November 18, 2013
Hey Family!!
It sounds like you are having a great week. Sorry to hear that you
lost the championship game, but i am sure it was an awesome game!! The
snow sounds like no fun at all!! When we are visiting people at nights
when it is like 62 degrees people always tell us to put on a jacket or
something because it is freezing outside. haha Not when you are from
utah!! Thanks so much for feeding the missionaries... Become the
missionaries best friends and be there to offer support at anytime.
Every investigator needs a fellowshipper and I have noticed that when we
have a member present at the lesson it goes really well and the members
are able to relate really well to the investigator. Be sure to tell
them that you would love to go to a lesson with them sometime!!
So we met a man this week who is not a member, but he LOVES to do
his family history and he know so much. It is AWESOME!!! So we decided
to ask him to help us with our family history and hopefully we would be
able to soften his heart enough through this to introduce him to the
church more. I hope it works out. Is there anyone in particular who you
would like us to do some research on? Let me know ASAP please cuz we
will hopefully be starting it this week with him.
My mission has been a time of "firsts." This week we experienced
our first earthquake!!!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was just a
baby earthquake but it was so solid ;) We were laying down watching
training videos when all the sudden it felt like a truck hit the
building and then a big ripple went through out apartment. I was laying
down on my stomach so it literally felt like i was doing the worm. haha
it was so cool!!!! Definitely an experience to remember!!
Sister J and I have finally come up with our companionship motto.
it comes from a song called Be Still by the Killers. The lead singer is
actually a mormon and he has a mormon message that we love to watch
during mormon.org time.
Anyway, our motto is "Rise up like the sun and labor 'til the work is
done." I love it so much and we literally do that every day. The sun is
normally rising around exercise time and we labor everyday until the
work is done and then we do it again the next day.Missionary work is the
BEST!!! Sometimes I feel like I am on vacation in beautiful california
because I enjoy the weather, the area, and I love to teach others about
their purpose on earth and how we can make them more happy!!
It is crazy to think that I have already finished my first
transfer... where has the time gone. I am so glad that I get to stay in
this area for another transfer and be with Sister J longer. She is THE
BEST!!!!!
One of the miracles that I saw this week was when we went to visit
our investigator A. She is awesome. Her family just moved into the area.
She is just a few years older than me and she is so prepared to hear
this message. When we visited her we got to know her more and she was
talking to us about her family. After we met her for the first time her
family asked her about us. She said "Oh, those girls. They are my mormon
homies. They said they will come back again." Her family didn't believe
that we would come back...but we did!!! haha I think they were all in
shock. She invited us over this week to meet her friends and roast
mallows. We agreed as long as we could share a gospel message with
everyone. It is going to be an awesome experience to teach the
restoration them. I can't wait!!!
Another miracle we have seen was when we were going through our
ward list a few weeks ago and trying to visit a few members each day. We
visited a middle aged man who hadn't been active in years...all he
really needed to know what where and when church was... By small and
simple things are great things brough to pass. He has been to church the
last two weeks and it has been SO AWESOME to see him there.
Going along with what Jae was talking about this week about keeping
the commandments and the word of wisdom. Some people look at our church
and decide not to join because there are too many things that we cannot
do. But really by keeping the commandments we have more agency than
those who dont keep the commandments. Things that are addictive take
away your agency and your right to choose. I thought that was a pretty
cool view on it!
Well, I love y'all and I hope that you have an awesome week. I love
getting all of your letters/emails!! Keep up the good missioanry
work!!! Alway remember that "it is our most important duty to preach the
gospel." Did you make a family mission plan yet? If not, be sure to do
so soon!! Love and miss you lots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love, Sister Gillett :)
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