just so you know, its cold now! ok its not that cold, but the cold has begun!!! and the snow has begun! and it will continue! haha and im already cold! but i should probably get over it. i should probably tell you all that i have been doing but i just am not really feeling like rushing and stressing out about it :) so i am going to print all of your emails like last time.... hope thats ok! but thank you all for writing me! i am looking forward to reading them in a very slow enjoyable manner later on today. :) hope thats ok!
went to Finland! it was fun! and cool and clean. The Temple was incredible and amazing. I love it so much. it helps me remember everything that i am here for. we also went to the island and just had a whole bunch of fun but came back even more tired that we went of course! its bad
there were three baptisms this week! it was incredible! and each brought a friend or family member to come and watch! such good missionaries. all of which had good conversations. a mom and son got baptized and the elders are now teaching the dad! how great is that right!?!
president has still continued to make small but good changes to our mission to make sure we are the most obedient to all the prophet has said! sometimes the rules are annoying but we have all seen the blessings that come from it as we try to do all the nit picky things .
the quote from today the chocolate one was said as my companion began to explain how good the finnish chocolate was that i brought home. i told her that that was intense, and that was the response ;) haha
i didn't get a transfer, me and sister djurich will be here again together. we are gong to try to pretend to start all over .....kinda because we have to haha but we are pretending that it was our choice
i studied knowledge this week. i liked it a lot. i went through and asked why we need it, how we get it, and made sections for how its an attribute of God and how when we recieve knowledge we need to still be wise in the Lord. and then i went and found scriptures for all of those and studied it in all my books. i learned a lot while studying knowledge haha funny..... pretty much the gist is that you can't be saved with out it! and you learn ALL knowledge by the spirit and by faith and when we get it we are becoming more like God. But the more we recieve the more we need to realize we know nothing and rely on God to learn more. its a big circle. my favore scripture i found was Doctrine and Covenants 76:5-10. very cool. READ IT!
i also read today in Helaman 4 and 5 about relying on God. not on our own strength. I think this is what Heavenly Father is trying to teach me right now. The nephites thought that they coud do it all on their own so the Lord decided to let them try. and they failed miserably! its the same with us. or i guess with me. i think i do it all on my own or something and i can't. for real. its impossible. but as we turn to Him we will no longer just be fighting as man to man, we will have HIS power. my time is running out. sorry! lame email!
I love you!
Sister Trottier
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