Hey Mom and Dad,
This week went by very fast. We did so many things this week. We went into Sofia for my passport work and then on Wednesday we had zone conference in Plovdiv. We had some lessons and then we had a fun night for the young single adults. On Sunday, we were able to continue watching this Sunday sessions of General Conference.
Zone conference was great this week! I learned so many new things. We started of zone conference with learning about how to work with church leaders. This was a very important subject to talk about. We were taught by the assistants to the president (Elder Adams and Elder Hammond). We had a great group discussion of how we can really work with the church leaders and gain a good relationship with them. We have many new members in the church here in Bulgaria, which is exciting! However, we know that the new members need a calling right away! I don't know why, but sometimes the leaders here are a little reluctant to give them callings. We talked about how we can help encourage our leaders to give everyone callings.
We then learned some great things from Sister Wilstead. She taught us about "The Role of Angels." We learned many things about how we can recognize angels in our lives. We learned that angels comfort, protect, and strengthen us. I loved this lesson from Sister Wilstead. It taught me that even when I have moments when I feel alone, I am not. I always have my Heavenly Father and his angels all the time.
Then we were able to be taught by President Wilstead. He started off ny saying he had a great and important scripture to share with us. He said it was Luke 17:32 which reads, "Remember Lot's wife." After we read it we were all a bit confused. He explained that this statement is very significant. When we think about the history of Lot and his family and how they were told to leave all that they had. They left, but as they were just about to get out of sight of the city, Lot's wife turned and looked and turned into a pillar of salt. It's not the fact that Lot's wife looked back, it's the fact that she wanted all the things she had left.
President Wilstead related that to our mission. We are doing so great in our mission right now, we need to remember to stay focused and keep going!
Overall, zone conference was amazing. I learned many things that I want to remember for my whole life.
Our young single adult fun night was great. We had many investigators there playing games with us. It is a great way to get the members and investigators together and socializing.
I love General conference. I am not quite sure if I can pin point a favorite...but I really like Neil L. Andersons talk on Sunday morning. He talked about missionary work and how we all should be missionaries! I am glad that Dad got challenged to give away a Book of Mormon. We gave that challenge out to the branch here a few weeks ago. It has been great hearing the stories of the brave members sharing their testimonies to their friends and essentially giving them salvation. Sharing the gospel to others is the best service one can give.
We had some lessons this week. We had an interesting lesson with a woman. Everything went very well. Then after the lesson our branch president told us that the woman we met with has been around the church here and there for about 10 years...and that she had been dating a spy to spy on the church about 5 years ago or something.... very weird and interesting the people you can come in contact with on a daily basis here.
My companion, Sister Wild and I are working diligently to find more people to teach and learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ. Things are great. Life is amazing.
I hope you all have a great week. I love you all very much. Keep reading your scriptures!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
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