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Week 9 - Through faith in Christ nothing is Impossible

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Hola! This week has been wonderful! We had a lot of amazing things happen this week, even though it's been a bit of a rough week finding wise. Remember N from last week? He's getting baptized on the 25th! We've met with him several times already this past week and we definitely believe that God led us to one of His elect! He has already said that he feels like he already has learned this before. (When he said that me and my companion looked at each other and nearly fell out of our seats.) We have also been in contact with a few other people as well and we have faith that at some point some of them will accept the fullness of the truth!

We did have one sad thing happen, someone we were teaching (who we were sure was going to be baptized) told us that they didn't want to meet with us anymore. She and her husband really want to be on the same page spiritually and he's worried that won't happen if they go to different churches. We definitely miss teaching her, but know she will be ready sometime later!

Something else that's super cool is that I got to go on exchanges this week! The STL I got to exchange with was Hermana Kennedy (from my home ward!). I was super excited and learned a lot about a different way to teach and to find! It was really great!

We have been working with a lot of members recently and one of the things we've been talking about is Discipleship and what it means to be a Disciple of Christ. In Zone Conference last week we learned that the work disciple means learner. So being a Disciple of Christ means to be a learner of Him and His gospel. This week for District Counsel my district leader called me up and asked me if I knew how to tie a clover knot. I didn't and he said he wanted me to learn how to do it before District Counsel that Friday. Now I don't know if you've ever tried to tie a clover knot, but it's super complicated. There are lots of twists and loops and you can't learn it in one sitting. It took me four days to learn how to do that knot. When I first got the assignment, I looked on Facebook to see if I could find steps. I did and tried to practice it, but I got frustrated and couldn't get past the last step of pulling it all together. I left it and thought about it all week. Hermana Kennady can attest to me having it on my mind and mentioning it frequently. Right before district counsel, I finally figured out how to do this knot! I got so excited and ran around the office showing everyone!

My district leader related my experience to how we need to learn of Christ and His attributes. We may have an experience just like I did, or yours may be a bit different. It doesn't matter how we learn, just that we continue to try and do our best! For me the attributes that I have been learning are Humility and Patience. What attributes do you need to work on. I can promise as you pray about which one you need to learn more about and to have experiences, that Heavenly Father will teach you and help you to learn about that divine attribute!

I love you all and miss you all!

Sister Gibb

Pictures:
1. Sunset, 2. Subway!!, 3&4. Daily studies, 5. On the bus, 6. A late birthday cake for my companion, 7. Siriusly?, 8. Me and my comp., 9. The clover knot, 10. My hair has gotten really long. Like sooo long. Also my attempt to straighten it! 😅

Ps. Don't feel like you can't email me during the week, I can look, just can't respond until monday!







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