Hermana Mary DeWitt: Zone Conference and Lots of Lessons!

It was a fun week! First off, we had Zone Conference on Wednesday in Greeley, which was super fun! I always learn so much and I've noticed that when I go into a meeting with a question in mind and come prepared with my notebook and scriptures, I get SO much more out of it than I would otherwise! I encourage all of you to bring a little notebook with you to whatever meetings, firesides, or conferences you attend, because you'll learn so much!

Afterwards, we drove back to Fort Morgan and had another lesson with Kelsi and Soneyda (Olman and Brian were there again, which was awesome!) about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and it went really well! The next step for them is getting them to come to church, so we'll be placing a bigger focus on the importance of the Sacrament and gathering together as Saints.

We also had a lesson with Fabiola on Thursday! She was someone that Hermana Severtson and Sister Carlson street contacted into while I was on exchanges with Sister Stone, so this was my first time meeting her! We introduced the Book of Mormon and invited her to read the Introduction - she said she would, and that we could come back the next Thursday, but she seemed really distracted and not super interested - we'll go back on Thursday and see how it goes.

We had another lesson with Carmen! We talked about the Plan of Salvation and she really liked the idea of the Resurrection and being with our families forever. Then, we had a lesson with Elmer, who we had tried to contact a few times, but was never home - he was there with his family and this CUTE little baby and goodness gracious it's so hard to not be able to hold babies as missionaries! We introduced the Book of Mormon and he said he'd read the Introduction and that we could come back! He seems pretty shy, but really nice!

On Saturday, we helped our neighbor Liz pack some stuff because she's trying to move. When she asked us to come help, she made it sound like it was going to be intense packing and moving stuff, so we blocked out a chunk of time, got in our service clothes, walked over to her apartment, and then packed her glass cups into boxes for about 45 minutes. She was so surprised with how quickly we finished everything she had for us to do - I guess she thought we were going to pack reeaaally slowly or something.

We also had another lesson with Anayeli, but we're not sure what to do about her - she's not interested in making changes in her life, but she keeps wanting us to come back and share scriptures with her to make her feel warm and fuzzy inside...but our purpose as missionaries is more than just that! We'll plan to talk to her more about our purpose in teaching her and how we want to help her come closer to God by making and keeping covenants!

I've reached the end of the chapters in the Book of Mormon where Christ is teaching the Nephites, and this is one of the last things He tells the multitude before ascending into Heaven:

"And now, behold, my joy is great, even unto fulness, because of you, and also this generation; yea, and even the Father rejoiceth, and all the hold angels, because of you and this generation; for none of them are lost." --3 Nephi 27:29-30

I love the idea that all the angels up in Heaven are cheering us on (and that WE were angels cheering others on before our mortal life!) When we have that pure, Christ-like love for others, we cheer them on and are truly happy for their righteous successes! I invited each of you to find one way to be an "angel" for someone who needs some help right now - to cheer them on and rejoice in their successes, no matter how small!

Love you all and have a great week!