Hellooooooo!
Wow, what an exciting weekend! I hope you are all as spiritually fed as I have been this weekend. My goal was to go to conference with my glass empty and come out with it full. I think it was. It has been a great weekend. There are so many things from conference that I loved, and I can't wait to study the talks more. What was your favorite? Also, thoughts on the 2 hour church and the home-centered program? I wanna hear!
This week has flown by, yet again. Exactly 9 months ago tonight I was set apart as a missionary. I can't believe it! Doesn't feel like it at all. I'm so excited for these next 9 months.
Last Monday night we drove up to Bloomington and stayed with President and Sister Barney for MLC on Tuesday! I learned a lot about how I can become a better STL. There are things I want to start doing more. For our Zone Focus for the month of October, we are working on motivation. We have some key parts to it, and the first one is to have a car fast week. So, starting tonight, as a zone, we will not be using our cars until Sunday. I'm pretty sure the whole zone hates me, but hey, whatever! It's cold and it's rainy, but I think it will be really good to get outside now before it's 20 below and snowing. I announced it at MLC this week, and President Barney was in full approval of it so I'm stoked :) It's gonna be hard, but I think we will see some cool things from it! Also, our mission now has Sister AP's. Pretty crazy, right? We still have the Elder AP's, but now we also have the sisters.
Thursday we had an exchange with the 5th ward sisters. Sister Knapp (one of my favs), came to my area with me. We had a lot of fun together! We were at a member's house on Thursday night doing some service before our dinner. Well, her house is pretty close to downtown, which is where Trump was. All of the streets were completely blocked and the traffic was horrible. Our dinner was at an apartment complex literally right down the road from the Mayo Civic Center. There was no way we could drive. We decided to walk to dinner... which was about a half an hour. Haha we kinda sorta like walked right in the middle of all of the people outside for Trump. It was CRAZY. We dodged it all really quick though and got back through it. It was pretty insane. I wanted to take pictures of everyone and all the protestors, but it was too hard. So that was a bit exciting.
We got to enjoy conference at some member's homes this weekend. We mostly watched all of the sessions at Bishop Fletcher's house with his family. They are so sweet. I think my favorite talk was from the Women's Session from Sister Cristina Franco. One of the questions I took to conference was "How can I strengthen my relationship with those I serve with/around?" Her talk was an answer to my question. I loved when she said, "The secret ingredient is the love we have for those we serve." So good. I can't wait to take President Nelson's 4 steps to action. Haha a nickname I heard for him is President "Hussell" M. Nelson. Made me laugh.
Today we have our zone P-Day and we are carving pumpkins and playing games! Should be a fun time!
Thank you SO much Mom for the dresses. I LOVE them! Thank you also for sending me the hat and the cream. Hermana Hudman is going to be Belle and we have her costume already.
I hope you all have a great week with school and work. Keep it up. Start studying General Conference this week.
Love you all,
Love Hermana Nissinen
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