April 14, 2014
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| Getting ready for Sister Weaver to Drive |
Yay thank you SO much for sending the
GPS! Transfers are coming up next Wednesday and I'm pretty sure that Sis.
Anderson will be leaving me this time around :(. I hope and pray that I will be
able to cope with whatever change comes my way and won't freak out like last
time, even if I am still a baby in the field.
Anywho, that is so cool about the
Priesthood session, I still have to watch that online! Oh, speaking of
online...I talked to Elder Kimzey and he said that we could use Google
Hangout/Facetime/etc!!!
This Saturday, I was blessed to go to
the baptism of Brad, who I didn't know but Sister Reed (who reminds me of
Ashley Alvarez) and Sister Gonzavez (who is shorter than me, but so sweet)
taught him and they wanted Sister Anderson and I to do a musical number with
them: Savior, Redeemer of My Soul (which I LOVE!) by Rob Gardner. I'm glad that
I already knew it, since I can't read music and we were only given a week to
learn it.... poor Sis. Anderson. It is a HARD piece to learn on the piano, even
for her. But we got through it. Plus it didn't help that the Mission President,
his wife, the AP's, the Sister Training Leaders, and two other sets of
missionaries we knew were there...no pressure. But the AP's had to sing too, so
it wasn't too bad :)
We went to the Lovelace's for dinner
last night...their house had a theater room and ping-pong table, bar (with
Italian Soda stuff :), and a giant beanbag chair. The Elders all bombarded them
for dinner too, and we all watched part of the Gordon B. Hinckley story which
quoted what you said about his dad's letter to him: "forget yourself, and
get to work!" Sis. Lovelace made the mooching elders give the
lesson...suckers! Just kidding, Elder Kimzey gave an amazing spur-of-the-moment
lesson about Samuel the Lamanite and why the Lord chose him to be a prophet.
Why did he have to come? There were quite a few other prophets...it was to show
us that Christ would be born in Jerusalem. So that we would know the signs of
the Savior's birth and death in the America's.
Rosa, the woman who was struggling
with coffee that the Spanish Elders are teaching, is getting BAPTIZED this
week!!!! I am so excited! She was having fears and anxiety about it, but after
watching General Conference, the Spirit spoke peace to her soul, and she knows
now more than ever that her decision to enter the waters of baptism is right...YAY!
The mission of the Holy Ghost is
unknown to us without the Savior, as is Jesus Christ being our Savior unknown
to us without the witness of the Holy Ghost. In John 5, Christ says:
31 If I bear witness of
myself, my witness is not true.
32 ¶There is another that
beareth awitness of me; and I know
that the bwitness which he
witnesseth of me is true.
34 aBut I receive not testimony from
man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35 He was a burning and a
shining alight: and ye were
willing for a season to rejoice in his blight.
36 ¶aBut I have bgreater witness than that
of John: for the cworks which the Father
hath given me to finish, the same dworks that I do, bear
witness of me, that the Father hath esent me.
37 And the Father himself,
which hath sent me, hath borne awitness of me. Ye have
neither heard his voice at any time, nor bseen his shape.
38 And ye have not his
word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye abelieve not.
39 ¶aSearch the scriptures;
for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which btestify of me.
The scriptures record this testimony,
but the Holy Ghost is the one who bears this testimony to us and as we read
with a sincere heart, we can feel His witness. The Book of Mormon says that the
words of Christ will TELL you all things that ye should do, but the Holy Ghost
will be the One who SHOWS you all things that ye should do. The gospel is
nothing without the witness and testimony of the Holy Ghost.
After meeting with Jorie last night,
we taught her about Patriarchal Blessings and the significance they are in
helping us understand personal revelation from Heavenly Father. She liked how
each is different for every individual and the eternal significance they make
in our lives. We testified of how important our own patriarchal blessings are in
our own lives and she said she would be interested in receiving one once
baptized. We told her once more of the importance and power of the priesthood
and that through it we can receive guidance from our Heavenly Father. She
agreed to keep praying about knowing whether or not the gospel/church is true
and we told her that that same power from Heaven can help her come to know of
the truth for herself. She wants to and is planning to go to Rosa's baptism on
Saturday!
We haven't been making much progress
with Nikki and Willie as far as baptism goes. Willie is still working on
weening himself off of Methanol and Nikki has not kept her commitment to cut
down on smoking. I'm not sure what more we can do to help her be motivated to
change.
Sister Lovelace has been such a help
with Amber. Amber wants to do right by her children, and therefore knows the
importance of keeping commitments, yet she has trouble keeping them. But Sister
Lovelace bonded with her and bore her testimony so strongly about how
beneficial it is to read the scriptures with her children, Amber has once more
committed to keep praying about whether or not the Book of Mormon is true. I
hope and pray that she will keep this commitment.
Oh, I got an Easter Card from Aunt
Sandi!! I love her so much.
If you get a chance, see
"Because of Him" on the LDS website to prep for Easter! Don't worry,
we are going to the Gardner's for Easter (the son is serving with Levi Mitchell
family :)
God bless all of you!
-Sister Weaver-
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| Sister Bodily's kids... so cute!!! I'm supposed to be bald |
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| Little Emry's going to be a hair stylist |
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| I'm supposed to be a rabbit |
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| Now I'm supposed to be a cat |
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| Sister Weaver & Anderson We lost it the other night |
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