June 23, 2014

Sister Wagner is officially home! We had a great last week together and she help up impeccably well for someone going home. So proud.

Sister Hurst is an all star. I basically have to have something to write down next to me at all times because who knows when another brilliant idea comes out of her mouth....which tends to be every other second. We've gotten way too exciting counseling about new ideas. We drafted out our church tour ideas. They wont start rolling until the end of the transfer - I hope I stay on the PVC long enough to be able to be apart of the tour experience as well.

We got to help in the mission home this week for transfers which is always fun and exhausting. The other exciting news is that my article is posted on reallifeanswers.org - check it out probably in a day or two. woo!

Event map of the weekend:

Weston, MA to Amherst, CT to Nashua, NH, to Plymouth, MA. The elders took it to Narragansett RI.  Grand total 4 states. 3 days. Thank goodness we have body sensors that tell us to eat and go to the bathroom...otherwise it may not make the cut. Don't even ask me what I did 30 minutes ago. Bless Sister Hurst's heart - we went to bed around midnight saturday and woke up 5:30 am sunday. She's like "Uhh...maybe the mission should invest in an RV. We can be nomad missionaries."

"Thats a great idea Sister Hurst. Ill go write that down too."
Sister Hurst is the best travel buddy and absolutely hilarious - combined with the fact that we've had the same past companions it makes for quite the conversation.

I think my favorite was Plymouth. There was such a strong spirit there. They advertised to the community for a special sunday talking about mormons and family history and the why. Even just sitting in sacrament meeting the spirit was so peaceful. For the gospel essentials class they used the Jesus Christ board as the lesson and had a discussion about the videos. We put Because of Him on there of course and talked about it afterwards. It was interesting to compare the spirit that I felt during the video (excited, driven, wanting to jump out of my chair) with the spirit I had felt in sacrament moments earlier (peace, calmness, happiness). It is interesting to think about how the spirit is manifested in different ways but knowing it is all the same source. Perhaps the most important time in recognizing the spirit is when it leads us to act. When it leads us with a peace or desire to change or go do, we feel the blessing of having the spirit work through us. We literally feel like instruments in the Lord's hands - you can't ask for a better feeling than that.

Love you all - thank you for your prayers!

Sister Bell