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| Sisters Conference May 2014 Click on picture to enlarge she is in the third row from the bottom, in the middle in green |
Well lets see....
Monday: We didn't do much Monday shopping,
cleaning, monopoly.. ahah we had F.H.E with our Ward mission leader in 4th ward
Brother Criddle. We had Brandon's new-member lessons and his whole family was
there it was way cool!
Tuesday: We had district meeting on Tuesday and
our Zone Leaders and APs were both there. It ended up being really great. We
talked a lot about how the Book of Mormon answers all of our questions and how
we can find help through it! We went to Wingers for lunch and watched 8 elders
eat endless wings it was .....interesting! ha-ha We went by and met a new
family in the ward the Proffits they just moved here from Japan and still haven't
gotten the stuff a month and a half later! I( I know that would drive Mom
crazy!) But they are really awesome and have offered to let us teach
investigators at there house which is such a huge help. We also went over to
Madison's, She was busy but we did get to invite her to a baptismal service on
Saturday and her Aunt said they would try to make it. Although we didn't get to
talk to Madison we did get to Talk to sister Smiths husband who isn't a member
and he was really interested we shared a message with him and he was really
nice about it. In all the 5 months that we have been going over there I don't
think I have had more than a 5 minute conversation with him, but he ended up
staying and talking to us! Its amazing how the Lord is softening peoples hearts
here. We also went by Jerry O'Tooles house he was a former investigator who we
went by and talked to his wife and set up an appointment with him.. ha-ha
Wednesday: Wednesday we went to Laurie's she is
a lady who owns a barber shop like a block away from us we found her through a
member. She couldn't meet for too long so we had to set an appointment for the
following day.We also went up to an elderly lady's house in the mountains and
helped one of our members clean her hose. Man! it was really beautiful up there
too!
Thursday: this was our day of parables! We went
back to Laurie's and talked to her and it ended up being really good
and she said she would read the Book of Mormon. But it was a little weird there
for a while.. we were talking and she stopped us and said she wanted to show us
something so she ran inside and grabbed a bucket of water she then proceeded to
tell us to take off our shoes and socks and put our feet in the water. We were
thinking it was going to turn into feet washing!!!! ha-ha but I stuck my foot
in the water and after much hesitancy so did Sister Bautista. She proceeded to
tell us a parable about how the water is wet but the world makes us think its
dry. It ended up being really cool! We also went back to Jerry's to meet with him
and her opened the door and asked if he could be baptized on June 21st! crazy
right! we talked to him about all the things her needs to do but he was bound
determined to be baptized! We also went and contacted a referral that might urn
into an investigator this week! The best part was Thursday night we had F.H.E.
with the WHOLE Foster family and they all participated. We did Lesson 1: The
Restoration and we had dessert and played a game! it was amazing the best part
is though that we asked Gabe if he wanted to be baptized and he said yes! HE IS
GETTING BAPTIZED ON MAY 24TH!!! ahh I am so excited for them we also committed
them to come to church together as a family on Sunday and to start praying
together and they said they would! The funniest part was at the end of the
lesson Gabe who is definitely an 11 year old boy told us another parable about
how life is like a hot dog... you make it what you want when you put different
things on it! ha-ha he had us on the ground laughing do hard!
Friday: We had the sisters meeting on Friday it
ended up being really good. We had to be in Twin at 8:15 so we had to leave
pretty early :/ but we had fun and it was really great having all the sisters
together, and seeing everyone! Friday night we went to a baptism for the other
sister and it was really amazing! Baptisms are always amazing!
Saturday: We had so much to do on Saturday and
I was pretty impressed that we stayed so on top of things! We had to go around
to lots of peoples houses and talked about business stuff. We went over to
the Mountain Home emergency preparedness fair which dad would have loved! We
also met up with the elders later and they introduced us to a new investigator
they had met who ended up being in our area! He is funny. He is totally a hippie
and is way cool! he had met with the Elders before when he live in New Mexico
and he loves the church which is a plus! Saturday night we The sisters had
another baptism for a favorite investigator of all of ours Lindell he. It was
cool because ewe have all seen him come so far! Madison and her aunt and sister
all come to the baptism too! which was way cool! Madison even asked is she
could be baptized!!! (Ahh so many people this week it was awesome)
Sunday: We had church.. The best part was ALL of the
Fosters came!!!! It has been years since they have all come to church together
and they were all there! I felt so blessed to have been a small part of that
and the fact that heavenly father has blessed me with that experience! Also all
of the Spencer's came to church too! We ended up going over to the Fosters
afterwards and we taught the Plan of Salvation to them and it went amazing.
This past week has been rough mentally but the Lord has
really blessed us to be so busy! If it wasn't for that I think I could have
struggled a lot more. We have been finding and teaching so may people. the
Lords work is really going forward and nothing is going to be able to stop it
so you might as well join in the fun! ha-ha Really we have been having so much
fun and doing so much work. I love it here days go by like months but weeks go
by like hours its crazy! I love you all and hope that this week is just as
amazing for you! I am slowly learning that turning outward is the best medicine
for anything. Its a hard thing to do but it guarantees lasting happiness! Love
you all lots!
Love,
Sister Owsley
#itsnotgoobyeitsc-yalater
P.s. hope this has better grammar Mom
