High 5!
1. I AM STAYING IN ELDORADO! SO HAPPY! I do have a new
companion though! Her name is Sister Johnson :) I don't have any pictures with
her yet but next week for sure! Sister Morris got transferred down to El Paso
to serve in my baby area!
(We've all been together for 4 1/2 months and finally got seperated :( It was the best district!)
2. This week we got to help at the International Night for
the Activity Day Girls. It was really fun! All the girls wore clothes from the
countries of their heritage, they learned and performed dances from around the
world, and ate some crazy foods!
Fun at International Night!
3. We did a mini exchange with the Spanish sisters this
week- just half a day. Hermana Marzo and I have fun together :)
4. We went to contact a referral this week so we pull into
the parking lot of these apartments and see a family moving in! So, we asked
them if we could help and they let us! We asked them which apartment number was
their's, and sure enough it was the same number we were going to knock on! We
talked to them and they invited us back. The husband is actually an inactive
member but his wife and 2 young kids (age 9 and 10) are not baptized (yet)!
Pray for them!
(Amy is one of my favorite member missionaries and is always willing to go tracting with us!)
5. We had a farewell lunch for Sister Morris with the
Anderson's on Saturday and they took us to Bahama Buck's. We are sad she is
going to miss Coby's baptism, which has been changed to February 13th!
(Sis. Morris will be missed but we had a good 3 transfers together and I know she will tear it up in UTEP!)
(I LOVE Taytum!)
Down Low, 2 Slow.
1. We had a brunch scheduled with a couple in our ward this
week because they invited their non-member neighbor family over. They made a
TON of food and the family didn't show up :(
This week I saw a billboard that said "Spin the wheel
of sin, and win." I was thinking about what it means and as I was studying
the scriptures and conference talks came across a lot of things that relied on
which voices we choose to listen to. There are so many out there. We can listen
to friends, parents, media...in the end it comes down to 2- the spirit of the
Lord or the adversary (Satan). In the recent conference address called
"Choose the Light" Elder Stanfill talks about these voices.
"When we consider thoughtfully, why would we listen to the faceless,
cynical voices of those in the great and spacious buildings of our time and
ignore the pleas of those who genuinely love us? In our lives, the extended
hand of the Savior may take the form of help from a trusted friend, leader, or
loving parent." It is important to recognize and develop the skill of
discernment when seeking advice or council. Too many times, we search for those
around us who will agree with our reasoning rather than offer help from above.
Elder Stanfill says these people have "private agendas that can tear down
rather than elevate and ridicule rather than uplift. They receive undeserved
credibility." Let the voice of the spirit, in whatever form it may come,
guide you through life. "Let the Holy Spirit guide, let his whisper govern
choice. He will lead us safely home if we listen to his voice." (Hymn #
143)
God speed!
Love, Sister Bowen
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