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This week has been crazy and busy, which is just how we like it! We went contacting downtown last week and this lady yelled "I like your braids!" at Sister Bangura, and then she said "Come over here, ya Mormons!" She told us that her dad baptized her when she was eight and when we asked why she wasn't a member of our church anymore, she said "because I'm not a Mormon! I drink coffee!" Her friend asked us if we were giving anything away and we said not really and he asked if we had any money and we said no and was like "what's in that bag you're reaching into then" and the lady was like "hopefully not a gun!" It was lots of fun. I told them all I had was copies of the Book of Mormon and the lady said "you'd better get to working then! Get on! Leave! Hopefully Joseph Smith says some prayers for you!" She proceeded to use some choice words to describe what Joseph Smith was. We were like, you're the one who called us over here! Good good times! We love it!
We met another guy downtown who liked us a lot when we were talking about Christ and then called us the children of sin when we talked about the Book of Mormon. He told us he burns the Book of Mormon every night! We tried to bear our testimonies and get outta there, but he was NOT having it and would quote truly random Bible verses at us and act like they proved a point? It was all something like
Sister Willis: anyway, I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that it testifies of Christ, and that if you pray-
Our friend downtown: "thou shalt have no other gods before me"
Sister Willis: ???????
We met a kid named Scott at the bus stop, and we taught him the first lesson on Friday! He had lots and lots of questions about the Biblical and archaeological validity of our argument and I tried to have lots of answers? He'd ask a question about where it said something or other in the Bible and I'd flip through the New Testament and he'd say "oh no, you're scaring me with that!" But he watched general conference! And he's meeting with the sisters next week!
And with that, it's time for the general conference highlight reel! Elder Holland started conference with a meme; Elder Vinson told us to be fairdinkum for Christ; Elder Bednar compared Satan to a cheetah; they announced that President Nelson was speaking in the middle of the Saturday afternoon session and I almost barfed; they got rid of young men presidencies, young women classes, and the young women theme (which now talks about Heavenly Parents!); President Nelson adopted us all as his grandkids, laid down the law about women and priesthood power, and announced temples in women's session; TWO women spoke in the general sessions; and President Nelson told us to #getprepped for a PARTY at April general conference. Not gonna lie, I a little bit thought that he was gonna tell us to pack our bags and go to Missouri, but I'm just Dramatic and I always think that. Oh well.
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| Carving pumpkins with the zone! |
I loved Sister Craig's talk about receiving personal revelation and how much the prophets and apostles talked about reaching out to others on the path of discipleship! Love your God and love your neighbor!
Movie review! We LOVE the female representation in the Book of Mormon videos and we LOVE that Sariah and Ishmael's wife are valuable and contributing members who recieve revelation for their families! We also love the part where Laman is seething while Nephi is preaching and then turns around and DECKS him. Iconic!
This week's scripture comes from a BYU devotional I was listening to this week! Exodus 23:9 says "Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt." All of us know what it feels like to be a stranger, and the Lord invites us to use those experiences to empathize with those who feel now that they don't belong! Remember when you were a stranger, and reach out to those around you!
I love you all! Have a great week and stay warm!!
Sister Willis
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