This week has been really fun! It's so crazy to think that it's the last week of the transfer, and I hit my 10 month mark this Saturday!! Crazy!
So on Saturday we did a whole lot of exploring, we woke up early and went and jogged around a lake that we discovered about 5 minutes away from our apartment! It was really pretty and there were lots of swans and geese everywhere! Then for lunch we went and explored a part of our area where we hadn't been before, it was way up on top of all the hills and filled with great and spacious buildings, haha, just kidding :) but seriously, some of the biggest houses that I have ever seen, and they all had an awesome view of Santa Rosa! it was really fun :) Later that day, we got to go work in another missionaries area for a while, and we got sent to Guernville! It's this crazy town right on the Russian river with little windy one way streets and beautiful redwood trees. It was a really fun drive :) It was weird though because we're actually not allowed to proselyte there, we have to have a specific appointment, otherwise we can't talk to people because Guernville is the vacation spot for people with "alternative lifestyles" from the bay area. It was kind of a crazy little place, but a fun experience!
We picked up a cool new investigator this week! His name is Robert and he is elect! He is very willing to listen and learn about our Savior Jesus Christ. We were teaching him the restoration, and both Sister Finlinson and I felt prompted to share with him a video about Joseph Smith's first vision. Afterward Robert told us that the video reminded him of a spiritual experience he had had in which he really felt God's love for him. He told us that he had never shared that experience with anyone before, but it came to his mind so clearly as he watched the video. It was such a cool experience, and cool to see how the spirit truly guides us and help us to know what God wants us to do to accomplish his work! I'm beginning to figure out more and more how to understand the promptings of the spirit!
We also have an investigator, Wally, who took the missionary discussions about five years ago but stopped due to family opposition. The more we go over, the more and more open he becomes. The first time we met with him he said that he didn't even want to hear about attending church because there was no way he was going to do it! And now he is considering it and he is reading from the Book of Mormon! It's so cool how the spirit works with people and touches their hearts to testify of truth. This gospel really does bless the lives of the people who live it :)
I am so grateful for the power of the priesthood! Yesterday an elderly sister who we teach and her son were very sick, so we went and visited with them and two men from our ward came with us and gave them each a priesthood blessing. The spirit was so strong and I could just feel the power of their faith and God's love for them. It was such a great experience and I am so grateful that that great power has been restored to the earth and that it is available to us to bless each of our lives.
I hope you all have a great week! Love you!
Love,
Sister Lesser
PS.
Cool quote from Relief Society this week!
"The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. The world would take people out of the slums. Christ takes the slums out of people, and then they take themselves out of the slums. The world would mold men by changing their environment. Christ changes men, who then change their environment. The world would shape human behavior, but Christ can change human nature...yes Christ changes men, and changed men can change the world." - Ezra Taft Benson (Born of God - Ensign, July 1989)
Mom:
Hi! I got the package, thanks! :) Haha, Sister Finlinson's mom sent her a thing of cadbury eggs as well and both packages were gone by the next day! Honestly most of it was probably the other sisters in the apartment :P haha. They were good though :) We're going to the beach today! We're going with both zones in the area, so it should be fun :) This time we're going with all of the Sisters and Elders in the Santa Rosa area. Last time we kind of just walked the beach, but I think they're bringing games and stuff this time, such as football and beach vollyball. it's too bad to hear that mandee's play wasn't good! was it like Titanic or why wasn't it good? Tell Mandee good luck tomorrow. Have a great week. Love you!
Mandee:
I'm sorry you're not enjoying your play! That's too bad, but I'm glad you will be able to try out for the theatre competition thing! Good luck with Solo and Ensemble, you will do great!! What song are you singing? Love you! Good luck!
Tyson:
How's it going dude? How's your arm feeling? I haven't really eaten anything too weird lately. A member is taking us to some Vietnamese restaurant tonight so that should be interesting. Another member took us to a REALLY expensive steakhouse last week and bought us $60 dollar steaks and we're going again this Friday, so that's exciting. How is school going? what is the most fun thing you did this week? have you been reading your scriptures? Love you, have a great week!
Grandma Nanna:
I'm glad everything is going well! Hopefully they find out what's going on with Libby, I'll keep her in my prayers! I look forward to hearing your conversion story, I'm really excited :)
I think the thing that I like most about my mission is the changes that I've made in my own life and the people that I meet. It's definitely hard work, but It's very worth it, and I've made some good friends :) I don't cook much out here, there's no time!! Yesterday I helped a member make a yummy peach cobbler though, so that was really exciting :)
I hope you have a great week! Love you!
Grandma Bowcutt:
I'm glad that Great Grandma is doing so well and that she had a great birthday! I'm excited that you get to see Brian and Aliza and their family and baby Beckham! That will be really fun for you and grandpa :) How is Grandpa doing? Have fun at bear lake! Love you!
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