Hello everyone!
This week was incredible! Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, Elder S. Gifford Nielsen, Sister Rebecca L. Craven, and Bishop L. Todd Budge came to Colorado to visit our mission and speak to us!! All of the missionaries serving out west took a long bus ride so we could have the entire mission together. We had some Sisters staying with us in our apartment which was super fun! They arrived on Thursday evening and spent that night with us, then we all worked on Friday and had a mission dinner and devotional Friday night. It was so fun to have everyone together! During the devotional, the choir I put together sang an arrangement of "I know that My Redeemer Lives" and it went really well!
Then on Saturday morning, we had the opportunity to hear all of the general authorities that I mentioned speak to us and it was SO AMAZING! Elder Holland talked a lot about becoming personally converted and how that continues after our missions and for our whole lives. He talked about how his mission changed his life and he told us to cherish every moment we have as missionaries because we'll never be able to do this again. At one point, he pounded his fist down and said loudly, "Go astonish someone!" because he had been showing us examples in the scriptures of missionaries who taught with power and authority and how those they taught are always astonished. He wants us to shake the earth and create a spiritual earthquake every day of our missions. It was just such a cool experience and the Spirit was super strong!! Also, while we were waiting for the general authorities to arrive, we sang some hymns together as a mission which was so powerful!
We definitely had an earthquake yesterday because our friend Myah that we just started teaching this week came to church and loved it! She told us she's excited to keep coming to activities, lessons, and church which was so good to hear!
Another cool thing is that someone came up to us at Walmart this morning and apparently he was taught by missionaries in the past and has friends that are on missions! We got his contact info so we'll see what happens.
We also had exchanges this week and it we are both trios so I was with 2 different companions, Sister Carter and Sister Campa here in the Belleview YSA area.
We haven't gotten the pictures with our whole mission and Elder Holland back yet so I'll hopefully send those next week!
Love, Sister Young
Pictures:
1. All of our sisters in the Highlands Ranch Zone
2-4. Me with Sister Syme and Sister Wallin
5. Exchanges with Sister Campa and Sister Carter
6. Some Sisters after the meeting with Elder Holland
