April 28th, 2014

Hello Everyone!!

This last week was so good!!

First off, we got to go to the temple twice! First we went to do a session with our zone and it was amazing! And then on Saturday we got to go with Brandi and do baptisms for the dead with her! It was like the coolest thing ever! Brandi took some of her family names. She was baptized for her mom and then someone else was baptized for her uncle and it was so cute because when it happened she started crying because it really hit her what she was doing. Best experience ever!!

Not too many updates this week. We met with Mike and it went really well because we took a couple out teaching with us and they all clicked really well. We will see where that goes. He is still reading the Book of Mormon and starting to connect more of the dots of why this is important and how it applies to him.

On Friday we had an awesome training by President and Sister Nilsen and the assistants. It was all about how much time is wasted everyday and it was a major reality check for everyone! We all realized how much more we could be doing. We have all set limits for ourselves that are untrue and unnecessary. It is time to raise our standards and expectations and lets the miracles roll forth. It was a serious call to repentance but long overdue and right on target.

This really laid it out in front of the whole mission and helped relight everyone's desires to work hard and keep pushing. It has already made a noticeable difference, even in our area. We have been tightening things up and it is so amazing to see the change that is happening and we let the Lord set our limits rather than us setting them ourselves.It was super good!! 

I am trying to send pictures but it is being super difficult and really slow so I will try to send some next week!! 

Love you all and have a wonderful week! :)