Seems like p-day was yesterday! I hope you all enjoyed conference this weekend, this was definitely one of the best I've seen. Maybe that's because conference on the mission is next level, or because I actually listen to all 5 sessions now haha. Either way, it was amazing!! And so was the rest of my week:
Things to know:
-Last Saturday Sister Skinner and I went tracting and found a new friend Latticia. We went back and taught her this week and we taught the gospel of Jesus Christ and she expressed how she wanted to be baptized! We put her on date for April 30th (my birthday) and it was so awesome. Trainee miracles are real lemme tell ya!
- We had 10 friends "come to church" this week because they all watched conference! We got to be there with some of them in members homes and it was such a great experience! We watched with Carlane + Collin, Michelle and her son Skyler, and Alma and her boys!
-After the session with Alma and her boys, Sister Skinner and I felt prompted to ask Alma to pray about her and her boys being baptized in our church. She was crying and said she would think and pray about it and thanked me for listening to the spirit and being bold enough to ask her!
-Yeah so I got stung by a bee. It landed on my head in a lesson and I tried to swipe it off and it got me. Rip to never being stung in my life.
-Half of my family had birthdays these last two weeks, so birthday shoutout to Roman, Presley, Dad, and Paul! Love you all.
-Got a new camera tiwi installed and it is the bane of my existence. Our mission is piloting them and so they aren't exactly ready to go yet, and I get told I'm speeding when I go 5 under the speed limit. At one point I had a line of 7 cars behind me lol.
-Also saw some good friends this week at different occasions so that was pretty cool
Stories of the week:
-We pulled a good prank on the Elders in our district on April fools hahah, we made them believe Sister Bird was going home. The prank was Sister Skinners idea and it actually worked out so perfect because we had district service on Friday and the STL's were coming to exchange, and we said they were coming to pick up Sister Bird to take her. Sister Bird stayed in her dress to go up to their area instead of being in service clothes too so it really looked like she was ready to leave. We took her "goodbye pictures" and the poor Elders asked to take a last district photo and we said "1, 2, 3... say April fools!". I felt bad they actually believed it, they said they both thought it was the 31st and so they weren't even thinking about a prank.
Spiritual thought:
-It would be so hard to choose just ONE thought or talk I enjoyed from conference, but I absolutely loved the theme of the covenant path and the importance of staying on it. We need to stay with God and not give up on Him just because it gets hard. He is the one who can help us through those times. He will never turn His back on us, so we must not turn our back on Him because things are working out how we hope to. Sometimes the miracle is God taking away the storm yes, but other times the miracle is God strengthening us to endure the storm. The gospel is truly the main and only source of TRUE peace, joy, and strength in my life. I pray that it can be the same for you. If you have doubts or questions about the gospel, it is okay! But don't turn your back on Him who is the source of all answers. One of my favorite quotes from Elder Holland said: "Stay for the whole feast, even if you're unsure about the broccoli" hahaha so good. If you have doubts or concerns, turn to Him. He is waiting! And you can always talk to me too :)
I love you!
Sister Dickson
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Alma
Bad tiwi
Bye bye Birdy
Conference round 2 in my fave ward
District menchies
Down by the river
Like mother like daughter
My child
Prettiest mission ever
trees
bee sting
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