February 17, 2014 Coos Bay, OR

February 17, 2014

Mom, Thank you so very much for your package! You seriously were led by the spirit! I needed more lysine and forgot to tell you and you put some in so thank you!  The OILS ARE PERFECT! I really am thankful you got those in as well.   The Ensign magazine was great because I printed out a bunch of talks to read for our investigators and there was one on the priesthood. I was going to use it and take notes on it but was prompted to read it out of the Ensign you sent me so I did and it was an answer to our prayers and we gave him that day the one I printed and so I am so glad you sent me the Ensign because others wise I would have written on the printed copy and not have one to give him. Sounds confusing but I am so grateful you put all those things in there. Everything was perfect and exactly what I need to last me for my mission!

I am so pleased to hear that things are going well at the Gilbert temple.  I admire you going out of your way to help others feel the spirit of the Gospel and the temple.  

Things are good here. President Young organized a huge training meeting on tracking and how we can better improve with our door approaches. He also went over how we can improve working with members and so overall the training meeting was awesome! I learned so much and it honestly was great. With members we are doing this thing called Members capturing the vision. It consists of 4 steps.

Prayer- Pray for missionary opportunities.

Faith- Have faith that the Lord will direct and help you with those opportunities.

Talk- Talk to people all around you. Friends, random people at stores, coworkers.

Invite- Invite someone to an activity.

With these steps we then ask members, who is someone they have in mind that they could reach out to. Then we play the Inviting Game. We gather in a circle with the members and they have 10 seconds to invite someone they know to church, dinner with family, RS activity, etc. and by doing this it helps members feel more comfortable inviting people to things. Helps them realize it’s not so bad talking to someone about the church. It’s a great way to get the family involved and get a feel of inviting. (Please share if you would like).

So with that members have been enjoying it and they are feeling better about talking to us about teaching their friends and stuff.

It’s been a little hard with our investigators. We got some new ones which is great but our current ones are struggling. We have seen many turn around though. The work is very slow and hard but we have seen miracles, which helps us keep going strong. A family who has been recently reactivated was struggling last week. Their daughter who was baptized 2 months ago feels she doesn't have a testimony and is rebelling. We are working with their son-in-law and their grandson who is 8 and was baptized on Friday but the dad backed out.  Their daughter in law was going to be baptized but never did because she stopped meeting with us. This all happened at once and the family was devastated and wondering why these things are happening after they had received so many miracles before and are coming back into the church. Well, this week we ran into the daughter in-law and she said she wants to be baptized again and we set up a time to finish the lessons with her. Their son in-law said he now wants to be baptized and will be ready soon. Their daughter is slowly getting better and being respondent to the church again. And the family is preparing to go to the temple soon. So with that,  it’s been a true blessing to know that God is always going to be there. At times the work will be hard and will have its ups and downs but throughout trials we see many of God's tender mercies and the miracles he does put in our path that may seem small but they are there. I am so thankful for this area. I am so blessed to be here with sister Crosgrove. She is so strong in her faith and is a great companion. I just have loved every bit of this transfer with her and admire all she does for this area and for me. Hope you have a great week I love you! :)

LOVE SISTER FLETCHER! <3