Hello everyone! This week has been pretty good. We went on splits with members for the first time in my mission! We went contacting but we couldn't find anyone to teach, but that's all right, they were still happy to help out. We're really trying to work with the members. We know if we work with the members they will gain our trust, be excited to do missionary work, and work ourselves will increase so much. We're really excited to work with the members. It's just... we don't have any investigators teach that they could fellowship. So that's our focus this week, finding people that want to hear our message! We have PLD this week so it'll be a little hard to find lots of time, but it'll be awesome! We're so excited for this week!
Something touched my heart yesterday at church. So the past little while I've been a little down because none of our investigators or less active members have been coming to church. But yesterday a less-active couple came in during the middle of sacrament and snuck onto one of the benches. We were super excited. And one sacrament meeting was over, we learned that the whole ward was too! Many of the members came up to them and shook their hands and hugged them and visited with them. It was the coolest thing ever. I could see the love the ward had for these two struggling members. I'm so glad people cared enough to talk to them and welcome them back to church. It made my day :) I've also been hearing many of the terrible things happening in the world lately. The world right now is pretty messed up and there's so much darkness and suffering. I've been thinking a lot about this lately, and I've decided that even though there is a lot of contention and hurt and suffering in the world right now, we can still make a difference. We can still be a light in the darkness. We can still make a difference, even when what lays ahead of us is so big. I know when each of us do the little things, we can brighten up the world, little by little. A smile, a compliment, a genuine act of kindness, can bring even the darkest days into the sunlight. Go out and make a difference! Sister Stringham
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AuthorHOLLEY STRINGHAM: Salt Lake City, born and raised; returned missionary from the Indonesia Jakarta Mission.; a simple folk aimed on changing the world Archives
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