Letter from 10-28-13

Tyler is the one standing behind Sister Welling.
 Hayley is in the white sweater next to her.

Helloooo Everybody,

This week has been a good one. My companion and I got a CAR THIS WEEK. Considering it is a 28 mile round trip just to the church building and back, a car is going to be pretty helpful. We have burnt out the members asking for rides. Which we will continue to do... but maybe on a smaller level.

This week we were able to go over the baptismal questions with Tyler and he had his interview yesterday after stake conference. He passed! :) We are so excited for his baptism on November 8. He asked both me and Sister Westling to speak, and since Tyler and I are both runners I am fairly certain my topic of choice will be enduring to the end :) Tyler is an awesome 14 year old. We got to be there on Saturday when his sister Hayley got her mission call to Spokane, Washington. It was pretty exciting! She reports on New Years Day.

This weekend was stake conference, and the missionaries were commissioned to attend the adult session for the first time. Turns out that the theme for all of conference was "Hastening the Work." WOOOO. Conference was amazing. Our Stake President, President Watson, is a complete stud. His talked was based around the butterfly effect, and he read a story from the book called "The Butterfly Effect". What it came down to is that small things we do ("flapping out wings") can ripple out and have amazing effects. He said that there are no insignificant moments and no coincidences... We have all been called here at this time to flap our wings and help those around us come to the knowledge of the gospel. It was an incredible talk.

The other thing I learned at conference is to see yourself as Christ sees you. Part of the purpose of the Atonement is that it gives us the ability to change. We need to see ourselves not as we currently are, but remember the potential we have and remember that that is what God sees in us- what we can and will become.

"Everyday is a day of decisions, and decisions determine our destiny."

Love, Sister Welling