HEY HEY!!! I love life... like a lot :)
What a week! Man this transfer is almost over I cannot even believe it. We will get the call this week to see who The Lord has called to be my new companion! Sister Everett will be flying out Monday :( I WILL MISS HER SO MUCH SHE IS AMAZING!!! She is really going places :)
M (newly baptized) is doing sooo well! He just radiates with the spirit! We are re-teaching the lessons right now. That is super important because it not only helps him remember and learn, but we do too!
Remember the lady I told you about that can't speak? We taught her and her home care helper on Tuesday with Sister Varney! (We were on exchanges) at the end we asked who wanted to say the prayer, and she pointed at her self, raised her hand and closed her eyes. We all folded our arms and bowed our heads, but kept an eye open. As soon as she opened her eyes we all said "AMEN"! It was super neat! Even though you could not physically hear her, the spirit was there, and God could hear her which is all that matters.
We had interviews with the mission president and his wife! THEY ARE AMAZING. I love and sustain them with all of my heart. We talked about how studying out of Preach My Gospel everyday is so important and how to help others know that they are consecrated missionaries. That is our focus for this transfer. To turn your whole heart to the Lord. As leaders, we are supposed to help others recognize that. So I talked to them about that as well. I am not perfect at all, but I feel that I am improving and understanding a little bit more about how to be a Christlike leader.
WE had a neat FHE lesson with a recent convert family! One of the older girls prepared the lesson, we provided the activity and the treat. We talked about testimonies, and we read Moroni 10:3-5. Then we all bore our testimonies! It was super powerful and the spirit was great!
[That scripture reads:
"Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.
And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."]
I WENT ON A BOAT... "Wait, Sister Poulsen," you say, "Isn't that against the mission rules?!?!?" Yes, it is. But we got permission because there are some members that live on one... SO COOL. They are great people and they love their boat. It reminded me you, Grandma and Grandpa C :)
B passed her interview and is preparing to be baptized on Friday night at 6:30! WAHOOOOO! So stay tuned for that next week :D
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! The only reason I know that it is this week is because our ward had a party this last week about it! LOTS of delicious Mexican food :) It was a good time!
This Saturday we helped some members weed their garden! I felt right at home :) Brother C gave us all these neat plant facts and he told me to eat a dandelion leaf so I did... it was bitter... but awesome :) He is all into survival in the woods and stuff. Stick with him and you'll be good.
Other than that, God is just so good to us. We have found so many new people by simply just being obedient and working hard! We still make mistakes all the time so we don't understand why He blesses us! But that is where my thought for the week comes in... FACT: We don't have to be perfect to receive all the blessings God has in store for us. NOPE. He LOVES to bless us... He really does. When we are trying, yeah just TRY, He will gladly give us those blessings. Now lots of those blessings come in disguise. We have been trying to be really humble lately and relating everything back to God, and by doing that we have been seeing His tender mercies A TON more. Not all of them I'm sure, but lots! Example: When we listen to music, we like to listen line by line and talk about how it related to the gospel. It works every time. That helps us see Him more through out our day. IT's awesome you should try it :)
Be blessed y'all! Hope you have a fabulous week! Hope you don't have 91 degree weather with 80% humidity this week... phew let's just say I do a lot more laundry now...
LOVE YOU TO VA, BACK TO UTAH, AND BACK TO VIRGINIA AGAIN! Yup
Sista Poulsen
Photos:Our adventures at the Yorktown beach this morning with the other sister in our zone! We got up at 5 to be there by 6... phew taking a nap today... after we pack up our stuff! We went to Ihop after and I got pancakes with banana INSIDE the pancake... it's my new favorite thing... *DROOL*
Also us going onto that members boat!!! It is the sail boat in the left of the picture, with the blue sail! So fun :)
{Bonus from Question Email:]
Q: How are your shoes holding up?
A:Shoes are still good as ever! I am sending my winter boots home (tall and short ones) and another box of clothes and my coat. It made a lot of room for our move this Tuesday so that was nice :)
Q: When are you moving to the new apartment?
A: So yeah, we are moving in this Tuesday! Then in a few weeks after Sister Everett leaves my new comp and I will go and deep clean the apartment real nice.
Q: What is the story with the chicken feet photos from last week?
A: HAHA oh boy. They were just helping a member kill his chickens and they asked if we wanted some feet and we were all "sure!" They gave us like 10 of them though... we hung them on our back porch to dry out... but the bugs have really gotten to them. It also makes us look like we practice vudo or something so we are going to throw them away. Bye bye chicken feet! [Lisa says.. Eww gross!]
