This weekend we had
5 events. Someone check my pulse please. I don't think the PVC needs
me, but I sure need the PVC. I feel like we're recruited as the minion
project people and it's impossible to say no to anything of course. I've
turned into the little addicted adobe worker, its quite fun. We also
got a call requesting us to come up with some new drafts of pass-along
cards/logo for the reallifeanswers.org
website that the mission's created. If you haven't seen the website yet
- GO. The missionaries are developing some amazing things there. We
called in our top dogs (the PVC elders) for some brainstorming design
sessions because E. Bushnell is graphic designer. Hopefully with their
help/probably them just taking it over, it'll love sweet. Man, have I
mentioned we have the most talented, best mission in the entire planet
yet?!?! Because we do.
PVC update - mom you asked what 'for now' meant on
having the last 3 boards done. We want to expand to doing 6-8
programs/auxiliaries but we are going to stop at 3 and let it run for a
bit to do some evaluating. Plans in the turnpike to give our precious
information to Salt Lake. They have their eyes out over here. Speaking
of, got to see Elder Nielson of the 70 on Sunday
for Stake Conference in Nashua, NH. It was so neat to meet him and his
wife. He shook our hands and asked about the displays and called us
angels. His wife was like, "these displays need to be in every church
building around the country!" Make it happen Sister Nielson. He's come
to the mission before but he was here to reorganize a stake presidency
and Elder Holland's son is the new stake president. Needless to say, it
was an amazing stake conference. It is such a treat to be able to hop
around to the most powerful church meetings every week.
Another fun event we had was we presented to all the ward mission
leaders and several bishops at the large WML meeting and then we did a
presentation to all the Bishops in another Stake. THEN we got to go to
Ali's baptism (YAY!!!) and THEN a ward portuguese event (this weeks
accomplishment - made portuguese subtitles for our videos!! wow!)
My life is as ADD as my writing is right now. If you promise not to
tell mom, I had a cinnamon roll for breakfast, a cookie for lunch, and a
piece of cake for dinner one of those days - it was that crazy. I swear
I eat nothing but rabbit food the rest of the time mom!!!
On a calm note, we had a recap Zone Conference this
week to recap Elder Holland's conference. President Packard is the most
powerful example on how to pray. We just sat for 3 hours and discussed
how to receive personal revelation and correct patterns of prayer. He
gave several examples of sources of religion that believe taking
questions to God is blasphemous. Questioning God? - Yes. But seeking
specific guidance and having a relationship with God that is so specific
and individual? - How could that ever be disrespectful? God loves us.
He wants us to succeed - of course he wants us to seek knowledge and ask
questions to learn how to become more like Him.
President Packard talked about how this exercise is
more exhausting than taking the BAR exam. "When you start playing chess
and not checkers, you have to be prepared to know what you're not going
to hit a home run every time." I've been out of practice on setting this
type of pattern and so it was good to be reminded of this importance
and how worth it it is to learn how to play chess.
Choose to play chess.
Love,
Sister Bell
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