Hello all:) This week it has been crazy windy and rainy. Hurricane Wakeen was comin' straight for Maryland that the government even declared it in a state of emergency- but after it hit the Bahamas it hit the ocean so we are good over here!
General Conference was SO GOOD. They call it Christmas on the Mission and now I know why! Oh man, I didn't want it to end. My favorites were Elder Holland, President Nelson, President Uchtdorf and Elder Lawrence. They were all so good:) Saturday we watched both sessions at the stake center. Then Sunday we watched morning session with the Macharsky's and afternoon with the Bowden's. Except for I guess you can't really call them "morning and afternoon session" here because they start at 12 pm and 4 pm haha.
This week there were miracles! We picked up a former investigator Liz who has been really hard to get in contact with. We also were able to teach our investigator George about the Book of Mormon. Wednesday we were able to visit a member who is in a senior living center. She is from France and she is so cute and kind. It reminded me of when we used to go play the piano for elderly homes.
Because of my back, we walked 10 miles on Wednesday instead of biking hahahah. My poor companion, she is the nicest for letting us walk! The doctor told me something really cool- he said that the Lord knew that I would need to be in this mission at this time with what I am going through. I remember when I got my call letter I had a really strong impression this was where I needed to be:) I'm so happy Heavenly Father calls us to where He needs and wants us. I am so grateful for doctors!
Thursday we received a referral from church headquarters. Usually media referrals are people just wanting a free bible because if you search "free bible" on Google then Mormon.org is the first thing to pop up haha. This lady was different though because she let us come in and share some of our message! She invited us back and referred us to some of her friends as well:)
Yesterday we tried by a less-active who told us she had watched General conference! We also are going to start teaching her 10 year-old daughter the lessons:) Then we saw a less-active who is NEVER home ever ever ever. But we finally caught her.. and she said we could come back and do service:)
I love tender mercies from the Lord. Something that stuck out to me in General Conference was that we need to obedient and we need to follow the Holy Ghost. I'm so grateful for the Lord's servants, they are so inspired. I loved Elder Holland's talk on Mothers. Oh how grateful I am for you my sweet mama. I also love how direct President Monson was. His testimony is so powerful and rings true. We need to love and serve each other, there really is no other way...
Oh how grateful I am for this beautiful gospel. A gospel that allows us to constantly change and become closer to Him. God's the only one who knows who we an be, and He leads us every step of the way. We can always start where we are now, in order to become who we need to be.
Love you all, love you all. Sister Stolworthy
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