Yeah , ********** is working on it and trying to change things. No baptism in over 3 years and I think everyone has just given up. I want them to have hope! We had Zone Conference this week and Sister Dunn and I definitely were filled with a lot of hope. We are changing some things we do to follow Preach My Gospel more exactly, focusing on our purpose and setting goals(: We aren't going to treat the area differently than we would any other area. It was nice to see things in ourselves change and attempt to work better. I'm glad with how that's going. It was a really great training President gave us about the Doctrine of Christ. We learned a lot about the exactness and how apostasy is so prevalent, but really the Gospel of Jesus Christ, found in His church- this one- is the ONLY way. Straight is the gate and narrow is the way, no matter how many people, member and non alike, say that God knows people's hearts and more people than we think will go to the Celestial Kingdom, does not mean we don't have to do very specific things and sacrifice anything to get there. I love it!! but lots of people just don't know yet. I loooooove the example of service with how much time we're given every day. Seriously, I never knew how much time I wasted before my mission!! I knew I liked to relax and maybe waste a couple hours on netflix, but the 15 minutes here and there scattered throughout the day add up and are all important, I can be using them to help someone! Which I promised at baptism to focus on! Shoot. Service is my favorite.
I GOT MY COAT! MOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM, THANK YOU I almost cried, that was so sweet but I seriously hope that price tag was lying. It's really really big on me so I might have to send it for a lot smaller size. I'm so distraught I just want to wear it now! It was really funny though I went shopping last week and there were no white coats to be found ANYWHERE #secretblessing I did get a little gray jacket though. I was telling Sister Dunn though how I still have that dream of a beautiful long white coat. I love that one you picked and sent (more than the facebook one) Also, I had no idea Belk wasn't nationwide. What THE WEIRD. It's just southern! Not okay! No one here has heard of it and I thought it was more common than JC Penney's. Whatevs. Thank you so much, you send the best packages of my life.
Sister Dunn and I don't have a regular place to just serve within our area, and that's where all of our work is confined to. In fact, a grandma is wanting to learn and we've taught her two lessons already and have to transition her. It's starting to become a fuss because someone doesn't want to and my comp too is hesitant, but I felt strongly that the Spirit told me that it would be a waste of His time to teach her because we do not have the authority to receive revelation for her, like her missionaries do. STINK.
What else happened this week. We walked around contacted for 3 straight hours the other day giving out Temple Christmas light invites! That was fun! I miss just walking around :D We are still seeing our recent converts and helping them start on family history. They're of course taking it running. I LOVE THE MCDS! There's a less active family we've been trying to work with since we got here and are finally starting to have weekly family home evenings together and they're reading the Book of Mormon daily! IT'S SOOO EXCITING!!! I love them- seeing them tonight(: We were taken out for sushi again the other day. Most amazing dinner of my life.The stake had this huuuge event called the Night of Classics. Local artists put on displays and there was a classical music performance too. A lot of our members had art and performed and they had a bunch of just local people get involved too. It was perfect! I love that kind of stuff and it was in the institute building and still was revolved around Christ. It was genius! I think I want everyone to do it. ding ding ding.
Oh yeah! The Phoenix Temple was dedicated!! It was so cool!! Sitting there, the Spirit randomly brought back to me the memory of the Nashville temple dedication! When we went to the Open House and Daddy taught me about the 12 oxen and we went to the stake center I think and I remember that I didn't understand why it was so exciting but that I simply knew it was a good thing (and now I can see that I was feeling the Spirit). I thought the Hosanna shout was weird and my favorite part was singing The Spirit of God and for a while after that it was my favorite hymn. I had forgotten ALL of that until yesterday. The Spirit is so cool. I love temples, I can't wait to go monthly! I learned so much and thought about my family tons- I'm so lucky! LOVE YOU
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