#BecauseHeLives

Well here we are again. This week has been really good. Especially with Easter :) We had a fun p-day last week. We did a 5K as couple zones because our mission is getting fat...haha. However, my comp has bad asthma so we had to leave to get her inhaler and mostly walked...and we may or may have not finished. haha. Anyway needless to say, I need to get back in shape. Then we had a fun activity later in the day just having a picnic and coloring easter eggs. It was fun to relax and just chat with everyone. 

This week we taught quite a few members. The Elders Quorum President in one of the wards wants us to teach active members so they will know what they are inviting their friends to hear. So that has been really good and has helped us fill our schedule. We also taught a lady this week. She was already in our area book and what we heard about her was that she was a "social investigator" and not really interested in the gospel. She is from China so she doesn't really believe in God. So we went back to check on her and see if she read the Plan of Salvation pamphlet we had left. She said she could understand the words individually but had a hard time understanding what it meant as a whole. So we talked about how God is our Loving Heavenly Father and how he created the world for us because he loves us. We also talked about the pre-earth life and what the purpose of life is. It was a few points from two lessons, but it actually worked really well. We asked her to pray for herself to see if there really was a God and she even said the closing prayer! In her prayer she said that she wanted to give this a try and to find out for herself if he was really there. It was awesome :) I have such high hopes for her! 

This week I also found out that I am kind of related to the people I live with! So I found out that Sister P's maiden name is Child. So I told her I had a great, great, great, great, grandma with the last name of Child! Turns out, her line comes from Polly Ann Child's brother. So we share the same great, great, great, great, great grandparents. haha she was so excited. So that was fun :) 

This week we also went to the Easter Pageant with Sister P! We had a fun little girls' night. President wanted each of us to go and we couldn't find anyone to take so we all went together. It was really fun. I love Sister P. She is so funny. :) She is a great example of motherhood too. 

Easter Day was so fun too! The Easter Bunny visited us and we had dinner with the family we live with and a bunch of their family. I loved being able to watch Conference and to think about how much the gospel has blessed my life.

 Anyway I loved General Conference!!!!! It was so good! :) I don't even know which one of the talks was my favorite because there were so many good ones! One of the things that made me so sad, is when the people opposed the prophet and the apostles. If there is one thing I have such a STRONG testimony of, it's that the men who are apostles and prophets are called of God. I KNOW that President Monson is called of God. I've had the spirit witness that to me. I hope you all were able to have your questions answered by the spirit! Conference is such an amazing opportunity for us to learn and grown and find out personally what the Lord wants us to focus on and how we can improve. I can't wait to be able to re-read all the talks and study them more :) I hope that you are all able to gain testimonies of the prophet because that will help keep you on the straight and narrow throughout your entire life. So if you feel like you haven't received that witness, then ask! :) I promise that God will answer you because He loves you and wants you to be happy. The prophet is the Lord's spokesman here on Earth and when he speaks, it's as if God is speaking directly to YOU. And He IS. 

I love you all! Thanks for all the support. 

D&C 1:38