WOW!!!! THIS WEEKEND WAS POWERFUL!!!!
I think I just had the best experience of my mission thus far!
Conference was a time of miracles! So, Saturday, we were on the square by 7:10 am, all prepped, ready to go! (Pres. Gillette even told us we all had to look good for conference..haha)....so anyway, our Zone met, we prayed, and then we were off! Our mission goal was 7,162 referrals.
We went strait to the conference center and just started contacting like crazy! I was nervous a bit because I had such a desire to be successful and to reach our goal of 70 referrals this weekend. Well it hit about 2 pm and we were already at 45 for the day, so I knew things were going to be good this weekend!
The weather was beautiful on Saturday and everyone had an extra light in them! People were everywhere laying on the grass relaxing with there families! It made me soooo happy! It felt good that so many members were willing to help bring others unto Christ!
It's funny to see the nonmember "guests" that visit the square during conference.....I am sorry, but they stick out like sore thumbs....haha....they just wander aimlessly around....with confused looks on their faces....hahaa
- We don't give tours during conference, we just contact.
- We have 2 - 20 minute breaks in the day to eat lunch and dinner.
- We go home @ 9:50 pm.
- My feet ache :)
- SOULS ARE BLESSED!
Sunday morning came around and I was pumped because it was my first time going to a session in the conference center! The Mormon Tabernacle Choir did so well on Come Thou Fount eh???!!!!
I MET SO MANY PEOPLE FROM FRESNO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOAH!!!!!! I thought I'd see some .....BUT IT WAS CRAZY!!!!! But this is a shout out to all those that knew me that I met, THANK YOU FOR ALL BEING DILIGENT MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH WHO TRY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH ALL YOU CAN!
I am not kidding! I was so amazed because all those people I met that I knew, most of them gave me numbers to call, so I could start sharing the Good Word! Brother Spiel gave a man named Billy that he taught on an airplane for me to call, and he's already going to be meeting with the missionaries! So referrals do and can make a difference!!!
Brother Spiel (on the left) and Janet in action.
Sunday was a lot harder because it was sooooo cold!!!! I guess there is always a visual that the mission makes for the missionaries, to be able to see how the work is going during conference. Our theme for conference preparation has been "Cast Your Nets and Follow Him" - so over the past few weeks we all had personally chosen certain things we were going to give up so that we could be a better focused missionary and draw closer to Christ. Anyway, for our visual we had this boat and around it different boxes of candies with the amount of candies that equaled the number of referrals we needed to get to make our goal. Well at 6:00 pm Sunday night we still had like 2000 left! The sisters were WORKING SOOO hard on Temple Square! Man we just prayed and knelt to be able to find the right people to contact and that they would have open hearts to want to share the Gospel!
Well , 8:30 pm Sunday night we had our final meeting in the tabernacle to see if we made our goal! It was so exciting we got 7,541 referrals/souls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I KNOW that as we work our hardest and TRUST in the LORD, MIRACLES CAN HAPPEN!!!!!!
hah MAN! The Church is True! haha!
(Funny story)
So, I call so much over the phone right?....so....I went to leave a Voice mail and this is what I said as a closure " well, I hope to hear from you soon, and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen".......I Laughed really hard..
ok So short on time! I have to go!
Sister Reynders
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