One less active, two less active, red trees, blue frost

Hey pals!!

 First of all I want to thank you for taking the time to read through
my crazy thoughts and words. I am grateful for your time and support!
I hope I can bring you some inspiration, and if not some laughs are
sufficient! 😬

This week was the week I learned a valuable lesson about doing things
that you don't really like to do. For me that is knocking doors. I
kinda hate it. But this week, I did it and I actually enjoyed it! Yes
you read right, it is somehow possible to enjoy knocking on someone's
door and them staring at you awkwardly. The reason I did was because I
knew it was what Heavenly Father wanted and needed me to do. Because
of it we met someone who was interested!! Funny how that works out😉

We set a goal to see 5 less actives this week and we saw....
Drumroll... 7!!! Wow we were so blessed! We are working really hard on
getting people to the temple for the ward trip in November. I know
what amazing blessing come from it, and I know that it is an amazing
product of living this wonderful gospel, that and a hundred fold more!

We taught Shane again this week,  and we were able to set a baptismal
date with hi for November 14th! He keeps sharing all these expenses
about how the gospel has already brought him so much more peace in his
life, and he's excited to have that constantly through the power of
the Holy Ghost! We hope that he will continue to turn to the lord in
prayer as he learns more and more about the gospel. So that he can
know with a surety that this is the true church of Jesus Christ. Once
we gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith, then
everything else falls into place.

We got to teach Mary again last night and I think we were actually
able to get through to her! We watched "Finding Faith in Christ" and
talked about her progression. She said that we have helped her more
than most missionaries have in the past. She is really just struggling
with putting her trust in the savior, and really praying with intent.
She was really pondering when we left, so she will hopefully say some
heartfelt prayers!

We will hopefully teach the Silva- Morse family again soon! We are
hoping to use the "Stop Smoking in a Week" workshop, that we just
found! It looks pretty effective! We also hope to use it with Lance.
He is really struggling with worthiness. He feels like he has way too
much repenting to do, and that he can never really be redeemed. I know
that's not true!! As Sister Marriott said " When we offer our broken
heart to Jesus Christ, He accepts our offering. He takes us back. No
matter what losses, wounds, and rejection we have suffered, His grace
and healing are mightier than all. Truly yoked to the Savior, we can
say with confidence, 'It will all work out.'" I truly know in my heart
without a doubt that the savior can a will redeem us all,  and we can
find rest in his infinite atonement. What a blessing it is to be a
missionary and she the atonement work in other's lives. And of course
on my own. I am in no way perfect, but I know that through the
atonement I have the capability to always improve. And when I stumble
or fail the savior will be there to comfort and sustain me.

Keep warm! Oh wait... It's probably way warmer where you are!! It's in
the 20's here though.. 😢❄️❄️
Well remember that I love you all!! I hope and pray that you see hoe
much the Savior and our father in heaven loves you as well. Because
that is what can help us in every aspect of our lives😊😊😊
Farewell and good luck in all your endeavors! I'd love to hear about
how all of you are doing!!!
Love love love,
Sister L

Sinclair, Sheep, Shane, SHenanigans and the Spirit

Hello all you incredible people you! Wow this week has been crazy cool let me tell you! The Lord is so good
to me and my companion, we have been blessed to see many miracles and beautiful growth here in beautiful Vermont!

First of all, we got to meet Shane! He was the one who called us last week and just said he wanted to set something up!! He is about 22 ish and a student at the college here. We taught him the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and Aitanna, a less active member, was there as well! He has already begun reading the Book of Mormon and has seen the blessings therein! He has also found answers to his prayers as he has prayed more often and with that real intent. He has accepting the commitment to be baptized. He is so excited to find constant peace in his life through the Atonement of Christ. I am so excited to help him to see all the ways the gospel can bless him and give him guidance.

Aaron, Morgana and their son Anthony hit a little speed bump this week. They posted on Facebook how excited they were about baptism, and their family gave them some anti Mormon literature in return. They still met with us, and they seemed like they didn't really believe it but we were still able to talk it through with them, and they are still reading and praying about everything! They actually sent us a way sweet text a few days later thanking us for being genuine in caring about them, and for bringing the gospel into their life,  and are grateful for all the blessings they have seen! I am so excited to see this family continue on their journey to be sealed as a family!
They are such wonderful parents and people, they are so ready for the gospel and all the blessings there!!

This week was also pretty full of meetings! We had interviews with the mission president, zone meeting, and stake conference! It was crazy busy, but I received so much revelation through our powerful leaders! At Zone Meeting, we talked about how to reach our goal of rescuing (bringing back less actives or baptizing converts) 170 more people in our stake boundaries! Wow crazy goal huh?! But you could really tell that the Zone leader and Sister training leader knew we could do it, and I know we can do it! In our area, we need to baptize 3 more people and rescue 15 less actives! So as many prayers you can give we need 'Em! I know that we can only reach his goal by wholly relying on the Lord and the enabling power of the atonement !! We receiving counsel on this from our stake president and an area Seventy Paul Sinclair. They talked about how the missionaries and the members need each other to reach this goal. The put a big emphasis in doing all that is in our power and truly pushing ourselves. But we also have to remember that the results are in Gods hands, we can only do our very best and wait for his arm to be revealed. I am so excited to be apart of something so incredible!!

I  hope all is going well in all of your different activities! Just remember that you are a child of God!! Something I thought about this week is prayer. He wants to hear from you ! I know that prayer is so powerful, and we can truly ask for anything er stand in need of. It is a humble act, and we show our love for the Father as we tell him the desires of our heart! He will answer your prayers, I know it! Check out Alma 34:17-28 in the Book of Mormon!!
I leave you with my love and pictures of my shenanigans !!

Sister L

                                                                   making apple cider!

First exchange in Montpelier with Sister Gillies

Sister Bishop

 Sheep in someones's front yard

Us and Sister Baker and the

foreign exchange student from Germany we taught, Jonas!