Happy Thanksgiving!!

Picking out their own live Christmas Tree!

Rommies :-)

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Hello everyone!!

I hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving and that you all were able to eat a lot of food! So first off I did not explain my last weeks subject! It was, "The Book of Mormon is an extra dose of the Holy Ghost". On of the investigators that we are able to teach said that a few weeks ago and it is so true so I want to share that with you so it would make since!

My companion and I were able to go teaching with our Ward Mission Leaders this week and they are both amazing! It is so cool to see how their strengths are so different but they both teach with us so well! One of our Ward Mission Leaders is so knowledgeable about the Book of Mormon and it was perfect for who we were teaching that day. Our other Ward Mission Leader is able to talk to everyone and make them feel more comfortable! I hope that I can be more like them as a missionary!

We were teaching this family this week about the Plan of Salvation (God's plan for us) and we taught them that when we die we go to the spirit world. The mom then asked, "so everyone who died is there right now?" And we told her yes. And she said, "Oh, I want to die then! That sounds bad but That's where my family is at!" It was so funny but also awesome to see her love for her family. (Her mom and grandma are passed away)

This week we were able to participate in a parade! The family we are able to live with helped us out so much! We made a #LightTheWorld float and I think it was a success! We had the video playing on a projector with speakers, we had Mary and Joseph with baby Jesus and then we had others who were willing to just participate on the float as well! We were then able to pass out pass-along cards to people who were watching! It was awesome!

For those of you who do not know, #LightTheWorld is an amazing Christmas initiative to help us be more like Jesus Christ. It gives us suggestions on how we can serve someone everyday for 25 days leading up to Christmas! If you are interested go to mormon.org to get started! here

One really cool miracle we had this week was just from one simple text. When Sister Gaston and her old companion were here they got a call from a man who was getting ready to move to Salmon and wanted to know more about the church. Well Sister Gaston a few weeks ago had his name pop into her head so we gave him a call. He was pretty hesitant and said that he was not ready yet. Sister Gaston a few days later sent him the Moroni's promise and then on Thanksgiving day he texted us and said that he thinks he has received an answer! We hope to see him and his family this week!

I love this time of year so much! It is an amazing time to think about our Savior, Jesus Christ and reflect on what he would have us do while we are here on earth! I hope that we will all take the chance to do as the Savior would during this season #LightTheWorld! I love you all so much and hope that you all will have an amazing week!

Love,

Sister Lacey

"The Book of Mormon is a double dose of the Holy Ghost"

Hello!

This one might be a short one! It was an amazing week but I am just running out of time!

Missionary work is the best thing that we could be doing on this earth! It is how we show God that we love Him and love those around us! This holiday season, share the gospel and the blessings you have with someone you know!

I have been able to see and have a testimony of gathering families is how we see success in sharing the gospel! We were able to find and teach a family this week and they are just so great! The daughter was first interested in the gospel and went to church with a friend and now we are teaching her and her family!

Another cool miracle we say this week was finding a new investigator through a recent convert. We went over to her house to see when we can have a new member lesson and her older brother answered. Sister Gaston asked if he would ever want to hear about the gospel and he said yes! We taught him last night and he seems so prepared! We are excited for him! 

I am not sure if I have told you but are able to teach this 82 year old man. We found him a few weeks ago by following the spirit/ talking to everyone. We were driving and Sister Gaston sees people outside and she tells me to turn around so we can go talk to them, so that's what we did! He is the most open hearted elderly person I have met! He is willing to try out the gospel because of the example of his aunt who was baptized two years before she died and he respected her a lot!

I was so grateful for the opportunity I had to witness the dedication of the Meridian Temple! It was my first temple dedication. I realized that that was the first time I have heard an Apostle of the Lord pray because they do not usually pray in General Conference. I have such a strong testimony of temples! I think this was said in conference but I will paraphrase it, temples are a testimony that God loves all of His children and that His work is moving along! I love that because the Meridian temple just got dedicated and the Cedar City temple will be dedicated soon! God's work is hastening and I am so honored to be apart of it!

I love you all so much! Thank you for the love and support you give me! I hope that you all have a Happy Thanksgiving! 

Love,

Sister Lacey

A week of Miracles!

Checking to see if the cows are pregnant :-0

Potato day!

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone's week was great! Mine was fantastic!

So this week I was able to get a little "cultured"! On Saturday we had our annual Stake Potato day! A huge semi-truck full of potatoes comes to our church parking lot and we give out bags and boxes of potatoes for free! It was awesome and I am pretty sure it is only in Idaho ;) Another thing we were able to do is pregnant check cows... That's right pregnant check them! It was pretty gross but it was an awesome experience! (Please excuse my face in the picture haha you can't judge till you try it)

I was able to have my first ever Zone Conference in the mission field and it was fantastic! I loved every minute of it and my testimony grew so much! The only bad thing about Zone Conference is that my comp and I left our warm jackets in Rexburg.... that is 2 1/2 hours away from where we live.... Good thing though is that we are going to Idaho Falls this week for a Sisters Conference so we do not have to be too cold for too long.

On Wednesday we decided that we needed to fast for a stronger testimony of Joseph Smith and to be able to find those who need to learn about him. On that day we were trying to find a family (we do not know where they live) so we decided to pray and look at the map and go to a street that we felt inspired to go to. We went to that street and started to knock on houses that we felt like the spirit wanted us to knock on. After knocking on 3 houses we saw a man outside of his house so we decided to go talk to him. We learned that his brother is a convert to the church and that he does not believe that the Book of Mormon is necessary. We then started to teach and discuss with him about the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. It was amazing because both of us were able to testify boldly of Joseph Smith to him and feel the spirit so strong! My testimony of Joseph Smith grew so much during that conversation with him! Even though he was anti towards the church and he was not too open to it, he still let us give him a Book of Mormon. Another miracle we saw with him is that while we were talking with him we realized that his convert brother is in one of our wards, and that we were going over to his house that night for dinner with him and his family. We have never been able to have dinner with them before! It was all meant to be!

We were able to see many more mini miracles this week. I will just name a few. There is a couple that we were able to start teaching this week and they seem ready for the gospel. They were taught a year ago and from what we heard they are a lot different now than they were. The Lord is always working with people to help them along the path! Another one we saw is that Heavenly Father is always guiding our path. We were with a recent convert and we were walking down this road and someone pulls over because they know her and we actually have been trying to meet the lady that pulled over for the past few days! It was awesome!

I know that I am able to be apart of God's work on the earth. Just like it says in Moses 1:39 

39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

I am so grateful for my time as a missionary. It is the hardest thing I have ever done but it is the most rewarding and the most promising thing I have ever done! I love you all! I hope you have a great week! Share the gospel with everyone around you! Let them know that there is a way to lasting joy and happiness through our Savior Jesus Christ!

Love,

Sister Lacey

Hey family!!

Penny

I hope everyone has had a great week! So I am not sure if I told everyone but I went on exchanges last week with another greenie and I am glad to report that we survived!! It was a little stressful and we missed our trainers but it went well!

This week we did a lot of door contacting because we need more people to teach! We have one really good progressing family and that is it. We are so grateful for that family but we know that there are plenty more out there to teach and we are just looking for them!

With door contacting we do run into people who do not like missionaries very much but that is ok! We need to give everyone the chance to hear the gospel and at least we gave them a chance!

My companion and I are also trying to follow the spirit a lot more when we are driving around town. Our District Leader taught us this week that if we are worthy of the Holy Ghost then our first thought is from Him! So we have been trying that this week! We will just be driving and the spirit will tell one of us to stop and we do and we found some potential investigators that way!

Morgan and I wanted to study this week more about the Savior and His life and I love it so much! I love this one scripture and I want to share it with you guys! 2 Nephi 26:12-13

12 And as I spake concerning the convincing of the Jews, that Jesus is the very Christ, it must needs be that the Gentiles be convinced also that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God;

13 And that he manifesteth himself unto all those who believe in him, by the power of the Holy Ghost; yea, unto every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, working mighty miracles, signs, and wonders, among the children of men according to their faith.

I am so grateful for the scriptures and all that they teach us! I know that they are the word of God and I know that Joseph Smith was called of God to translate the Book of Mormon!

I love you all so much! I hope you have a great week!

Love,

Sister Lacey