Feb. 20th:
HOLY GARBAGE! Today we hiked Sunrise mountain, which is the mountain behind the temple. We did it as a zone and it was SO MUCH FUN. it was also a ton of hard work but I am made of solid steel so don’t worry about it...hahaha We saw some old mines for copper and some caves. we had a great view of the temple, the strip and our area. and it was just great to spend time together. on the way back we talked about what would everyone be if they were a fruit, animal, etc... I came out to be a blueberry, tinkerbell, nicole kidman, a piccolo, a pomeranian, a forest, hip hop music, baby gap, a baby chick, etc wow the elders are hilarious. We had so much fun going down the mountain .So... if i am a little tired while writing this and leave some things out please forgive me.
I met my goal for this area by singing in mountain vista with sister hanny. it went pretty well. One of our favorite people in the ward cried because it touched her so much. We also went to a fireside called "Why I Believe". It was incredible. this one guy stood up and told how every time he got in a fight with his wife the missionaries came around and talked to him while he smoked, every single time. He finally invited them back but said I will never become a Mormon. He said that he figured that everything they talked about had to be found in the bible. So he started really searching his bible. he read about the pattern God had for sending prophets. How Moses had grown up with the Egyptians and how everyone probably thought who does this guy think he is? Calling himself a prophet. He talked about how Christ's church was set up on a foundation of apostles and prophets and if thats the way it was then then thats the way it had to be now. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He does not change. He had the strongest testimony and the spirit was really strong in the meeting. the awesome thing is Danny came and that was what his question was- if President Monson was a prophet. Then we introduced him to the guy who will be doing his interview. he wants to finish all of his lessons tonight so that he can get the interview over with and not have to worry about it anymore. Danny came to fireside and he was so funny, talking president neider's ear off hahahahaha. We had to pull him away. Every lesson is Danny talking our ears off about vietnam haha. Love that man.
I met my goal for this area by singing in mountain vista with sister hanny. it went pretty well. One of our favorite people in the ward cried because it touched her so much. We also went to a fireside called "Why I Believe". It was incredible. this one guy stood up and told how every time he got in a fight with his wife the missionaries came around and talked to him while he smoked, every single time. He finally invited them back but said I will never become a Mormon. He said that he figured that everything they talked about had to be found in the bible. So he started really searching his bible. he read about the pattern God had for sending prophets. How Moses had grown up with the Egyptians and how everyone probably thought who does this guy think he is? Calling himself a prophet. He talked about how Christ's church was set up on a foundation of apostles and prophets and if thats the way it was then then thats the way it had to be now. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He does not change. He had the strongest testimony and the spirit was really strong in the meeting. the awesome thing is Danny came and that was what his question was- if President Monson was a prophet. Then we introduced him to the guy who will be doing his interview. he wants to finish all of his lessons tonight so that he can get the interview over with and not have to worry about it anymore. Danny came to fireside and he was so funny, talking president neider's ear off hahahahaha. We had to pull him away. Every lesson is Danny talking our ears off about vietnam haha. Love that man.
Saturday sister lasalosi came to sunrise and we worked really hard. She is so amazing! I love her so much! She is the perfect example of christlike love. At the end of Saturday I was ready to have sister hanny come back and us to go home to sister roth's house. I will send pictures of the house and our room and stuff next time. Saturday was hilarious because Sister hanny and I wore the exact exact same thing. We even did our hair the same way. It was awesome to see the other sisters faces when we got back together for the trade off.
Danny is soooooooooooooooooooo funny. I love tha man. He always calls us his granddaughters. We heart attacked everyone that we are teaching or who we just super love in our wards. This family helped us to color all of the paper and we cut the hearts out and had enough to cover 7 doors. Danny is always outside so he spotted us. we went inside because "we were hungry" and he had to stay outside. We heart attacked his oven! Leslie's mom was the only one who caught us. Leslie is doing so so good. The ward has opened their arms and hearts to her. She went bowling with her neighbors and they stayed up til 3am working on some things she has been worried about. Awesome. We love leslie she is so humble and has so much faith. She is getting baptized in march too.
We have been teaching this couple Jay and Tina, they have 2 cute little boys and they are amazing. We have had such high hopes for them but we found out that Jay is reading anti-mormon material. We told him that it will poison his soul. much of it is half truths twisted and combined with lies. It is all so frustrating because we care about him so much. He doesn't want to listen to what we have to say just read on his own. We are really sad for their family. God gives us all choice. LAME! No choice is a good thing.
Sister Hanny and I have learned so much about grace this morning! We are all saved by grace. Period. Christ paid all the debt and we never even pay him back a penny. Compare it to a mom paying for piano lessons. But because she did that she can make requirements- practice. This requirement will help her soon to grow and to become a pianist. We can be changed by grace. When we keep the requirements we practice for heaven. We cannot feel comfortable in heaven if we are not heavenly. When a son hits wrong notes he is only told to keep practicing. for all those who are perfectionists- just keep trying and changing and practicing. We are practicing for heaven. We will all be resurrected and stand before God. Its up to what we do in this life and what we become that depends on what kind of body we have (what degree of glory) and how long we stay in God's presence. It won't be us begging Christ to stay, it will be him begging us. We will be the ones who won't want to stay if we don't become like him- we will not be comfortable. hence the different degrees of glory- there is a place prepared for everyone. God wants us all to be where we will be happiest. Interesting, huh. Enlightening.
Love you and I cant think of anything else.
Love,
Sister Fine
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