"Want to know if Joseph Smith saw God and Jesus Christ? Ask God, he was there!"

FUN FACT

 Another Sister that I am super close with shared this scripture with me... She said, "I have this theory that Heavenly Father hates that we have to be away from our loved ones while we serve and so... he speeds up time for us. Time doesn't make sense on the mission. Days feel like weeks and weeks feel like days." SO true. Then she shared this scripture with me and it is really cool it is Mark 13:20 "...for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days." I seriously think that he has! I can't believe that I have been out for 9 months. 

TEAM TEACHINGzzzzzzzzzzzzz

SO... it is no secret that I talk in my sleep... we all know that. And I am not going to lie. I REALLY wish that I had my Sleep Talk Recorder app here out in the mission field. Because I teach in my sleep ALL the time. And the other night I caught Sister Shell doing it too! I wonder if we team teach and like feed off of each other, like in a normal lesson. I am sure the spirit is there even in our sleep teaching haha. 

WEEKLY MEMORIAL SERVICE

."The Sacrament has taken on a whole new meaning to me since I have been out on my mission. Our district leader a few weeks ago had us all go into the chapel and sit and just feel the spirit and then we talked about the sacrament. He said, "Every Sunday we have a funeral service for the lord Jesus Christ. And each week, this chapel becomes a tomb for the body of Christ and we renew and remember the covenants that we have made with our savior."

And from good ol' Elder Holland he says regarding the sacrament, 

 "It is the wounded Christ who is the captain of our soul—he who yet bears the scars of sacrifice, the lesions of love and humility and forgiveness.

Those wounds are what he invites young and old, then and now, to step forward and see and feel (see 3 Ne. 11:15; 3 Ne. 18:25). Then we remember with Isaiah that it was for each of us that our Master was “despised and rejected … ; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief” (Isa. 53:3). All this we could remember when we are invited by a kneeling young priest to remember Christ always."

SO cool. In our ward we have Ford Rumsey give the sacrament prayer he usually does the water. But he has downs syndrome and the spirit is so strong when he gives it because he says it very slowly and you can focus on every single word that he is saying. It is really neat, it reminds me of how proud the Savior must be of Ford for trying so hard to say it perfectly and when he messes up, I just picture the Savior kneeling there with him. So neat.

ELIJAH!!!!

We had a huge part of Zone Conference that was all about using family history to help people be drawn to the church! It was really neat. Sister Shell is super good at it so we were excited when President told us that he wants us each to start taking one hour a week to do our own family history and get familiar with it so we can help others!

We went to the woodlands on Saturday to try to talk to people about family history, it was GORGEOUS out. The Woodlands Marathon had been earlier that morning and so they were taking everything down! I wish we would have known about it and we could have contacted there! Anyway, it was like 80 degrees it was SO hot. I had mini flashbacks to when I would tract with Sister Montierth in the scorching sun. Not fun. We talked to a cute old man named Pete about family history, and he was so cute. He actually went to Salt Lake City for 2 weeks so he could use the Family History Library that we have there. I don't think I really understood the importance of family history and how big of a deal it is until I came out on a mission. It is amazing. After we talked with Pete and a few other people about family history, we went and visited Ashley and helped her do some family history. That was fun, and we found a lot of stuff. She's only been a member since January 11th, so its been fun to literally start from scratch. From nothing and build up. So cool! 

TOMS AND RAIN DON'T MIX

Well I was on exchanges and it was pouring rain. Sister Christensen and I had to walk across this huge field and with every step I was like, "yuck yuck yuck!" She was like, "jump on my back!" I was like, "are you sure?!" And she was like, "yeah!" So I did and it was hilarious. Everyone at the mission office was looking out the windows laughing at us as we trudged across the grass haha I was laughing so hard, and we looked ridiculous. I was wearing a pencil skirt so it was not an easy task! It was pretty funny. She is such a riot. We had a good time... later we reenacted it so we could get a picture! She is so sweet. She picked me a flower so I put it with my nametag :)

Love this church! Love all of you!

Thank you for your support!

I found a quote that I loved this week its about consecration, this applies to missionary work, BUT it also applies to every other aspect of life! 

"Consecration is the only surrender that is also a victory!" 

Consecrate all you have to the lord and he will bless you in your endeavors!

Sorry this is so choppy! I am trying to hurry! :) 

xoxoxox

-Sister King

I saw Sister Montierth at Zone Conference! SO good to see her :)

And..... The Assistants are so busy that we have to make sure they are eating. So we call ourselves their "Mission Moms" So we left them this note in their car when they were in some meeting with President. We have pretty funny relationship with the assistants!

Sister Christensen and Me! (love her to pieces)

We just love Frank to pieces. He is trying to quit smoking so this was our conversation via text.... I laughed SO hard. 

He brought his little Sister and his cousin to church it was so cute. We sat by them and they loved it. They said it was much more interesting than catholic mass! I think they might come back!