Columbia, Md - Hellllooooooo FAMILY!
How are you? GUESS WHAT?!?! Yepp....
sure do love you! LIKE A LOT! :) I have been thinking about you all and praying
for you. I hope all is going well for you. SO, how is everyone doing? Give me
some details. Pictures would be awesome too if anyone has any.... especially of
my cute nieces and nephew (hint hint... Nick, Juli, Chris, Hannah) ;) hee hee I
miss those kiddos a lot!
Well, no news from my visa this week. The two Elders I came out here
with that are going to my same mission received theirs and are heading out
tomorrow! Crazy. But mine did not come through. I think it will pretty soon
though :) And no worries because this Hermana is pro at being patient ;) haha 7
weeks waiting for a mission call... 6 months waiting for a visa? No Problem! Lol
Can I just say I love my Branch! Oh my goodness I love my branch.
Columbia 3rd Spanish Branch... FAMILY right there :) I love these people! This
week was great for so many different reasons but one being that it was
Conference! I love conference! As I am sure all of you do as well. This was a
new experience for me because I watched it all in Spanish. Kind of cool! At the
Stake Center there was normal English and then a room translated into Spanish.
Our Elders for some reason went to the English sessions but Hermana Crotzer and
I felt strongly that we needed to support our branch and watch conference with
them in Spanish- and so we did! :)
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| Tortilla Time |
What were some of your favorite talks? Did you notice a theme? At
least on Saturday I did.... OBRA MISIONAL anyone? (MISSIONARY WORK) Some of my
favorite talks were Elder Ucthdorf, Elder Ballard and Elder Nelson. They were
all fabulous talks however! Can’t go wrong with General Conference. What a neat
opportunity we have to receive revelation. I love the scripture mastery in
D&C 1:37-38
"Search these
commandments for the are true and faithful and the prophesies and promises
which are in them shall all be fulfilled. What I the Lord have spoken I have spoken
and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my
word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice
or by the voice of my servants it is the same."
Listening to the Apostles and Prophets is like listening to The Lord
himself speak to us. So, put what you learned from Conference into action
starting today! Don’t wait! :) We all receive different answers, but I know
there is something for everyone in conference. If you weren’t able to watch it,
go back and watch it because it was fabulous!
A quick miracle from this week and then I will have to let you go.
We have been working with a less active for quite some time. She has two kids
who come to church but she is off and on coming to church. I have been able to
make quite a good relationship with her over the past five months and finally
this week we made some more progress. We went over to her house this week to
chat and see how she is doing. She is crazy busy like all the time so we were
grateful to be able to talk with her for a few minutes. We talked just about
everything. Before we left I felt like I needed to ask her what we could help
her with, like some sort of service: cleaning her house, weeding, painting,
doing dishes.. something to help her out.
She had a big smile on her face and said, "No Hermana Newman,
Thank you but I don’t need help." I was a little disappointed because I love
doing service. But that wasn’t the end of her sentence. "... I don’t need
any help around the house. But do you think you could help me with the Book of
Mormon? I don’t understand it and I know I need to." Best day ever! :)
As always, I am sure I had a big Hermana Newman cheesy grin on my
face. Of course we can help you with the Book of Mormon! I almost couldn’t
believe my ears when she asked for help. I have been trying to figure out what
she needs and how I can help her my whole time I have been here in Maryland.
Well, it took some time but now I know.
I am sooooo grateful for the opportunity to help others come closer
to Christ. I am still learning about the Book of Mormon myself, but now I get
to help someone else understand it and grow closer to Jesus Christ. This work
never ceases to amaze me :) Miracles miracles! I love watching people change-
this work is amazing!
Have a wonderful week family. I love you! Keep smiling, don’t forget
to laugh and remember to get to work... help someone in need!
Con amor,
Your favorite Hermana ;)... Hermana Newman
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