This
week has been great! Lots of exciting things happened. First off-
shoutout to my trainer, Sister Teuscher who is getting MARRIED next
month!! And to the other 3 sisters I served around who are also getting
hitched in March. #firstcomeslove #thencomesmarriage #thencomesamomvan
ALSO,
Laura went to the temple for the first time!!! We went with her to go
do baptisms and she did 18 names! It was so amazing. The Spirit was so
strong and Laura is excited to start doing her family history work to
bring her ancestor's names to the temple. (1 Corinthians 15:29).
She also spoke at the mission president fireside and was FAB! A lot of
the ward members came to support her- we had a big party in the front
two pews! Also got to see Sister Peterson...can't believe she's going
home in less than a month! Seeing your companions go home is WEIRD.
We
went on exchanges this week and I got to go work in Blaine. The sisters
there are working on finding new investigators, so Sister Richardson
and I went tracting! We prayed about where to go, and we looked at a map
and saw a street named Mississippi right by the area we were going to
be in. I figured it had to be a sign! So we went to that street and it
was a total success! EVERY HOUSE we knocked at let us in to teach a
lesson! A little piece of southern hospitality right here in MN :) One
of them was a SUPER cool Hmong family! They kept asking if my mom was
Hmong because I looked too white to actually be from Laos, and no white
people speak Hmong haha. Either the Hmong elders or Sister Winters and I
will have to go back to teach (I'm a little selfish and kinda wanna
teach them haha!), but it was such a miracle that we found them and that
we decided who would go where for exchanges. The power of inspiration!
The
other day we had a booth set up in the Student Center advertising
institute and church, and this guy walks up and starts asking about our
beliefs in Jesus Christ. He told us he's Muslim but was interested in
learning more about Christianity! So we've been teaching him, and it's
definitely been way cool! It reminds me of being in Hmong work where
most of them are Shaman and don't believe in God or Jesus Christ, so you
have to go back to the very very basics. I love it! Because that's
where the beauty of the gospel is- it's so simple! He came to church and
has been coming to the activities we've had and he's getting
fellowshipped super well!
Everything else is going great in the YSA. I really really love it here!
Love, Sister Brett
2 Nephi 26:23-25
"23 For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness.
24
He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for
he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he
may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they
shall not partake of his salvation.
25
Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me? Behold, I say
unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the
earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without price."
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