This week was really good! We got on bike week halfway through but we are doing well. It is much nicer to bike in cold weather than in hot, especially since we get to wear leggings.
This week we had a combined district meeting/zone meeting in Gastonia and had a grand time. This is actually the first time we had a district meeting here so it was fun to get to know everyone! We also announced that we would be changing our name from the Gastonia Gas-tank to the Gastonia Hive. Pretty exciting and also that will explain the bee-themed clothing.
Something really hard happened in the area this week and while I was looking up things in connection with it I found this really powerful quote from Joseph B. Wirthlin that I wanted to share:
"I think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross...
I think that of all the days since the beginning of this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest.
But the doom of that day did not endure.
The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind...
Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.
But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.
I think that of all the days since the beginning of this world’s history, that Friday was the darkest.
But the doom of that day did not endure.
The despair did not linger because on Sunday, the resurrected Lord burst the bonds of death. He ascended from the grave and appeared gloriously triumphant as the Savior of all mankind...
Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itself seems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us in pieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we can never be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.
But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sunday will come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.
No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come."
We had a pretty crazy miracle this week! We had just finished companion study and we were scheduled to do 12 week training and then go visit a Bible referral we had recently recieved. But as we sat down, I felt really antsy, like we should go out NOW. So we got our bikes all ready and went down to visit the referral. She opened the door, and we had practiced with me introducing the Book of Mormon, but at the last moment it just felt wrong and I quickly introduced #lighttheworld instead. She thanked us, and we left and went around the corner to look up any people nearby. I was doubting myself and wondering if I was just a bad trainer or something when we saw this sort of sketchy-looking person walking down the street. Well, we're missionaries, so Sister Heywood says hello. The woman says hi back, and then says, "I know you!" She tells us her name and we were like "What!" She was a Bible referral that we had met with before and we had dropped literally two days before because we couldn't contact her! And there she was, just walking down this little side street at just the right time. Miracles do happen.
That's about it! Love y'all!
Love,
Sister Reay
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