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"Now Let Us Rejoice" - August 29, 2022

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  Oh my goodness! Family and Friends! This week was crazy! Tuesday was a great day! We had a great lesson with our friend Gabrielle! She has four super cute little girls! It was very loud and busy during our lesson but we ended up giving her a Book of Mormon! Later she messaged asking if we could meet again next week! We are super excited! Around 5 we had planned to go knock on a specific door that Sister Livingston really wanted to knock. We drove over and knocked it! A nice girl, a couple years older than Sister Livingston and I, came out! We asked if she would like to hear a message and she said she had 5 minutes (the pasta she was cooking was going to be finished in 5 minutes). She invited her husband to come out, too! They said their names were Paige and Preston. We bore testimony about the Book of Mormon and invited them to read it for themselves. They enjoyed the message and we set up another lesson for this Tuesday at 6:30! They walked inside and closed the door and we...

"Have I Done Any Good?" - August 22, 2022

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  It's a beautiful, rainy day here in Fairmont, West Virginia! Yup! I was transferred last week! I'm still serving in West Virginia, which is crazy! I've also been called as a Sister Training Leader! My new companion is Sister Livingston! She is absolutely amazing!!! I love her so much! We have had a lot of fun together! Fairmont is pretty different from Beckley. It feels a little older because of the big, historical buildings everywhere! The ward here is so nice! I've met a few of the members and I love them all so much already! I'm super excited to be here in Fairmont! It will be amazing!! I'm very grateful for the time I had in Beckley but I know that this is now where the Lord needs me to be! He is in control! Tuesday was a great day. We had a fun lesson with Teresa L! She has a jukebox! So... we spent a good chunk of time jamming out to some of the music she has on it, haha! It was a lot of fun! We talked about trials in our lives and how the Lord can make ...

"Wonderful Life" - August 15, 2022

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  Hey! It's Sister Francis! First, last night at 3 am our fire alarm went off! WHAT?! I've always been scared about that happening, but it wasn't too bad! We got up, turned it off, made sure it wasn't our CO alarm, heard some scuffleing on the back porch, called dispatch and waited for the policeman to come! We have absolutely no idea why the fire alarm went off! But we think someone may have been smoking outside. Maybe it's a far-fetched idea but we don't know what else it would have been! The police came and checked around our yard and everything. They didn't find anything but it helped Sister Holt and I feel a little safer. We went back to bed but didn't sleep much. What a wonderful life! We met a really nice lady named Armani on Tuesday! We were knocking some apartments and she was sitting outside. We asked if she would like to hear a message and she said yes! We shared the Restoration message with her and gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon. She w...

"The Miracle" - August 8, 2022

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 Well, hello, family and friends! This week was great! We had another amazing lesson with our friend Teresa this week! We'll call her Teresa 2, she's the one we found last week, haha! We shared the Restoration message with her and she cried when we talked about living, modern prophets. It was a wonderful, spirit-filled lesson! We invited her to read the Book of Mormon and pray about the things we had shared. She asked us some questions about things she had read online! We were able to clear up some of the confusion she had, haha! The best place to learn more about what we, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, believe is to either ask us directly or go to  churchofjesuschrist.org ! Later that day we had a wonderful lesson with a sweet member in the ward! She has been less active for some time. We asked who she could share the gospel with and she said her son, who lives with her! She said she could start by asking if they could pray before eating at mea...

"Build a Boat" - August 1, 2022

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 Hey family and friends! It has been a very wild week here in West Virginia! We met a very nice lady named Teresa this week!! We now have two friends named Teresa!! She was sitting on her front porch when we pulled up. We've talked with her a few times over the phone so she kinda knew who we were! She has some crazy cool stories to tell! The best part, though, was She believes there are different levels in Heaven! When she told us that, Sister Holt and I got soo excited!! We began teaching her the Plan of Salvation. She loved it! We invited her to pray about the things we taught and invited her to church! And she came!! It was so cool! We are meeting with her tomorrow for another lesson! Pray for Teresa!  Are y'all ready for a crazy story?! Here it goes. Friday started out normal. We got in our car around 8:15 to meet Katie for breakfast at IHOP because it was her birthday! Sister Holt got in the passenger side and asked why I had put some masks on her seat. I told her I hadn...