Sister Mitzi Gates // Week Twenty-Four

Conference was like the best thing that has ever happened to me.

Seriously it was like Christmas! We watched both sessions on Saturday

at the church. Then on Sunday we watched the first session at the

church, during the Sunday break the elders ordered pizza. Hahah they

called us the night before and was like hey! If we order pizza and pay

for it tonight so we don't break the sabbath do you guys want some? It

was so nice, and so funny! Haha then a member, sister Ingram had us

over for the last session and then we had dinner with her!

I LOVED that they talked about families being able to use Preach My

Gospel! I study that everyday and I learn something new every time.

Please do as the apostles have said, really take time each week to

really get familiar with it! It is such an amazing tool! If an 8 year

old can invite people to their church, then the least you can do is

open up Preach My Gospel and read it. I loved M. Russell Ballards

talk! Also I felt like a lot of the talks centered around being

grateful and keeping and remembering your covenants!

We are helping a family who has been married for 20 years and have 6

kids go to the temple this Saturday!! They are finally being sealed

together! We went over this week and I just wanted to scream for joy

because I am so happy for them! They said conference made them all so

excited too! Ah! They asked us to come... So I asked president, and he

said no because we are suppose to do the work for the living right

now. But that's okay! I'm still super excited for them!

Ah! So this week we had a great lesson with our investigator Joe. We

had a member come with us and they connected so well! We talked about

the assignment we gave him to read and we didn't even get to the

lesson! The spirit helped us for sure. It was so great! It feels good

to be teaching someone again!

I love being a missionary. I love being able to grow and learn from

trials. It's different out here because you actually have to rely on

The Lord to help you get through them, not just your parents! I love

you all! Use preach my gospel, remember your covenants, and be

grateful!!