Wow, I don't know about you all but man, I just absolutely loved
Conference this weekend. It was so inspiring and wonderful! I loved
it! I think for once in my life I was grateful to be wearing a skirt and
not pjs during conference, because it just helped me focus and remember
where I was and who was speaking to us. But, I did manage to find a nice
comfy leather couch to relax in during conference, so that was luxury
:)
Man, something that really stood out to me this General Conference was the talk about turning to Christ. It was in the Saturday afternoon session I believe ... I can't remember who spoke because I left
all of my notes at home today .. my bad (haha). But anyways, I was
listening and it was talking about how Christ knows our pains and KNOWS
how to succor his children. For some reason I have heard that a
lot, but this time it really sank in. Sometimes I doubt my belief and
question how Christ could know every pain ... He never lost a child, He's
never been dumped, He's never failed a test, etc. BUT I KNOW that He felt the
pain of it; and because He felt the pain of everything that happens to
us, He knows EXACTLY how to help us and guide us back to Him. I
absolutely love that thought. There was a quick quote that I found that
I loved ... "If you have been tempted to murmur, if you have had doubts
that lead to unbelief, if trials seem more than you can bear, turn to
Him. If you are one who has turned away or rationalized your behavior,
turn to Him. Can you remember when He did 'speak peace to your mind ...?
What greater witness can you have than from God?' Ask yourself, 'Am I
as close to living like Christ now as I was before?' Please, TURN TO
HIM." - Elder James B. Martino of the Seventy.
I
feel like I could go on and on about every single talk, but then by the
end I would just be quoting General Conference again (haha). I seriously
encourage every single one of you who didn't get to watch conference
because of work, or you fell asleep :), or some other circumstance ... go and
listen to the talks you missed, even if it is just one a day. We have
such a privilege to listen to such wise counsel to help us in our
lives.
Well, on top of Conference, Sister
Nielson and I had a fantastic week full of adventure. One evening we
were at a member's house and it took us two hours to travel out to her,
and then she fed us an amazing Turkish pizza. It was fantastic! After
we were done, we started to head out to the bus and she wanted to walk
with us. Well, the bus goes every hour and it was 7:30pm
at night and we missed the bus ... (awkward, haha). So the member headed
home and we waited an hour for our next bus to come ... It finally came
and we headed to the train station. We got there at 9:30pm after being on a bus for an hour and totally missed our train, too ... (haha). So we had to wait at the train station till 10:27pm,
and then we finally were able to get home a half hour past curfew (haha). Oops ... but, we made it safely! My one regret is not wearing a warmer
jacket (haha). Winter is upon us!
Sister Nielson
opened our window the other day and there was a HUGE spider in the
window seal, so I hear her scream for me to come kill it! I came over
with a vacuum and hairspray ... gotta be prepared (haha). As I opened
the window and noticed the spider, it was long past dead. I told Sister
Nielson it was dead and asked why she was freaking out? Then she said, "No, there is another one that's alive, too!" Uh oh ... I couldn't
find it though. Oh well, Sister Nielson probably ate it in her sleep
or something (lol, jk) That would be terrible (haha).
Well,
there are a lot more adventures that we had this week, but my mind is a
blank at the moment ... sorry. I will sign off here, but I hope that
you all have a fantastic week!
Liebe Große
Sister Jordan Brown
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