We saw so many
miracles in Brantford this week! It was incredible. I arrived in
Brantford on Tuesday and that day we taught a couple named Danna and
Austin. The Ward Mission Leader came with us and later that evening
we dropped by the Bishop so I could introduce myself. It was nice to meet
several members of the Ward Council on my first day. That
is something we want to focus on this transfer is working
with members, and the ward council is the place to start to
establish a good relationship with the ward.
Wednesday was
Mission Leadership Council in Brampton. MLC is probably one of my favorite
things about being a sister training leader. There was a point in the meeting
where I just looked around at the 22 Zone Leaders, 8 sister training
leaders, 3 assistants (they are in a trio this transfer), and President and
Sister Scott and was just humbled to be sitting and discussing with all of
those incredible people! Here are some of the quotes and highlights from MLC:
· "Do things you NEED to do while you're
here. You've got the next 70 years to do things you "want" to do.
Give the Lord your heart."
· During lunch all of the sister training
leaders usually sit at the same table, and this time President and Sister Scott
came and sat with us! We talked about covenants as we ate sandwiches and chips
:) Sister Scott said this and I've reallly been pondering on it. "We are
all bearers. Men bear the priesthood and women bear children. But we need each
other in order to bear these roles."
· The assistants gave an instruction on teaching
people that repentance and baptism is for a remission of sins. SO GOOD! We had
a really powerful role play.
· The new leadership always bear their
testimonies, and there was a new sister training leader who bore a powerful
testimony! She is from Fiji and is a convert. She said, "Since I
joined the church I've never looked back, and I've never been
happier." I love the fire and humility new converts bring to the
Work of Salvation.
· President Scott is famous for his yellow ties
:) He always wears them! Since it was President and Sister Scott's
last MLC, all the Elders wore yellow ties as a tribute to him. In his
testimony at the end he told us the reason he loves yellow ties so much is
because Sister Scott gave him his first yellow tie! It was the sweetest
thing!!
· One of the coolest parts was the musical
number!! Sister Hansen, Sister De Groot, Elder Romrell and I all sang
"Homeward Bound" but with different words. I dont know if I already
told you about it, but Elder Williams and Elder Smith, the Zone Leaders in my
last area started writing words to the tune of homeward bound, and on the way
back from MLC last month Sister Zerkle and I helped them finish it and it
turned out AMAZING! It was so inspired. We sang it in four part harmony and the
Spirit was so strong!
· At the very end, the assistants put together a
surprise slideshow for the Scott's! They had sent all of us a picture of
President and Sister Scott that said "WE LOVE YOU!" on it and
we held up this picture and took a picture with it. The cool part is, they
sent it to all of the missionary leadership from the three years the
Scott's have served here! I love them a whole lot. We sang "God be with
you til we meet again" and everybody was crying. President and Sister Scott
have made such a huge influence not only on my mission, but on my life. I'm
ever grateful for them.
On Saturday I was
on an exchange in Waterloo and we met two ladies in a bus stop. One was named
Rachel and the other was an old lady, I don't remember her name. But we got
talking with them and we came to find out that the old lady was very set in her
ways and her church, but Rachel was homeless and trying to get back on her
feet. As we talked about what we do as missionaries she was very engaged and
responsive. She said she would come to church! So I hope she did! That's the
crazy thing about exchanges. You go into an area for a day, and most likely
won't see any of those people again. Before we left the bus stop, the old lady
announced that she sings in the choir at her church and even though she's in
her 80's she still has a beautiful singing voice! So we asked her to treat us
with a hymn, and she gladly obliged :) She sang "Amazing Grace." It
was one of those moments I wanted to just put in a jar and save forever! I love
people :)
Yesterday was one of
the coolest miracles I've seen on my mission. We received a lot of
referrals this week from people that we either tracted into or just talked to
on the street. One was named Tristin. We went over to Tristin's last night to
see if she was there, and she was! She answered the door, we explained who we
were and what we did and asked if she'd like to hear our message. She responded
in the affirmative. We taught her the Restoration on her doorstep, and at the beginning
she seemed a little unsure, but as we kept talking she became more and more
engaged! By the end of our conversation she was so excited to read the Book of
Mormon and agreed to be baptized on July 13 if she knew it was true!
She' going out of town for three weeks, so I hope she reads the Book of Mormon
and prays about it soon, because she's going to hear anti and people are going
to tell her not to, but she felt the Spirit and she needs this in her life. She
is the sweetest most receptive 15 year old girl I've ever met!
In preparation for
Zone Conference next week President has asked that we study the fruits of light
and fruits of darkness. It's really simple if you think about it. There are
only two influences in the world, good and evil. And every choice we make, no
matter how small is either a step towards light or dark. I know that choosing
to step toward the light brings the greatest happiness. I know that is true. I
watch people take those steps of light and I watch people step into the dark and
it breaks my heart to see the effects of Satan enter one's life simply because
of the seemingly small decisions they make. I pray I can keep my
perspective straight and continue to take steps into the light. Because that is
where I choose to dwell.
Have a great week!
Love and Prayers,
Sister Felix
Quote of the Week:
"The most
important of all the commandments of God is the one that you're having the most
difficulty keeping...Today is the day for you to work...until you've been able
to conquer that weakness. Then you start on the next one that's most difficult
for you to keep. That's the way to sanctify yourselves by keeping the
commandments of God."
-President Harold B.
Lee
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