They also get many opportunities to teach lessons in church meetings. No wonder returned missionaries, RMs, can be asked to teach, even at a last minute's notice! Talents are blossoming!
Heidi also is realizing how important it is to reach out to others. "I'm also seeing how CRUCIAL fellowshipping in the church is. Please, if you see someone who is sitting by themselves or who you don't recognize, GO INTRODUCE YOURSELF!!! There are so many people who don't go to church because they didn't feel welcome."
Also, living in the desert, Heidi has seen some big lizards! Her nephews would love the lizards, but Heidi says, "Bluck!"
Leapin' Lizards!
A new word Heidi has learned on her mission is "Happytired", a true emotion for missionaries. Here's Heidi's happytired face.
Sister Kelli Bonham had a fabulous week! She hit her two month mark a couple days ago. Wow! Also, she was able to go to a mission conference and listen to an Apostle of the Lord, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. She was in the 2nd row! He spoke beautifully about missionary work in the Lord's kingdom on earth. All 177 missionaries were there. What a marvelous experience for her!
She is in a tricompanionship for one week. She is loving it! She rarely sends me a picture, but I am so excited that my neighbor, Jill, received this picture of Kelli and her two companions and texted it to me:
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The three of them are in two wards and when the fourth Sister arrives, they will divide separate.
Kelli's advice to me on going back to school: "Be safe and be excited for school! Work hard and be amazing!! also, this whoooole time I've been on my mission everyone is emphasizing working hard, and it's the truth! When we work hard, we are blessed and we feel so accomplished!!"
What a marvelous thing to learn!
We love these young women and are so pleased with their lives!
Your blog is awesome! What great young sister/sister missionaries you have!, Steve works in the Missionary Dept. and part of his responsibility is over all the mission presidents in CA. He is their first line of contact for any "issues.". That would include Redlands of course!
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