The one where Adigan was baptized!

 This week was very stressful but full of miracles! Adigan was baptized and confirmed on Saturday and Sunday and it was so amazing! Everything worked out the way that it was supposed to. Not a lot of people came to the service but it was still really special. The pictures are below. 

Adigan's baptism

We found another part member family. They have a little 10 year old girl who wants to be baptized and we found her and put her on date for March 11th. She is really cute and she is really excited for her baptism!

We also found a young couple that wants to read the Book of Mormon and they are the cutest family and they have two young kids. We met with them and taught them the Restoration and it went really well! 

Sister Butikofer and I and the Elders in the First Ward went to eat dinner at a member's house last night. We talked about the restoration and we watched the new video the church came out with about 2 years ago. I invite you all to watch it and ask yourself three questions:

1. What did you learn?

2. What did you feel?

3. What will you change?

I talked about how I will work on asking God more sincere questions. Because Joseph Smith asked God a sincere question and because we know that the Heavens aren't closed, we know that God answered his question. And because of that question, we are all here and we have the blessings of the restored gospel. I love that! 

After baptism celebration

Lunch after interviews

The one where the Chiefs won the Super Bowl

 Before you ask, no I did not watch the super bowl. We were at a member's house for a little bit and then we left shortly after we were done eating. We had an important lesson he had. With our friend Adigan who is getting baptized this week! Which is really exciting! We are getting everything for the program this week so we will be busy with that. 

We had a really packed week. We had a goal as a district on Saturday for every companionships to talk to at least 20 people. We all went a little crazy but we talked to a family that wants to meet with us next week. So we definitely saw miracles from doing that little competition which made it really fun! We had to get creative to find ways to talk to people. Luckily it was warm and people were out and about talking to people.   

I was really sick this week so on Wednesday, we didn't really do much. I got hit with a really bad cold. I am still trying to get over it. 

Sorry that not much happened this week. But I want to share something that has been on my mind for a while. I know that God is in the details of each of our lives. I have been looking back on the last little while and it is cool to see the hand of the Lord in my life. With the companions I have had, the people that I have met and taught, to the members we work with and help. I love the people here. They are the most amazing people in the world and I really love to be serving with them for a time. 

Milford Lake

P-day hike

The one where....She forgot the title

 This week had a lot happen. It was transfer week and Sister Mitchell moved to Hutchinson. And my new companion is......Sister Butikofer!! She just came from Ridgepoint which is my favorite area on my mission. So we already have that in common. She is so awesome! She has been out for 5 months. She writes her own music. She is really good!!

Sister Butikofer, my new companion

Transfer got delayed till Thursday due to the weather in Dallas. All of the incoming missionaries were stuck in Dallas so we had to delay transfers. We got the news on Tuesday afternoon. Sister Mitchell wad all ready to go but we had to unpack a few of her things for another day. It added a little adventure to this week. 

We drove to Wichita and I picked up Sister Butikofer and we headed back to Junction City. We weren't able to find anyone this week but God definitely blessed us. 

Last transfer

We were sitting at church yesterday. Nobody was going to come and we were really sad. But after 1st ward's Sacrament meeting, our district leader came up to us and said, "hey! This is Adigan!" Adigan is thr person we have on date that we thought he had to pass off to Missouri. But he came to our ward and we had no idea he was coming!! I have never met him in person. Ot was only ever over the phone. So it was a huge miracle that we were able to meet him at church on yesterday. 

The members here have been so helpful in our missionary work. We have had so many members present in our lessons recently. They are so awesome! That was one of my goals this transfer was to have more member involvement. And it's working!!

I read a conference talk a while ago from October of 2021 that I really liked. It's called Lovest Thou Me More Than These by M. Russell Ballard. These are the series of Scriptures that go with the talk. 

John 21:15-17

15 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep

We are all missionaries. You don't have to be wearing a name tag to do missionary work. We are all commanded to gather Israel. That is president Nelson's big push right now. I am so grateful to be apart of it right now in a way that I will never have the opportunity to repeat. I am trying to cherish every last moment. I know this to be true:)

Sunset on Base

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