Hi everyone,
We
had stake conference this weekend. Sunday was broadcast from
Fredericton, New Brunswick and from Salt Lake. A portion of the meeting
was an area wide broadcast to all of Canada. Funny, we don't even live
in Canada. Oh well. The Saints here are used to being lumped in with
Canada. :) Elder Holland, Elder Perkins, Sister Burton, and President
Eyring spoke in the Canada wide broadcast. I particularly enjoyed Elder
Holland's talk about Matthew 11:28-30. He spoke about how the Savior has
the power to heal us, if we just let Him. He also spoke about how we
need to be healers in the areas that we live in. President Eyring spoke
about our responsibility to invite our families to come unto Christ and
how the Lord will prepare a way for that to happen. Sister Burton spoke
about how many of the troubles facing sisters across the world comes
from not remembering our divine identity as daughters of our Heavenly
Father. As I listened to her talk, I realized that remembering who I am
will lead me to have greater faith and trust in the Savior. Elder
Perkins addressed the youth about standing on guard for our morals and
standards. He focused his remarks on a few of the standards in the FTSOY(For the Strength of Youth)
pamphlet. He warned us to stand on guard for appropriate use of media
and technology, for work and self-reliance, for service, and for faith.
Sister Christensen and I have been focusing on using
the Book of Mormon more in our teaching and helping our investigators
gain a testimony of it. This is the tool that the Lord has given us to
gather scattered Israel. Thanks for always reading the Book of Mormon
with us as kids. I never realized how important that daily habit was,
but it laid a foundation for the rest of my life. We visited a family last week. They are a family that a member
referred us to the week before. We read with them from the Book of
Mormon and promised them that if they read it together each day that
they would feel greater peace in their lives. We are going back on
Tuesday, and I am excited to see how they are doing.
I hope you have a great week! I love you! Keep looking for opportunities to be the Lord's hands.
Love,
Sister Renda
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