8/4/14
Good morning family,
I am currently enroute to the lovely Nauvoo temple, and I am beyond
excited. I feel it a privilege to have this opportunity. I feel it
such a blessing to 1. Have a temple on the earth and 2. To have this
opportunity to go to the Nauvoo temple this day. A childhood dream
fulfilled today. ( don't know if I ever told you, but ever since the
dedication I have wanted to go to this temple. Yay! We are headed to
the 9:00 session.. :)
***since I started writing this I have been to Nauvoo and attended the
session.***
I loved being in Nauvoo. All the memories from my youth and experience
in Nauvoo for EFY came flooding back. I loved it. Most of all I loved
the spirit. I think the Nauvoo temple is now my favorite. There was
such a closeness that I felt to the prophet Joseph Smith, and an
undeniable testimony was given to me, for which I am grateful for. I
am grateful for prophets and apostles and for our savior Jesus Christ,
and His Father, our Heavenly Father. They love us so much. I feel of
their love. GO TO THE TEMPLE, YOU WONT REGRET IT.
After our session, the temple workers were kind enough to take us down
to the baptistery and we saw some youth waiting down there, and
finishing some work, and I just reflected on how grateful i was for
the many times I attended the temple as a youth. There is such a
special and different spirit in the baptistery that truly prepares one
for the ordinances and covenants that we enter into during the
endowment session. I am so grateful for all the preparation I had in
my life. I am grateful for the blessings of the temple. I am grateful
for the ways in which The Lord prepares us for the future. To my
friends and family preparing for the future: go to the temple, as
often as you can, you won't regret it.
So that being said, I am typing on my iPad so if there are typos, sorry...
Do your remember that story I told you about when sister bailey and I
dropped the phone into the storm drain? Well... This week I came to
discover the real purpose for that event happening. At the time, in
the heat of the moment, I become worried and yelled out "who are we
going to call?!" Well those few moments of stress and hilarity
prepared me for the things that happened this week. On Monday after
emailing home, we went to the store, and ran some other errands, went
to a dinner appointment and then.. We discovered... We left our phone
in the library.... Seems like it was no big deal right?!..... WRONG!..
We tried to go and get it, but by the time we could make it there, it
was closed, there on the door it said. " closed Tuesdays" we went the
entire day on Tuesday with no phone, no way to contact our
investigators, no way to talk to our leaders.. It was crazy, that
night ( on Monday) we went to a members home and made some calls. Well
it was really funny because we went to the Jeffs home, and president
Jeffs is a member of the stake presidency, so it was really fun to
call members on their phone and trick them. Some of them answered so
seriously. It was hilarious.. Haha the Jeffs even had the idea for me
to make more calls just to be funny.. :) ( haha love that fam.)
The story gets better... On Tuesdays we give the car to the elders..
So we had no car and no phone for a full day. And it was insane! We
had so many appointments that day and we were running late to all of
them. Our last appointment we never had the chance to confirm, it was
with Patricia, so I just net on faith that Heavenly Father knew our
plans and desires to teach her that night, and so when we went to her
home, and just showed up, she was there!! And we had an awesome lesson
with her. It was the best. I know The Lord had prepared me for this,
and it felt more capable. Every time I thought about our predicament
on Monday and Tuesday I just started laughing. I thought it was the
funniest thing because there was nothing we could do. So I just
laughed. It was awesome. I brought me so much joy.
I know it to be true, that the weeks that are the most hectic, end In
the most peaceful ways. This weekend was Linda's baptism. It was such
a wonderful program. I felt like a chicken with its head cut off, all
leading up to it, there we so many things to do,but we got them all
figured out. It was a miracle Linda made it to the church: sister
Henderson and I were waiting for her. So we look out the window and
see that she is here, so naturally we go out to greet her, and as we
are walking out she starts to drive away. I had the phone in my hand,
and she called us, and then first thing I said was "where are you
going?! Don't go! Just come inside!" - I thought she was making a run
for it, and didn't want to be baptized because the first thing she
said to me was " I gotta go home." She had forgot her white clothes
and things at home, so she had to drive the 20 minute back to
Chillicothe and the 20 minute drive back. AND she said that her gas
tank was on 0. So she was nervous she wouldn't make it, but she did,
we just started 30 minutes late. It was such a nice service,the
spirit was strong and her family came! :) she said right after she was
baptized "I never thought the day would come." I am so happy for
Linda. She has been wanting to be baptized for so long, And they day
came! So great! - grateful I could be a part of that. Sister Emily
Ross and I sang " teach me to walk in the light" for her baptism, and
Elder turner accompanied us. It was great!
Sunday was a great day! I am so grateful for fast and testimony
meetings. Sometimes you worry about the testimony meetings in certain
wards... Because ya know,. There are just some of those children of
god who love to share their whole life story, nonetheless, it was a
great Sunday. And GUESS WHAT!!?? PATRICIA BORE HER TESTIMONY!! It was
wonderful. She just went on up there and invited the whole ward to
come to her baptism next week. I feel like I was in disbelief the
whole time she was up there. It was a great testimony and she even
invited others to follow Christ by saying " if he is showing you the
signs, don't ignore them, follow them" she is such an amazing
individual. I love her so much. She passed her interview on Saturday
and is ready to go for Saturday the 9th! I am so excited, I love her.
She is probably one of my favorite people ever. And she was prepared
for the gospel and the gospel message.
Love
I am currently enroute to the lovely Nauvoo temple, and I am beyond
excited. I feel it a privilege to have this opportunity. I feel it
such a blessing to 1. Have a temple on the earth and 2. To have this
opportunity to go to the Nauvoo temple this day. A childhood dream
fulfilled today. ( don't know if I ever told you, but ever since the
dedication I have wanted to go to this temple. Yay! We are headed to
the 9:00 session.. :)
***since I started writing this I have been to Nauvoo and attended the
session.***
I loved being in Nauvoo. All the memories from my youth and experience
in Nauvoo for EFY came flooding back. I loved it. Most of all I loved
the spirit. I think the Nauvoo temple is now my favorite. There was
such a closeness that I felt to the prophet Joseph Smith, and an
undeniable testimony was given to me, for which I am grateful for. I
am grateful for prophets and apostles and for our savior Jesus Christ,
and His Father, our Heavenly Father. They love us so much. I feel of
their love. GO TO THE TEMPLE, YOU WONT REGRET IT.
After our session, the temple workers were kind enough to take us down
to the baptistery and we saw some youth waiting down there, and
finishing some work, and I just reflected on how grateful i was for
the many times I attended the temple as a youth. There is such a
special and different spirit in the baptistery that truly prepares one
for the ordinances and covenants that we enter into during the
endowment session. I am so grateful for all the preparation I had in
my life. I am grateful for the blessings of the temple. I am grateful
for the ways in which The Lord prepares us for the future. To my
friends and family preparing for the future: go to the temple, as
often as you can, you won't regret it.
So that being said, I am typing on my iPad so if there are typos, sorry...
Do your remember that story I told you about when sister bailey and I
dropped the phone into the storm drain? Well... This week I came to
discover the real purpose for that event happening. At the time, in
the heat of the moment, I become worried and yelled out "who are we
going to call?!" Well those few moments of stress and hilarity
prepared me for the things that happened this week. On Monday after
emailing home, we went to the store, and ran some other errands, went
to a dinner appointment and then.. We discovered... We left our phone
in the library.... Seems like it was no big deal right?!..... WRONG!..
We tried to go and get it, but by the time we could make it there, it
was closed, there on the door it said. " closed Tuesdays" we went the
entire day on Tuesday with no phone, no way to contact our
investigators, no way to talk to our leaders.. It was crazy, that
night ( on Monday) we went to a members home and made some calls. Well
it was really funny because we went to the Jeffs home, and president
Jeffs is a member of the stake presidency, so it was really fun to
call members on their phone and trick them. Some of them answered so
seriously. It was hilarious.. Haha the Jeffs even had the idea for me
to make more calls just to be funny.. :) ( haha love that fam.)
The story gets better... On Tuesdays we give the car to the elders..
So we had no car and no phone for a full day. And it was insane! We
had so many appointments that day and we were running late to all of
them. Our last appointment we never had the chance to confirm, it was
with Patricia, so I just net on faith that Heavenly Father knew our
plans and desires to teach her that night, and so when we went to her
home, and just showed up, she was there!! And we had an awesome lesson
with her. It was the best. I know The Lord had prepared me for this,
and it felt more capable. Every time I thought about our predicament
on Monday and Tuesday I just started laughing. I thought it was the
funniest thing because there was nothing we could do. So I just
laughed. It was awesome. I brought me so much joy.
I know it to be true, that the weeks that are the most hectic, end In
the most peaceful ways. This weekend was Linda's baptism. It was such
a wonderful program. I felt like a chicken with its head cut off, all
leading up to it, there we so many things to do,but we got them all
figured out. It was a miracle Linda made it to the church: sister
Henderson and I were waiting for her. So we look out the window and
see that she is here, so naturally we go out to greet her, and as we
are walking out she starts to drive away. I had the phone in my hand,
and she called us, and then first thing I said was "where are you
going?! Don't go! Just come inside!" - I thought she was making a run
for it, and didn't want to be baptized because the first thing she
said to me was " I gotta go home." She had forgot her white clothes
and things at home, so she had to drive the 20 minute back to
Chillicothe and the 20 minute drive back. AND she said that her gas
tank was on 0. So she was nervous she wouldn't make it, but she did,
we just started 30 minutes late. It was such a nice service,the
spirit was strong and her family came! :) she said right after she was
baptized "I never thought the day would come." I am so happy for
Linda. She has been wanting to be baptized for so long, And they day
came! So great! - grateful I could be a part of that. Sister Emily
Ross and I sang " teach me to walk in the light" for her baptism, and
Elder turner accompanied us. It was great!
Sunday was a great day! I am so grateful for fast and testimony
meetings. Sometimes you worry about the testimony meetings in certain
wards... Because ya know,. There are just some of those children of
god who love to share their whole life story, nonetheless, it was a
great Sunday. And GUESS WHAT!!?? PATRICIA BORE HER TESTIMONY!! It was
wonderful. She just went on up there and invited the whole ward to
come to her baptism next week. I feel like I was in disbelief the
whole time she was up there. It was a great testimony and she even
invited others to follow Christ by saying " if he is showing you the
signs, don't ignore them, follow them" she is such an amazing
individual. I love her so much. She passed her interview on Saturday
and is ready to go for Saturday the 9th! I am so excited, I love her.
She is probably one of my favorite people ever. And she was prepared
for the gospel and the gospel message.
Love
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