So this week consisted of a ton of driving!
On Monday right before I went to bed, there was a huge spider by my bed. My fearless trainer, Sister Warren always protects her baby greenies and she killed it for me!
On Tuesday we headed down to our other area in Lander. We don't have our area book, so we haven't been able to meet anyone in our ward yet! We went around and found some volunteer opportunities!
On Wednesday we helped some members go through some food storage and take inventory. They had miniature horses and llamas. They let us pet them and feed them. One elder in our district, Elder Brand, even kissed one of the babies. Then the mother attacked it! I was in tears from laughing so hard.
On Thursday we went to Casper to do exchanges! I was with Sister Bertha! We share a love of Taylor Swift and Tiny hands so we had an awesome day! We visited a lot of people and invited them to watch conference. We also served breakfast for the Salvation Army which was super fun!
On Friday we had zone conference! Sister Bertha found a green binky at the church and she came up to me in front of the ladies serving lunch and said "Gish Gish, you forgot your binky!" It was so funny! I am the only greenie sister in the zone! Zone conference was wonderful though! The theme was "I can do hard things" Our mission counselor, Brother Jacob's, spoke to us. He told us some pretty amazing stories of hardship about his own life.
What I learned is that miracles never cease. "I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me." (Phillipines 4:13) I think too often we think of the atonement as something only needed for repentance, that we forget how enabling it is. Christ suffered for us so that we could succeed and be triumphant over our trials. After all, weren't Christ's most triumphant moments after some of his most trying? So don't be sad when you are faced with trials, but get on your knees and thank Heavenly Father because I promise a miracle is about to happen!
This week, I am especially thankful for living prophets and apostles! Wasn't General conference wonderful? I think the biggest thing I took away from conference is that we need to read the Book of Mormon. I know that when we fervently study the Book of Mormon, we strengthen our relationship with our Heaven Father and our Savior immensely! I can bear my witness that the Book of Mormon is true! I have come to appreciate and need it more on my mission than I ever have before in my life! It only strengthens my desire to want to share it with everybody!
I love you all so much!
Love,
Sister Anzie Mae Gish
Sister Gish loves the horses!
Sister Gish found Lil Sebastian!
Sister Gish rocking her Oklahoma shirt (that her favorite brother bought for her)!
Sister Gish and Sister Bertha volunteering for Salvation Army
Sister Gish hugging Lil Sebastian!
Elder Brand kissing the horse
Llama skull that Sister Gish and her companion found on the porch
Sister Gish and Sister Bertha love each other and baby hands!
Sister Gish feeding the llama
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