So this week has been pretty great!
Wednesday we went to Sis. Letoas eye appointment and we were able to meet some awesome people. We met some in the lobby, I feel like being in the Samoan ward I have been stuck in the car and forgotten how to talk to everyone. Also these people couldn't run away too easily. Also the optometrist is a member from Yucaipa, not the ward I was in, but the 1st ward. It was fun to talk about how awesome Yucaipa is for a bit.
Thursday night I got to go to the Temple. Betty, my first baptism, went through for her own Endowment and Sister Davis and I got to be there. It was just wonderful. I thought a lot about how as missionaries we just start them on their path, but the temple is an amazing step on that path of enduring to the end. Sometimes we dont get to see that reward, especially while we are on our missions. I thought about our first lesson with her and the amazing spirit that was there. It was an amazing experience.
Friday we had zone conference and that was also amazing. We talked a lot about conversion and how it is an individual thing. Also crying unto the Lord. Prayer is so critical in our conversion. We have to pray for ourselves. Alma 30:54-56 talks about Korihor and how he asks Alma to pray for him for the curse to be removed. If Korihor would have prayed himself, maybe he wouldn't have been destroyed. There is a lot of power in praying for others, but in order for conversion to really happen in ourselves WE have to act. We have to pray for ourselves. Alma the younger is another example of that. His father and many others were praying for him. He had a spiritual experience, but it is because he chose to change and know for himself that he was truly converted. There are so many examples throughout the Scriptures and the Book of Mormon especially. We were asked to study conversion stories before Zone conference and I really loved finding them. There are a lot of similar stories, but each is individual.
Saturday we met with Emo and Samantha. That went well. They have been doing better and it was great to see them happy when we got there.
Anyways that is about it for this week!
I am so grateful for all of your support, I love you all!
Love,
Sister Kellee Gardner
Michael Douglas is getting baptized on 11-23
Betty Kerr, R, CRS,ABR,GRI
Sorry, that was probably just to me, but hey thats another exciting thing I found out about. Michael is one of Betty's friends who we met when she got baptized and we weren't able to teach him, but since then he has obviously been taught!!
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