Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Walk by Faith, Not by Sight





High 5!

1. Okay, so every first Wednesday of the month we do "singing in the park". All the sisters in our Zone meet these 2 autistic brothers at the park and we sing the WHOLE hymn book! Haha, it's the greatest thing ever!


2. Zone Conference! We had a zone conference this week about planning and it was awesome. I really think the missionaries have higher visions to what we can accomplish now and we are all super motivated.



3. This week we tracked into a lady named Alberta! She was SO enthusiastic about sisters being on her doorstep so we thought she was a member but found out that she's so Catholic but LOVES Mormons, haha! She used to meet with elders once a week but since has stopped :( We see SO much potential in her and her family and will go back! She is an extreme couponer so I will never be buying shampoo and conditioner again! 

4. Kevin and Bomee are our most solid investigators right now. They are a part member family and Kevin committed to being baptized on October 24th! Coolest thing about their family... they are 100% def! The father-in-law translates in ASL for them! We go to sign language classes every Tuesday night in hopes of picking some up!

5. Sunday was such a good day! We finally got to be in our new ward and meet so many more people! They are so excited to have sisters so we are spoiled!


Down Low, 2 Slow

1. Rachel hasn't met with us since we set her baptism date :( Pray for her.

This week I finished Ether! My favorite chapter is chapter 12 and I studied and learned a lot about faith. In verse 6, we read the definition of faith. "[...] faith is  things which are hoped for and not seen [...]" I love what comes next. "[...] wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith." The order of events is always sacrifice, then blessings. Faith means, taking a step in the dark once in a while in order to see all that God has in store for us. Some of my favorite examples from the scriptures are Christ healing the blind man, Christ raising Lazarus from the dead, Nephi obtaining the plates from Laban, the Liahona, a prison falls, the 2,000 stripling warriors are preserved, and the brother of Jared sees the finger of the Lord. There are so many more examples but the important thing to know is that they are all wrought by faith. It is my testimony that without faith, even seeing wouldn't be enough.

God speed! 

Love, Sister Bowen

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