Back to School :)

This week has been full of meeting new people and seeing little miracles. We have been in the stages of finding a LOT recently. One of the lessons I learned while in Cochran was that when you're prompted to go visit someone, you should ALWAYS knock on their neighbor's door as well. My testimony of this concept has been strengthened this week it seems that every person we have felt we should stop and talk to isn't there...but their neighbor's ALL answered their door. We were able to plant some good seeds. This coming week we're planning on going back to visit with them. Hopefully the spirit will have worked with all of them and they will be prepared for the gospel! 

We had a lesson with one of our investigators in the park this week. It was so fun! Her kids got to get out and play while we read from the Book of Mormon and talked about our Heavenly Father's plan for us. The neat thing was, at the end of the lesson she said, "Ya, next time I need to bring a friend, and we can all study together." Ha yes! How wonderful! As she had felt this bring more light into her life, she desired to share it with others. Hopefully we'll have a regular book club each Wednesday afternoon at the park ;)

On Friday we were able to go to zone conference. I LOVE LOVE LOVE zone conference. The spirit there was so strong. As President Cottle gave his first two trainings on the spirit world and resurrection the feeling was indescribable. It was as if you could reach out and just grab the feeling that was burning in the air. I know this gospel is true. I know that the Holy Ghost is the teacher of real truth. I know that if we listen, our Father WILL testify to us of things we need to know. 

This weekend we had stake conference. There were some wonderful talks shared. Something that stuck out to me was the huge emphasis this stake put on missionary work and how we treat others. It seemed like almost every speaker related their message to member missionary work in some way. Seeing as member missionary work is SO important here, it made me so happy and grateful for these messages. Is it becoming a more regularly referred topic in other wards as well now? What we each do individually does matter and makes the biggest impact on the world. Treasure up the chance to gain new knowledge and experience, then share the light you receive with others! 

Sister Lewis got accepted to BYU this week! That was such a fun surprise. We went to lunch at the Cottles on Sunday and they had sent them a copy of the acceptance letter for her to read. So they got her reaction as she saw the letter for the first time. So awesome! We're pretty excited to go home and end up being visiting teaching companions! How neat would that be? Re-living the glory days! :D 

Enjoy the week and move the work forward!

Love y'all!

Sister Brown