Kent Island

My cute Sister Bridges FINALLY sent some photos on a CD this week--although one of the CD's WOULDN'T OPEN any of the photos...grrr..... I am going to send Lerin a flash drive this week for her to use instead of the unreliable semi-outdated CD! 
Enjoy.....

I found my brother's own road!

The US Naval Academy

The McIntyre Family - Stevensville, MD -- FHE!

A Cool Hat I found in Baltimore

Eating OYSTERS for the first time with a member family -- No, they were NOT GOOD!

Bill's baptism -- Stevensville, MD.  What a great day!

A few snipets of Lerin's latest letter....
Oh my goodness I love missionary work! We had such an amazing week! I am so humbled to be a part of this work of miracles. What a blessing it is to serve in the Maryland Baltimore Mission at this time. The success of the week is in large part to the council received at Zone Conference this past week. Every day we made it a goal to update our area book and that has made all of the difference. We have been making it a point to have kneeling prayer every time whenever possible and pray on behalf of our investigators. It has made all of the difference. I know I have been negative in the past about our area with the different issues but I love serving on Kent Island. There are great things that are happening. We are gaining the trust of the members and have received many referrals this past week with some team-ups planned for later this week.
 

Something exciting happened on Saturday. We were asked by our Branch Mission leader, Bro. Bishop, to attend a community Easter party held by Kevin Philpot. Kevin has been doing this Easter party for 20 years out of the goodness of his own heart. Bro. Bishop writes for the local newspaper and was asked to do a story on the event. While interviewing Kevin, the topic of religion came up in conversation. Kevin indicated he is looking for a church to take his grandchildren to. Bro. Bishop immediately bore testimony of the gospel and told Kevin that we as missionaries could come and teach him more about the church. Kevin accepted. We met him at the Easter party and were able to get his contact information to set up an appointment for this week.  Yippee!!!

More and more miracles like this are starting to happen. I have a firm testimony that the Lord will bless us as we show our diligence and love for our brothers and sisters. I love serving and am grateful for the blessing that the Lord has given me this week and hope and pray that He will continually help us as we remain worthy of the spirit.

Conference was Amazing!

HELLO EVERYONE!


Oh my goodness it has been such a great week! It started off a little depressing but it has gotten better and better as it progressed. Here is a breakdown of the week (I'm going to start doing this from now on):

Monday: Since we were over on our allotted miles for the month we had to stay on the Island for P-day. That evening it was Sis. McIntyre's birthday so we had a party for her. We went over early to help Desiree cook dinner and make the cake. It was so much fun. We all sang happy birthday and decorated the house. It was the first time in many years that the house was decorated for Sis. McIntyre's b-day. Later that evening in the dark after it had been raining all day we jumped on the tramp in our skirts and played with their new pit bull puppy. Man it felt good to jump on the tramp.

Tuesday: It was very cold 44 degrees and raining cats and dogs. We had district meeting as normal then we had to park the car because we were over on miles. So we walked in the rain of course! I had a 3/4 lenght shirt on with a long sleeve shirt and a sweater under my rain coat and I still got soaked down to the garments. It was FREEZING but tons of fun. I kept telling Sis. Vaughan if I wasn't on a mission I would be in the crappiest mood right now but we were laughing the entire time. We were not able to talk to anyone on our list.

Wednesday: We had to do some planning in the morning then we were on foot the rest of the day. Something amazing happened...the sun came out and it was 68 degrees. Walking wasn't as bad that day. We even got a little sunburn. Even though we were walking all day the results were the same as the day before..no one home and no one interested in the gospel.

Thursday: What a great day! We were able to have breakfast at our branch mission leader's home and go out on two appointments with him that morning. After two days of no teaching it felt good to visit people and invite the spirit in their homes. After the appointments we found a new investigator and were able to set up an appointment with them this week and we had contact with a former investigator but it doesn't end there...We went tracking in a nearby town and were able to meet some nice people. Then we visited with some members and were able to have dinner with them and share a message with their little kids. On our way back home we said goodbye to the McIntyre's before they left on their spring break vacation to Florida. That evening we visited with some members and played with their cute little pug puppies. Oh my I have never seen anything so cute in my life. They were Little fur balls and were running around EVERYWHERE! I wanted to take one home with me. Amber you would have loved them. I took plenty of pictures of them for you, Ams.

Friday: We met with Charles and Vivian in the morning and received some bad news. Charles is renting an apartment in Pittsburgh for 8 weeks while he is receiving radiation treatment. Vivian will be with him on the weekends. Charles is going to be fine but it will falter their progression in the gospel. We were really working hard with them to have them on date for next month. That evening we were able to have dinner with the Schneider. It was a great visit with Karl and Janene. I just love them so much. We had a great conversation with Janene about the temple.
Conference: There were numerous times throughout conference were the spirit touched me so much that I got goosebumps throughout my entire body. I loved it so much. I could talk about it all day. Unfortunately I only have 2 minutes left on the computer.

All in all it was such a powerful week. I love all of you so much!