To be honest, this week was absolutely crazy. It started off
with a trip to Macon for our Mission Leadership Conference, followed closely by
Zone Training Meeting, the ward Christmas party, a tragic experience for our
most progressing investigator, and a spiritual Sabbath full of miracles.
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| Every preparation day when we go to Walmart I feel like the store is counting down to the end of my mission. It makes me so sad to see us come to the end of the year, but I am so excited for the day we get to celebrate Christ's birth. |
The Mission Leadership Conference was incredibly inspiring
and uplifting! We felt the spirit surround us in the room as we discussed
inspired methods for finding new people who are prepared to accept the gospel.
Sister Boyer and I are ecstatic about incorporating these new methods into our
missionary work. I had the unique opportunity to prepare and give a training at
the meeting as well. It was the first time I believe I have been truly nervous
to speak in public. Thankfully, the message was well received, and I am sure
the other zone leaders and sister training leaders will do an even better job
relaying the message back to their missionaries than I did on Tuesday. :D
That's what matters most! My training made me consider my testimony of the Book
of Mormon. To put it simply, ANY question we have concerning the church or
doctrine can be resolved through the Book of Mormon. What an amazing truth! So
many of my own concerns have been hushed by the quiet spirit of peace I feel
each time I pick up that book. No mortal being could create a book that touches
my heart in such a way. Only the spirit of God can accomplish that task.
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| Those crazy Davis boys. We went over for dinner and a lesson. They make us laugh. The family is still active and doing well. Kaleb has not been able to be baptized yet..but he will soon. |
In between meetings and preparing for the ward Christmas
social (which we had at least 10 non-members attend), we had to rush to try and
find enough time to teach lessons. We had an amazing experience having one the
families we're teaching join with another family in the ward for a family
night. It was such an amazing experience to see them not only read from the
scriptures together, but it was so good to simply see the fellow-shipping take
place. As we played the game for family night, I felt as if I was back in a
family. There is a special spirit that enters in the home when a family is
working toward the same goal: coming closer to Christ.
The ward Christmas party was a huge success. Sister Boyer
did a beautiful job accompanying two young mothers in the ward as they sang
Silent night in English and Spanish. The Christmas season brings out the best
in people.
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| Saw Santa at the Christmas social! One of the funniest little girls in the ward started screaming when Santa walked in the room, "Santa! Santa! Santa!" Sooo cute how crazy she got. |
Tierra (a lady we've been teaching for a few months now)
will still be baptized this Saturday, but that poor woman has gone through so
much. I feel so close with her. It's hard to see bad things happen to those we
love. Although she's experienced some road blocks, we saw little miracles this
Sunday. The bishop was able to give her some good counsel and encouragement.
Afterwards, he told her she didn't have to go through with the baptism for this
weekend if she didn't want to. It was her personal decision and should be done
at the right time and for the right reasons. She responded quite firmly,
"No. I want to be baptized." She then smiled and laughed a little
after seeing the expression on Bishop's face. I think we were all pleased to
see she understood baptism and receiving the Holy Ghost is ultimately the thing
which will give her the most spiritual power and support at this time.
Love y'all SO much! Have the most blessed week yet :)
Sister Brown
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