Zone Conference

Good morning everyone!

I have had a great last week and I hope that you all did too! Happy Birthday Kristen! I hope your party went well! I am sure it did! Please send me photos :) ! This year will be a great one for you! I just know it!

I also hope that Marina is enjoying her visit and that the weather is being nice for her!

This past week was busy! We had a Sisters Conference on Friday, a Zone Conference yesterday, managed to squeeze in some tracting and teach 19 lessons! We have a for sure baptismal date with Dan now and he is doing so well. Basically it was just a very well rounded week.
It is just so great to know that when you are truly humbled and dont boast in your own strength how the blessings follow.

We had 2 great lessons with Wes last week and he came to church on Sunday. He is learning how to search the scriptures and find answers for himself which is really great. He is finally progressing and I know that Heavenly Father has guided us in how to help him get there. We also brought a member to his lesson on saturday. She was so good! Having members at lessons is so important and the members here are so willing to do what they can to help in this great work. Having her there bearing her testimony, rather than it just being us and the normal person that we have brought to all of his lessons, I think really helped him see it from another perspective and just to listen more intently.

Sisters conference was a wonderful exprience. I got to meet all of the Sisters in the mission, hear their opinions about things and learn with them. Alot of the time I feel like I know so little and I am just really greatful that we have companions that back us up. I really wish we had more study time!

Zone conference is one of my favourite things we get to do on the mission though! I wish we had one every week! There was a I think he was called at the last conference and apparantly they all have a lunch together and he got to sit at the table with President Monson! How cool is that and he said that President Monson was talking about us, missionary work and how greatful he is for the missionaries. It's still weird that I am a missionary!
Also President Cannon gave a talk and showed part of the talk that M Russell Ballard gave while I was in the MTC! It was such a powerful talk and I am glad that I had a reminder. At the end he gave the story of how Peter truly became the senior apostle. When the Saviour died they all went back to Galilee and started fishing again thinking it was over. They fished all night and caught nothing, then in the morning they saw a fire and a man on the shore. He told them to cast there nets on the other side and they did. Their nets were filled and they could barely bring the catch back into the boat. Peter knew it was the Saviour and dove into the water and swam to shore. The Saviour knowing they would be hungry, had prepared their breakfast. What a thoughtful and loving thing to do. Then the Saviour started questioning Peter.. Peter do you love me? Peter responded, yes of course and you know how the rest of it goes.. He wasnt told to follow the Saviour and feed his sheep just while he was on the Earth, but for always! That is when Peter finally understood. That is when he went out and was able to perform the miracles he did and that is how he becamse the great chief apostle.
This story can be likened to each of us. I am not just a missionary for now. We have all been born into this time for a reason and if you have a look in the bible dictionary under the Abrahamic covenant it explains this too. I found that in one of my studies one time ages ago.

Wow! Sorry for my rant but learning is fun! I really like that story!
In short, Zone conference was awesome!

I am going off to have another nerf war today so wish me luck!

I hope you are all well!

Love you lots

Sister Huckfeldt