We have had some great things going down! Just full days of teaching and testifying! Our investigators are learning little by little. God is good and the Spirit is working on them pretty hard so that's good :) That is really all that matters.
We had interviews with our mission president and his wife once again. I love them to death! They are just the sweetest and always have such great advice! We are so uplifted by their spirits and it is a joy to be with them.
Another Family Home Evening on base this week as well. They have one at 1 o'clock and one at 6:30 every Wednesday. There are 2 because some of the guys can only attend the earlier or the later ones. Its nice that they do it like that. We read the Living Christ document it was great! Lots of good discussion and spiritualness.
Oh my!! I cannot stop raving about our members here! They totally understand missionary work! Usually us missionaries have to encourage people to share the gospel, but here - nope! - they already get it and are working right along side us! We had lots of folks who are not members at church and a few were not even investigators! The members just invited them and they came :O SOOO cool. Sunday was super amazing though! Our investigator actually got up and bore his testimony about how he is grateful that us missionaries have shown this to him. Right after that, another brother stood up and spoke right to our investigator and said "Brother, you are doing the right thing being here. I testify..." Then he just bore testimonyof Christ and his gospel and it was soooo spiritual in that room. AND THEN a member came up and invited him and us to dinner tonight to have a lesson in their home!! WOAH. I know right. They are incredible. This work would not progress without them. Seriously.
Great miracles happened on exchanges! I went to Yorktown, which left Sister Nelson here in the News. She was nervous because she has not been here long. But miracles took place! They did some service for members and found 4 new investigators! (something we have been praying for!!) SOOOO amazing! God is so good to us and truly hears our prayers.
F and B had us over for dinner as well, they are just the best! Recent converts have such a spirit about them! They are both on fire for the gospel and I cannot wait to see them go to the temple and baptize their mother and their niece! What a neat experience that will be for them.
Other than that we are just being diligent and God is blessing us for it! We have been visiting people in our roster that we don't know and the people answer and are so nice and want us to come back to visit them! The past missionaries in this area have truly set it up for success. We are reaping the fruits of their hard work.
Thought for the week: this was given 2 Sundays ago. The 2 great commandments: Thou shalt love The Lord thy God with all they heart... and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. So at first we would think the order goes
Love:
1. God
2. Others
3. Ourself
FALSE. Let me explain. She said it like this. In the second commandment, it says to love your neighbor as yourself. So if you don't love yourself first, how will you love your neighbor? So the real order is this:
1. God
2. YOURSELF
3. Others
When we love God, we come to understand our divine potential so that helps us love ourselves. When we understand that for ourselves then we can come to help others understand it for themselves too and we begin to see them as God sees them. WOW. Sister Nelson and I were just mind blown! How true this is.We have another mission tour this week by LeGrand R. Curtis of the 70! WOW so many cool people have been visiting our mission lately it has been so neat! Can't wait to hear what he has to say!
Love you all! I hope you feel the love of the missionary spirit as you testify of Jesus Christ and just shine your powerful example!
Have a blessed week
Sista Poulsen
Q; You mentioned needing a quarter for the shopping cart at Aldi's grocery store... what's up with that?
A: HAHA oh yes! you put a quarter in the cart to unlock it and then go around the store and shop and at the end you lock it back up and t spits the quarter out so you can use it next time its so great! Aldi's is its name, cheap groceries is its game! We get lots of healthy food there for a great price!! Wahooo
Q; Do you need more postcards?
A: Nah. I will probably find a few in Jamestown today... yup you heard right we are going to Jamestown to look around today!!!! Get ready for some cool historic pictures next wee!\k!
Q: How are you doing?
A: Life is pretty good! I have been struggling with thinking about home a lot - like smells and sights and stuff just remind me of things from home. Especially campfire and pine smells. It REALLY makes me want to go camping so bad. So that's been a little hard.
