Hola!
Hola! Hola!
First
off, shout out to my girl Carly! Miss Hermana Upton! She enters the MTC this
week! Chile is so lucky to have you!
Alright!
I've got lots to tell! This week was crazy! So here it goes:
-Guinea
pig funeral. Yup. That really happened.
("We
had a funeral for a bird." Name that show.)
-A
member came out with us on Tuesday. She's 18 and can't decide if she wants to
serve a mission so we let her experience a day as a missionary. It was so awesome!
I wish we could take her again, but she leaves for college tomorrow.
-Our
Sundae, Sunday Family Home Evening went really well! The kids and the parents
loved it! We're trying another one tonight. Unfortunately, I didn't take
pictures of our visuals and we didn't write a song, but it's still cute and
it's about love at home.
We're
trying it out tonight with the Brooks family. They speak German in their home!
HOW COOL IS THAT?!
-Our
neighbor Ken had a birthday! We took him a cake. We got to talk to him for a
really long time. We're becoming best buds, and soon we'll all be united in the
gospel! haha :) It's gonna happen!
-Our
neighbor Ryan moved last week, but we got new neighbors! We met them really
quickly one day and have tried to take them cupcakes, but they're never home.
-One
time when we went to take cupcakes to our new neighbor we decided to take them
to the next neighbor over. At first we weren't too excited to do so 'cause he
always seems kind of crabby and unfriendly, but we did it. When he opened the
door he was super confused, but we said we had cupcakes for him he got super
happy. His name is Ryan and now were friends. He'll join the church one day. :)
-One
night we could not figure out what to do. Everywhere we went, no one was home.
We went home and prayed. After we prayed, we left. We didn't know what to do or
where to go, but we know to receive an answer to our pray, we needed to act. We
felt like we needed to go to a potential's home. They weren't there. Why did we
feel like we needed to be there then? So we went somewhere else close by. A
less-active named Debra. She was outside. We asked if she needed help with what
she was doing. She said no, but that she needed help packing the next day,
because she's moving. We said we would help. Debra told us that before we got
there she had prayed that she could find help. Crazy! How cool is that? I love
God. He's so cool. The next day we went on exchanges, so I didn't get to help
pack, but the sister I switched with is in the ward that Debra is moving to.
Crazy! Everything worked out so well!
-Exchanges
this week were awesome! The best part was when we played basketball. We got
home for dinner at 6, but felt like we needed to go see a woman named Janet.
She has a little less-active grandson named Kashawn that the sisters have been
trying to make a good connection with.
We
knocked on their door. No answer.
We went to see a less-active that lives in the same complex.
We saw her walk in her door so we were like, yes!
This is why we need to be here.
Knocked three times.
No answer.
Obviously, we were confused.
We had another appointment that night at the same complex with the elders.
She cancelled.
Why were we all there?
The Elders told us to come up to the basketball court.
As we walked up, all these little black kids started following. The elders know all of them because they've been teaching all of them and playing basketball with them.
Guess
who else joined!
KASHAWN!
So, we played basketball.
It was awesome! This sounds crazy, but God wanted us to play basketball.
-We
got two new investigators this week!
Tony
(a referral from the Saline Elders)and Bryce (a referral from the Hill Street Sisters)
They're both great! I love them!
Well,
that's all the exciting stuff!
Scripture study time!
What'd
you learn?I want to talk about Jacob 1:19
"And
we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the responsibility,
answering the sins of the people upon our own heads if we did not teach them
the word of God with all diligence; wherefore, by laboring with our might their
blood might not come upon our garments; otherwise their blood would come upon
our garments, and we would not be found spotless at the last day."
We
as members have a responsibility to share the gospel. When you do not share the
gospel with other, especially those you feel impressed to share the gospel
with, the fate or blood or exaltation or however you want to word it, is on
your hands.
If
you share and they turn it down. Fine. They have their agency and they're
responsible for themselves now.
Don't
be afraid to share the gospel. If you do it by the spirit, you have nothing to
worry about. People have their agency and will say yes or no.
I
heard somewhere (I can't remember where) that the success is NOT in baptizing
someone or having them over for dinner or whatever it may be that you invite
someone to do. Success is in the invitation.
Let me say that again.
Success
is in the invitation.
You
mean we're successful by just inviting? YAH! That's all God has asked you to
do! Invite. Share.
Now
I want to talk about a couple other things before I go.
Self
mastery and salvation and exaltation.
Self
mastery:
This
was the theme in sacrament meeting yesterday. The talks were awesome! We have
to learn self mastery. That's a big thing I have to work on! Today I exercised
it in my shopping.
I
did awesome by the way!All I needed was milk, cereal and bread.
I didn't buy anything extra. I only bought one box of cereal, 'cause I don't need more than that.
Learn
self mastery and you will be successful.
Salvation
and Exaltation:
I
won't spend much time on this, but it goes a little bit with the scripture
study we did.EVERYONE receives salvation. Everyone is saved! Everyone is resurrected!
But, not everyone receives exaltation.
Exaltation is going to the Celestial Kingdom and being with God and being like God.
Share the gospel, so we can all be home with Heavenly Father and together in exaltation.
The
Plan of Salvation is called that for a reason! Everyone is a part of the plan.
Everyone receives the blessing of the plan. We are here on earth to work
towards exaltation.
I
don't know about you, but I want to be exalted. And I don't care if you don't
want to be. I want you to be. I want to live with all of you again someday. I
love you all so much! Even if I don't know you! I really do love you. But,
don't do this for me. Do it for God. He loves you more than I ever could. He
wants you home more than anything.
Love
you all! Have a great week!
Love,
Sister
Heywood
PS
Reading
assignment.
PPS
I
forgot stuff again. Our house is falling apart. The blinds are broken. The door
to the bathroom is broken and the towel rack is broken haha. Love it!
And
the little girls in Activity Days at church made me a card! How cute is that?!
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