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Wow don't have tons of time but I have a pretty cool story for this week!

So I have been working a lot on faith and charity and how I can increase both. So i read Moroni 7 and wow it was so good! basically it says to have faith we need meekness and hope in the atonement. To have that hope we need meekness and charity. To have charity we need to pray for it with all the energy of heart and be a true follower of christ. As we become like Him we will be able to recognize Him and others who have the light of Christ in them! so super awesome!

Anyway we applied that in exchanges this week! I went into one of the areas for a couple days and what they wanted is a lot of new people to teach. So we prayed with faith and then went to work! it was so fun to see! we had one miracle where we had a lot of new appointments set up and they all said they were on their way and no one was showing up, and we lost the address and phone number of a really awesome lady who loves prayer. So we were like man what do we do. None of this is really in our control. So we knelt down and prayed. After we prayed one of the investigators in the other branch comes late to church and is like where do I sit? So we lead her over to some of the chairs in the back and right on the chair is the card with the lost phone number and address! Then as soon as we walk out of the chapel one of the girls who was supposed to meet us walks up! Miracle! they happen and it was awesome!

Also funny story! we started teaching this 18 year old girl and taught her about God. We read 1 Nephi 17:36 and said god loves you he created this beautiful world for you. Then she says "I know God loves me because he created beautiful men like elder ____!" Hahaha we just lost it! the focus was gone but she was still able to say a beautiful prayer and thank God for all the beautiful men in her life haha! so fun!

Okay thats all folks! have a wonderful week and keep on keepin on!

Love Sister Connell

Also if you see my dear mother tell her happy birthday
also so sorry I didn't get any pics this week so all of those who just look at pics im so sorry but me email is pretty good today so give it a read!

jk jk found some pics
zone conf with elder Meurs
district conference in HCMC



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