First off, i'm going to start with the crazy events that happened this week, and then i will share my insights about General Conference.
MONDAY: we broke our washer trying to wash my companions sheets and blanket. what happened was the washer got so off balance that one of the spring hooks that holds the basket popped out of the washer. Luckily, our ward mission leader is good at fixing things and so we had him fix our washer.
TUESDAY: we had the brightest idea to ride our bikes 7 miles to the church for district meeting. only, we got lost heading there because we took some back roads in order to avoid the high way. We are like one of the only sets of sisters who will ride their bikes that far in this area. so now our whole zone practically knows that we rode our bikes like 20-30 miles on tuesday. After district meeting, we started to bike home, but stopped at some less active member's homes as well as did some tracting. It was super fun to ride our bikes, but me and my companion were so sore and tired the rest of the day; let alone how sweaty and gross we were.
WEDNESDAY: we got to teach our new investigator about the plan of salvation. she is super excited to learn so much more about it.
THURSDAY: we went to a less active member's home for dinner. she has 5 dogs. i let her dogs all run up to me and i pet them all... so did my companion. it was only shortly after that, that the member decided to tell us the reason one of her dogs was shaved:FLEAS. she then went on to tell us how her carpets were filled with fleas because the dogs would bring them in from the outside (sand fleas). and she was having people come the next day to treat the house for fleas. When we went home, my companion and i stripped our clothes off and threw them in the washer and ran for the showers. we were so scared that we would have fleas in our apartment after this. so after we showered, we brought out our bug killer, and sprayed the entire perimeter of our house. Also, my companion found one flea on her and i think i had one on my head.
FRIDAY: we went to visit this semi-active family and while pulling into their driveway, we managed to get a nail in our tire. I got out of the car, and heard alot of air. so i looked at the tires and lo and behold, there was this giant nail in our back tire letting all of the air out. Luckily, we were able to have the man of the house help us to change our tire. So we have been driving on a spare (donut tire) for the past few days because the shop we are allowed to go to has been full.
there is a pier a little bit away from our apartment so went to take pictures of it. Also, some of these pictures show chunks of brick that are concreted together. " a wise man built his house upon the sand, and the floods came tumbling down."
my insights about general conference
Henry B. Eyring:
-" God put us in families to have experiences that would prepare us to live with Him."
- "Technology is not a substitute for revelation"
-"Family History work brings you not just closer to the family, but closer to the Lord".
M. Joseph Brough:
- " my answer to my prayer did not come in a moment, rather a thought that kept penetrating my mind"
Mark A. Bragg:
- "wherever there is human life, there is the light of Christ"
- " Compassion+Forgiveness+gratitude= a successful workplace
Russell M. Nelson:
-" Faith in Jesus Christ propels us to do things which we normally would not do"
Jeffrey R. Holland:
- " In singing the anthems of humanity we must stand as close to the Savior as possible, and hear His perfect pitch"
there were so many great conference talks given this past weekend! i encourage you all to go back and re-listen to them. Your Heavenly Father knows and loves each one of you!
Love,
Sister Lewis
P.S. i encourage you all to go to mormon.org and watch the Prince of Peace video that is about Jesus Christ. it is a beautiful video for this easter season
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