Conference was so amazing! we watched 3/4 of the sessions in member's homes, it was so fun and a good way to bond with the members more. I loved listening to all the talks. My favorites were Mathias Held's, Andersen's, Kyle McKay's, Holland's and President Nelson's. One of my favorite quotes from Conferences that I absolutely loved was in Eyring's talk. "The family that prays together is together, even when they are far apart" I loved that because it made me think of all of you! and I thought how even though we're in different countries we're hearing the same gospel preached through the leaders of the church. So in a way we all watched conference together
In between sessions we visited the Porterfield's land, and we got to hold their new baby goats!!!!!!! and we got to hold their bees!!!!!!!! they have their own bee hives it's so cool! their family is also big into the military so their son showed us a bunch of drills. it was really cool!
We also had a funeral for John 'Pete' Cawley this week. I didn't know him but sister Maddox know him a little bit because she served in Savannah for her first transfer. His Funeral was on the same day that we had interviews with President Grayson, so we were pretty much at the church that whole day helping out and being interviewed. President Grayson, he's great to talk to and he's really smart.
We also had a funeral for John 'Pete' Cawley this week. I didn't know him but sister Maddox know him a little bit because she served in Savannah for her first transfer. His Funeral was on the same day that we had interviews with President Grayson, so we were pretty much at the church that whole day helping out and being interviewed. President Grayson, he's great to talk to and he's really smart.
We've mostly been meeting with less active members this week and inviting them to church and to watch General Conference. So far meeting with less active members has been going pretty week because we're white washing into a new ward and a new area so we're still figuring out our boundary and potentials in our area (which is mostly swamp) we also cant tract on the military base, BUT we did give a book of Mormon to one of the guards at the gate to get into the base HAHA
We've started teaching Kristy, which has been kinda nice because she's had most of the lessons before so our lesson on the Restoration was more of a discussion lesson, which was fun! It was really cool because as we were pulling up to her house we saw her outside with a pack of cigarettes and we were like no !!! and we walked up to her and started talking to her and she pointed at the cigarette in her hand and told us that is was her last cigarette. She was going to quit because of her health problems, and she's had a desire to quit for a long time. It was kind of poetic that we showed up right at that time, because the whole lesson we talked about how through the atonement of Jesus Christ she doesn't have to be alone while she overcomes this addiction, it was a cool lesson, although I got a little freaked out because she passed out in the middle of the lesson and I was all like um what?? But Sister Maddox (who taught Kristy a little bit while in her first transfer in Savannah) told us that it was normal and sometimes because of her health problems she just passes out. We visited her 2 days later and she told us that she hadn't smoked at all since we last saw her, but she was really struggling with her cravings, so we visited with her and prayed with her and encouraged her to read the book of Mormon. We also told her that she could get baptized if she was able to quit smoking, and we committed her to be baptized before sister Maddox leaves. It was really cool, we're going to pray for her a lot to have the strength to quit for good! If ya'll can pray for her to that would be really great.
My tomato plant (Savannah) has been really growing! I'll probably have to get a larger pot soon. It's been so nice here and the humidity is really starting to set in, oh yeah we've also seen a lot of lizards here! and chickens but only when we're in the boonies. My allergies and Asthma have all been really good, even though there's tones of pollen here and dogs here I haven't had a bad reaction. My favorite scripture that I liked, and probably used the most this week (especially for General Conference) is 1Corinthians 2:5, 9-11.
I love you all so much and I hope ya'll continue to enjoy blessings of success and peace through our Savior's atonement
I love ya'll so much!
Sister Maller
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