(Flowers from Sue!!!)
High
5!
1.
Sue was baptized! It was such a special experience and she had so many people
there! Afterwards, one of her daughters even made a comment about how good she
felt and that she would be baptized soon enough :) I will send pictures!
2.
We took Ladera on exchanges this week! Sister Kelso came to Los Lunas with me
and we had tons of fun! She got to meet Sue and the Wade family.
3.
We found the most awesome new investigators this week! They are a couple,
Joseph and Amanda! We have a return appointment with them this week so stay
tuned but they let us right in and are super prepared!
4.
Andrew is another new but in Manzano! We were having dinner with a couple in
the branch and they invited a friend from school. He was super excited about
the Book of Mormon so we look forward to teaching him more often.
5. I
hit my year mark this past week! WHAAAAA!? Bitter sweet for sure!
Down
Low, 2 Slow.
1.
Yesterday we had our LAST interviews with President and Sister Miller :( They
went really well and will definitely be missed a ton!
2.Wendy's
baptism will be pushed back a week or 2. We didn't get to see her at all this
week but will teach her tonight!
Sister
Ropelato and I got to give a training about a week ago at a Zone meeting and we
talked a lot about courage. Missionary work takes a lot of courage! As I was
studying more about it, I realized that there are so many scriptural examples
of courage! In Mosiah 13, we see Abinadi's courage to stand bold, letting King
Noah know of the authority by which he was called to tell the people of the
commandments. In Alma 24, the Anti Nephi Lehi's showed courage by burying their
weapons and laying themselves under the sword to be murdered for what they knew
to be true and right in the sight of God. In Alma 56 we read about the 2000
stripling warriors who had courage to go to war at such a young age, knowing
that the faith their mothers taught them to have, would deliver them. In
D&C 128, Joseph Smith is sending out a group of missionaries and tells
them, " Brethren, shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and
not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory! [...]"
Elder
Alvin R. Dyer gives a talk about being a courageous missionary. He talks about
the common misconception, that people have to be "ready" before we
invited them to be baptized, or as members, before we invite them to church, or
to read the Book of Mormon, or to meet with the full time missionaries.
Challenges are for those who aren't ready! If they were ready, it wouldn't be a
challenge anymore.
Have
courage in your missionary work. I attached a mormon message that I love about
Esther's courage and what it did for her people.
God speed!
Love,
Sister Bowen
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