Hi
It has been another great week with lots to tell you all. Christmas is fast approaching. There are so many festivities going on that it is fun!!! I am still loving my area and my companion. We learn a lot from each other. I love her so much!
On Thursday we went to Christmas Zone Conference. It was wonderful. It went on all day but it was so good. We had missionaries from 3 stakes there. The stake presidents came and talked to us. One of them mentioned the scripture D&C 88:84. He said "I don't know how often we miss the angels." I know that there are angels all around us that we do not recognize. The same man told us that this life/mission is our change to be on the Lord's finest team.
Our stake president is actually from our ward, so I know him from church. He has a very strong testimony. He told us that our purpose was not to help people but to turn them to someone that could help them eternally.
The last stake president stake president said some really great things as well. The one I liked the best was "D&C:4 Not just a memory test but a way of living"
Sister Colton, the presidents wife, gave a great talk on the Touch of the Master's hand. She talked about the carpenter from Galilee and then gave all of us an ornament from the Holy Land. The ornament is made out of olive wood and is of the nativity! She also said "we are always changing, the test is to change for the better."
President Colton talked to us about reading the Book Of Mormon. The most touching part of his talk was the end. Every Christmas Eve he would play his harmonica for his children so that they would go to sleep. So once again for his children, his missionaries, he pulled out his harmonica and played for us Silent Night. I cried though the whole thing.
We then had the opportunity to bear our testimonies. I wanted to go up but there were so many missionaries that I couldn't get up. Here are some of the things that were said. One Elder talked about when people come home from war they are asked who they were fighting for? When we get home we want to be able to say we were fighting for the man next to us so that he might be able to return home to His Savior. Our Savior is also fighting for us because the worth of one soul is so great. Someone else said "To have a fullness of joy, we need to have a fullness of life." One elder recounted a story of seeing his brother come home from his mission. The first thing the brother did was say a prayer with his family. This elder was impressed that his brothers prayers had changed while on his mission. His brother said "my prayers haven't changed, I just realized who I was talking too."
An elder recited a poem about a mirror and then referred it to our own lives. We all have light in our lives. We need to be a mirror and reflect that light into dark places.
Another elder told us that he was a product of the BOM. I want the BOM to change my life and become the product of it as well.
The computer keeps kicking me off and I haven't know written this email three or four times. So I am going to hurry and pray that it doesn't do it again. Yesterday's church service was wonderful. I sang with the choir. They sang the Silent Night Cantata that my home ward has sung for years. Someone said in the meeting "Be someones Christmas gift by being Christlike." I really liked that.
We visited with a recent convert yesterday. She is having a lot of health problems. She said to us "Strength comes from experience." This is why we go through trials; so that we can have strength when the end of days come.
One of my dear friends in the North Port ward died yesterday night. She joined the church in June and soon there after was re diagnosed with breast cancer. This was her second time with the disease. She was a sweet dear lady and she will defiantly be missed. It is amazing to know that she had the gospel in her last months of life and this changed her whole outlook. She wasn't afraid to die because she knew the plan.
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!! Have a very merry Christmas. Let us all remember the true meaning of this Holiday Season!
Love
Sister Comte
P.S. We went to a boat parade this weekend. This is defiantly a Florida thing. People decorated their boats with lights and then go along the coast line with them. It was neat to see the palm trees, dolphins jumping over the boat, and Santa Shark. They don't have lights like these in Utah!
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
December 15th Email
Dear Family and Friends,
It has been another busy week for me here in Florida! Monday was my last day in North Port. For my last day we went to the Fisherman's village. It is down by a river and is a collection of souvenir stores. It was fun to see all the Christmas stuff!
After the little village my companion and I went to say goodbye to a few people. First off was the Cuevas Family. I have really grown close to this family so it was really hard to say goodbye. I cried my eyes out of course. Then we went and said goodbye to Pam Johnson. She was the first person I met in that ward but at the time I meet her she wasn't a member. She was baptized on September 6. She is now one of the strongest members down there. She is amazing!
Tuesday was transfer day. It was so hard to say goodbye to North Port and the sisters that I had grown close to down there. But as soon as I saw Sister Anderton my fears disappeared. She is my new companion. I love her so much. I served around her for the first three months of my mission and we went on exchanges once. We get along pretty well. I actually had a class with her at BYU (my DAP class).
Seminole is beautiful. You have to go over this really cool bridge to get here. It is kind of scary but neat at the same time. This city is very festive. It seems that everyone decorates for Christmas here.
Wednesday we taught a man who isn't really interested in the church but wants us to answer all of his questions. It is hard to know things out of the Bible. But I am managing. The spirit gives me all the things I need to say. We went that evening to a place where there are a lot of lights. Almost every house was focused on the nativity. You don't have to pay to go through but they do ask for donations to Hospice. It was well worth the dollar donation we gave them.
Friday night was the Christmas Party for this ward. I have never been to a party like this before. We helped frost cookies with the children. We share the ward with Elders and they helped make ornaments with the kids. They had two pinatas. And of course, Santa came. There are 750 members in this ward. It needs to be split but there is only really one logical way to split it and the one side does not have enough worthy Priesthood holders to run a ward. So for now it will stay the same. There were 10 turkeys made and 3 were left by the end. The food was amazing.
Before I came out one of my co-workers from Mail Services was moving out to Tampa for law school. He told me that him and his wife would feed me if I was ever in their ward. Sisters only have five areas to serve in so I knew that I would probably never serve in his area. At the party I saw him. He is in this ward. We had a really good time reminiscing about the good times at work. It was fun to see someone I know!
On Saturday we went down to North Port for Caitlin Ridgeway's baptism. I was so glad that we got a ride to go. We had to post pone her baptism because she was sick. It was a wonderful day though. The spirit was really strong. I gave a talk to the Holy Ghost. I thought it was good. Her mother was so happy that I was there. She is a really sweet girl. The missionaries that were there sang "Walk Tall, You're a daughter." I cried as I looked into the eyes of this daughter of God. She said thank you after we were done singing.
Yesterday was also long. We went to church and all of our meetings and then went to a baptism afterwards. A little boy in the ward was baptized. We were put in charge of the food. It was really neat to see this little boy be baptized by his father.
We then went to a Christmas Choral Fireside. It was beautiful. I know that Grandma would have liked it. It was a stake fireside so it was great to see the talent of everyone.
We also went and saw this week I really cool light show. The lights go to the song "Carol of the Bells" done by Trans Siberian Orchestra. It was really cool.
Well, my time is up. I love you all. I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas. Thanks for all the love and support you give me. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love
Sister Comte
It has been another busy week for me here in Florida! Monday was my last day in North Port. For my last day we went to the Fisherman's village. It is down by a river and is a collection of souvenir stores. It was fun to see all the Christmas stuff!
After the little village my companion and I went to say goodbye to a few people. First off was the Cuevas Family. I have really grown close to this family so it was really hard to say goodbye. I cried my eyes out of course. Then we went and said goodbye to Pam Johnson. She was the first person I met in that ward but at the time I meet her she wasn't a member. She was baptized on September 6. She is now one of the strongest members down there. She is amazing!
Tuesday was transfer day. It was so hard to say goodbye to North Port and the sisters that I had grown close to down there. But as soon as I saw Sister Anderton my fears disappeared. She is my new companion. I love her so much. I served around her for the first three months of my mission and we went on exchanges once. We get along pretty well. I actually had a class with her at BYU (my DAP class).
Seminole is beautiful. You have to go over this really cool bridge to get here. It is kind of scary but neat at the same time. This city is very festive. It seems that everyone decorates for Christmas here.
Wednesday we taught a man who isn't really interested in the church but wants us to answer all of his questions. It is hard to know things out of the Bible. But I am managing. The spirit gives me all the things I need to say. We went that evening to a place where there are a lot of lights. Almost every house was focused on the nativity. You don't have to pay to go through but they do ask for donations to Hospice. It was well worth the dollar donation we gave them.
Friday night was the Christmas Party for this ward. I have never been to a party like this before. We helped frost cookies with the children. We share the ward with Elders and they helped make ornaments with the kids. They had two pinatas. And of course, Santa came. There are 750 members in this ward. It needs to be split but there is only really one logical way to split it and the one side does not have enough worthy Priesthood holders to run a ward. So for now it will stay the same. There were 10 turkeys made and 3 were left by the end. The food was amazing.
Before I came out one of my co-workers from Mail Services was moving out to Tampa for law school. He told me that him and his wife would feed me if I was ever in their ward. Sisters only have five areas to serve in so I knew that I would probably never serve in his area. At the party I saw him. He is in this ward. We had a really good time reminiscing about the good times at work. It was fun to see someone I know!
On Saturday we went down to North Port for Caitlin Ridgeway's baptism. I was so glad that we got a ride to go. We had to post pone her baptism because she was sick. It was a wonderful day though. The spirit was really strong. I gave a talk to the Holy Ghost. I thought it was good. Her mother was so happy that I was there. She is a really sweet girl. The missionaries that were there sang "Walk Tall, You're a daughter." I cried as I looked into the eyes of this daughter of God. She said thank you after we were done singing.
Yesterday was also long. We went to church and all of our meetings and then went to a baptism afterwards. A little boy in the ward was baptized. We were put in charge of the food. It was really neat to see this little boy be baptized by his father.
We then went to a Christmas Choral Fireside. It was beautiful. I know that Grandma would have liked it. It was a stake fireside so it was great to see the talent of everyone.
We also went and saw this week I really cool light show. The lights go to the song "Carol of the Bells" done by Trans Siberian Orchestra. It was really cool.
Well, my time is up. I love you all. I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas. Thanks for all the love and support you give me. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love
Sister Comte
Monday, December 8, 2008
December 8th Email
Hi
Christmastime is here! Even though it is 80 degrees outside and there is no snow, we still can put up our tree and remember our Saviors birth. I am really excited to be here during Christmas. It is such a different experience to be here rather than in Utah.
Alot has happened since I last emailed. The biggest thing is that I am getting transfered. I am going to a place called Seminole. It is near Clearwater which can be found on a map of Florida pretty easily. It is on the little penisula off of Florida. I will be serving with Sister Anderton. I am really excited but sad to leave North Port. I have grown so close to some of the people here and it is hard to say good-bye.
This last week, my companion and I and the Port Charlotte sisters decided to go caroling. We first started out at the mall. But decided that singing to all the people on smoke break was not ideal. Also they had really loud music blarring from the speakers above us. So we went to Wal-Mart. When we got there we saw a family that we know. They are not members but the dad helps alot with scouts and they love the missionaries. The mom has Parkinsons disease. They were just leaving the store. The mom stayed at the front while the dad, the daughter and the granddaughter got into the car. As we started to sing we saw this dear lady singing along with us. She was so excited to hear us. When the dad finally pulled up with the car, I tried to help get her into the car. It took us probably 10 minutes to get her in. It was sad to see them struggle but great to see the love that was shared in those moments. It was also neat to see how peoples entire continence changed as they heard us singing. It was alot of fun and the spirit was really strong!
On Thursday night we found out about transfers. We normally don't find out until Saturday morning but my companion got information from someone. So on Friday I decided I better ride the bike for one of the last times. Seminole is an all car area. We rode out to one of our appointments and then decided we would ride to a less active families home. We thought that there home was much closer and soon rode about 3 miles just to get to their house. It was crazy. I thought my little legs would fall off. By the time we had biked home we had biked at least 12 miles. I was so tired after that. But I was really proud of my self that I didn't fall once. I have come along ways since my first time on a bike!!!
Our ward Christmas Party was this weekend. We had alot of fun. Santa came and we all asked him for a call home for Christmas. They had asked different families to set up different tables for the dinner. It was neat to see how the tables were decorated so differently! The four sisters that are down here sang a rendition of the Twelve Days of Christmas. I will send it later as an attachment! It was alot of fun. The food was amazing, even though as a missionary you don't get much time to eat because you are to busy talking to everyone. You know me though I would rather be talking than eating! We had alot of inactives and non-members there so it was really good! We thought that there would be plenty of leftovers but there wasn't. That is always a good sign.
I loved the Christmas devotional yesterday. The messages were truly inspired. I am glad I got to see it. The decorations were beautiful! I want to wish you all a very merry holiday season. I love you all!
Love
Sister Comte
Christmastime is here! Even though it is 80 degrees outside and there is no snow, we still can put up our tree and remember our Saviors birth. I am really excited to be here during Christmas. It is such a different experience to be here rather than in Utah.
Alot has happened since I last emailed. The biggest thing is that I am getting transfered. I am going to a place called Seminole. It is near Clearwater which can be found on a map of Florida pretty easily. It is on the little penisula off of Florida. I will be serving with Sister Anderton. I am really excited but sad to leave North Port. I have grown so close to some of the people here and it is hard to say good-bye.
This last week, my companion and I and the Port Charlotte sisters decided to go caroling. We first started out at the mall. But decided that singing to all the people on smoke break was not ideal. Also they had really loud music blarring from the speakers above us. So we went to Wal-Mart. When we got there we saw a family that we know. They are not members but the dad helps alot with scouts and they love the missionaries. The mom has Parkinsons disease. They were just leaving the store. The mom stayed at the front while the dad, the daughter and the granddaughter got into the car. As we started to sing we saw this dear lady singing along with us. She was so excited to hear us. When the dad finally pulled up with the car, I tried to help get her into the car. It took us probably 10 minutes to get her in. It was sad to see them struggle but great to see the love that was shared in those moments. It was also neat to see how peoples entire continence changed as they heard us singing. It was alot of fun and the spirit was really strong!
On Thursday night we found out about transfers. We normally don't find out until Saturday morning but my companion got information from someone. So on Friday I decided I better ride the bike for one of the last times. Seminole is an all car area. We rode out to one of our appointments and then decided we would ride to a less active families home. We thought that there home was much closer and soon rode about 3 miles just to get to their house. It was crazy. I thought my little legs would fall off. By the time we had biked home we had biked at least 12 miles. I was so tired after that. But I was really proud of my self that I didn't fall once. I have come along ways since my first time on a bike!!!
Our ward Christmas Party was this weekend. We had alot of fun. Santa came and we all asked him for a call home for Christmas. They had asked different families to set up different tables for the dinner. It was neat to see how the tables were decorated so differently! The four sisters that are down here sang a rendition of the Twelve Days of Christmas. I will send it later as an attachment! It was alot of fun. The food was amazing, even though as a missionary you don't get much time to eat because you are to busy talking to everyone. You know me though I would rather be talking than eating! We had alot of inactives and non-members there so it was really good! We thought that there would be plenty of leftovers but there wasn't. That is always a good sign.
I loved the Christmas devotional yesterday. The messages were truly inspired. I am glad I got to see it. The decorations were beautiful! I want to wish you all a very merry holiday season. I love you all!
Love
Sister Comte
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
December 2nd Email
Hi
It has been another great week in Florida. The sun is shining and the weather is wonderful. Last week was Thanksgiving. We had dinner at a members home. The food was amazing!! We are allowed to watch movies on Thanksgiving. We watched Bridge to Terabithia, The Last Mimzy, Emma Smith, and Kung Fu Panda. I loved Emma Smith and Kung Fu Panda. All of you should watch Emma Smith. It is amazing. We also watched the Macey's Parade! It was a great day!!!
The girl that was to baptized this weekend got really sick. She was unable to be baptized because of her illness. Hopefully we can carry on with it this weekend. It actually gives us more time to talk to her cousin and see if he will be baptized. And maybe we could get her mom ready as well.
Yesterday was Scrub Day. We cleaned all day long. It took me 3 and a half hours to clean out our kitchen. Hopefully we pass our cleaning checks. We then spent time with the other sisters. It was a great day to get everything in order.
Six weeks have come and gone. It is time for transfers again. I don't know if I will be staying in North Port or not. I am a little nervous and excited at the same time. I have enjoyed Sister Harash.
Not much else is happening except for knocking doors. I hope everyone is looking forward to Christmas! I know that I am!!
Love
Sister Comte
It has been another great week in Florida. The sun is shining and the weather is wonderful. Last week was Thanksgiving. We had dinner at a members home. The food was amazing!! We are allowed to watch movies on Thanksgiving. We watched Bridge to Terabithia, The Last Mimzy, Emma Smith, and Kung Fu Panda. I loved Emma Smith and Kung Fu Panda. All of you should watch Emma Smith. It is amazing. We also watched the Macey's Parade! It was a great day!!!
The girl that was to baptized this weekend got really sick. She was unable to be baptized because of her illness. Hopefully we can carry on with it this weekend. It actually gives us more time to talk to her cousin and see if he will be baptized. And maybe we could get her mom ready as well.
Yesterday was Scrub Day. We cleaned all day long. It took me 3 and a half hours to clean out our kitchen. Hopefully we pass our cleaning checks. We then spent time with the other sisters. It was a great day to get everything in order.
Six weeks have come and gone. It is time for transfers again. I don't know if I will be staying in North Port or not. I am a little nervous and excited at the same time. I have enjoyed Sister Harash.
Not much else is happening except for knocking doors. I hope everyone is looking forward to Christmas! I know that I am!!
Love
Sister Comte
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
November 17th Email
Hello to all,
This week has gone by really fast. I can't believe it is Monday again. It is hard to imagine that it is November because most days it is 90 degrees outside. The leaves are still green and they will not be changing. Today though it is really cold. People have told us that it is going to be a cold week.
We have done alot of moving this week. Everyone seems to be moving. It is hard to see the good people of our ward leaving but I wish them all the best. I saw my first cockroach as I was packing a box this week. It ran across both of my arms. I didn't know what it was at first, I could only feel it. I screamed when I saw how big it was. I never want to see one of those again but unfortunatly I will here in Florida!
On Sundays we usually visit the members of our ward. Next Sunday is a special Sunday where members are asked to invite their non-member friends to church. It is a great opportunity to come and see what we are all about. So yesterday we went and encouraged people to invite their friends. I really love the ward here in North Port and my love grew for them yesterday. We decided to eat before we left because we didn't think anyone would feed us. The first house we went to, the lady had fixed a big meal. She dished up our plates. We were already full from what we had eaten about an hour before, that I didn't know how I would stomach all the food that was before me. My companion let me dish some onto her plate when the lady wasn't looking. It was really spicy stuff but I ate as much as I could. After the dinner, the lady gave me a BIG helping of Key Lime Pie. Then we went to the next house. They had set a place for us at their dinner table as well. I was already full to the brim but didn't want to hurt this families feelings. So I had a bowl of soup and a breadstick. The family gave us a loaf of bread. Thank goodness she didn't make us eat the bread right away because I was so sick from eating all the food we had been given. When we walked into the next house, I wanted to cry because I could smell food. But they didn't feed us. I am still full of all the food I ate yesterday.
We are onto another week. I don't know where the month of September, October and half of November has gone. My mission is going by so fast. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love
Sister Comte
P.S Next Monday I will not be emailing, but on Tuesday I will email because of the holiday! Thanks! GO BYU!!!
This week has gone by really fast. I can't believe it is Monday again. It is hard to imagine that it is November because most days it is 90 degrees outside. The leaves are still green and they will not be changing. Today though it is really cold. People have told us that it is going to be a cold week.
We have done alot of moving this week. Everyone seems to be moving. It is hard to see the good people of our ward leaving but I wish them all the best. I saw my first cockroach as I was packing a box this week. It ran across both of my arms. I didn't know what it was at first, I could only feel it. I screamed when I saw how big it was. I never want to see one of those again but unfortunatly I will here in Florida!
On Sundays we usually visit the members of our ward. Next Sunday is a special Sunday where members are asked to invite their non-member friends to church. It is a great opportunity to come and see what we are all about. So yesterday we went and encouraged people to invite their friends. I really love the ward here in North Port and my love grew for them yesterday. We decided to eat before we left because we didn't think anyone would feed us. The first house we went to, the lady had fixed a big meal. She dished up our plates. We were already full from what we had eaten about an hour before, that I didn't know how I would stomach all the food that was before me. My companion let me dish some onto her plate when the lady wasn't looking. It was really spicy stuff but I ate as much as I could. After the dinner, the lady gave me a BIG helping of Key Lime Pie. Then we went to the next house. They had set a place for us at their dinner table as well. I was already full to the brim but didn't want to hurt this families feelings. So I had a bowl of soup and a breadstick. The family gave us a loaf of bread. Thank goodness she didn't make us eat the bread right away because I was so sick from eating all the food we had been given. When we walked into the next house, I wanted to cry because I could smell food. But they didn't feed us. I am still full of all the food I ate yesterday.
We are onto another week. I don't know where the month of September, October and half of November has gone. My mission is going by so fast. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love
Sister Comte
P.S Next Monday I will not be emailing, but on Tuesday I will email because of the holiday! Thanks! GO BYU!!!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
November 10th Email
Hi
This week has flown by. It is already the second week of the transfer and the tenth day of November! Life goes by fast when you are having fun!
We had zone conference this Wednesday. We talked about the fundamentals of the Florida Tampa Mission. In this mission we give church tours instead of teaching people in their homes. They can feel the spirit more in the church and there are alot less distractions. We also talked about members helping this work along. The most effective way to do missionary work is with the members. An easy way to share the gospel is by being an example. At baptism we all promised that we would take on Jesus' name. Out here on a mission, we have Jesus' name over our hearts. If only we all had a physical reminder of this covenant we made at baptism. Try and imagine His name over your heart and how you would act. Try to live this way. Just because you don't have a physical reminder (i.e a tag) you still carry His name. So act like it. You will never know who is watching you.
Friday we went to the Ridgeway's home. The dad has been a member all his life and the wife was baptized on the first of this month. Their oldest son is 8 and their other son is 6. They asked if we would start teaching their oldest. When we went over there to teach their son, Zion, his cousin was over. She is also 8. Both of them set in on the lesson and loved it. His cousin, Kaitlin, is really excited about the gospel and wants to learn more. Kaitlin's mom also sat in on the discussion. Her mother told us that Kaitlin has been asking all sorts of questions about religion. She said "I guess she is just at the age where she wants to know what is right." I don't think it is a coinsidence that she is 8, do you? So know we are teaching the whole family. They all came to church yesterday.
On Saturday, we had another car wash. We gave ten church tours and the ward had a blast. After the car wash, my companion and another sister went to Tampa for a baptism. I went with my old companion, Sister Hofheins, to teach a girl that is dating a boy who is a member. She was really receptive to what we taught her. When we talked about Joseph Smith, she said that she had already prayed about him. She said that she knew that he did see God the Father and Jesus Christ. She knew it was the truth. It was amazing!! I am so grateful to see how her testimony started to bloom!
In church yesterday someone said this quote and I really liked it. They said "When you lose yourself in service, there will be so much more of you to find." I really liked that!
Well, all is still going well. I can't wait to hear from you all next week. I wish you all the best!!!
Love
Sister Comte
This week has flown by. It is already the second week of the transfer and the tenth day of November! Life goes by fast when you are having fun!
We had zone conference this Wednesday. We talked about the fundamentals of the Florida Tampa Mission. In this mission we give church tours instead of teaching people in their homes. They can feel the spirit more in the church and there are alot less distractions. We also talked about members helping this work along. The most effective way to do missionary work is with the members. An easy way to share the gospel is by being an example. At baptism we all promised that we would take on Jesus' name. Out here on a mission, we have Jesus' name over our hearts. If only we all had a physical reminder of this covenant we made at baptism. Try and imagine His name over your heart and how you would act. Try to live this way. Just because you don't have a physical reminder (i.e a tag) you still carry His name. So act like it. You will never know who is watching you.
Friday we went to the Ridgeway's home. The dad has been a member all his life and the wife was baptized on the first of this month. Their oldest son is 8 and their other son is 6. They asked if we would start teaching their oldest. When we went over there to teach their son, Zion, his cousin was over. She is also 8. Both of them set in on the lesson and loved it. His cousin, Kaitlin, is really excited about the gospel and wants to learn more. Kaitlin's mom also sat in on the discussion. Her mother told us that Kaitlin has been asking all sorts of questions about religion. She said "I guess she is just at the age where she wants to know what is right." I don't think it is a coinsidence that she is 8, do you? So know we are teaching the whole family. They all came to church yesterday.
On Saturday, we had another car wash. We gave ten church tours and the ward had a blast. After the car wash, my companion and another sister went to Tampa for a baptism. I went with my old companion, Sister Hofheins, to teach a girl that is dating a boy who is a member. She was really receptive to what we taught her. When we talked about Joseph Smith, she said that she had already prayed about him. She said that she knew that he did see God the Father and Jesus Christ. She knew it was the truth. It was amazing!! I am so grateful to see how her testimony started to bloom!
In church yesterday someone said this quote and I really liked it. They said "When you lose yourself in service, there will be so much more of you to find." I really liked that!
Well, all is still going well. I can't wait to hear from you all next week. I wish you all the best!!!
Love
Sister Comte
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
November 3rd Email
Hello to all!
I can't believe that it is already November. This week has been stressful but I have learned alot! My new companions name is Sister Harash. She is amazing! I think that we will get alot of work done and have fun while doing it. It is hard to do the work now because it gets dark at 6:00. I thought they only had day light savings in Utah, but they have it here as well.
It has turned cold here in Florida or I have become even more of a wimp. I pulled out my sweaters and jackets this week. We had a trunk or treat with our ward and it was freezing. We went out and bought tons of glow sticks and decked out in them for our costumes. It was alot of fun. Surprisingly we didn't get alot of candy. The costumes were great and it was fun to see everyone there!
We had another baptism this week. The ladies name is Janice Ridgeway. Her husband has been a member all his life but has been inactive for sometime. They have actually been working with the Ridgeways for about 4 years now. She was so happy to be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. You couldn't have whipped the smile off of her face the last two days. It was wonderful to see. I basically planned the whole baptism because my companion is so new to this area. It was very stressful but I thought it went well.
On Halloween night we went to a members house in the Port Charlotte ward. The young couple that invited us over, the Lamb's, are the son and daughter-in-law of the Lambs that are in the North Port ward. They fed us and then let us pass out candy. While passing out candy we threw in some pass-along cards into some children's bag. We were really happy with ourselves. Some other relative of the couples who was not a member asked me what my costume was. I told him that we were missionaries. He slapped me on the back and said "Nice one." It was really funny. Everyone thought we were dressed up for Halloween, when we really weren't.
Well, on to another week! All will go well this week and we go out and do the Father's work! I know that this church is true and that we will all be greatly blessed if we do what he wants us to do! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Love
Sister Comte
I can't believe that it is already November. This week has been stressful but I have learned alot! My new companions name is Sister Harash. She is amazing! I think that we will get alot of work done and have fun while doing it. It is hard to do the work now because it gets dark at 6:00. I thought they only had day light savings in Utah, but they have it here as well.
It has turned cold here in Florida or I have become even more of a wimp. I pulled out my sweaters and jackets this week. We had a trunk or treat with our ward and it was freezing. We went out and bought tons of glow sticks and decked out in them for our costumes. It was alot of fun. Surprisingly we didn't get alot of candy. The costumes were great and it was fun to see everyone there!
We had another baptism this week. The ladies name is Janice Ridgeway. Her husband has been a member all his life but has been inactive for sometime. They have actually been working with the Ridgeways for about 4 years now. She was so happy to be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. You couldn't have whipped the smile off of her face the last two days. It was wonderful to see. I basically planned the whole baptism because my companion is so new to this area. It was very stressful but I thought it went well.
On Halloween night we went to a members house in the Port Charlotte ward. The young couple that invited us over, the Lamb's, are the son and daughter-in-law of the Lambs that are in the North Port ward. They fed us and then let us pass out candy. While passing out candy we threw in some pass-along cards into some children's bag. We were really happy with ourselves. Some other relative of the couples who was not a member asked me what my costume was. I told him that we were missionaries. He slapped me on the back and said "Nice one." It was really funny. Everyone thought we were dressed up for Halloween, when we really weren't.
Well, on to another week! All will go well this week and we go out and do the Father's work! I know that this church is true and that we will all be greatly blessed if we do what he wants us to do! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Love
Sister Comte
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