Hello friends! It has been a crazy week. Either all of our plans and our back up plans fell through, and we had to scramble to find something worth while to do, or we had 3 different things that all needed taken care of simultaneously. At one point, Sister Ireland was on the phone with 2 people at the same time. Crazy!
Speaking of crazy, here's my day yesterday. We got up, studied, went to church for meetings, then church started. No lunch, but that's not a big deal. Sacrament meeting was really good. The speakers were a couple that we had dinner with last week, and they are super nice. He served his mission in India and she majored in microbiology. They spoke on the Atonement, and both talks were awesome. Then, as the second speaker finished his talk with "amen", the lights went out in the whole building. Apparently the winds had picked up to 70 mph, and tree branches had knocked out a bunch of power lines. Our apartment was also out of power, so we stayed the night at another companionship's apartment so we would not freeze.
Also, because the power was out, the hot water was also not hot, which was a problem because another set of sisters was having a baptism, and it is no fun to get baptized in the dark in ice cold water. So, they started filling the font with cold water, and then started praying for a miracle (literally). When the font was about half full (and felt like the Arctic ocean), the power came on, but only in the font room and the kitchen, so they were able to fill the font the rest of the way with hot water and add some hot water from the kitchen as well to warm it up. There were lights on for the baptism, but only in the room with the font. Even the hall lights right outside would not turn off. What a miracle!
We have been talking a lot about miracles lately. One of our zone leaders showed us a formula where faith+hard work=miracles, and it is so true. If we only have faith but do not act, we will never be where miracles can happen. If we work hard but don't have faith, we will only accomplish what we ourselves are capable of doing, which is never a miracle. The Bible Dictionary says "Miracles are a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ. If miracles cease it is because faith has ceased". But faith has not ceased, at least not here in the WA-TAC. We see miracles every week, and it is really amazing to be serving here.
Also, the new Easter video came out, and I highly recommend it. You can watch it at FollowHim.mormon.org or easter.mormon.org.
Well, that's all for this week. I love you all and I will talk to you later!
Love,
Sister Lemon
Speaking of crazy, here's my day yesterday. We got up, studied, went to church for meetings, then church started. No lunch, but that's not a big deal. Sacrament meeting was really good. The speakers were a couple that we had dinner with last week, and they are super nice. He served his mission in India and she majored in microbiology. They spoke on the Atonement, and both talks were awesome. Then, as the second speaker finished his talk with "amen", the lights went out in the whole building. Apparently the winds had picked up to 70 mph, and tree branches had knocked out a bunch of power lines. Our apartment was also out of power, so we stayed the night at another companionship's apartment so we would not freeze.
Also, because the power was out, the hot water was also not hot, which was a problem because another set of sisters was having a baptism, and it is no fun to get baptized in the dark in ice cold water. So, they started filling the font with cold water, and then started praying for a miracle (literally). When the font was about half full (and felt like the Arctic ocean), the power came on, but only in the font room and the kitchen, so they were able to fill the font the rest of the way with hot water and add some hot water from the kitchen as well to warm it up. There were lights on for the baptism, but only in the room with the font. Even the hall lights right outside would not turn off. What a miracle!
We have been talking a lot about miracles lately. One of our zone leaders showed us a formula where faith+hard work=miracles, and it is so true. If we only have faith but do not act, we will never be where miracles can happen. If we work hard but don't have faith, we will only accomplish what we ourselves are capable of doing, which is never a miracle. The Bible Dictionary says "Miracles are a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ. If miracles cease it is because faith has ceased". But faith has not ceased, at least not here in the WA-TAC. We see miracles every week, and it is really amazing to be serving here.
Also, the new Easter video came out, and I highly recommend it. You can watch it at FollowHim.mormon.org or easter.mormon.org.
Well, that's all for this week. I love you all and I will talk to you later!
Love,
Sister Lemon
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