"When things look like they are coming to an end, remember that not everything is as it appears. To a caterpillar, life is over, but to the butterfly, life is just beginning."
- Stephen C. Hogan
This week has been FREEZING!!!! I can’t even begin to explain how cold it has been. Saturday, it snowed all day; we got 8 inches! Due to the snow, all the mission cars were parked. Sister Ogletree and I had a great day planned, but it involved us driving to the top of our area and also to the library, places that if we walked, it would have taken a good chunk of the day. We sat in our study chairs and thought hard about what to do; we then received a text from one of our members asking if we could come shovel their driveway. We, of course, jumped on that and walked to their house. Shoveling went super fast as there were the two of us and three boys plus the dad and daughter helping. Once we finished, the youngest says, "Let's go do the neighbor's house." That is when all the fun began. Each house we went to, they asked us to go and do another house. We ended up shoveling twelve driveways and getting many referrals from that and also meeting a lot of people.
After lunch, we were meeting up with the Malone's to help them with some things around their house. Bro. Malone has a snow blower, and I have always wanted to try one of those things. So we go out to the front to snow blow their driveway. Bro. Malone then thought of his two neighbors that could use some help. After those two driveways we ended up doing four more. Sunday, I was sore.
It has been a great week! I love helping the ward members with their family history and seeing their eyes light up when they realize that they found another ancestor that they can take to the temple and help them receive all the blessings that can happen there. I love the temple. I love how we have the opportunity to help people on this side of the veil and the other. I know that it is a tremendous blessing to be in the service of God, to help Him in His work as He directs us to those that He is and has been preparing. I am so grateful that I get to take part in one of His daughter's making the decision to follow His example and be baptized. I love this great and marvelous work! I know that this is God's church on the earth today. I know that it is led, guided, and directed by a living prophet who has been called of God to help all of us return to live in His presence. I am so blessed to know that families are eternal, that we can all live together forever and that nothing can separate us. I love my family so much! I absolutely love this work, and I love my job!
It has been a great week! I love helping the ward members with their family history and seeing their eyes light up when they realize that they found another ancestor that they can take to the temple and help them receive all the blessings that can happen there. I love the temple. I love how we have the opportunity to help people on this side of the veil and the other. I know that it is a tremendous blessing to be in the service of God, to help Him in His work as He directs us to those that He is and has been preparing. I am so grateful that I get to take part in one of His daughter's making the decision to follow His example and be baptized. I love this great and marvelous work! I know that this is God's church on the earth today. I know that it is led, guided, and directed by a living prophet who has been called of God to help all of us return to live in His presence. I am so blessed to know that families are eternal, that we can all live together forever and that nothing can separate us. I love my family so much! I absolutely love this work, and I love my job!
-- Sister Gale
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