We
went into Boston this afternoon with a couple other sets of
missionaries, which was fun! We walked around with all the harvard
smarties on campus and got THE best and probably one of the most
expensive cups of hot chocolate in the world - LA Burdicks. It literally
tastes like purely a chocolate bar melted with a lil whip cream on top.
A chocoholic's dream. The day was topped off with a delicious bowl of
New England Clam Chowda. :) I get to live in a suburb of the most
beautiful..and delicious city.
Our project is starting to become very tangible! The
Lord puts miracles in our path daily. I feel like we aren't doing
anything - we just know the right people to call. It has been great
practice to learn how to recognize the spirit and how to make decisions.
Im becoming a much better decision maker. I used to be the person who
couldn't even pick out a box of cereal at the grocery store and would go
back and forth with Julie "i dont care", "no I dont care". Right Jules?
:)
We spent the night on the phone with the graphic
designer whom heavenly father gave to us as a miracle..again just knowin
the right people. She sent us all these color palettes and geometric
shapes to choose from...im telling you, it was just as OR MORE stressful
than picking out paint colors and carpet swatches for a house. It's
like putting a downpayment on one too...
All these people are doing the dirty work and we sit back and pick
color palettes? Heavenly Father also guided us to the perfect
programmer. We had several options in both of these areas in whom we
chose and have had very spiritual experiences in doing so. They send us
mock ups and just sit on the phones and say "do you want this, or this?
what style button do you prefer? to scroll or not to scroll? language
options? how bout i put the referrals into an automatic excell document
when sent from the iPad?" uuuuhhh yes? to all of the above.
I have taken the stamp off my forehead as being titled the
indecisive cereal picker of the past. Sometimes the work is fun and
sometimes the work is very frustrating...and sometimes i want to shoot
my eyes out...but then it turns fun again so I put that thought to the
wayside.
We also got to buy our first round of iPads! That was a fun phone
call to make. I ended up talking to the man on the phone about his
experience going to a mormon church before and his friends who are on
missions than the actual purchasing time - it was great!
This past week we also got to go to the regional
public affairs training meeting. Elder Bennett the area 70 (i knew him
from Belmont) knows about the project and 'personally invited us'.
woopdie do - dont we sound soo special? We were like "President Packard,
what do you even want us to do there?"...He said, "Just go learn". Not
sure how beneficial it was for our assignment..but it did connect us
with a couple more people. It was in Belmont and I got to see my old
Bishop and a few members i adore, including Bro Sivers, the member we
taught the National Geographic friend with if you remember that...and
seeing them felt felt really really good...really good. I also got to
see sister Kendall because she was at the church for something
else!!!!!! The training was also great - I just sat there and thought
"oh boy, i hope i can remember all this". Probably won't - that's ok.
The coolest moment actually was when they mentioned
the PR theme and mentioned how we are defending our faith, family, and
freedom. It took me a second and then I realized....woa, i'm in Alma 47
right now. Moroni - faith, family freedom - title of liberty. How true
is the Lord's church?? The Book of Mormon is totally our day. I love
imagining them gathering together in little meetings brainstorming their
defenses and what strongholds they needed to build - then he erects the
title of liberty and states they are fighting for faith, family and
religious freedom. Here we were in the training meeting, being taught
and brainstorming how we can build walls as a community and with other
religions to bind together to protect our country and our faiths - our
faith, family, and freedom. I thought "they really need to cite the Book
of Mormon in these power points. they're kind of almost plagiarizing. "
- im not sure how many people in that room caught onto that. HELLO
PEOPLE! WAKE UP!! SMELL THE TRUTH! God's being funnier than we think
right now and you all are missing it! No time to waste!
Hope you all have a super stellar week. Or a wicked awesome week.
Super
excited for the general womens meeting - hope ya'll are inviting all
your woman friends - itll be interesting to hear what they talk about.
Book of Mormon is true. Read it and itll change your life. But really.
Life is pretty hard in case no one got that newsflash. But living the gospel makes it worth it.
Be a good boy and a good girl and you'll be following the spirit without realizing it half the time.
Much Love,
Sister Bell
1. I make my companion classy smoothies
2. In return, my comp makes me healthy juices with her classy juicer. #healthylife.
2. crushed in the back of the truck
3. The elders make sure we're loved. How shaweet.
1. The Vails anniversary :) of course we made them a cute banner.
2.
What does breakfast look like when you're out of food..and ideas? Wheat
tortilla with natural peanut butter, homemade jam (crushed
strawberries, blueberries, lil honey, and chia seeds..all mixed up. yum)
and apple slices on top. Breakfast pizza. mmm
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