April 4, 2016 - General Conference Compilation
Bonjour tout le monde,
C'est moi, Soeur Morrill just
checkin' in again!
I hope y'all had a great week
and for some an AMAZING GENERAL CONFERENCE! For those of you who weren't able
to watch it HAVE NO FEAR!!!
www.lds.org is
here! It's amazing, because you get to listen to the testimonies and talks of
our Prophet, apostles, and other auxilliares of the Church. IT'S SO AWESOME!!!!
So just to back of to mardi to
when moi and Soeur Lasso were SUPPOSED to cherche our new companions....quelle
blague. We left Taravao early to dipose our car at the shop to get to front
tires and check the brakes, but once we got into the car of a couple missionary
the assistants call and inform us that we are not going to be training....why?
Well...the soeur that I was supposed to form decided, lundi soir, that she no
longer wanted to go on a mission, and the soeur that Soeur Lasso was meant to
form had no idea that she was supposed to start her mission today. So we were
stranded en ville in Papeete all day with no way to get home until our car was
done. We called assistants, president, the centre de visiteur, and the bureau
asking if anyone needed help getting work done. Everyone said no. You could say
though that we spent most of the day having really good doctrine discussions
and catching up on our scripture study!
This week was full of blessings
and finding people. There were days when we would be turned down by everyone,
but be blessed at the last house we visit. One of those days we had the
impression to go back to the last house we had just been to. We called out
waiting to see if anyone would come; we were about to leave when a young
African woman in a beautiful cultural dress came outside. Her name is Eva, and
she just moved to Taravao, Tahiti from SENEGALE with her husband...WHAT!!
That's so cool! She was so sweet, and she just unlocked the porteil to let us
in without asking questions. She accepted our message and said we could come
back to teach her more. She said she didn't really have much knowledge of our
Heavenly Father, but she knows He exists and His son Jesus Christ.
It's times like those that I'm
extremely greatful for miracles. Doing porte a porte is always up and down, but
then Heavenly Father sees your efforts and blesses you with a miracle at the
end of the day.
Funny story: One day after
lecons, we took a break before we headed to a membre's house for our
faatamaaraa, and went to sit by the beach and talk about the days events. We
put our feet in the water, and then out of the blue this little boy comes out
of know where, jumps in and says "I'm Catholique, so I can swim."
hahahahahaha. Clarification: we can swim too but just not on the mission
hahaha!
So GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS
AMAZING, and like last time, I posted (what some people call it) my own
personal mission twitter feed of quotes I really loved. Enjoy!
"This is HIS
conference." - President Henry B. Eyring
"The best place for
spiritual learning and immersion is in the HOME." - Sister Mary R. Durham
"Mortal life can be
agonizing...but you can have something better." - Donald L. Hallstrom
quoting Elder Jefferey R. Holland
"Without the restoration
we would be LOCKED OUT of our covenant pathway home to our Heavenly
Father." - Elder Gary E. Stevenson
"Priesthood keys, if not
we would be locked out from the saving ordinances of this gospel." - Elder
Gary E. Stevenson
"Confered and
delegated...keys start the engine and ignite the pathway that leads us back to
Him." - Elder Gary E. Stevenson
"He has taught us that we
can forgive; we can forgive and we can be free." - Keven R. Duncan
"God's love for His
children is PERFECT!" - Kevin R. Duncan
"We can see others as
Sauls but with Paul like potentials." - Kevin R. Duncan
"God is the perfect juge;
He sees below the surface; He knows all. He sees all. He knows all the thoughts
and intents of the heart." - Kevin R. Duncan
"If we win, win with
grace; If we lose, lose with grace." - Kevin R. Duncan
"FOREGIVENESS is the very reason
God sent His son." -Kevin R. Duncan
"We must persever through
the 'valley of humility'." - Steven E. Snow
"Through the eyes of
humility you can see tiny miracles." - Steven E. Snow
"Christ and Heavenly
Father are the TWO BIGGEST givers." - Elder Dale G. Renlund
"The closer we are to HIm,
the bigger the desire we have to CHANGE." - Elder Dale G. Renlund
"Oh...He, the Savior, did
this just for me" - Diane (converti recent)
"The Savior has been there
by our side all along." - Elder Dale G. Renlund
"Golden day for me as
well." - Elder Ronald A. Rasband
"Share the blessing of
having a testimony of God with others." - Elder Ronald A. Rasband
"In due time each one of
us will hear the call "come home"." - Elder Ronald A. Rasband
"Welcome those children
outside the fence, embrace them, love them." - Elder Neil L. Anderson
"You can do it, and I will
help you do it." -Mervyn B. Arnold
"Become more benevolent
and saintly." - Elder David A. Bednar
"Our weaknesses can be
strengthened and our limitations can be overcome." - Elder David A. Bednar
"So they will not be
tempted to respond to a poke on Facebook." - Elder M. Russell Ballard
"Never retire without
kneeling together and holding hands." - President Harold B. Lee
"With their help we can
make our home a little bit of Heaven here on earth." - Elder M. Russell
Ballard
"The choices we make
determines our destiny." - President Thomas S. Monson
"I like Alice, she knows
where she wants to go and we should know where we want to go." - President
Thomas S. Monson
"If we choose Christ we
will have chosent the right path." -President Thomas S. Monson
"The struggle for our
youth is the great and spacious building in life." - Sister Bonnie L.
Oscarson
"It is a choice every day
that we choose FAITH over DOUBT." - Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson
"Sometimes, sometimes it's
just hard for me to think about Jesus." - little boy
"If we keep covenants, we
stand in Holy Places and we cannot be moved." - W. Christopher Waddell
"We believe that a father
puts his famille first." - Elder D. Todd Christofferson
"Challenges in life shows
that God has trust in you to overcome the obstacles He puts in you plan."
-Elder D. Todd Christofferson
"Please don't tell the
missionary department." -Sister Senior
"For those in the temple,
there is no distinction of wealth; we are all equal, sitting side by side in
white." -Elder Quentin L. Cook
"Strangely enough everyone
called those flares "Christmas trees"." - President Dieter F.
Uchtdorf
"Those scars are not just
a reminder of destruction but also a shining glimmer of hope...thatnew can be
created from ashes." - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
"In a thousand years was
her beauty built. In one night was it destroyed." - Author of "The
Jewel Box
"It does not matter our
scars, sins, and destruction, we can be rebuilt." - President Dieter F.
Uchtdorf
"Does the sheep need an
endorsement from the sponsor so the good shepard will come?...No." -
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
"It does not matter how
you became lost; what matters most is that you are His child." - President
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
"God will not rescue us
against our will." - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
"For those of you who do
not speak this celetial language...."there's nothing good unless you do
it"." - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
"If our religion does not
influence our daily decisions, than our religion is vain." - President
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
"He sees us worthy of
rescue." - President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
"He will lift you up and
carry you on His shoulders and He will carry you home." - President Dieter
F. Uchtdorf
"We are always welcome in
His home." - Gerritt W. Gong
"ALWAYS think of Him like He thinks of US." -
Gerritt W. Gong
"As membres and people, we
do not need to go deep into stories to know that we are all refugees in this
gospel." - Patrick Kearon
"That love is the rock in
the foundation of the world." - Elder Jefferey R. Holland
"God will NEVER abandon
us." - Elder Jefferey R. Holland
"OUr Heavenly Father wants
to BLESS US." - Elder Jefferey R. Holland
Je vous aime! Bonne semaine!!
-Soeur/Tuahine Morrill :)
