Hola Familia!
Hey Everyone, how are you doing?
This past week has been really good, we went to the temple this morning, and it was amazing!!!! I LOVE the temple, and am so glad for that rule change with President and Sister Garns. So earlier this week, we visited our part-member less active family the Williams we have been trying to work with, but haven't had an actual lesson or anything with them yet. We visited them Tuesday night with the primary president again, but this time, with 5 activity day girls who brought Valentine's Day cards and presents for their two daughters, one 9 (Reese, not baptized) and the other 3(Olive, and she has QUITE the personality haha). It was really fun! Then, our assistant ward mission leader and one of the stake high councilmen visited with them Thursday night, which we didn't know about until after, but that, too, went really well!!! Our assistant WML told us that they hadn't even brought up church before the dad mentioned wanting to come back!!! We are SO excited, and the mom texted us last night inviting us over for dinner tonight! I have such a good feeling about them, I love them so much, and I've been praying so hard that we could figure out why they haven't been responding as well as we had hoped to us staying in contact with them and what was holding them back from church when they clearly want more good friends here in Florida, but here is the evidence of that work! It just took a little longer than we had thought, but God's timing is PERFECT! We still have a lot to do, I am just really excited that we are finally seeing some forward momentum, haha. We were asked to substitute Seminary this morning, and the lesson was on Helaman 8-9, where Nephi had just taught the people in Zarahemla about Repentance and now the wicked judges are persecuting him. One of the principles the lesson highlighted was how we need to support our prophets and how that truly blesses our lives, which I thought was really important. It got me thinking about how we are focusing so much more on teaching from General Conference addresses, and valuing that form of modern scripture more. We truly are so blessed to have a modern-day prophet and apostles, and thought their counsel and guidance is not accepted by the rest of the world, I know it to be true council given from God, and the His Spirit helps us understand the warnings and guidance they give us!
Zone conference was amazing! We had a member from the Stuart stake come and speak to us on the power of the word of God and as well on missionary work, and he shared an experience from his mission where he baptized an amazing young man, and then the punchline hit---that man's son is currently serving in our mission, and he called him up to the pulpit and that moment was absolutely beautiful for them and for all of us privileged enough to witness it! They were both in tears, it was SO COOL!!!! This truly is God's work, and He does work in mysterious ways, but I know those ways are the best ways, and that our leaders are truly inspired to send us to our specific missions, and in every other facet of their work!!!
I Don't remember if I wrote about this or not, but last P-Day (like 10 days ago, haha) we went to the beach and got ice cream! We also puffed hair luau flowers for service at Flamingo Gardens, which was fun, haha. Either way, the past week and a half has been great, I love you all, the church is true!!!!
Love,
Hermana Stokes
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