Today is my mission "birthday" so I've been out for 2 months now! Time is going by so fast, it's crazy! This week our ward mission leader gave sister gonzalez and I and the elders a challenge. We each have 44 families in second ward to visit and give a 15 minute lesson to help them with the Stake missionary goals. It's a competition against the elders and of course we won for this week! So now we get to eat an orea blizzard in front of them :) hahah The lesson that we taught the members is about The Light of Christ. Each one of us have the light of Christ whether we are a member or not, we are born with it! The light of Christ is also not the Holy Ghost, but it's an influence. It's being an example and using those Christ like attributes and helping others. That's how we can all be a missionary!
On Saturday we visited Susan (I realized it's spelt like this and not Suzzane, whoops! haha). We had brought her flowers for mother's day since her kids don't really talk to her anymore and she's been so sweet to us. The look on her face was priceless. She was so beyond happy. It made me so happy to see her smile! Susan said the minute before we knocked on her door she was just thinking how her kids don't talk to her and how it's hard, especially with mother's day the next day. I just love serving others!
I experienced being in my first blizzard!!! This Canadian weather is ridiculous haha one day it was sunny and then it started getting cloudy then started to rain, then pour, then snow, and then it REALLLLLY started to snow and I learned I was outside in a blizzard hahah I'm just grateful to not be in that Arizona heat right now! :)
On Thursday night I was able to go to a fireside where they had this boy band, Beyond 5. Four out of five of them are LDS and they sang a bunch of hymns and gave great messages. It was a great spiritual boost that's for sure!! And the bonus was they were all super cute ;) hahah and sister gonzalaz and I were the only ones there that got to take a picture with them! Yeah we are pretty special ;) haha I just love music so much, especially when it brings the spirit. I love feeling the spirit!! And I love this gospel with all my heart :) '
Sunday night I got to Skype my family!! They are just the best! I love them with all my heart. I am so grateful to have such loving and supporting family. Since it was mother's day I want to give a shout out to my amazing mom :) I am so lucky to have such a loving, hardworking, dedicated, faithful, spiritual, funny (and a million more!) best friend and mom like you :) I love you so much!
I hope you all have a fantastic week! Don't forget to smile and remember how much your Heavenly Father and Savior love you :) I love you all!
Love,
Sister O'Dell
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