OHHH MY GOODNESS this week! More like
yesterday! I don’t know what I did to be able to be sooo blessed to experience
yesterday ... oh my goodness my heart pounds and flutters with excitement just
thinking about yesterday, like wow. It was an experience I will truly remember
for the rest of my life, my existence I hope.
I will take care of items of business
first before I get started. ONE Penny!! Sooo cute and I couldn’t be more
excited for the Low's! TWO mom and dad man oh man do I EVER have good looking
parents like man I’m proud of you two looking good these days, like looking
shnazzy you two. Also I don’t know what goes on with me once Sister Huppe is
gone .... I try not to think about it kind of gets me nervous: /. Ah this is so
exciting! I can’t wait to meet Penny :)!! Give her one big hug and kiss for me.
Okay wow where to I begin.
One EVERYONE at home this is the true
and only restored Gospel on the Earth. Humble yourselves read the Book of
Mormon strengthen yourselves or begin your conversion in this amazing Gospel of
Jesus Christ that Heavenly Father wants you to become a part. I know what life
is like outside of the Gospel and its nothing compared to life in the Gospel. God
invites all his Children to become a part of his church, he loves us and wants
us to know how to find eternal happiness in this life and this life to come so
we can return to live with him, as we once were living with him before this
life.
Well that’s some the fire I have inside
of me from meeting Elder Holland (church leader, quorum of the 12) and shaking
his hand. I truly know that Elder Holland is called of God; he is an Apostle,
prophet and seer of God. There is not a question in my mind that he isn’t. His
presence just brings the spirit, enough to fill a whole room! Enough to fill
your whole body from just seeing him in person, shaking his hand its un believable
and something I will hold dear to me for the rest of my life. Words can’t explain it. But everyone who’s met
an Apostle of God knows that God calls Apostles and Prophets on the Earth to
direct and guide us in a World that is ever so changing in standards. And the
only way this is all possible is through the priesthood authority. So Saturday at 7:30pm Sister Huppe, myself,
Sister Davis and Sister Thompson all left from Charlottetown to Muncton to stay
the night; we stayed at Elder and Sister Calls place a senior couple that were
staying in Fredericton that night. Then at 5:50 am we got picked up in the
transfer van, our ZL Elder Zozerboymbe (some crazy last name) he’s from Calgary
drove us and 13 elders and sisters in the van! So there were four sisters and the
rest elders and we drove to Fredericton. Conference started at 9 am so there
were two zones of sisters and elders so 8 sisters total and then probably 40
elders or so. Elder Prince was there! And Elder Willouwby? Like Kelsey Willouwby
from our ward years ago, he actually put two and two together. We all had to
sit in the Primary room for the first session. So All us Elders and Sisters are
sitting in the primary room 10 mins before it all starts. Sis Huppe and I are the first two chairs to
the right of the door so I'm second to the door and guess who pops there head
in the door before entering the chapel!! That’s right Elder Holland! And he
says “The church all true in this room!" ... "Elders...." and
then I pop my head over he looks at Sister Huppe and I and then says
"...and Sisters". Then he said
again, "Everyone knows the church is true in here" and we all are
like "YES!" and then he shook his head smacked the inside of the door
and said "good!" and walked away. Like oh my goodness!!!! So they continued to have
conference and Wow that was amazing. We
had 3 speakers from the stake then, President Leavitt spoke, Elder Neilson (of
the seventy) and then Elder Holland. Just seeing from each calling ascending up
to Holland was so cool I mean the Stake President is a pretty great guy and
knows everything but you could even tell the difference from each calling as it
got more and more important and authorized to Elder Holland. President Leavitt, I honestly feel like I have
the best President in the world. I don’t
know how I am so blessed to have him as my President. He did an amazing talking on how simply you
talk and open your mouths to everyone by passing along cards and not having a written
recitation of the gospel, you just simply talk with everyone, laugh and get to
know them. He did an amazing job had
everyone laughing, Elder Holland was cracking up in the back, it was soo cool.
I mean Pres Leavitt is hilarious. It was cool to see that they are normal
people meaning Elder Neilson and Elder Holland but that they are just such Disciples
of Christ! Elder Neilson then spoke, and he was a professional NFL player and
he talked about an analogy from his professional sports career and him playing
in a game and tied it into the gospel.
Then Elder Holland talked about how the
Adversary can’t kill, he can persuade people to kill but he himself cannot
kill. He did not kill Joseph Smith because he couldn't and because the Adversary
could not kill him he bound Joseph Smiths tongue. And that’s where the adversary
works the most and by binding our tongues. Don’t let the adversary succeed! He
also stated, Want to be perfect? One way to start is to start to control your
tongue, watch what your talk about, the way your talk, a tongue can be cruel. I
felt this could be applied so many ways in our lives, don’t allow the adversary
to bind your tongue in speaking to everyone about the gospel. Don’t hold back, don’t ignore promptings from
the Spirit with anything but in this instance with sharing the gospel and
speaking up or simply sharing experiences in church meetings because if you do that’s
the adversary binding your tongue. Or it could be taken as be of good cheer,
speak positively, and not of harsh mean negative things don’t gossip. He also said when you join the church you get a
lot more than what your bargained for; which is true! He spoke on John 9, Acts 3. He also spoke on what Elder Neilson mentioned
whenever we feel the pressure in life like we can’t handle it or too much on
our plate the first thing they as Apostles do-well Elder Holland and Elder
Neilson as a general authority is go to the temple and pray. Feeling pressure
head to the temple! And how we as missionaries (not meaning the missionaries with
tags on, everyone!) should feel success is by just simply opening our mouths
and sharing.
After the morning session which ended
at 11, there was a youth and missionary session! So it was mainly Elder Holland talking to the youth.
They didn’t have much time but he said that many times that NO ONE was affected
by his mission more than he was. So I’m
using that as motivation to make my mission affect me as his did ;). haha. But
he was laying the law down to the youth and us missionaries! Telling them to be humble and teachable,
commandments highway and byway to happiness, we are the future of the church
and that we have to start now if we want to know what Elder Holland knows, and
that everything every meeting etc isn’t for him and his generation it’s for us!
And he said from ages 12-22 are crucial
years and to give the Lord those 10 years. He said how his mission was the hardest
work he has ever done, but the best! He
said have good friends they are the people you start to date. Temple is halfway to heaven. And how "God loves young people; he
trusted a 14 year old boy to restore his gospel for peat sakes!" (something
along those lines haha ) It truly was amazing and he is a hilarious man, I mean
I wish I could re enact the way he was talking at the youth meeting. He was flaying his arms around acting like a
bratty 17 yr old it was funny, when I talk to you guys in couple weeks I will
do it for you. This truly was something that was a blessing from God for
everyone in the stake and us missionaries. It was amazing. No other words can
explain it. So after all the
missionaries went through and shook Elder Holland’s hand and Elder Nielsen’s
hands, then the youth went through.
So after the meeting, Sister Huppe and
I were in the chapel with a man talking about his conversion story, all the
missionaries were waiting for us in the transfer van, and Elder Holland walks
in the chapel with Elder Nielson and looks at me and says "How are
you?!" and I’m just like "GOOD HOW ARE YOU?!" and he was like
good thanks! and walks away and then Elder Nielson shook mine and Sis Huppe’s
hand again and said "continue sharing the gospel" with the nicest
smiles and love on their faces. Then we go in the district van and I’m just
like " Sorry elders and sisters that were late we were just busy chatting
with Elder Holland! " haha it was awesome.
I was on a cloud I still am on a cloud!
So we started meeting with few more Las
(less actives) this week; a family and another 19 yr old girl who actually just
had a baby and it died after two weeks.
That gave her the drive to come back to church, it’s an amazing story
but I don’t have much time to explain. (Name, investigator) we taught WOW and she
accepts it all except a freaking French vanilla! Like really! So she is having a hard time
believing that, so we are working with her praying she will have faith and she’s
praying and asking God if Word of Wisdom is what he wants her to follow. Larry
we are continuing to teach he said he knows the book is true but hasn’t received
definite answer from God yet. We got one new investigator this week. We have a
lot on the go with teaching a lot of people and a lot of potentials that we
have yet to meet with! We taught a
former investigator this week named Jared and wow that was hard, he is a really
smart man who has read BOM in 3 days, D&C, pearl of great price, had read
ever other bible in the world and is an atheist...It was tough and we should have
left sooner. He was a really nice guy, but man he was just getting enjoyment
out of trying to make us feel like we been deceived. I definitely realized how strong my testimony
is because, well it sort of had to in that situation. He just has zero faith
basically and feels really strongly about how he views things. And I mean
anyone reading the bible BOM etc. with the purpose of trying to prove the book
wrong. We should of left sooner I mean
nothing bad happened but you can’t help but have some of the things in your
head from that, but nothing to be worried about mom! And Elder Holland shook
all that nonsense away for us!
We really made an effort to be exactly
obedient this week, to the point where we start our companionship prayer at
7:50 am so we can begin our studies right at 8 am!
That’s all I got for this week! I mean I
think I wrote a lot I hope I explain things well enough and that they make sense
and arent too weird ! haha. I love you all so much! It was really nice seeing
Elder Prince this week a face you recognize and we talked quite a bit! I love you all!!
xoxox
Sis Pizzey
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