Hello!
:) How is everyone??
Oh my
goodness, I am at my halfway mark. Can you believe it? I can't. I just got
here. :( It goes way too fast. Today is my companion's 2 month mark, so I read
her my 2 month mark day from my journal. We laughed pretty hard. Of course it
was something about Steve from Cocoa! This week was crazy so I'm going to jump
into it, but I wanted to share a quote I found that I love.
"Happiness never decreases by being shared."
I have
found this to be so true! It is so simple. When you share your happiness, does it
ever lessen? No, it increases! :) Life is so much about your attitude. And life
is way too short to have a bad attitude! Even when things are hard, just keep
swimming! I love you all and pray for your happiness and success everyday!
Also, watch this video, it is amazing. I cry everytime. And they showed it in
Relief Society yesterday and our investigators cried!
So,
this week was crazy for a couple reasons. First, it was transfers. No, we
didn't get transferred or anything, but the ward next to us got another set of
missionaries (their 4th set) and they are Spanish sisters! So one of them is
Hermana Monson, who I just love to death. Anyway, they called us and said we
are going to share the car with them now instead of the elders. Which is great!
:) But they needed to go get food because it was a brand new apartment and they
had nothing. So we went and picked them up and took them to the store. While
they were there we decided to just contact in some apartments nearby. Well, we
found Lill. She is so amazing and prepared! She is going to be baptized
February 8th. I love her so much! We just knocked on her door and she invited
us in and accepted to learn about the gospel. We didn't have much time because
the sisters were waiting for us, but we introduced the Book of Mormon and set
up a return appointment. She told us about how she had seen Mormon missionaries
everywhere and had always told them she wasn't interested, but she said she is
done saying no to God, because it is obviously what He wants for her! So after
teaching her the lesson about the restoration of the gospel, she said she is so
excited to learn more and for the first time in her life she wasn't confused.
Her and Yvette have so much in common. They are both single, about the same
age, no job, no car, had cancer, and have been searching for the truth for
years. And they live in the same apartment complex! :) Lill came to church and
sat with Yvette and they just answered all the questions and loved it. I was so
happy.
Other
reason it was crazy was because it was cold. We ended up giving the Spanish
sisters the car because I know how it feels to open a new area and have no idea
where you are going, what you are doing, or who anyone is. And be on bikes. So
we ended up on bikes and kinda froze. Heavenly Father sure knew that I wouldn't
survive somewhere cold, because when it was cold this week my motivation went
right down the toilet! But, we survived! And I know I can't really complain
because you guys are much colder, but, let's be honest, most of you aren't on
bikes.
K,
Wednesday night was amazing because we went on a temple tour with the Thomas
family! :) They loved it! The pictures we took are now Dora's screensaver on
her phone! When I saw that I was so happy. It was cold at the tour but they
loved it and totally felt the spirit! And we showed them pictures of temples on
LDS.org and explained to them more about sealing and eternal families. Kevin,
the dad, is always pretty quiet. We think he is just trying to take it all in!
But when we were talking about the sealing he was like, "So it's kinda
like renewing your vows?" And we were like yeah! And he was like, "Oh
yeah, we are definitely doing that!" Alyssa (10) says the most beautiful
prayers and just loves the gospel. And KJ, the 5 year old, is reading the BofM
so good! He just gets his little tablet out and goes! Speaking of tablets, we
are getting iPads soon and I am freaking out. It's gonna be so crazy. All this
technology just stresses me out! Yikes. Oh, and I am terrible at Facebook
proselyting... :(
Alex and Esther
Ok,
now for Alex. The punk bailed on our lesson this week because he got in a
motorcycle accident! Yeah. Ask me. But we stopped by the next day just to see
if he was there, and he was! So he invited us in and we taught him then. His
little daughter Esther (5) is so cute. I just love her. Anyway, we taught the
Word of Wisdom and Law of Chastity, because Yvette told us she saw him making
out with some girl. Actually, she didn't just tell us that, she reenacted what
it looked like and Sis. Jacklin and I almost died laughing. He totally
understood and agreed to both! But Word of Wisdom is going to be hard for him
:( He drinks alcohol and coffee, and smokes! But he is ready to work on it and
up for the challenge! And he was totally excited for church Sunday too. He
asked us to bring him a tie and everything! Well, he didn't show up. I knew
that his girlfriend was going to talk him into going to her church instead. So
we stopped by after church and he knew exactly what was coming! He felt so bad.
And he didn't even like her church! He said he didn't feel the spirit and he
wanted to leave and come to ours, but he was already late so he didn't. But I
just told him that maybe that experience had to happen so that he could learn
that that church wasn't for him, and now he knows! So he promised to come next
week. And he has already cut down on coffee and cigarettes! :) So we need you
all to pray for him so he can be done with all his addictions by February 8th
so he can be baptized on the 15th. That is the goal!
Oh! In
Florida they have some holiday called Teacher Development day? They don't have
school the last Friday of the term so the teachers can get all their grades and
stuff in! So they had a 4 day weekend this week! How lame is that?! Utah needs
to get with the program! Unless we have something like that and I just forgot?
Well, we are getting ready to go shopping with the Medina's so I can spend some
of my birthday money! Have a great week! :) Oh, PS, Elder Nielsen of the 70 is
coming for mission conference and stake conference this weekend! So we are
super excited for that!
Love,
Sister Lowry
Check out our
mission blog floridaorlandomission.com to see a cute picture of
Sister Jacklina and I! :)
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