Hey!
so it's been an exciting week for us, LOTS of service to do and
so little time! You could say drayton valley is needy.... and i
wouldn't disagree but i love the people so much and have made so many
amazing friendships I'm going to miss serving them! Also news I've found a
new great grandma! Sister Bondi has volunteered and has requested that
i call her "GG" ha ha i wish i could send you pictures she's the cutetest
89 year old I've ever met and we have the same passion for the gospel! she
used to live in Vancouver 2nd ward.... small world!
Any who this last
week we received a referral from the elders in Fort St. John! I was so
excited, I've been praying for a while that heavenly father would lead me and
sister Jones to people that need our help! We stopped by a couple times, no
answer.... and then we got a cell phone number.... still no answer! BUT even
though i didn't leave a message they must have seen a new number on their
call display and called us back Sunday afternoon! I answered and set up an
appointment with Jamie Courchesne for that afternoon! We went over and she
was so friendly telling us all about herself and her family! Her mother is
a member who joined up in Fort St. John and so she's been told bits
and pieces of church doctrine. she explained that she had a hard time
with churches that had "silly" rules like not being able to take blood
or to exchange a rice cracker for bread in the sacrament if you are
a celiac (because she is) well.... her and sister Jones became
great friends from then on! started swapping celiac recipes it
was hilarious.... we taught her about God is our loving Heavenly
Father and read the introduction to the Book of Mormon! she was so
respectful and discussed it well and agreed to start reading in first nephi
and set up an appointment with us for Tuesday to teach the restoration!
o I'm just so happy to have the chance to meet people who have open hearts
it's so wonderful!
At church this week Brother Musson returned from
holidays and received the Aaron priesthood! it was so wonderful..... he's so
great and strong in his scripture study! Sister Maria Tapsoba was at church
as usual and received her temple recommend along with our other
recent convert brother Strasbourg. they both have family names ready to
take to the temple for the FIRST time on Saturday and I'm so excited
for them! i wish so badly we were allowed to go! I found out Sunday that
a recent convert of a year just went through the temple with his wife (the
meadows) and received their endowment! they will be sealed to their two
little girls in Vancouver July 4th and are so excited! i gotta tell ya even
the roughest of people are children of God, we have oil patch workers here
joining the church and making temple covenants it's so
amazing!!!
well! last but not least we have two full time missionary
couples from Edmonton now assigned to our branch. they will commute three
times a week and be in the elders quorum presidency and in the
branch presidency to strengthen and provide leadership! what an answer
to prayers! i love seeing REAL changes for good when you really use
the church leadership system and say you two cents worth :)
i love you
all so much, i hope you're staying strong and using all the tools the gospel
of Jesus Christ offers to bring you hope and happiness in this crazy world we
live in!
i leave you with this quote from conference April
2012:
"Our doctrine is clear; we are to be positive and of good cheer.
We emphasize our faith, not our fears. We rejoice in the Lord's
assurance that He will stand by us and give us guidance and direction. The
Holy Ghost testifies to our hearts that we have a loving Father in
Heaven, whose merciful plan for our redemption WILL be fulfilled in
every aspect because for the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ." -Elder
Cook
Have a great week! cheers!
sister wotherspoon
Thursday, June 21, 2012
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