Well Family,
It looks like London is for reals my new home now. I am
blessed to be here for almost the first half of my mission. Best place EVER.
And I still get to be with Sister Gillins. BOOYAH. Transfers is like Christmas
day to me. I always get SO EXCITED to find out how many changes are taking
place. Change means different missionaries, and different missionaries means
different people and ideas that you can learn from. I LOVE IT. Haha Sister
Gillins had to deal with my excitement. Elder Mecham, our district leader told
us some of the changes, and after we hung up I started dancing around the
apartment with excitement.
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!! It's my favorite holiday :) And
yesterday was such a great day. So many wonderful people came to church and
everyone was just so springy and happy. Me included. You wanna know why?
Because I was asked to play the piano in Sacrament Meeting, in Primary (mom you
have the DREAM calling), and we ended up teaching the Gospel Principles
lesson.
Not to mention, SISTER GILLINS' FAMILY IS AMAZING!!!!!!
Sister Gillins gets a package every week (no joke) and they were kind enough to
include me in the Easter Gifts. It felt like Christmas morning unwrapping our
gifts. THANK YOU SO MUCH Brother and Sister Gillins and Grandma and Grandpa
Gillins. I love you and I love your daughter!!
SO yesterday, Sister Gillins and I were driving over to an
area where we were going to drop by some potential investigators. We were
sitting at a stop light by the mall, and people were getting off a bus right in
front of us. There was this sweet looking little man that got off the bus and
was walking across the empty parking lot. The thought came to me to drive over
and talk to him. A very inconvenient time to receive that prompting? Yes haha.
But Sister Gillins and I have been working to avoid any opportunity of feeling
regret and I knew I would regret not stopping. So we ended up turning into the
parking lot, we got out of our car, ran to catch up with him, talked,
testified, laughed, set up an appointment, smiled, prayed - we have a new
friend named M... now. We are really excited to meet with him. Tender
mercies!
T... is doing AMAZING!!!! This past week. He prayed on his
own "with all his heart" and read the Book of Mormon and felt a sense
of peace, like a burden was taken off him for a moment. He attended two
sessions of General Conference, came to our ward party this past week, a full
block of church AND there was a Single Adult gathering happening in Chatham and
he went with a lady in our ward. SO COOL. He has been loving it all. It's so
fun teaching him because the biggest thing he needs to keep going and trying it
out is encouragement and excitement with keeping commitments and Sister
Gillins and I LOVE doing that. It's our specialty :)
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!! Thank you for everything!! Have an
amazing week. Find someone to be a friend to and Make them smile!
Sister Bodine
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