A guy gave us roses!

Hello friends and fam!!

 

I actually wrote in my journal this week, so I can include some fun details this week. It has been a goal of mine to write in my journal consistently, and I have been slacking these past two transfers, so I decided to jump back into it. Honestly, I love writing in my journal. If you have never kept one, I would highly recommend it! 

On Tuesday, Sister Chandler (our sister training leader) came to our area for an exchange with me! It was so fun and I learned a lot from her. She has only been out about 9 months, but she will be the oldest sister in the mission in about a week. We talked to some fun people. One guy told us he believes the church is true but he will never join because his rifle matches are on Sundays!! WHHHAAA?? ETERNAL LIFE > RIFLE MATCH!!! 

Wednesday was our day to report a miracle! We saw so many miracles, but the highlights we reported were that we had another lesson with Greg and he told us he wants to move his date up to the 6th of July!!!! YAYAY! The second was that we got a call from the Bishop in one of our wards and he told us he had given a blessing to a lady in the ward, Karlie, who is inactive, and her non-member husband Tim was there ,and said he felt the Spirit and wanted to learn more. We had a lesson Wednesday, and he told us he wants to meet weekly, and eventually get baptized!! 

Thursday was Zone Conference, and we learned a ton from our leaders. The focus of the Conference was obedience, and faith produce miracles. We talked a lot about how we can be consecrated missionaries by following safeguards and guidelines that have been put in place for our benefit. We also talked about how God has not ceased to do miracles, we simply must have the faith to ask for them and expect them. 

Friday was a normal day. 

Saturday we went to a baptism with Greg, and he felt the Spirit so strongly. Ianthe ( his wife ) cried the whole time, she is so in tune with the Spirit it is amazing. They decided they would come to her confirmation the next day, too!! The rest of that day was WALK DAY!! We left our car in our garage and walked into our area (3 miles), walked around knocking and talking, then to our dinner appointment ( where we ate British pasties), and home (3 miles). It was a looong day but was so fun! 

Sunday was full of meetings and fasting, which is not a good combo. We also went to the Westlake YSA ward for Chloe's confirmation, and I got to see everybody from my first area! We went out knocking that night, and at one of the doors some guy answered and started yelling at us telling us we needed to be born again. We bore simple testimony that we know God and Christ live, that the Book of Mormon is the word of God along with the Bible, and that God loves him and then walked away. He continued to shout at us till we were out of sight. The Holy Ghost confirmed to me the things I had told him were true. It doesn't get me down anymore when people are so rude; it just kinda makes me sad that they have closed their minds and their hearts.

Long email this week! We went hiking this morning and so we have the rest of the day to get everything done. 

Love you all,

Sister Hadden

Pic from our hike

Sister Fower's 3-month mark

Driving to Zone Conference