Golden Zone

Hey all!  How ya going?

This week has been good!  It feels like we some how fit two weeks into one, but it's been good.  I don't remember too much of what happened (Really tired) and so I'll just put them in as we go. :) 

So!  The title of the email.  This week was Zone conference!  It was a grand time, and there was a lot of things that they taught us.  They talked about finding the Elect, and how we need to make sure to reach out to everyone, but not to stay too long if they don't seem to be progressing.  The Elect are still waiting for us, we shouldn't let "buddies" keep us from them.  We only had our one Zone at conference, which totals to about 13 companionships.  From that there are 6 brand new Goldens, 2 second transfer goldens, and 8 or 9 missionaries that were just transferred in!  Lots of changes happening, which makes it really fun! :) 

Oh!  So for Relief Society we're doing a secret Sisters thing.  Sis and I were given some young women to be secret sisters to. We basically were a little too obvious for the first sister because "you're the only people nice enough to do that".... Oops! haha :)  But the second gift she thinks was someone else, so we might be safe there.  For the young women I have, I found out that she loves the beach and her bike, and that she lives 5 k's away from the beach, so I made a wild goose chase for her! :)  This took some planning, but we did it.  :)  We set it all in place and then made our way to follow up with a potential for an hour.  Reckoning that an hour was good enough, we back tracked to see if we could tell if they've done it.   On our way to the second clue, we spotted two bikers! :)  They had the greatest smiles on their faces, and looked happy as.  <3 We drove past them (hoping not to get busted again!) and then went on our merry way.  They just looked so happy it was worth all that effort! 

Oh! Aliens and Jedi knights tried to take over our little chapel, so we had to cancel two hours of church. :)  It was kind of scary.  We were singing all 6 verses of the sacrament hymn, and just settling into church.  The lights were dimming and brightening, but that's kind of normal, so we just went with it.  Then, in the final verse, it sounds like an alien is coming out of our tiny electric piano.  So the pianist stops playing and we sing without it.  The microphones were weirding out, so the sound system was turned off.  After the sacrament ends, and the testimony meeting was about to start, there are all these popping noises that sound like lightsabers clashing start happening above us.  Acting casual, members are turning off the lights and turning off all power to our little building.  We open the curtains and hold testimony meeting in the dark.  One thing that I thought was beautiful amongst all these theatrics was that our sacrament meeting table was illuminated by the incoming sun.  It helped me reflect on the sacrament and the meaning of it. 

After the meeting ended, the Branch President announced that there was a possible Electric fire in the roof, and that we were cancelling and just going to watch videos at our homes for the rest of church. 

Aussie word: Right.  Is this okay?  She'll be right.  You're right. (it's okay.)

Helaman 15:7-8--7 And behold, ye do know of yourselves, for ye have witnessed it, that as many of them as are brought to the knowledge of the truth, and to know of the wicked and abominable traditions of their fathers, and are led to believe the holy scriptures, yea, the prophecies of the holy prophets, which are written, which leadeth them to faith on the Lord, and unto repentance, which faith and repentance bringeth a change of heart unto them—

8 Therefore, as many as have come to this, ye know of yourselves are firm and steadfast in the faith, and in the thing wherewith they have been made free.  

I love this one.  It tells us that as we gain Faith and a testimony from the Living prophets and from the scriptures that we will be able to stay firm and steadfast.  We won't just come and then go.  We'll stay there.  It's incredible to be a part of this conversion for these people, and to be able to watch them do it. 

Photos: The Jetty!!!!  And the Underwater Observatory.  

Sister Hollee Talbot

Jetty Train for Sister Hughes and Sister Talbot

Jetty Train!

Busselton Jetty

Underwater Jetty