When your just too exhausted....
We had some really great lessons this week! So the first one
was on Monday night and it was with Nortons. Sister Norton and their daughter
is active but Brother Norton isn't. We set up to do an FHE with them and
another family in the Ward that they knew and Brother Norton taught the lesson
on faith and it was AWESOME! My gosh, the spirit was so strong and it was a
great lesson, and a really fun evening. And they are going to try to do it
every month!! So great!
Okay the other exciting lesson was on Tuesday evening. We
had a less active sister finally text us back after forever and schedule a time
to meet with us. We thought it was just going to be her, but we get there and
her fiancé is there and we joked and got to know each other and then her fiancé
Richard basically sat us down and said he wanted to know how many more lessons
he needed to take from the missionaries in order to get baptized. He said he'd
already taken 3, and he and aurora were planning on getting married in February
and he wants to be baptized. SO COOL! We were so stunned. I just thought, you
want to get baptized? We can help you with that! Hahaha. So great, they both
came to the Ward Christmas party and church on Sunday, and we have a lesson set
up with them for tomorrow! Wooo!
Okay, then the last really exciting lesson was with a couple
named Ben and Sarah who are in their mid 20's. Ben is a less active member and
Sarah is not a member but has been meeting with missionaries for a while. They
haven't been seen by any missionaries for a while now and we stopped by last
week and they were super cool! We showed them the light the world video and
then they asked if they could take us out to Denny's so of course we said yes
and we had our Denny’s outing this week. We really got to know them and got to
bear our testimonies to Sarah and we set up a time for this next week to do a
lesson at the church! She wants to take it kind of slow but she definitely has
the potential to progress.
We had Zone service this week. We all went down to the crystal
area to help with a holiday toy drive. So fun. AND. I learned that there was an
emergency transfer with the STL's here in Anoka and with the ones in Lakeville,
which means.... SISTER MYERS IS IN THE ZONE AND I GOT TO SEE HER!!!!!!!!!! Oh
it was so good to see her! We hugged like none other when we saw each other.
It's so great to have a friend in the zone. I don't think I've ever been
transferred and served in a zone with another of my companions, so this is a
treat :) it was a Christmas miracle!
So I actually thought I was getting frostbite this week.
It's been in the negatives over here quite a few days this week and on Saturday
it had snowed a ton so we asked the family we were having dinner with, the
Lamberts, if they knew of anyone we could do service for. Brother Lambert said
he was going to shovel his neighbor whose out of towns drive way so we offered
to help and we all headed outside. So fun fact i learned recently that mittens
are warmer than gloves and all I had were fabric gloves. We were shoveling in
the negative degrees And my fingers literally hurt so bad I was pretty sure I
was getting frostbite. I just laughed to myself and thought all in the name of
service!! Thankfully Brother Lambert saved me and gave me his mittens and got
another pair. Not kidding though my fingers actually hurt for 20-30 minutes
after wards even though they weren't cold anymore. It was crazy. That's
Minnesota for ya!
Lastly I wanted to update ya on some of the crazy weather
we've been having. We got 5-8 inches of snow on Friday and Saturday which is
always fun driving in. I've gotten to the point where I like skidding a little
bit (not a ton while surrounded by cars of course) but it kind of makes
everything little more exciting. It's like real life Mario cart hahaha that was
a joke. Then on Sunday the high was I think -9 and the low was -20. No, church
was not cancelled and with windchill it got down into the -30s!! Ahhh. Crazy.
Well that's about it for this week LOVE YOU all and MERRY
CHRISTMAS!!!
Spiritual Thought of the Week:
So I was reading through one of my favorite chapters in the
Book of Mormon, Jacob 5, which tells the allegory of the tame and wild olive
trees. What stood out to me as I read. This chapter again was verses 21,22,
& 25 which reads...
21.And it came to pass that the servant said unto his
master: how comest thou hither to plant this tree, or this branch of the tree?
For behold, it was the poorest spot in all the land of the Vineyard.
22.And the Lord of the Vineyard said unto him: Council me
not; I knew that it was a poor spot of ground; Wherefore, I said unto thee, I
have nourished it this long time, and thou will beholdest that it hath brought
forth much fruit.
25.And he said unto the servant: Look hither and behold the
last. Behold, this have I planted in a good spot of ground; and I have
nourished it this long time, and only a part of the tree hath brought forth
tame fruit, and the other part of the tree hath brought forth wild fruit:
behold, I have nourished this tree like unto the others.
There were three things I learned while reading this passage:
1. God is aware that some of us are not planted in the best of
situations that seem like they'd do more damage than good.
2. He promises to nourish us and if we let him despite the bad
ground/situation we can bring forth much good fruit.
3. You have the same kind of potential as someone in good
ground and you can do just as well or better in bringing forth good fruit.
Overall message is that God is aware of all of our
situations no matter how good or bad. He is aware of us and all the blessings
that he gives us or temporarily withholds from us is for our good.
Love you all!
❤️Sister Richardson
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