Hola mis amigos!!!!
How's everyone doing this week? Did you all have an amazing
time at conference? What talks stood out to you? My favorite was...conference. Conference was
my favorite. haha They're all so good how do you just pick one? I loved
President Monson's talk from Sunday morning though, I've definitely picked out
some awesome quotes to live by from that. Shall I falter or shall I finish? I
hope we all have the strength to stand strong and not bend under the pressures
of the world. STAND. That's my favorite word of the week. (If you write Sister Albright a letter, how many times can you use the word 'stand'?)
Did you all hear the call for member missionaries? Those are
what we like to call M to the third power!!!! (and the math geek in Heidi comes out!!) Member missionary moments are the
best!!!! Because they are the most powerful. Wondering how you can be a
better member missionary? Talk to the missionaries! They can help! heehee,
referance from last conference. Seriously though, there are so many simple
ways. Bear your testimony or post an inspirational video on facebook. Get a
list of the less active members, and bring them a little treat to help them
feel more loved. Talk to your friends about the gospel! Invite them to a family
home evening, or to an activity. Or better yet, invite them to church! Tell
them about the blessings you've recieved and invite them to come and feel of
the Savior's love too. I know that you will be blessed as you follow the
prophet's counsel to reach out to others and help bring them the blessings of
the gospel.
So we set up an English projection of conference in the chapel YAY! I got to hear it in English! and then put up another projector in
Spanish in the relief society room. There were definitely some occasional
problems with the technology, (technology never works when you want it to) but it all worked out well. And two of our
investigators came!!!! So exciting!
And in other news, I am leaving
Hopewell!!!! Whoo!!! Whoever the new missionaries coming here are so lucky! I
have no idea where I'm going or what's going on yet, only that we're leaving
and Hopewell will continue to have amazing missionaries. So I'm off on another
adventure in another area! More news to come next week. Stay tuned!
Also, in between the saturday night and priesthood sessions, we
had a baptism! A family of four that the hermanas in the northern area of our
ward had been teaching. And I was asked to be the pianista, with a day's
notice! GAH! It was very stressful, but very rewarding. Shout out to Andrea for
being the best piano teacher ever and making sure I knew all the things I need
to know! The hermanas were doing a musical number and wanted me to change it to
a lower key, so I ended up just rewriting the music (she's a stud) to How Great Thou Art the
night before the baptism. We practiced it once together before. Not going
to lie, I definitely made some mistakes and throughout the performance I was
just feeling terribly about it all. But at the end I looked up, and the whole
family was crying. I felt so blessed to have been even in a small way, a part
that helped them feel the Spirit on their special day. I'm so excited for them
and the wonderful journey that they are embarking on!
I hope you all have an amazing week as you start living the
messages we learned from our beloved leaders. Good luck with everything!
A Dios,
Hermana
Albright
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