchanges! I went to Exeter with Sister Bateman and Sister Kotter and Sister Duncan stayed here with Sister Sumsion!
Tuesday we saw a less active sister and we just read the Book of Mormon with her, then we visited their investigator Stacy! We knocked on the door and no one answered....so we decided to leave a note on the door and then we were pulling out when she pulled in! It was a miracle! :) So glad that we decided to stop and write a quick sticky note which gave us just the right timing so that we wouldn't miss her! We had a good lesson with her about the word of wisdom! Then we spent some time getting the oil changed so that was exciting! haha there was one guy that talked to us he was wondering if we had ever seen the temple! He said he had visited Utah and saw the big temple there and just talked about how beautiful it was :) We didn't get to talk long but it was cool that he recognized us and connected that! We went and did mormon.org after and actually if you haven't checked out christmas.mormon.org yet you should :) There's a great video all about Christ and how He is the Gift! We're really focusing on sharing this with everyone and helping everyone to feel the Christmas spirit and remember the true meaning of Christmas!
Wednesday we had district meeting and talked all about Christ and how we can gain a testimony of Christ through reading the Book of Mormon as we turn to Him and rely on Him. I know that He understands each of us perfectly and can help us through hard times and can make all things possible. I am so grateful for the gift of our Savior that our Heavenly Father has given us and for the gift of the Atonement and how it enables us in our lives! Oh and right before district meeting Steve came and had his baptismal interview!!! So he is all set for saturday!! :D He is so excited! and we are so excited for him! :) after district meeting we went outside and it was snowing like crazy! ahhh! it's here! so cold...but at least it's pretty! we went a had district lunch and then we went and did bingo! after that we tried to see some less actives and then we had to head home because the roads were getting pretty bad... we were worried that we were going to get snowed in for thanksgiving! haha but luckily it stopped snowing during the night and the roads were plowed in time for us to get out!
We had a great thanksgiving spending time with a few different families! First we went to the Naval Shipyard with the Keeles and we had lunch with a bunch of the navy families on a barge! then we got to tour a submarine. It was really cool to see! sorry we weren't allowed to have cameras so you'll just have to use your imagination to picture us all in the submarine! :) It was fun! Then after that we went to the Verrills and we had hot chocolate and crumpets! :) and then on to our third meal of the day at the Curtis'! :) It was so fun spending time with all of these families! we'll probably be eating thanksgiving for the rest of the month...turkey for days... ;) haha!
Friday we did our weekly planning and then we saw Sister Bromfield and shared the He is the Gift video with her! Then we had dinner with the Reeves and had more turkey :)
Saturday was a great day....we got a new investigator! :) Kasi a less active in Exeter just moved to our area and she just recently started coming back to church with her little boy! She gave her husband a Book of Mormon and the exeter sisters gave him to us as a referral last week so we tried to call and set something up and then last week they came to church and we were able to set up a time! So we went and taught the restoration! It was really interesting because he really has no religious background. It's hard to imagine how people can live without even thinking there is a God... We really focused on how God is our loving Heavenly Father and how He sent His Son! and how the restoration blesses our lives and our families! It is really neat how the gospel is bringing this family together! He said he would read the introduction and the testimonies as we committed him and when we asked about baptism and if he came to know these things were true would he be baptized... he said that baptism is the easy part it's the testimony that he's not sure about... so we are going to continue to help him to gain a testimony and know for himself that these things are true :) It went well though and then they invited us to go to lunch with them! So that was fun to get to know them more! after that we went to the church and practiced a musical number with sister keele! It was a little last minute...haha but it ended up working out! I played the piano, then there was an organ descant so sister Duncan played that! and Sister Keele sang! It was Come Follow Me/I know that my Savior loves me and it was really pretty! :) I was a little worried since I had only practiced it that day and I kept making so many mistakes!! haha but then yesterday when we did it and it just all fell into place and all the mistakes I had been making just disappeared! It wasn't perfect but the spirit made up for that :) I'm so grateful for music and for the spirit that it brings! Church was good and then we had lunch with the Bilodeaus!
oh - this week I got a cool letter from...myself! haha :) 15 year old me! Five years ago in young womens we wrote little notes to ourselves about what we thought we would be doing in five years...and our leader said she would send them to us five years from them...oh manny! i can't believe how time has flown! and guess what.... I sure didn't think I would be here! haha never thought I would be on a mission.... but I am so grateful that I am! Can't believe how time flies and how things change....but I'm so grateful for it and I'm grateful for all these learning experiences.... :) I wish I had more time....ha time.... so much more I wish I could say... but it just goes so quickly!! but I hope you all have a great week! love you all!
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