Malo Lava!
It was a great Sunday (your Saturday)! We started the day off at 2:00 AM logging on to the St.George marathon tracking app to followi Bayli and Ethan's progress! We dozed off after the first 3 miles and when and woke up every couple of miles to check their progress.
The Saturday morning session of conference started at 5 AM, so Elder G.started watching that while I dozed a few more times, but woke in time to track the last couple miles of the marathon! The afternoon session started at 9:00 AM and the evening session at 1:00 pm. On Monday,, (your Sunday), we'll watch the Sunday sessions if we can wake up again at 5:00 AM!! Congrats on running the Marathon, Bayli and Ethan! Wish we could have watched you cross the finish line in person. Maybe next year!
It was another busy week serving in Samoa. We had a couple of zones come in for temple trips so it was pretty busy at the office with missionaries coming in and asking me to check out aches and pains. We drove over to our district meeting on Tuesday. I made chocolate chip cookies for the district and they devoured them in no time! On Thursday and Friday it was MLC so we housed a couple of Elders on Thursday night. Friday afternoon I went with Elder G. to the West zone to deliver birthday bags and fix a sink problem. Then Saturday, we had to go back that way to take medicine to a couple of missionaries who had medical issues. So we attended a baptism while we were out in that area. There was a basketball tournament starting on Thursday so Elder G. got called to help coach a couple of the teams. It was pretty much chaos--they don't have a clue how to play as a team or run any plays. He didn't get to coach the girls team that he had worked with at practices. The lady in charge forgot to call and tell him about their game until it was time to start and by the time we got there, the game was almost over. HAHA I think they're pretty unorganized. I tried to get some pictures but none of them turned out very good.
We didn't really have much time to take for ourselves this last week so I don't have any new adventures to report on. Our mission is definitely NOT a vacation, but we are happy to serve and help move the Lord's work forward in this small way. It's good to feel needed and like we're making a difference here.l
Hope you all had a chance to watch conference, or at least some of it. There were so many good messages, I can't pick a favorite one. Here's a few things that are standing out in my mind though:
-Finished painting/Made mistake/Mended/Better than before
Repentance allows us to feel God's love, he can heal our souls,make us better.
-Repentance is JOY
-BOM was written for OUR day
-Mortality Works. God's Plan of Happiness is designed so that we cannot fail. Because of the Savior's Atonement, mortality works.
-You've got this because Jesus Christ has got you!
-Don't let the world change you when you were born to change the world.
-In moments of crisis, children will remember the words they were taught--teach them the doctrine of Christ.
-Focusing on Christ and his gospel brings us JOY, regardless of what is or is not happening in our lives.
-Now is the time to prepare for the second coming of Christ.
-Regular temple work and attendance brings power, protection, pure love, and peace.
-Help to gather scattered Israel. Talk of Christ, testify of Christ, rejoice in Christ.
-THE BEST IS YET TO COME!
What's standing out in your mind from General Conference?
Alofa atu (Love you!!!)
I'll try send pictures in another email this week.
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