Week 69: We Are the Architects of Our Own Happiness

This week was yet again a super busy week with exchanges and appointments, traveling and of course, AWESOME missionary work. I love missionary work. And there are sooo many forms of missionary work. We seriously are so blessed to be members of the restored church of Jesus Christ. I have no doubt that Heavenly Father loves us. No doubt.

I was pretty much the whole week out of Utrecht on exchanges and I thought it was AWESOME! It's sometimes tiring but it's ALWAYS rewarding. Haha I was able to work with SISTER BROPHYon Wednesday AND Thursday because our greenies (sister Lemich, Sister Maughan and sister Jensen) had to go down to Brussels for legal stuff. And so Wedensday I was with sister Brophy and it was the best thing. I love working with her. Even though we knocked doors almost the whole day, we still had a blast! We were even able to find a couple of good potentials for them which was great! I always feel better when I leave a city and they have at least one new potential. We aslo got Chinese for dinner because that exchange was our for sure last exchange together..crazy. We can't believe that the time is going by so quickly. It was a great way to look back on all of the fun experiences and blessings we received from Heavenly Father throughout our missions. So we worked hard in Breda! On Thursday sister Reeder jointed us and we also had another great day of contacting! We even gave an almost lesson to this lady at her door. It was way cool. And we used the gift of tongues and understood what an Arabic person was saying haha ;)

We had a wonderful first lesson with a new investigator, Fatmata, on Friday and we are excited to teach her! (: She is from Africa..somewhere. haha And after her lesson we were planning on going to visit another potential and then we got a text from a member telling us that his wife needed help at the church for the wedding reception and wanted to see if we could go. We decided that supporting the members was more important so we headed to the church. MIRACLE. She was so stressed but once we got there, we worked hard and got everything done WAY before it needed to be. She was soooo grateful and she even was offering to come on joint teach with us if we ever needed someone. Seriously a blessing. Then she continued to tell more members what had happened and they were all so happy. It goes to show that just the little things can make a huge difference. Turning outward and helping others is always the right way to go.

I wanna talk about this great talk I read this week! And I read it a month or so ago so sorry if I already talked about it but it seriously is amazing. It's call "we are architects of our own happiness" by Gerald J. Causse CES fireside and sadly I just looked at the time and I have to get off but I hope you guys can get the chance to read it! haha

"..Your happiness is not really the result of the circumstances of your life. It is more the result of your spiritual vision and the principles upon which you base your life. These principles will bring you happiness regardless of the unexpected challenges and surprises you will inevitably face during your journeys here on earth."

Love you all!!! MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!! Next monday is TURKEY BOWL and we are going to have a blast! :) LOVESSSSSS

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