Hey
everyone! 4/10/17
I hope
you had a great Palm Sunday yesterday. I never really understood what that
meant until today. I was so amazed when I went to study that I was in the exact
chapter of my reading in the Bible where it happened. In Matthew Ch. 20 Christ
speaks to his followers and then shares with them the fact that He will be
entering Jerusalem to face His death. One of the most amazing things to me of
the whole experience is that as Christ begins to travel he meets a blind man
who calls out to him to be healed.
I think in a time where we all could have been
caught up in our self-pity Christ reaches out and heals the man. One of my
favorite talks from the MTC is called the Character of Christ by Elder Bednar.
He explains that when we all would turn inward Christ turns out ward and looks
at how he can help others. So as we celebrate Christ triumphant return to
Jerusalem we can think of this amazing Love that has never been seen before. I
think Easter is the greatest time to be a missionary because many people truly
celebrate the remarkable gift Christ gave us. The Church has put out a new
Easter video called the Prince of Peace. It is a beautiful video that reminds
us of the great gift we have been given.
Two
of our friends are preparing for baptism this month. Tony's baptism will be the
week after Easter. He is so excited! He has been telling all of his family and
friends about it and they plan to join us for it.
Then the
following week Robin will be getting baptized. She has been investigating off
and on with the missionaries for 3 years now. The whole time she has been doing
studies on her own even if she hasn't been meeting with the missionaries. She
already has a visiting teaching companion and she sings in the ward choir. She
loves being a part of the ward.
Our
Friend Andy has a daughter on a mission and has been meeting with us for a
little while now too. He is hoping to get baptized soon as well. He has come a
long way.
This Sunday we had our friend Pin and her husband
come to church for our Easter program. We had just met her for the first time on Friday when we felt like we should stop at
her house. It was so cute all of a sudden the mail slot on the door opens
and Pin, in a very thick accent asked who was there. We talked with her through
the door and then she said she would be back. She came back and answered the
door with a big fluffy cat in her hands. She invited us right in and said she
is very excited to learn about Christ. She understood everything so well. As we
were leaving She asked us what our nicknames are and I said, " well my Dad
calls me cookie" she said okay I'll call you cookie and then sister Von
Savoye said well if she's cookie then I'm brownie. We went back the very next
day for our next lesson she said she told her husband to stay and meet
with cookie and brownie. She is so excited to meet with us and learn about
Christ.
It
was a great week! We had lots of rain and even a tornado we didn't know about
until after. After we heard about it we realized we were inside for a lesson
and studies when it happened.
Today we got to go on an adventure in old town Alexandria. We got lost on the metro twice which is super funny because we were only one stop away from where we needed to be. Haha! It was a good adventure. We ran into some members visiting for spring break and they took us to get ice cream. It was so sweet of them. They are from Alaska and North Carolina.
Today we got to go on an adventure in old town Alexandria. We got lost on the metro twice which is super funny because we were only one stop away from where we needed to be. Haha! It was a good adventure. We ran into some members visiting for spring break and they took us to get ice cream. It was so sweet of them. They are from Alaska and North Carolina.
I
hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Sister Goudy
Sister Goudy
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