Last time I wrote it was about
being emergency transferred. It's been 3 weeks since I got here.
An intense 3 weeks! We've done SO much finding (knocking on doors/street
contacting). The branch is so good. The members are wonderful. It's small, like
40 people or something, and the chapel is the old courthouse in the town. We
went to the Skipton Castle for P-day (again) but with Sister Hedstrom, and the
sisters from Keighly area for the first time for them (Keighly is
a town like 20 mins drive from here). We had a really good day. It was
Bank Holiday Monday, the sun was out, blue sky, really gorgeous day.
Yesterday was SO GOOD!!! We had a Northern Zone Conference. I love President Pilkington!
He's so so so amazing. So inspired. He's all about if we have our hearts in the
right place, everything else will follow. He's very centered on feelings and
hearts. He brought a whole new light to D&C 4. We have to have our hearts
right first, and then we use our minds, and our strength (thrust in
our sickle with our might). We need to LOVE the members, LOVE the
investigators, LOVE your companion, LOVE your area, LOVE your leaders...and all
that is fuelled by our love for the Savior. It's hard to love everyone, but if
we love even the hardest of people enough, they will feel that, and their heart
will soften and they will be able to feel the spirit and feel God's love for
them. It's that simple. Get your heart in the right place, and then everything
else will follow. We learnt a lot about unity yesterday too. Leeds Zones and
York Zone (I don't know if York has more than 1 zone) went to Billingham
chapel for the conference on a big coach – a 2 hour drive. I talked to Elder
Hynds for a while and came to find another Polynesian Elder from QLD is in the mission
too! He came in last transfer. Can't remember his name. But we bonded over
Australia, it was great :) He's a convert of 2 years or something I think.
Legend! We had a great day yesterday, took like 293131289 of notes. I have to
go like super soon, and there is SO much I want to write. The coordinating
sisters are on exchange with us today and last night after the conference. So
they slept over last night and I'm going with Sister Stromberg today and Sister
Hedstrom is going with Sister Kinikini. Missionary work is the bomb! It's super
hard sometimes…but you try to have as much fun as you can...or else you go
crazy (no lie).To everyone who I haven't replied to either emails or letters, I'm SO sorry. I'm just so busy and missionary work is hectic, but I do read every one of the emails and I'm SO grateful for them all. So THANK YOU! Keep writing, and I'll try to write back when I can.
I've been out 3 months next week.
So weird. Don't even know where it's gone...yet I feel like I have ages ahead
of me, even though I know it goes so quick. I miss and love you all. The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. It's Christ's church, restored on
the earth again today by the prophet Joseph Smith, with a modern day prophet to
lead and guide us. I LOVE this gospel. I LOVE Jesus Christ. He paid the
ultimate price for us to be able to repent and live back in God's presence with
our ETERNAL families. I can't wait to be with my family forever. I always
remind myself that I am representing Jesus Christ when I'm out…but that doesn't
mean I just stand on the street and represent him and let people just stare at
me, I'm constantly saying to myself 'What would Jesus Do?' and then I go and do
it. Love people. Love everyone as Jesus loves everyone. The world would be a
much better place if people had greater love for their Savior and if they
followed Him. I love you all, count your blessings! :)
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