Dear Family,
Well, it is Sunday
evening and we just got back from a regional YSA meeting. President
Pearson, the Pacific Area President spoke.
Monday was FHE at our
flat. We watched the video, Special Witnesses of Jesus Christ. It
is an older video with President Hinckley and the apostles. They each
bore witness of Jesus Christ. It was very good.
Tuesday was another wet
and rainy day. Everyone tells us it is summer and that it get REALLY hot.
We have not seen or felt that yet.
Wednesday was temple
night for us. It is always a highlight. There were about 16 people
in our session. That is huge. I remember many sessions in
Albuquerque when we only got 16 patrons and we were always happy. A lot of
people live a distance from this temple but there are alot close by but
attendance is very slow.
Thursday we were able to
attend the zone conference all day. Speakers were President and Sister
Maxwell, President and Sister Pearson. President Pearson spoke for at
least 4 hours and every bit of it was wonderful. He was David and Sally's
bishop. He graduated from the U of U and got his MBA at Harvard. He
was a missionary in Finland, President of Washington State mission and called
to the 1st Quorum of 70 in 2008. He now lives in New Zealand. He is
a very powerful, very entertaining, very spiritual man.The young missionaries
were glued to every word he said. All the missionaries had to prepare a
3-5 minute talk, "What am I doing to become a more devoted disciple of
Jesus Christ." They had to come with two copies. He selected 6
missionaries to speak. They kept a copy to read and gave him the other
copy to follow. He had one of the missionaries time them. Adrienne and I
would have been very scared to do that. The elders and sisters did great.
These are some thoughts
that meant something to us.
1. We all
had testimonies long before coming to earth. We were taught directly from
our Father in Heaven.
2. We all
came to earth with the determination to keep the commandments and follow our
Savior.
3. The
Holy Ghost's purpose is to teach and remind us. He is the consummate
teacher. He knows everything about us and WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. He
can read our minds and knows our hearts PERFECTLY>
4. The
Lord does not tell us to TRY but the Lord tells us to DO IT. Be resolute,
covenants must be kept. Stop trying and JUST DO IT.
5. We were
exceedingly faithful in the pre-mortal and more powerful and capable than we
think.
President Monson's
favorite missionary scripture; D&C 84:88
"And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your
face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall
be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up."
Elder Holland's
favorite missionary scripture; D&C 31:4-7
"You shall declare the things which have been revealed to my
servant, Joseph Smith, Jun. You shall begin to preach from this time
forth, yea to reap in the field which is white and already to be burned.
Therefore, thrust in your sickle with all your soul, and your sins are forgiven
you, and you shall be laden with sheaves upon your back, for the laborer is worthy
of his hire. Wherefore, you
family shall live. Behold, verily I say unto you, go from them
only for a little time, and declare my word, and I will prepare a place for
them. Yea, I will open the
hearts of the people, and they will receive you. And I will establish a
church by your hand.
WE KNOW WE ARE WHERE WE
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.
Friday we went on a nice
long walk, which always makes us feel better.
Saturday morning went on
a longer walk and felt GREAT.
Went to see the movie
UNBROKEN, A wonderful and very emotional movie.
Saturday night we went
with Abraham and Frith Mohring, our ward mission leader to dinner at the Cuckoo
restaurant. It is in the Dandenong Mountains. A beautiful spot.
The restaurant has been there 50 years. The food was excellent, big
smorgabord. They have a program with the patrons participating. One
of the entertainers yodels. His name is Andre. He came to the table
grabbed my hand and I was soon yodeling, ha ha ha, with 4 other patrons. We had
to introduce ourselves and he read my badge to everyone. He is a Mormon.
I told them I was from Utah serving a mission with my sister Adrienne and
pointed to her. It was really entertaining. The decorations are
very European and German.
In closing, we had a
very spiritual week, grateful to be missionaries and HAPPY TO WEAR OUR BADGES
and tell everyone who we are and who we represent.
Love,
Adrienne and Dee Dee
The Moms The Sister Sisters
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