High 5!
1. Worldwide missionary broadcast! On Wednesday we got to
watch a broadcast, just for missionaries and it was awesome! We learned a lot
and it was cool to think that ALL the missionaries around the world watched the
same thing and received the same training!
2. Jim, the less active man we found, came to church this
week and he loved it! We are excited to see him work to and get to the temple!
3. Darlene, our apartment manager, is on date to be baptized
on February 27th!
4. We have a new investigator named Norman. He is a cancer
survivor from Bermuda! He is super awesome and has so much faith. We are
excited for him to continue learning because he is so prepared for more!
#NormanTheStorminMormon
5. We just started teaching a new couple, Charlie and Sheri!
They are really interested in the Book of Mormon and how it can help their
family. All of their children are adopted and they are super excited to see
their family become more unified.
Down Low, 2 Slow.
1. Our super awesome investigator Issac is hiding from us
because of his wife Catholic, I mean Katherine. (That's how she introduced
herself to us, haha!)
2. Transfers are Monday :((( Hold mail until I know if I am
staying or moving.
Enos 1:12 "And it came to pass that after I had prayed
and labored with all diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto thee
according to thy desires, because of thy faith."
We are asked to memorize a new scripture every month and
this was the scripture from a couple months ago. I was thinking about it and
found it significant that we aren't given what we ask for with out laboring
diligently first. This thought led me to the Brother of Jared. He did as the
Lord commanded and built barges in order to cross the sea. When asking the Lord
how he should light the barges, The Lord responded by allowing the Brother of
Jared to come up with his own answer. He went on to find sixteen, white and
clear, small stones. In Ether chapter 3 verse 4 he humbly takes them before the
Lord. "[...] I know, O Lord, that thou hast all power, and can do
whatsoever thou wilt for the benefit of man; therefore touch these stones, O
Lord, with thy finger, and prepare them that they may shine forth in darkness;
and they shall shine forth unto us in the vessels which we have prepared, that
we may have light while we shall cross the sea." The Lord answers him in
verse 6. "And it came to pass that when the brother of Jared had said
these words, behold, the Lord stretched forth his hand and touched the stones
one by one with his finger. [...]"
This life is time for us to learn and grow and the Lord
gives us opportunities to gain knowledge and experience by giving us a brain!
It is important to study the scriptures, including modern day revelation, and
pray every day in order to be guided by the spirit in how to overcome trials
and make decisions. I know as we take our solutions to the Lord, He will more
easily be able to guide us through life onto exultation.
Elder Holland gives us some encouragement as we do our best.
"If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart. So it
has been with the best people who ever lived."
God speed!
Love, Sister Bowen
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