It has been another great week in Florida! You would think it would start cooling down for Fall, but it is as humid as ever. I love Florida!
Last Monday night we tried very hard to follow the Spirit in choosing a place to knock, and we saw some cool miracles come from it! We ended up in an apartment complex, and felt to knock a certain building. On the top floor we met an 18 year old girl that loves the bible, but is looking for more direction in her life. She loved hearing about the Book of Mormon, and promised to read it. On the second floor we found a woman that is not sure if she believes in God anymore, but wants to know what happens when we die. She loved hearing about the Plan of Salvation, and agreed to meet with us this upcoming week. On the bottom floor we found a man that wants to get baptized after recently converting to Christianity. He loved hearing about Priesthood authority, and agreed to meet with us this upcoming week as well. It was awesome! We knew that was exactly where God needed us to be. We will be meeting with a few of them this week, some have since fallen off, but we know that some great seeds were planted for future harvesting!
On Wednesday Sister Peterson and I put on a "Sisterhood Conference" for all of the Sisters that we serve. We were able to talk about our goals, establish expectations, and do a fun activity where we decorated baby pumpkins with scriptures, quotes, and mormon.orgadvertisements to give out to people. We also talked about how we are in a war and "victory at all costs" is imperative, so it is up to us to find people looking for the gospel! It turned out really well. That day we had another lesson with the man that was excommunicated. We talked with him about keeping the sabbath day holy, and making sure he is at church every week so that he can have that foundation for his testimony. He is still struggling to make sure commitments, but he promised to do his best. They also ordered us pizza, which was very sweet of them! After that we went to visit a less-active family that is not ready to come back to church right now. However, they were very nice, and after we got them talking for a while they ordered us pizza too! Needless to say it was a lot of pizza, but we had a couple of great visits so it was worth it!
On Thursday Sister Peterson and I had a companionship study with the assistants to the president (they do it with all of the STLs once per transfer). We talked about counseling with the people in our stewardships, and it was great! That is a big focus that President Garns has for the mission right now. That night we had a lesson with Freddy and Darlyne, and we brought a sweet sister from our ward with us. We were so excited when we heard that Darlyne's friends had mentioned that it might be possible for them to get the $400 fee on their divorce waived because they are "no income." The only problem was that Darlyne still had no way to get to the court house, but the member that had accompanied us offered to take her the following day. They went to the court, got the fee waived, and her divorce is FINALLY being processed!! The only problem is that they said it could take 2-5 months for the entire process to be completed. We still need a miracle to get it processed faster so they can be baptized on the date they picked for themselves (November 11). Any prayers in that direction would be much appreciated!
On Friday we went on an exchange, so Sister Goldstein came to Royal Palm Beach with me. She is 25 years old, and has been on her mission for 2 months. She is so sweet, and we had a great day together! We ended up spending a lot of the day doing service for a lady named Ivonne. She is not a member, and she lives alone so she really appreciated our help cleaning her house. She has some family that will be moving in with her from Puerto Rico. The bonus was that she made us lunch, and gave us cheesecake for dessert!
On Saturday we had a great day! It started off with a temple tour with Freddy and Darlyne. A sweet couple from our ward, the Aloisios, picked them up. We were so grateful for their willingness to help out, and to take 2 cars the 3 hour round trip drive in order to fit everyone. Freddy and Darlyne loved the temple, and are excited to go back in a year! It was a great experience. It downpoured for about 20 minutes in the middle of the tour, so we had to take shelter in the little waiting area outside the temple doors. It was very peaceful, and they said they could definitely feel the spirit.
Yesterday we had a fantastic Stake Conference. The best part was that President and Sister Garns came, and they were able to meet Freddy and Darlyne! I think it meant a lot to Freddy, so that was pretty neat. Last night we had dinner at the Aloisio's house, and they are so sweet! Sister Aloisio bought us little scarecrows, and then drew little missionary name tags on them with our names. I just love the members in this ward, they are fantastic.
I hope you all have a great week!
Love, Sister Monson
1. Temple tour with Freddy and Darlyne
2. Dinner with the Aloisios and our scarecrows
3. Sisterhood Conference
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