General Conference!!!! And Much More :)

Hello Everyone! 

Another amazing week gone and passed. Don you know what was especially incredible about this week? General Conference!! Goodness gracious. What an incredible opportunity we have to receive revelation STRAIGHT FROM GOD about what we need to know for the next 6 months!! I gained so many spiritual witnesses that what these speakers were saying was true and that they are called of God. I pray you did as well. If you didn't get a chance to watch all the sessions, go back and do that now! I promise there will be something in there that will touch you personally. Not only were the addresses at Conference incredible, but we also got to see three new apostles be called to the quorum of the 12. Wow, what a glorious work they have ahead of them. Remember to keep them in your prayers. 

Parting ways with Sister Cattin and her companion.
Sister Demann and I are excited for the work to come!

This week was my first week as a trainer with Sister Demann. She is such a sweetie! She has such a strong desire to be obedient, rely on the spirit, and love the people of Georgia. She is from Murray Utah and is the 2 to youngest of 7 kids. She worked as a CNA at a rehabilitation facility before coming out on a mission and has lots of crazy experiences with that. She was also involved in drama and dance in high school. Something kind of unique is that her family was involved in lots of pioneer reenactments. Neat huh? I'm not totally sure what that all entails...but she has cool experiences from it. It's been wonderful to serve, study with, and get to know her. I'm so excited for our 12 weeks together. 

One of the things I stressed the importance of with Sister Deman during our first week was how the Lord will put people in our path as we follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost in our work. With that being said, we try to always knock a few of the neighboring doors on a street of someone we have planned to see, but who isn't home. Well, we went to deliver a bible to a woman in Eastman. No one answered..so we got back in the car to leave to our next appointment (it was a really full day). After I had finished backing, Sister Demann opened her door, poked her head in, and told me there was actually a girl sitting on the porch of a nearby(but slightly hidden) house. I hadn't even noticed it earlier. So we parked the car and went to talk to the young lady. Her name was Katherine and it turns out she had a good number of questions about our beliefs. We're going back to talk with her again this week and we're really excited to see how it goes. I just pray everyone we meet will at some point recognize the truth and joy our message brings. THIS is how we can live with our families and God again. Ack SO amazing! Anyways, I was so glad something I had said had stuck with Sister Demann and led her to contact this woman. 

Kind of a funny story this week...yesterday around 8:00 at night (it's absolutely dark, dark, dark by that time here) we were driving to go visit an investigator and I see an old lady parked in her motorized scooter on the side of the road (many elderly people here in Georgia have them). I hit the brakes, rolled down the window, and asked if she needed help. She said yes so we pulled over and went to go talk to her. Her scooter had run out of batteries several blocks from her home. Well....long story short, this has happened before and we couldn't get a hold of anyone who could come give her a ride. So we called the police (she said they had helped her with this issue before) and waited for them to show up. Two cop cars show up. They helped us cram her scooter thing in our trunk while they have her a ride and the other car followed me to make sure the scooter didn't fall out (we couldn't get the trunk to shut). Ha well... let me just say it was quite a night. Apparently one of our investigators drove past while all this was happening and was worried for us. They called us that night just a few minutes before 10:30. Since that's our curfew, we couldn't listen to the message until this morning. It turns out they were just wanting to check on us and see what was going on. It's definitely a funny memory. 

We have lots to look forward to this week. Keep up the good work! Never forget how present God is in your life! He KNOWS and LOVES you! 

-Sister Brown