OKAY OKAY OKAY! I'm sorrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy!!!!! I felt bad last Monday because I sent nothing out. I planned on it, but I literally was gone all day. I didn't even get to do my laundry. The zone leaders cancelled the Fremont Experience tonight, but the rest of the zone is boycotting because we still want to go. We'll see what happens. Today is Sister Hopkinson's birthday! We made her a candy bar card! You know, how you use candy bars to form messages? Yep. She's totally awesome.
We actually had a really awesome lesson a few days ago with a man named Thomas. He was a referral from two of the English Elders. We met him at the church to teach him because he lives with someone else. We had contacted a a Hermano from the Ensign ward, and he said he would come, but he never showed up. We called him and everything. Luckily, there were plenty of priesthood holders there because mutual was going on, and Sister Hopkinson came just in case, and we brought her into the lesson with us even though she doesn't know Spanish. We taught the first lesson and luckily, Thomas understands some English, so Sister Hopkinson bore her testimony and it was super powerful. By the end of the lesson, he came right out and was like, "I haven't been here long, but I feel so good! Everything you all are saying, I can feel it in my heart!" He felt the spirit so strong and couldn't wait to meet with us again. It was such an awesome day. Definitely a testimony to me that despite our faults, the spirit will testify to the people of the truthfulness of our message. Sister Hopkinson didn't know what was being said, yet she was in tears. Her and Brother Hopkinson even gave him a ride home that night. They are really awesome! They take such good care of us and really are like our parents out here! Of course, no one can replace you two, but they're always there for us. Sister Hopkinson wants to learn Spanish now! Haha. I just really felt like an instrument in the Lord's hand that night. It was super great.
I really don't know yet about mother's day. I'll talk to my companion and it will work out. Oh wow, Lindsey's married now!! That's so weird.. Haha, I'm so happy for her, though! I just can't believe how time flies. Lindsey's married, Marina's a mother...wow. We actually had a really awesome lesson a few days ago with a man named Thomas. He was a referral from two of the English Elders. We met him at the church to teach him because he lives with someone else. We had contacted a a Hermano from the Ensign ward, and he said he would come, but he never showed up. We called him and everything. Luckily, there were plenty of priesthood holders there because mutual was going on, and Sister Hopkinson came just in case, and we brought her into the lesson with us even though she doesn't know Spanish. We taught the first lesson and luckily, Thomas understands some English, so Sister Hopkinson bore her testimony and it was super powerful. By the end of the lesson, he came right out and was like, "I haven't been here long, but I feel so good! Everything you all are saying, I can feel it in my heart!" He felt the spirit so strong and couldn't wait to meet with us again. It was such an awesome day. Definitely a testimony to me that despite our faults, the spirit will testify to the people of the truthfulness of our message. Sister Hopkinson didn't know what was being said, yet she was in tears. Her and Brother Hopkinson even gave him a ride home that night. They are really awesome! They take such good care of us and really are like our parents out here! Of course, no one can replace you two, but they're always there for us. Sister Hopkinson wants to learn Spanish now! Haha. I just really felt like an instrument in the Lord's hand that night. It was super great.
Random thought...I read in the scriptures the other day - in Revelations and in Doctrine and Covenants chapter 61 - that in the last days the waters will be cursed and no man will be safe on or in the water. In the beginning, God blessed the water, but in the last days, he will bless the land and curse the water. Scary stuff.
Anyway... one of my favorite anonymous quotes is, "if we could envision the type of person God intended us to be, we would rise up and never be the same again." So intense. We are literally His children and have the potential to become like him. We are heirs to all of the joy and glory that he possesses. Satan doesn't want us to make it. Satan wants us to forget who we are, where we came from, and what we can become. His joy and glory comes from our loss of divine identity. We shouldn't forget that Satan knows each of us, too. Satan knows who we are and where we came from, but he is a liar and would rather convince us to believe that we are nothing.
Can you tell we were laying it on pretty thick because we didn't get mail from her last week and still have no pictures. Here is hoping we get some this week.
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