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| Teaching Angel |
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| Happy Mothers Day to my Mom Stephanie |
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| Eating some Ham off the bone |
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| Griffen Park Fountain |
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| Methuen Face Book Training with our District |
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| Elder Foster and Elder Knowlden at Griffen Park |
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| Griffen Park Fountain |
Week 82- 5-11-2020
Monday was a pretty good day, we did the usual shopping hiking and called the family. We went on a hike/walk at Griffen Park in NH. To end the night we had a couple lessons with members in Billerica. The Jenson’s and the White’s. We shared the Family Mission Plan along with the scripture of Mosiah 24:14-15. It has been really cool to see how the members we have been meeting with see how God has helped them "ease their burdens".
Tuesday morning after we finished up our studies, we had another Mission Wide Facebook training, it was to help us have better insights on when and what to post on the area pages. Afterwards we had lunch and did a short companion studies. We then went to the Chapel to do some Family History Work and I found out I am related to 17 people from the Mayflower, 12 of them I am directly related to! It was cool to learn that especially sense I served in Plymouth as a past area! I was also able to write the last few letters to members in my last area. I finally hit over 300 letters written on my mission, the 300th was of course to my Mom for Mother's Day! After we finished up we then came home and had dinner. After dinner we had a great lesson with the Butterfields (Methuen) and then the Methuen Gospel Principles message. To end the night we did some Facebook finding and made a couple calls.
Wednesday, well today is the first day of the new transfer and Elder Foster and I are staying together! After studies and lunch we made our way to the Chapel to get a change of scenery and worked pm our Facebook post, we also worked on the Billerica Progress report. When we got home we had dinner and relaxed for a few minutes. We then made a lot of calls up until coordination. It went really well, and we were able to set a few things we want to implement this transfer! To end the night we got a call from our beloved Zone Leaders, and starting Sunday we will be in charge of the Zone Facebook page!
Thursday we were pretty busy! We had some time for studies which was awesome! While I have been reading the Old Testament cover to cover I have officially hit the Book of Isaiah! It will be a long one, but a good one! After studies we called Brother Adam's and checked in on him to see how he has been doing. Afterwards we had two back to back meetings. The first one was on the new Facebook group for musicians and artists. The second meeting was for all the District Leaders and their companions. I was really there for the support for Elder Foster. Shortly after we had a lesson with Brother Ortiz and we shared a message on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Afterwards we had dinner. The first lesson we had after dinner was with Angel, we talked about what happens after we die. We also talked about Baptism and he accepted to be Baptized when this is all done! It was been so cool to see how much he has grown in the past few weeks we have met with him! After we met with the Powell Family and shared a short message with them. Right after visiting them we had our Gospel Principles message with Methuen Ward. Today we talked about scriptures, only the Aldriche’s joined in today but it was super fun!
Friday was a pretty busy day as well! DLC at 9 and we got some insights on how this transfer will go. We will most likely be spending it all inside. We also found out, by July 1st we will have 285 missionaries, we currently have 133! Afterwards we then had studies till District Council started. Basically we just reported what happened in DLC. After District Council we called and checked in on Brother Howard then had a lesson with our friend Jahely. With her we talked about the importance of the Book of Mormon and we answered some questions she had. After dinner we then had a good lesson with the Grubbs family (Billerica). After them we had our first Gospel Principle class/message with the Billerica Ward! It went really well, only 4 members but hopefully in the coming weeks more will be able to join! To end the night we called and talked to Brother Sturgis (Methuen), with him we went over the Family Mission Plan and shared Mosiah 24:14-15
Saturday right after studies we had a training because we are now the Page Admins for the Northshore Stake. Afterwards we had lunch and finished up studies. We then were about to have weekly planning but we ended up having a lesson with our friend Stephen, he is the father of a recent convert Michael in Methuen. Michael had been such a huge help for him! We were able to answer some questions of his and share Mosiah 24:14-15. Afterwards we finished up weekly planning and had dinner. We made a bunch of calls and then to end the night we met with Betty Ma and Sister Stapleton. We went over Baptism our first covenant and receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost. With her we invited her to pray about a date for baptism. We know the date she gets will be the day that she will be ready!
Sunday was a pretty busy day as well! After we got ready, we had coordination with Methuen and it was probably the best one we've had yet! We then had time for studies and after we had our Mission Wide Sacrament Service. We heard some good talks, my favorite one was by a Stake Presidents Wife in the New London Area (Madison, my first area). She talked about the parent trap and right now we are all in our "isolation cabins". After we hopped right into a Sunday Service with the Chipmans, Aldriches and our friend Angel. It was super awesome and even Angel loves to participate and shares awesome insights, he even said the closing prayer! Right after that we had a message with Brother Swanson and his Wife Zarah who isn’t a member. We were able to share a short message on mothers because obviously today is Mothers Day! We finally had a short break, but shortly after we joined the Billerica Ward Devotional and we heard some talks from the members. Afterwards we planned on how we can best make posts for the Facebook page because we are now the Admins. Afterwards we called home to talk to our moms and wish them Happy Mothers day! It is always so fun to talk to my mom, she is my best friend! After dinner we did a lot more contacting and hopeing to set up appointments for the coming week. To end the night I called home again because my parents are in Oregon with my cousins, it was fun to see them all!
Alma 56:47-48
"47 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.
48 And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it"
As I read this scripture, I found out that the mothers of the stripling warriors are all converts! It was about 20 years before this they were all wicked but because of the Faithfulness of Ammon and the Sons of Mosiah, they saw the truthfulness of the Gospel for themselves! When their mothers came to the Gospel they raised their sons in righteousness!
Here is My amazing mother who did just what those mothers did and she raised me in righteousness! I am so blessed for having her, be my best friend here on earth! Happy Mother's Day to you Mom -Stephanie Knowlden, I love you so much! and a Happy Mother's day to all the Mothers out there!
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