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| Our missionary choir |
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| Our cute investigator Abbie is on date to be baptized in February! |
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| Sistah's in the zone (ft. my fave sister amezcua <3) |
It was an action packed
week full of laughs, crazy adventures, and of course, miracles. I could
probably write a novel about everything that happened but nobody wants to read
that (and "ain't nobody got time fo dat!") so here were some of the
highlights:
We got invited to sing
at the St. James African Methodist Church on Sunday for the Martin Luther King
celebration. I don't know if they were expecting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
when they asked the church to sing, but we threw something together! I don't think
I'll ever forget the service; it was quite the experience. There were enough of
amen's, hallelujah's, and "praise God"'s to last a lifetime. The AME
choir sang and it was just what you would imagine a classic southern black
gospel choir to be like - it was awesome!
Something really cool
about the whole experience was seeing the difference that the spirit brings.
Their service was exciting, dramatic, and it pumped everyone up, but as soon as
we started singing hymns the spirit came in with power. The spirit was so
strong it was almost tangible. For the first time in the program everyone was
still enough to feel the Holy Ghost. What a testimony builder.
We also got invited to
march in the MLK parade yesterday! We walked with big smiles and handed out
pass along cards and told everyone we loved them. It was such a cool way to
meet people and share the gospel.
Funniest quotes of the
week:
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"You don't have to
be locked up for heroin, you can get locked up for God's love. Heroin addicts
do heroin for a rush knowing it's bad and of the devil but God's love is a
beautiful rush - pure and good and natural. Nothing wrong with
that."
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"The bible was
written a long time ago - translated from pig latin."
My favorite piece of
advice I got this week was that if there is a trait that you don't have, act as
if you have it. Then you will gain that. And I know that is true! We don't need
to get down and out because of what we don't have. Our greatest creation is
ourselves. With God's help and through the power of the atonement we can become
something more. I am so thankful for this :)
I love y'all and will
keep praying for y'all :)
Sister Thomas
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| Sisters prepping for the parade |
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| We finally took a district pic |
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| We went exploring while we waited for a member to show up for a meal appointment |
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| Post-rocking out at the AME church service |
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| Happy Martin Luther King's birthday! |
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