It's crazy how fast time flies.
That quote about how life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to
the end the faster it goes, is definitely true for a mission! Congrats to my brother
Brady for being undefeated in football! That is super awesome. And I hope you
all are staying warm! It got a little chilly here this week. Like clear down to
70 degrees. Here is my missionary quote for the week; kinda long but still good
:)
"We as a people have one supreme thing to do, and that is to call upon the
world to repent of sin, to come to God. And it is our duty above all others to
go forth and proclaim the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, the restoration
again to the earth of the plan of life and salvation... We have in very deed
the pearl of great price. We have that which is of more value than all the
wealth and the scientific information which the world possesses. We have the
plan of life and salvation... The best way in the world to show our love for
our neighbor is to go forth and proclaim the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ,
of which He has given us an absolute knowledge concerning it's divinity."
-Pres. Heber J. Grant :)
Here we are still working on
getting to know the members and the area. They are super great. I don't
remember what I talked about last week but there are tons of Polynesians and
Hispanics here so they make us eat so much. Halloween was pretty lame we just
stayed in the apartment and planned for the upcoming week. But the ward had a
party/trunk or treat the night before so that was fun. We biked a lot this
week. We didn't get to meet with Hector but we still visited them and his wife
is warming up to us, so we are hoping we can teach all of them! There are a lot
of recent converts in this ward so we have been trying to visit all of them.
One is named Janice and she is great. Husband is from Poland and not a member
so we are hoping we can teach him. He is such a talker though so it might be
kinda' tough ha. Not to mention the accent. And I am soo bad with accents. Yikes.
There are a ton of less actives and part member families in this ward so we are
going to try to work with them. I'm still overwhelmed with the whole
whitewashing and bigger area thing, but we are just taking it one day at a
time.
The best thing about this week
was that we had Zone Conference on Tuesday. Elder Walker from the Quorum of the
Seventy came and trained us and he is awesome. He was a mission president in
Tokyo! Pretty cool. I really felt the spirit and needed that upliftment! You
wouldn't think that you would get spiritually hungry when you are a missionary,
but you do! Well, I do at least. Some things I got out of it were just like
little quotes. "Be a little better than your best." And Pres. Berry
reminded us to Stand Fast in all that we do. Also, Elder Walker is in charge of
temples so I asked him about mine. (When I say mine I mean the Cedar City one;)
He said they are behind on designs but that it is going to be an extra pretty
one! And this weekend my companion got sick :( I think that our intensity
levels are a lot different, so I am going to have to tone it down a little bit.
But something that Pres. Eyring said would help us be successful missionaries
is what I will end my letter with!
"Be faithful, work hard, and smile." It is simple as that. I love you
all and hope you have a great week!
Love, Sister Lowry
Sounds like K'Loni is doing great on her mission, thanks for the updates!
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