Hello friends! I hope this finds you all well. It has been a good week here in American Lake.
First, the weird thing. A creepy old man tried to kiss me while we were waiting to cross the street. Life is always interesting!
Other than that though, this week was awesome! we had zone conference, which is a day full of training and inspiration from our leaders on how to be better missionaries. I learned a lot, and the Spirit was very strong. Missionaries are just the best people to spend the day with.
We also had general conference this weekend, and it was awesome. If you missed it, check it out on lds.org, because it was super good. There were lots of super powerful, poignant talks, and I felt I got so many answers to my questions. It is amazing to me how inspired conference is, and I know without a doubt that the speakers receive revelation and authority from Heavenly Father to speak to each of us personally.
One of my favorite talks from general conference was the very last one by Elder Holland. He said that "While the first and great commandment of the gospel is to love God, the first and great truth of the gospel is that we are children of God, and he loves us" (I am trying going from memory here, so that might not be exact wording). This is a truth I have known for pretty much my whole life, but for some reason, it really struck me. God loves me, and He loves you, and we are literally His children. Think of the impact of this truth! How would your life be different if you lived every day truly knowing how much God loves you? I think it's something we take for granted or forget, but I have decided to bring it back into my conscious mind every day, and I invite you to do the same.
Have a lovely week!
Love,
Sister Lemon
First, the weird thing. A creepy old man tried to kiss me while we were waiting to cross the street. Life is always interesting!
Other than that though, this week was awesome! we had zone conference, which is a day full of training and inspiration from our leaders on how to be better missionaries. I learned a lot, and the Spirit was very strong. Missionaries are just the best people to spend the day with.
We also had general conference this weekend, and it was awesome. If you missed it, check it out on lds.org, because it was super good. There were lots of super powerful, poignant talks, and I felt I got so many answers to my questions. It is amazing to me how inspired conference is, and I know without a doubt that the speakers receive revelation and authority from Heavenly Father to speak to each of us personally.
One of my favorite talks from general conference was the very last one by Elder Holland. He said that "While the first and great commandment of the gospel is to love God, the first and great truth of the gospel is that we are children of God, and he loves us" (I am trying going from memory here, so that might not be exact wording). This is a truth I have known for pretty much my whole life, but for some reason, it really struck me. God loves me, and He loves you, and we are literally His children. Think of the impact of this truth! How would your life be different if you lived every day truly knowing how much God loves you? I think it's something we take for granted or forget, but I have decided to bring it back into my conscious mind every day, and I invite you to do the same.
Have a lovely week!
Love,
Sister Lemon
| our zone watched a session of general conference at the mission home with President and Sister Blatter. This is about half of us. |
| The Cambodian sisters were all in one place for lunch and this is what happened. I'm honestly not sure what is going on in this picture, but it pretty much sums us up. |
We had zone conference this week, and this was lunch.
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This is me and Sister Ireland after zone conference.
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