Week 64

10/16/17

I feel like so much happened this week but then I also feel like I can't remember anything that happened haha so we will see how this goes.

So on Thursday we went to the Relief Society president's house and we helped her press apples to make apple cider. We made 12 gallons, it was so much fun because she has an old fashion press so I got to manually crank it to get the juice out. It didn't feel like much work but the next day my arms were sore haha. It was great and she let us take some home and it is delicious!

We also got to help another member with one of her projects. She had a bunch of old jeans that she needed cut up and she isn't supposed to use her wrist too much so we got to cut those up for her. I cut my knuckle open during that project haha, but I'm okay now :)

We had Zone Conference and got to learn all about our new phones and how we are going to be using online proselyting. We spent all day, from 7:30am-3:00pm learning about the rules and guidelines. We also got a new chapter for Preach My Gospel to replace chapter 8. It made me sad to tape it in over my notes and stuff but they asked us to not use chapter 8 anymore. Anyway, that was a long day but we learned a lot. Right after that we got flu shots... yay. Sister Berenyi and I got to go first because we had to leave right away since we were going to the temple right after that. Luckily it was nice and quick and painless. But we payed for it on Sunday when I was super sick, we missed Stake Conference. That was sad.

The temple was great though!! We drove up there with a member and we met Tracy there. She has been waiting to do the work for her brother and it was so incredible the Spirit that filled that room as the member was baptized as proxy for Tracy's brother. We all felt like he had accepted it, lots of tears haha. That was a really great experience and I'm so grateful that we got to be there with Tracy for it.

Helaman 7:29

"29 Behold now, I do not say that these things shall be, of myself, because it is not of myself that I know these things; but behold, I know that these things are true because the Lord God has made them known unto me, therefore I testify that they shall be."

I read this scripture in my studies this morning. Each of us has to come to know for ourselves that this is Jesus Christ's church on the earth, that the Book of Mormon is true, and that Joseph Smith really was called as a prophet and through him the church, and everything in it, was restored. So my invitation this week is for each of you to pray to know, or receive that confirmation again, that this is true.

Love,

Sister MacKay