Alright, we have had an awesome week:) There was a couple days where it got a little rough because our appointments feel through but you know what, with all that God has blessed us with, We can not complain:) That is how we notice all the Good God does for us as well. God is Good.
So as y'all know we had Conference on Saturday and Sunday this past weekend and I loved both sessions but Saturday was probably my favorite:) Answered many of my questions. What a blessing it was as well that it was all centered around missionary work! It was a great last General Conference to have as a missionary:)
Tracy is doing well. He is so prepared and we talked to him about moving his baptismal date forward. We committed him to pray about it and see what Heavenly Father thinks. We feel pretty good about it:) Hopefully he will be baptized not this week but the next. He is so ready. He is already doing missionary work with sharing the book of Mormon with his friends at work and with his family. And he is literally related to everyone in town. His cousin is actually a Returning Less-Active in the branch who is receiving the Aaronic Priesthood pretty soon here:) (sorry if I already told y'all that and I'm repeating myself)
But things are going pretty great. We are headed to the Temple on the 15th with Priscilla to do Baptisms for the dead for her first time! She is working on obtaining a Temple recommend.
We are working on finding others to teach as well! We have planned on doing a lot more contacting this week:) And I LOVE contacting. Especially in Dalhart because everyone is just so prepared here.
Darvy contacted us Saturday night and asked if he could come to church. We said, "well I mean, if you really want to...." No im totally kidding. We jumped up and down and said, "yes! Of course you can come to church with us!" But in a professional way don't worry:) We were so excited and it was perfect because it was General Conference Weekend so he got to see the First session of the Sunday session and oh my goodness, it hit him hard. He has been really struggling with home life and Elder Nelsons talk just hit him. He tried hard to hold back tears but we still saw them:) He is so awesome. He has such a desire to learn more about the church and be baptized but he has to figure everything out with his family. He is working on finding another place to live. Please say some prayers for him:)
Also some of our Spanish Less-actives came and watched conference with us at the church:) they are so cute and they had their ear phones and listened from their iphones. So grateful for technology.
Conference:
The things that really stuck out to me in Conference was J Devn Cornish when he was talking about how "All the Lord expects of us is to try, but we have to really try!" Heavenly Father isn't going to sit back and just give us everything. He wants us to learn and to grow because he loves us:) Isn't that what we all want for our own children??
There is a quote that comes to mind by Thomas S Monson I think it is? But he said, "The only time He is disappointed with us is when we stop trying and don't give our best effort." That is so true and I might have already share that but I just love that quote.
And when Elder Bassett was talking about how "The Holy Ghost aids in our Spiritual Growth". Let him Help you:) Just listen to his promptings. That is what he is there for:)
I just love conference! Especially when we got to stand up and sing "Called to Serve!" so emotional. Cant wait for the next conference:)
BTw, we have mission tour this week so ill let y'all know how it goes!
Lots of love,
Hermana Russell
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| Went to Mazios after first session on Saturday:) |
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| Zone Training |
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