Hi everyone!
I am so glad to hear
that everything is going so good at home! Sister Ball and I are
continuing to teach quite a few lessons each week. This week we made it
to 21 lessons. We are slowly but surely making upward progress. I will
be very sad to see Sister Ball go (when she does), because I absolutely
adore her! And we also have 3 baptism dates for this upcoming transfer
so it would be sad for her to miss them. Transfers are coming up again
on the 10th of July.
I can't believe that I have been on my mission for almost three whole
months now! It really is crazy how fast the time goes, yet it seems like
I have been here for a lot longer than that. I am feeling pretty good. I
have to carry tissues around with me everywhere because my allergies
are actually really bad here. But I take my allergy pills each morning,
and that helps with all of the symptoms except for a runny nose, which
is just something I will have to deal with. My shoulder acts up every
now and then but it's not a big deal. I just ignore it and move on. It
also helps that Sister Ball rubs my shoulders a few times a week for me
to help me out. She is amazing! I love her to death! But I am still
doing well and loving every minute of my time here! That's exciting that
you went to the broadcast. I haven't seen it but I love listening to
Elder Holland so I'm sure that it was amazing! Hearing an apostle speak is always an
uplifting and edifying experience. 70,246 is a lot of missionaries in the
field (and I'm one of them!!!), with so many more coming out soon. The
work of the Lord is definitely hastening on. In answer to how you can
help the missionaries, give them good referrals. Tell them the names and
addresses of people that they can go visit. The people don't have to
know that you sent the missionaries, but it is hard to do all the
finding on our own. It's really nice to get referrals, or you can also
just invite people to church functions. Summer is here so I'm sure that
there is a lot of fun things going on that you can invite people to.
Just as you are all reading the Book of Mormon, I read the
Book of Mormon every single day, and I love it! Actually, Sister Ball,
myself, and a recent convert are all racing. So far, I'm in the lead.
I'm in 3rd Nephi, Lynne is in Alma, and Sister Ball is in Mosiah. We'll
see who wins! So a couple weeks ago (2 weeks in a row actually), Sister
Ball and I had the most new investigators for our companionship in the
whole zone. So on Wednesday
when we went to District Mtg and met up as a zone, we got a prize. The
prize was Karjalanpiirakka. It is a Finnish recipe that one of our zone
leaders (who is from Finland) made for us. It was really good, and I will
make them for you all when I come home. I also have a recipe for
Banoffe Pie, which is so good! I can't wait for you to try it! As I
mentioned earlier, Sister Ball and I have gotten 21 lessons this last
week, and we are hoping to get even more this week! Not a whole lot
happened this week. Oh, except that the Queen of England was five or less
miles away from us for four days in a row. We tried to go see her, but
apparently Heavenly Father didn't think that was a good idea, so we
didn't get to go. But His will, not ours be done. It is such a great
experience to be on a mission! I am loving each and every minute of my
time here, and I would encourage anyone to serve a mission if they want
to!
I know that the Lord will bless all of you for the
sacrifices that you have made, and He loves you all very much. I
know that the power of prayer really works, and if you ask Heavenly
Father for anything, with a sincere heart, and real intent, then he will
answer you. Thank you
so much for loving me and supporting my decision to serve the Lord. I
hope you all have a wonderful week and I am excited to hear what this
week will bring you. I love you guys so much!
Love,
Sister Connery
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