The Plan of Happiness

Hey guys!

How are you all? It seems like you guys are keeping busy which is good, and you're doing lots of cool stuff! Especially your missionary work! That's great that you took a friend to church Grace! Good job explaining that indeed we are Christians. I think it comes from being called 'Mormons' all the time instead of by the actual name of the Church. People have a lot of common misconceptions about the Church that we try our best to clear up, especially when people say that we aren't Christians. The name of the Church is The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-Day Saints! Oh well, they'll come to that knowledge eventually, and with the good missionary work you guys are doing, it will be great!

Those flooding pictures were really cool, I must admit. The water does look kinda gross, but the lighting wasn't that good either. The weather this past week has actually been really nice! The sun is out today and there are no clouds! I love it! The bus is really cool. I technically live in South London right now, and the missionary play hasn't really had that much of an effect. No one has really heard much about it. Very few people have actually paid attention to it, so it's not a big deal for us.

So, we have another investigator with a baptismal date in early April. I may not be here to see it but that is okay, as long as it happens! And we had a few people that we are teaching come to church yesterday and also a few who just saw the church and walked right in! It was actually really cool! I've never seen that happen where people just see the building from the outside and feel the Spirit enough that they just walk in! It's great! :)

That's really funny that you mention the Plan of Salvation because I studied that this morning in my personal study and I have some things to share with you guys. So, yesterday in Sacrament Meeting it was all about families! The talks were all about families, and we sang hymn #300- "Families Can Be Together Forever". I was just thinking this morning about how truly blessed I am to have that knowledge! Heavenly Father has given us our families to bring happiness to all of His children on the Earth. Because Heavenly Father loves each of us so much, He has provided a way for us to live with Him and also with our families forever. This is only possible through the Saviour, Jesus Christ. If we have faith in Him, repent, are baptized by the proper priesthood authority, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end, then we can have the opportunity to live with our families forever! Through the Prophet, Joseph Smith, the proper authority and power to bind families together was restored (see Matthew 16:19). When people get married, the person who marries them usually says something like, "...as long as you both shall live", or "...until death do you part". The Plan of Salvation and the priesthood authority allows family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave! How cool is that?! I love being able to share this knowledge with people! It helps them to know that Heavenly Father really does love every single one of us (regardless of what we do, He still loves us) and wants us to be happy. True happiness come from His plan - The Plan of Salvation, but also known as the Plan of Happiness! :D

I just love that and wanted to share it with you guys. So, that's it from this side of the world, and I hope that all is well over on your side. Have a great week, and continue to stay happy, healthy, and un-hurt! Love you guys!

Love,
Sister Connery