Hi everyone!
It feels like spring! Haha, it pretty much is always warm, but it does kinda feel more like spring. There are different plants blooming and such. Hibiscus is year round pretty much, but there's some other flowers that bloom now and they smell awesome!
Tiffiny is doing well! She's been getting involved with a lot of stuff in the YSA and she's been enjoying it. We've been working with some less actives and also always finding people to teach. We have some good lessons this week coming up!
I'm getting excited for conference! Can't believe it's coming up so soon! It'll be here before we know it! I'm trying to finish reading all the conference talks from last conference nice before April. I have about 15 left!
We had a zone conference last week and talked a lot about teaching repentance and also teaching with the scriptures. It was good! There's always more to learn and it always goes back to deepening our understanding of the basics of the gospel. :)
Me, Sister Anderson and Sister Na'a
Sarasota Zone!
Cupcakes the young women made for us! So sweet of them!
Service!
Here are a few things that I liked from this last week. :)
Favorite Talks:
"Days Never to Be Forgotten" President Thomas S. Monson - October 1990 General Conference (Such a tender mercy - he talks about my great-great-great-grandfather Archibald Gardner and his conversion- it was a reminder to me that the Lord is aware of me and that there are so many who have gone before to show an example of faithfulness)
"When You Save a Girl, You Save Generations" Mary N. Cook - April 2013 General Conference
Blog Article on LDS.org "You're Not Messing Up God's Plan for You"
Favorite Scriptures:
2 Nephi 9 - the whole thing! V.20 "For he knoweth ALL things, and there is not anything save he knows it." V. 26 "For the Atonement satisfies the demands of his justice..." Just read it all! :)
Genesis 22:1-19 - Abraham was willing to give up EVERYTHING, even his precious son because God asked him to. Such an example to me of being willing to sacrifice everything out of love for God.
"How can you increase in your discipleship? I have an invitation for you that will help--it's an assignment, actually--if you choose to accept it. Commence tonight to consecrate a portion of your time each week to studying everything Jesus said and did as recorded in the Old Testament, for He is the Jehovah of the Old Testament. Study His laws as recorded in the New Testament, for He is its Christ. Study His doctrine as recorded in the Book of Mormon, for there is no book of scripture in which His mission and His ministry are more clearly revealed. And study His words as recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants, for He continues to teach His people in this dispensation. This may seem like a large assignment, but I encourage you to accept it. If you proceed to learn all you can about Jesus Christ, I promise you that your love for Him, and for God's laws, will grow beyond what you currently imagine. I promise you also that your ability to turn away from sin will increase. Your desire to keep the commandments will soar. You will find yourself better able to walk away from the entertainment and entanglements of those who mock the followers of Jesus Christ." President Nelson "Prophets, Leadership and Divine Law" January 2017 Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults
If you haven't had a chance to watch, listen to or read that Devotional I'd encourage you to do it!
Love you all!! Have an awesome week and spread the love!
Sister Gessel
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