Hello my dear family and friends!!!
This week was a crazy crazy week in Georgia! We had an amazing snow storm, I was so happy when I saw the snow but I don't think the rest of Georgia was as happy as I was.... We weren't allowed to drive our cars for about 3 days and we spent a lot of time calling people and teaching them over the phone. It was awesome but by the end of the 3 day I was itching to get out of the apartment and go somewhere!
Now we are back to the normal weather which is dandy :) I am happy to say that I only fell one time on the ice and I only have a little bruise on my knee. Other than that I think Georgians are crazy and they need to learn how to deal with the snow. The people here went CRAZY! It was funny. We talked to some people that were stuck in traffic for 12 hours for a normal 30 minute drive.... When the snow started we were just ending our district meeting and we were supposed to go on exchanges but we ended up canceling and heading home to grab some lunch. on the way home we say a bunch of accidents and a car completely flipped over then our mission president told all the missionaries that we had couldn't drive.
As for the rest of the week after that fun winter adventure we spent a lot of time contacting people in malls and big stores near where we live. We didn't teach very many lessons to investigators because somehow they all disappeared and have decided not to talk to us any more thus the search for new people who do want to talk to us!
This week I was really able to dive into Jesus the Christ while I have been studying, I have also been continuing my study of the New Testament and the Book of Mormon. I feel like I have been learning a lot and so many things are more clear to my understanding than ever before! Something I have been pondering a lot is how we can each come to know our Savior and not just know about him. A few ways that i have figured we can accomplish this is by coming to love him. When we love him we are willing to do what he asks us to do and then we can feel is love for us in our lives. We can also come to know him by spending our time in holy places such as immersed in the scriptures, in the temple and among those things that invite the spirit. Without the spirit we cannot come to know our Savior, this is why the Book of Mormon is so pivitol. This book brings us the spiritual side of the gospel, this is where our spirituality flows from.
"Nothing is going to suprise us more when we pass through the veil to the other side than to realize how well we know our Father and how familiar his face is to us." - Ezra Taft Benson
I want to make it a point in my life to come to know my savior, not just know about him.
I hope that this week ya'll can read out of the pages of the Book of Mormon and that you can come to know your Savior a little bit more :)
I love you!
Sister Emily Barnett!!
Next week is transfer week, I am hoping i will stay but we just never know! I will let ya'll know what the plan is next week!
This week was a crazy crazy week in Georgia! We had an amazing snow storm, I was so happy when I saw the snow but I don't think the rest of Georgia was as happy as I was.... We weren't allowed to drive our cars for about 3 days and we spent a lot of time calling people and teaching them over the phone. It was awesome but by the end of the 3 day I was itching to get out of the apartment and go somewhere!
Now we are back to the normal weather which is dandy :) I am happy to say that I only fell one time on the ice and I only have a little bruise on my knee. Other than that I think Georgians are crazy and they need to learn how to deal with the snow. The people here went CRAZY! It was funny. We talked to some people that were stuck in traffic for 12 hours for a normal 30 minute drive.... When the snow started we were just ending our district meeting and we were supposed to go on exchanges but we ended up canceling and heading home to grab some lunch. on the way home we say a bunch of accidents and a car completely flipped over then our mission president told all the missionaries that we had couldn't drive.
As for the rest of the week after that fun winter adventure we spent a lot of time contacting people in malls and big stores near where we live. We didn't teach very many lessons to investigators because somehow they all disappeared and have decided not to talk to us any more thus the search for new people who do want to talk to us!
This week I was really able to dive into Jesus the Christ while I have been studying, I have also been continuing my study of the New Testament and the Book of Mormon. I feel like I have been learning a lot and so many things are more clear to my understanding than ever before! Something I have been pondering a lot is how we can each come to know our Savior and not just know about him. A few ways that i have figured we can accomplish this is by coming to love him. When we love him we are willing to do what he asks us to do and then we can feel is love for us in our lives. We can also come to know him by spending our time in holy places such as immersed in the scriptures, in the temple and among those things that invite the spirit. Without the spirit we cannot come to know our Savior, this is why the Book of Mormon is so pivitol. This book brings us the spiritual side of the gospel, this is where our spirituality flows from.
"Nothing is going to suprise us more when we pass through the veil to the other side than to realize how well we know our Father and how familiar his face is to us." - Ezra Taft Benson
I want to make it a point in my life to come to know my savior, not just know about him.
I hope that this week ya'll can read out of the pages of the Book of Mormon and that you can come to know your Savior a little bit more :)
I love you!
Sister Emily Barnett!!
Next week is transfer week, I am hoping i will stay but we just never know! I will let ya'll know what the plan is next week!
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