Wow!!! What a week!!!!! Let's go through the play by play.........
First off! Mission Tour with Elder and Sister Funk!!! So incredible!!! Sister Blickenstaff spoke on perspective with the Plan of Salvation and invited all of us to study it and gain our own testimony of every part...........President Blickenstaff talked about working with the members and the best way to do so.......received a lot of inspiration for our circumstance right now! Sister Funk talked about the Spirit and revelatory experiences in such meetings as well as the importance of the Holy Ghost, Elder Funk talked about His talk from the Priesthood Session on having spiritual power as a missionary through humility, listening to the Spirit, and being obedient. He also talked about teaching the Restoration...........he talked about teaching that which was expedient......most importantly the Restoration and the Atonement. It was just so wonderful and it helped me realize how I can improve with our member efforts- really, really getting to know them first and then more natural ways of seeking their help with missionary work, such as PmF, etc. I have already seen a difference in the last week! I had a chance to chat with Sister Funk at lunch and they are former mission presidents from India so Elder Barlow served with them! Sounds like a super special mission........very grateful to Heavenly Father for the words and inspiration they brought to us.......that as we use, will change us, and help us become better disiples of Christ.
Second off! We had the tri-ward Thanksgiving Party on Saturday and we weren't sure how it was going to go......but it went fantastically!!!! We had over 150 people there and everything went so well!!!!!! We made a gagillion chocolate cookies that were gone in about 5 minutes and some of the members helped us make them so that was fun :) The amazing part was we also had two investigators there and the members took great care of them :) Then the previous Sunday we had invited all of the Sisters to invite one friend, family member, neighbor etc. to the party and one sister brought her sister-in-law and the other brought one of the girls who lives in their apartment- so amazing!!!! They brought them up and introduced them to us right away and one of them came to church the next day too and she can feel the Spirit so easily!! At the party we had some football, hand-turkey making, and a whipped creme/ unwrap candy in your mouth contest that everyone loved!! It was just incredible! The Elder in charge did such a great job and I was estounded by how successful it was! The work is truly hastening!!!! The members and the missionaries are taking action together.........I came home that night so grateful to Heavenly Father for such a successful missionary activity.......I know that through our smallest efforts, the Lord will work wonders and the work will hasten!
Third off! Our investigator CJM is absolutely incredible.......because she works nights, it's sometimes hard to talk to her throughout the week, but we shared the Plan of Salvation with her yesterday and she was so prepared.........she had read the pamphlet the day before and she has consistently been praying :) She was adorable in church yesterday, as she introduced herself..........that she is in the baby stages of the Gospel, not baptized yet, but wants to share it with everyone :) She's an absolute miracle from Heavenly Father..........she is going to be such a strong member and be the means of helping many others ETTE as well.........again, all I can offer is Gratitude to Heavenly Father and my Savior!!!
I want you all to know I love you so and that Hastening the Work of Salvation is exactly what the Lord wants us to be doing........each and every member!! Whenever we get focused on it, pray about it, or act about it......miracles just happen and I feel the spirit so strongly guiding us along! We are seeing little miracles take place here in Tanzi- these members are incredible :) O how much I have seen my own weaknesses get in the way, but the Lord so miraculously helps me to work over them and know I will continue to :) The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real and there is no other means by which we can enter the kingdom of God or be near Him..........that I know to be true with all my soul. Have an amazing week and love you all!!
Sister J. :)
Our Christmas tree
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