11.16.20: Because My Mom Says I Am

 ^a good enough reason for me

This week was the primary program at church and one kid said "I'm a child of God bc my mom says I am" . It was so funny. 

Vivienne! She just moved into our ward but she is originally from Guyana! She is the coolest lady you will ever meet and she told us that she was praying with her friends to find the truth and a few weeks later some missionaries went to her friend's house and they all got baptized after a few months! She has been a member of the church for 27 years now. 

This week at Joe's farm we just dug up carrots for 3 hours and our hands got so dirty and stained but it was 75 degrees and it was SO nice! Right now it is literally 35 degrees (,: 

Ganel-lyn Condie (an lds author/speaker) spoke to us and she said some really cool things about self worth. One part of her talk was about judgement and she said usually we judge people for things that we are uncomfortable about ourselves. It's so crazy but we all do it! We have to learn to be humble and that is an attribute of Christ. She said  "Jesus was boldly humble" meaning that he definitely stood up for what he knew was right, but at the same time he wasn't judging others or being obnoxious (oops gotta work on that). 

Grateful: Jesus, 75 degrees in November, a comp who likes to run (thanks Simp), a member who always brings us food on Sunday! She is the BEST 

"Nothing is going to startle us more when we pass through the veil to the other side than to realize how well we know our Father and how familiar His face is to us." 

^I thought this was so cool and it comes from this talk:

tchau tchau,
sis b

Pics: farm hands + district bowling outing ;)




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