Satan isn't happy with us. He's trying with all his
might to keep us from teaching. Between Ssiter Longhurst getting sick
with what I got (but worse), and cancelled appointments, there isn't a whole
lot to report on, but we still found progress and found some work to do.
So, on Tuesday, Sister Longhurst woke up where I was a week
ago: completely and totally miserable. I know I did some cleaning and
studying and watched some of the Life of Christ videos (the Bairs in our ward
kindly bought each of us a "Life of Christ" DVD), but that's all I
really remember.
However, Sister Longhurst was feeling a tad bit better, so
we went out to help a less-active, Leslie Wright, brush down her horses.
That was a miracle in and of itself. Sister Longhurst had been teaching
Leslie's daughter and granddaughter, Heather and Alice, but they had stopped
responding to the missionaries back towards the end of January. Well, we
heard that Alice's birthday was coming up, so we decided to give Alice a little
goodie bag for her birthday. On Sunday, we went to drop it off, and
Leslie was outside! So we stopped by, offered to help her brush down her
horses, and she agreed! So we set up the service project for
Wednesday. Thus the reason why Sister Longhurst had to be better for at
least this appointment. So, we brushed down the horses, and Leslie's
daughter, Heather, made us some chicken noodle soup, which was very appreciated
since it was cold and windy outside. Well, to finish off our visit there,
we showed them the "Because He Lives" video, and they both LOVED
it! I felt impressed then to ask them to read 3 Nephi 11 as a family, and
they agreed, and they wrote it on the little sicky pad that we had given to
Alice for her birthday! YAY!!! They like us!!! :D haha Anyways,
we'll get to see them this coming Wednesday, and I'll actually get to meet
Alice. :) But I love these people already. They're awesome. :)
Thursday was another sick day. More studying, more
cleaning, more Church-approved DVDs.
Friday we had a district meeting on Charity, and how all of
the Christ-like attributes are connected together through charity. It was
very neat.
Then Conference. OH MY GOODNESS CONFERENCE!!!!!
It makes me so happy!! :D Wasn't it so good y'all?! OH!
So good!!! I think what stood out the most to me was President Uchtdorf
during the sustaining of the Church Officers. He didn't let that shake
him. He calmly accepted it, mentioned that their vote had been noted and left it at that. What I
loved about it was that he didn't make a big deal out of it. He
calmly accepted it, and moved on. Sometimes, when people oppose your
beliefs, it's so easy to get fired up and immediately defend yourself.
But more often than not, the best thing is to accept their opinion, and try to
leave on the best note possible. I have found this more and more often on
my mission-- the more people argue with me about my beliefs, the more I simply
just move on to someone willing to listen to the message of the gospel.
So yes, that was probably the most important part of conference to me.
After Conference on Sunday, we went and got to visit with
Sarah for a little bit, which was awesome because we hadn't seen her at all
last week (because she was sick too). We taught a short lesson about
obedience and following the prophet, and then showed her the "Because He
Lives" video. Little Sarah, who is super scatter-brained and all
over the place, sat in awe for a few minutes after the video. You could
tell that she was very touched by the spirit, which we explained to her.
She really is prepared to receive the Gospel. It was very nice.
And to round out the week, we had a beautiful Easter
fireside, put on by all of the missionaries in the stake and the ward
members. We read "The Living Christ", and had a musical number
for each paragraph. It was very beautiful, and the Spirit was
strong. What a wonderful way to wrap up such a beautiful day!
Well, that's all for this week. I love all of you, and
I know that the Savior lives for each and every one of us. What a blessed
opportunity we had to celebrate His Resurrection yesterday, but let us always
Remember Him and His sacrifice for us in our hearts, so that we may have
everlasting joy.
Love,
Sister Empey
Happy Easter from the Caldwell Crew!!!
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