Can You Feel So Now?

June 30, 2014

Hey Y'all! So this week has been a pretty good one. We had transfers and i got my new companion Sister Wells- she's super nice!

This week a member of our ward passed away on Friday and  we have been trying to help the ward with whatever we can :)  So this week has been crazy! Well mostly Saturday! So the Elders had to do an emergency exchange but they ran out of miles and since we didn't drive to transfers ( a member drove us) and the elders took our miles. We said we could since we knew why they had to do the exchange. So on Saturday we- well the Elders had a baptism and I was helping the elders out since one of the Elders it was their first and the other one just came into the area a few days before. So we had to bike to the church which is 15-20 miles away and we had to ride on the highway- fun fact the highway is hills the whole time so we pulled into the elders apartment complex because sister wells shoe broke so we were going to sow it and the elders asked why we were so out of breath while that was happening they decided that they would tell us there was a bike trail that was flat and would have gotten us there.. SO they said we could drive their car the 2 miles to the church. So we start to fill up the font and while I am putting the plug in 3 really big spiders jump out and try to bite me so i stomp on them and continue to finish getting things ready. But the computer was broken so we had to run to a member house to make the program so it was a fun day haha 

Today I was studying about a change of heart and I made up 6 steps to have a change of heart (Alma 5)

1. Pray- Pray for the strength that you will be able to have that change of heart that you are looking for.

2. Let yourself be changed- Don't be the one thing standing in your way of changing. Is there something that the Lord is trying to have you let go of but you keep hanging on? Let it go. You will be happier and better tin the end.

3. Pray again- Pray that you will be able to resist the temptations of going back to old ways.

4. Let the Atonement find place in your heart.- Let the Atonement CLEAN and ENABLE you to become your best self. Let it make you become a saint (Mosiah 3:19)

5. Remember you aren't alone- You aren't alone in this journey the Savior is walking every step of the way with you. He had promised that he wont leave you comfortless (John 14:18)

6. Repeat steps 1-5 that way you can always say I feel so now (Alma 5:26)

I love y'all and hope you have a great week!

June 16, 2014
"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace." - C.S. Lewis 

We got this quote from our zone meeting and I thought it was so great and I wanted to share it with y'all! 

Hello family! So this week has been a party! I don't really remember much that happened! But something funny that did happen we were contacting at the mall and this women came up to us and said " I've never have seen Mormon girls" She then asked us to take a picture with her and we were about to ask her if we could come over and teach her but soon as the picture was done she ran away.. Also I am getting transfer calls on Saturday heads up there friends. Sorry this email is going to be short and sweet but I am running out of time today... 

I love y'all and hope you have a great week! 

June 9, 2014

That is what a preacher said to us while contacting,
GOOOOOOD morning!

So this week has flown by and I don't know where it went.. But lets talk about the highlights

* I was able to go to the temple with Denise for baptisms for her Mom and grandma :)There was such a Spirit there, her mom and her grandma were both there. It really shocked me to know that baptisms for the dead are real. I knew they were before my mission I worked in the baptistry in the for crying out loud but there was something that happened in the temple that day that made me realize how many people are waiting for the truth. It made me think of why it's so important to share the gospel now so people don't have to be waiting around after they pass from this life.

* Jesse got the Aaronic Priesthood! I haven't had a guy convert before and it was so cool to be there when he received that power. Loved it.

* While contacting at the mall the other day we walked up to a preacher and started talking to him. We didn't know he was a preacher until we talked to him for a while but something kinda hit me at that moment. He got his authority from man and we have our authority from God. So when people ask us were we get our authority it comes from the only place that authority actually matters. It doesn't matter how much we know, As long as we are doing our part the Lord is going to help us he didn't send us out here to fail. And he makes weak things become strong and I love that.

Also I went to Georgia! We were by the stateline so we went and took pictures 

 

AND we got stuck in a rain storm :) 

Also... Thanks for all the birthday packages i loved them!! 

I hope y'all have a great week! Love you!!