Monopoly Deal

Good weeks always. Long week this week but still pretty good. 

Monday we went to Olive Garden with the STLs and it was so good. I haven't had that in a while and it was amazing. We took 14 breadsticks home because we just had to.

We are teaching these 2 guys Tripp and Colton. We got to all 4 be in a lesson with them this week and they are so cool. They have a lot of sincere questions and they are pretty committed to reading the Book of Mormon. 

Things with Lisa have been so great! She's progressing so much already. We were able to get her a ride to church yesterday so she came to that and to branch dinner last night. It's so great. She told us if she keeps feeling the way that she is, she will definitely get baptized so we are so excited for her.

We still have Elena on date to be baptized September 28 so we are going to start planning that here pretty soon!

And this week we got another girl on date for baptism as well! Her name is Mayson. She was a referral and she is just the sweetest person ever. She's so nice and cute and we are excited for her to take this next step.

It's just been a week full of miracles. We have recommitted ourselves to using the Family and Tenples initiative that President Marsh has and so we've been using it with increased vigor and so many miracles. All of the people we have progressing is a miracle. Also, we went to institute this week and 4 people showed up that aren't members. So we got all their information and we are going to meet up with them soon. Like how does that even happen? Turns out one of our members has been killing the member missionary work and invited all of them to come. 

We met with another guy named Alex this week. He was also a referral. He has a couple friends that are on missions and so they invited him to meet with the missionaries. He seems very cool and we are excited to work with him. 

We are still teaching Shania as well. She isn't progressing as much as we had hoped and so we are just praying that she will read the Book of Mormon and sincerely pray about it because thats the only way to know the truth. Hopefully things will go well with her this next week.

We've also been having english classes. It's been pretty fun. It's kind of hard to teach advanced level English but we are figuring it out. We have like 4 or 5 people that come so that's pretty good honestly. 

Every week we do 2 hours of family history. And this week I was able to find some of my ancestors that served missions and read about them. And one of them is Frank Peter Peterson. He was from tiny town of Teasdale,Utah. And he was called to serve in Denver Colorado. He served faithfully but he ended up dying while in the field. He got pneumonia while in Colorado and passed away there. I have loved learning about these ancestors and the hard things that they went through for this church and for me to be where I am now. I can't wait to thank him for his service some day.

Also Sister Trussell got this game called monopoly deal and we play it like every night. It's so fun. 10/10 would recommend.

Saturday was Georgias first football game of the season and they won! Go dogs! 

Trasfers!! We are all staying here at UG. So no transfers for us. 

Something I've been thinking about this week is the power of our testimony. I found a quote that says 

"Simply stated, testimony—real testimony, born of the Spirit and confirmed by the Holy Ghost—changes lives. It changes how you think and what you do. It changes what you say. It affects every priority you set and every choice you make. …

… To bear testimony is ‘to bear witness by the power of the Holy Ghost; to make a solemn declaration of truth based on personal knowledge or belief’. Clear declaration of truth makes a difference in people’s lives. That is what changes hearts. That is what the Holy Ghost can confirm in the hearts of God’s children."

Our testimonys have so much power. It can change hearts and lives. I know that this is true and that every one of you can be an impact on someone by bearing your pure testimony. 

Love always, 

Sister Coleman