Last Post

Well, this is weird. My last email/blog post and everything. This week has been really good. One of the Elders in my district his mom sent a package and said "give this to your missionary friends" and what it was was a thing of DOTS and she put a picture of Christ on it and and it said DOTS Depend On The Savior. I thought that was really cool and how true it is that we need to depend on the Savior.

Now time for a crazy story!!

So, we were out doing missionary work and all of a sudden, a HUGE windstorm started and trees started falling left and right. So we were like lets go to a member's. We tried 3 members and none of them were home. (then later we learned they were at a Halloween Party XP) and roads were just covered with trees. We tried moving some because we were told to go home early. but it was too
dangerous. So we had to take the long road home. And we had to dodge tress left and right, ninja style!! It was super crazy!!! So we ran inside when we got home and then the power went out. It was great!!!

Then, the next day, we were headed to church and the spot where we normally park a tree fell on top of the car that was parked there. The spot was open when we pulled in but we didn't take it. So therefore the tree didn't smash our car!! woot!! miracle!!

Well, everyone, the Church is true (the book is still blue) I love this Gospel so very much. I have loved my mission. and I know without a doubt that Joseph Smith is a prophet and that he did restore the Gospel of Jesus Christ. That Christ's authority is on the earth again to help us. I know  God lives and Jesus is the Christ. And if we depend on him, everything is possible.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you

Enduring to the end

So we had Zone Conference. That was really good. President Choi spent a good portion of it talking about marriage. XP What a shocker, he's like obsessed... sometimes it feels like he's talking to the wrong crowd. Even at the member missionary fireside last night, he talked about it.... Well I guess if he feels impressed that's alright. ... I guess....

But hey. Life is good. The Gospel is true. It's the truest thing on this earth. Love the work. Will keep working hard!!

JSH 1:25
 25 So it was with me. I had actually seen a light, and in the midst of that light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me; and though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vision, yet it was true; and while they were persecuting me, reviling me, and speaking all manner of evil against me falsely for so saying, I was led to say in my heart: Why persecute me for telling the truth? I have actually seen a vision; and who am I that I can withstand God, or why does the world think to make me deny what I have actually seen? For I had seen a vision; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not deny it, neither dared I do it; at least I knew that by so doing I would offend God, and come under condemnation.
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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you

(Note from Dad) For those that are interested, she gets home on November 3 and will be speaking in the Sacrament Service on November 9 at 11:00 a.m.

Doctrine and Covenants 76:22-23

Doctrine and Covenants 76:22-23
22 And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!
23 For we saw him, even on the right hand of God; and we heard the voice bearing record that he is the Only Begotten of the Father

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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you

Meet the Mormons

So this week we had a special Zone Conference!! And guess what!? We got to watch Meet the Mormons!! They released it early for missionaries to see it.  And it was so so funny!!! And so amazing!! I've been telling everyone that they should go see it when it comes out this Friday.

http://www.mormon.org/blog/meet-the-mormons-movie

That's a link to the trailer.

General Conference was awesome. There were a lot of talks I liked. I can't wait to be able to read them. I'm really excited to read Priesthood session. 

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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you

Bikes, Yikes!!

Okay so we had to go to the mission office this week.  And we're way over miles for the month (because we had to drive the Russian Sisters all over) so we we're talking with the Assistants and we asked if we could get bikes. So...we did!

So we have been on bikes for 2 days!!! woot!!! and yesterday as we were biking home in the dark, no street lights, or reflector gear (cuz we haven't gotten it yet) Sister Nudd's bike Chain popped off in the middle of the road. But luckily we were close to  Brother McBride's house and I knew he is a bike guy so we went there. And he fixed her bike. Her handlebars almost fell off too.

That's the crazy story for the day!!

But this week I finished reading Alma. I feel like there's a lot we can learn from the war Chapters.  I love them so much!! We can learn a lot from Mornoni, Pahoran (I don't think I spelled that right...) Helaman, and everyone else!!

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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you

Back to Beaver Lake

Alrighty!! So this week I sent Sister McClain home so I had to be with the Beaverlake Sisters till transfers...and guess what's funny!? I got transferred back to Beaverlake!! My companion is Sister Nudd. She's really funny. I'm so excited to be able to serve with her at this time.

So something cool, Sister Choi told me "you build your testimony so when you go through tough times your testimony will hold you." (I can't remember if that's exactly how she said it...hehe but I think that is so true.)  Your testimonies hold you. I know mine has. It's just so amazing how simple the gospel is. I just love it so much and I know there is a lot still for me to learn.  And I can't wait.

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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you

The Fireside

Sorry everyone, I forgot to do one last week!! My bad! But hey, at least you have one this week right?
so this week we had our fireside. It was a success. It went really well....except for the fact that no non-members came. But that is alright, we rekindled the missionary spirit in all the members that came!  So the next one that will happen will be even better!! :D

Oh and also our ESL (English Second Language) is starting up this week!! woot!! We're so excited!! (I'm not going to lie though I'm hoping to pick up more Chinese from the class ^_^ I just really love languages).

We also met with A____ this week! It went really well. Although he's holding back something.... but that's alright we'll figure it out. And I learned a new word from A____. "VolunTOLD." So instead of being volunteered your voluntold. I'm going to start using that. I like it.

Mosiah 16:9

He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is  endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death.

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сестра стаффр (That's my name in Russian! :D)
May the Spirit be with you