Hi, y'all!
We've been so blessed this week with new opportunities!
Betsy is doing great! She enjoyed her first time at church and is anxiously engaged in our lessons. She agrees with everything we have taught so far, including the law of chastity and the Word of Wisdom. Everything makes sense to her, and her progress is amazing. During our lesson on Saturday, we forgot to start out by following up with her on her reading. While we were teaching, she applied what she had read in Helaman to what we taught about pray, studying the scriptures, and attending church. She's just so INCREDIBLE! Pray that she will be able to continue to progress and that she'll be ready for baptism. We're hoping that she'll be willing and ready to move up her baptismal date to this month. We think she'll be ready!
Amiee is doing really well! Sadly, she was pretty sick this week, so we weren't able to see her. We communicated through Messenger, and when we checked up on her reading, she said "What I have read, I love. It's simple and makes sense. P.S. Joseph Smith is AWESOME! I believe!" We were ecstatic! We invited her to watch "Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration" while she's sick in bed, and she committed to watch it. We love seeing how this is all coming together for her. She has been deeply confused about which religion is true, distraught about what some religions preach, and discouraged about not having conviction in one. We know that she has been prepared to accept the restored gospel of Jesus Christ through her experiences. Although she has been struggling with disbelief, the simplicity and truthfulness of our message is bringing her the happiness and clarity that she's been searching for throughout her life.
We had a cool experience playing basketball with two teenagers, Devon and Jacob. I use the word "playing" very loosely here. We had been trained on different ways to find people, and playing basketball with people was one way that missionaries have been successful. Go figure! So we played with these little fellas in the rain and taught them about the plan of salvation. It was so great! But my basketball skills weren't.
I have started the Book of Mormon this week, and this time I am really diving into it. I was reading in 1 Nephi 1:20about the tender mercies of the Lord. Elder Bednar said this about tender mercies. "The Lord's tender mercies are very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving-kindnesses, consolation, support, and spiritual gifts which we receive from and because of and through the Lord Jesus Christ."
I invite you all to look for the tender mercies in your own lives and as you read in the Book of Mormon. "The Lord's tender mercies do not occur randomly or merely by coincidence. Faithfulness, obedience, and humility invite tender mercies into our lives, and it is often the Lord's timing that enables us to recognize and treasure these important blessings."
Hearts & Horses,
Hermana Boyson
Derby week! Some of the Sisters in our zone at Zone Conference.
After we played basketball with Devon and Jacob, we felt like Utes basketball players ⛹ 🏀
We tried to prank the Elders on Cince de Mayo by telling them they had to dress up or they would offend our Hispanic members. They caught on, so we left them a dead snake and Revelation 12:9. 🐍😏
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