Miracles come about because of obedience.

Hello everyone! 

We had exchanges this week and a lot of good things happened this week. We were able to teach a lot of people. 

Not yesterday but last Sunday 4 college girls came to church! We were trying to pick up a potential investigator and he invited us to his house for a christian night thing he was having. That is where we met Gina and Allison. Allison called us before Sunday and asked us what time church started and that she was bringing Gina and two other friends.We were like, "Awesome!" The college girls did not come to church again but we were able to have a lesson with two of them during exchanges. Me and my STL taught Gina and Allison at the church building in Fulton. Gina took a religions class last semester and Allison is taking one this semester. They said that their favorite one that they have attended is the Lds church because everyone is so happy. Gina has a friend who is lds and they are both curious to learn more and were both trying to read the book of Mormon together :) We taught them the restoration and it was a very good lesson but we were not able to pick them up as investigators because we were not able to set a return appointment. With school and baseball practices they were not sure when they could meet again... they said that we could try and set something up during the week. Really nice girls! I think they would come again. We will keep trying with them. They wanted to take a selfie after our lesson haha  

It is cool to see how God puts people in our path. Our motive was to pick up a potential and his wife but God had something better in store! 

Another example is with a guy named Moses. not Moses in the old testament. One day, When I was still with the Mexico sisters, We were at the library filling out a survey that all the missionaries had to do online. I sat down next to a guy named Moses. Moses is like a 30 year old guy who wants to get into the ministry so he is quite religious. While I was taking the survey Sister Furniss was sitting on the couches waiting and she could see that he kept looking at me like he wanted to talk to me. then our phone rang and I answered it and said, "Hello this is Sister Fisher." and when I said that, Sister Furniss said that he looked at me with a really surprised look haha When I got off the phone he started talking to me and asked me, " Excuse me.. Are you a missionary?" I said, "Yes I am for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!" We were talking a little bit and then Sister Furniss came over and started talking to him while I finished the survey (because we have timed computers) We also found out that his sister is lds and he always thought his sister was following this religion blindly. 

We were able to meet with him again and he had some questions about Joseph Smith. So we turned to his account in Joseph smith history and read part of the first vision to him. He then asked if he could read it. He was just sitting there reading it for like 5 minutes and we were just watching him haha but it was a cool experience because everything changed after he read it. He was like whoa you read in the bible of how prophets interact with God and it is very similar how Joseph smith is describing it. He told us he is not going to see Mormons as another religion. Something touched him and it was cool to see. 

We got to see him again Saturday and we taught him more about prophets and Apostasy. We shared more scriptures with him and he agreed with a lot of it. He says that he is going to go home and really study the things we taught him. We showed him the question in the back of the restoration pamphlet to help him with his studies. I hope he sincerely studies and more importantly asks God if it is true. We are seeing him again next Saturday between conference sessions. 

I am really trying to know my scriptures. I put a lot of tabs in my scriptures and I am trying to refer to them more when I teach. I know that the scriptures invite the spirit as we teach and as I study more, the Holy Ghost will bring the right scripture to my remembrance to help the person we are teaching. 

Things don't always turn out the way we plan which is really frustrating. But I need to always remember that this is the Lords work. He has a better plan in store. It is God's "work and glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." (Moses1:39) It is "[our] work, to keep the commandments, yea, with all [our] might, mind and strength." (D&C11:20)

That is so cool to see miracles come about because of obedience and hard work. 

Hope you all have a great week.

Love 

Sister Fisher 

Put your heart in the work

Hello! 

I did hear about kiara! I have been keeping close contact with her I am so excited for her!! 

We had a mission conference this week that Elder Scott Grow from the 70 came to. I love that guy so much! I have noticed that a lot of the general authorities I have met have a really good sense of humor. really funny guys but have very powerful testimonies and are definitely servants of the Lord. But this conference was a punch to the face. He really chastised us and told us that we were not trying hard enough. But then he told us that the Lord chastens those he loves. Our mission needs to put there heart in the work more. 

This guy knows his scriptures so well. I want to know the scriptures like he does. He talked a lot about how important the morning studies are and how they lay the foundation for the day. He showed us his scriptures and preach my gospel and how marked up they were.

He made an equation: Spirit + Word = Power

Teaching by the spirit and knowing that word allows a missionary to teach with power! I really want to improve my studies and really know my scriptures well! I love the scriptures. I am reading through the new testament right now. I am in acts and it is actually really interesting 

Miracle of the week

Hellllooooo family!! 

Things are already amazing this transfer! First I want to say that I love Fulton and I am glad I am staying here for two more transfers. 

My new companions name is Sister White. She is from Star Valley Wyoming. She is 19 and has been out for almost a week. 

Here is three generations right here! ;) My daughter (Sister White, in red), me and my mom(Sister Hayden in blue) at transfer meeting. 

So miracle of the week... I have talked a lot about Devon before in past emails. We were teaching him when I first got here and then he decided that he didn't believe in the church anymore and did a 180 turn. He was really frustrated and we tried everything to help him but his heart was so hard he wouldn't listen. We eventually had to drop him and we didn't hear from him for like three weeks. It was frustrating because I couldn't understand him and I didn't know how to help him so I was praying a lot for him.  Then we were at a members home one night for dinner and the member got a text message from Devon and he said something like, "sorry I haven't been to church in a while, I have been struggling with my faith but something keeps drawing me back to this church" So he came to church that sunday and I talked to him and he said he has been reading and praying a lot and he started college and is saving up for a car... things are doing really well for him. We decided to play it cool with him and just let him figure things out before jumping into teaching him again.

So he has been coming to church every week since and he always comes and says hi to us and he has made a lot of friends with the members. So after give him some time yesterday I finally asked him what his plan was and he told me that he wants to get baptized in October when he gets off parole. He told me that he knows the church is true!.... What desirest thou?? :O

I texted him this morning to set something up with him this week and he sent us this message, "Yea that would be amazing! Thank you very much :) I appreciate everything and all the help that I'm getting on my spiritual progression to Christ." 

Is this too good to be true?! I did ask for this. I want to help Devon get to baptism. This church is so true :) I barely did anything, God is the one that is pouring out his blessings.

1 Corinthians 3:6-7 says, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that plantethany thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase."

I didn't start teaching devon. Missionaries before me planted that seed. I have taken part in the watering and God is the one that gives the increase. I think that is so cool!! We are just part of this big team!! I love being a missionary!! "For weare labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building." (1Cor.3:9)

We are also having something called a mission tour this week. Elder Scott Grow from the 70 will be speaking to us and I am so excited to hear what he has to say to us! :) 

Anyways have a great week! 

Love you all 

Sister Fisher

poutine

Hello! We got permission to write today because the library was closed on labor day. I hope you guys had fun at the lybberts! 

I am no longer in a tri. I am with another sister whose companion finished her mission and will be with her in fulton until tomorrow when I get my new companion.  my new companion will be fresh from the MTC. I won't know who she is until tomorrow. I am not as nervous because I have a better idea of what to expect but I hope it goes well! 

This week was good. We had some cool experiences. 

I want to make this story as intense as possible because it was intense at the time. We picked up this married couple a couple weeks ago. They are the people i talked about last week that said, ""I don't know if God is trying to tell us something but missionaries just keep coming back!" There is so much more to there story. The LDS church has definitely played a part in there life. They have gotten into anti material in the past and because of it they have hard feelings against joseph smith. I was so excited to teach them again. we planned a great lesson for them and then we went to go see them one night and the man came to the door and said that they didn't want to meet with us anymore and slowly closed the door on us. we were kind of shocked and walked slowly back to the car talking how this just was not right. We paused and sister furniss looks at me and is like, "do you want to go back?" I said yes and we went and knocked on there door again and the guy opened the door again. We asked him what happened and wanted to know if we were still friends and he still didn't give us much of an answer and closed the door on us. 

I still didn't feel satisfied. I wanted to talk to the wife. but we were driving away so I decided to give them a call. I put in there number and just stared at the phone and my companions were just looking at me. I said a little prayer and said, "Father, please don't let my fear stop me from doing something that is right." the phone rang....

and the husband answered the phone ._. 

I said, "Hello may I talk to Diana please?"

"May I ask who's calling?"

And then I said, "... the sister missionaries??"

Haha I thought he was going to hang up on me but he actually gave the phone to her!

I got to talk to her for a while and she had a lot of concerns but what she brought up wasn't really centered on our church. I feel like she is someone who gets offended easily. I still see hope with these two and sometimes persistence is necessary. It was for these guys. she told me that I should call them again in two weeks when there life is less heated and then go from there. that was better than nothing so I left it at that. 

I have never been so determined before. Haha I have been thinking a lot about prayer as well. Ask and you shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you. When president morgan's Councillor came and visited us he talked about D&C 7 with us. John was asked by the Saviour, What desirest thou? The three Nephites were asked the same question and they all had the same desire. They wanted power over death so that they could continue sharing the gospel until the Saviour's second coming. 

He told us it is not a selfish thing to ask God that we can be better teachers or for baptisms or other specific things. Those are righteous desires. God wants us to ask. He wants to bless us, all we have to do is ask. 

So I have been thinking a lot.. what do I desire? 

I told God I want to see Diana and Greg be baptized and I want to see Devon be baptized. And the only way I can do that is if you let me stay in Fulton for 6 months. Transfer calls came and I will be training again which means I will be here for two more transfers. A total of 6 months. 

I think that is why I didn't give up on Diana and Greg. I asked God for them and it didn't feel right when they said no. 

One of my favorite scriptures in the bible is in Isaiah 55:10-11 God's word "shall not return unto me void, but shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it."

God's word is Ask and ye shall receive. But that doesn't mean there isn't work involved. As long as it is a righteous desire and I do my best to be obedient and do everything I can, God will do the rest. He will always stick to his word. 

I may be crazy but that is what has been in my mind a lot. Sometimes I feel like I just go with the flow of things. I need to take more control. and be a little more persistent at times haha :P

Well have a great week yall!

Love Britt 

this is Sunday dinner at Sister Grajeda's and her family.We had Poutine

Taco Challenge

Hello! 

I am glad you liked the picture :) A member in the fulton ward sent one to moms phone last week. 

 Happy Birthday to Sister Furniss! Sister Kimball broke the taco record tonight with 15. The party was fun! I didn't even try the taco challenge. seriously this whole week we have been having double dinners and I was just tired of being stuffed!! haha I was definitely trying to be charitable haha 

Sister Furniss is from Blackfoot Idaho and Sister Kimball is from Logan Utah. Sister Kimball is a direct descendant of Heber C. Kimball who is also somehow related to Spencer W. Kimball. She caries her pedigree chart with her everywhere because people ask her that all the time haha  

we had another busy week! it went by so fast! 

Jordan and Emily past their baptism interview and were able to get baptized on Saturday and confirmed on Sunday. Jordan is 12 and Emily is 13. they are a lot of fun! 

We came back for the second time to teach our investigator named michael and he read 5 chapters from the book of mormon! And understood what was going on!! it was refreshing to see that. 

Another investigator named Kelsie came to church with her little boy! She is super cute and really enjoyed it! we were trying to contact a less active and found out that they moved and kelise lives there now so that is how we found her. she was looking for a church for something that her little 3 year old boy could be involved in. 

President Mahassey (second Councillor to president morgan) decided that he wanted to visit the fulton ward yesterday as well. he couldn't have picked a busier week! he didn't know that fulton and mexico were together for this short time but he enjoyed his visit in fulton! He took the 3rd hour of church to talk to us about the work being done in fulton and gave us advice and motivated us. it was kind of a tender mercy from God. He send his servant to strengthen us and let us know that we were doing a good job. God is definitely carrying this work. I don't know how these areas are staying alive but they are haha we were even able to pick up two new investigators who have had a lot of contact with missionaries in the past! they told us, "I don't know if God is trying to tell us something but missionaries just keep coming back!" haha. I love them and look forward to teaching them more. they don't like joseph smith and they don't think they need to be baptized again so those are the two main concerns we need to get over.

And this is just what happened in Fulton! I haven't even talked about what happened in mexico! 

It's been crazy busy but I am so happy :) I love my companions! They are so much fun! we are making lots of fun memories together!! 

I love you all thank you for the update! 

ps Who is candace marrying!?!? and when is the marriage date!? so many people have told me she is getting married but no one is saying who??

LOVE

Sister Fisher

Fun

Reenacting the first vision

having fun with the Halloween stuff :)

Haunted House

Hey I am in a trio and taking care of both areas, Mexico and Fulton because president morgan didn't want to close down an area. It sucks so bad. But at least I can say that I served my mission in Mexico!!! haha And the girls I am serving with are awesome. we go back and forth between Mexico and Fulton and the Mexico house that the sisters live in is haunted! and there is a huge spider that has taken over the basement so we never go down there. there is a room in the has that an old lady died in so we never go into that room either. One night we came home and it was dark and the haunted room door was like 4 inches cracked open!! I walked up to the door to close it and told my companions and they asked me how far open it was. so we all went to the door and I reach to open the door and it opened!!!!!! Right before I touched the door knob! We all screamed and ran away and then started laughing. It was so scary! 

As for the missionary work it is going well.We plan to have a baptism this weekend with some kids we have been teaching. And remember that guy that I talked about that was golden and then went crazy on us? Well he came to church yesterday and last sunday!!! We were at a members home one night for dinner and the member got a text message from Devon and he said something like, sorry I haven't been to church in a while, I have been struggling with my faith but something keeps drawing me back to this church. We decided to play it cool with him and just let him figure things out before jumping into teaching him again. I talked to him at church and he said he has been reading and praying a lot and he started college and is saving up for a car... things are doing really well for him. I KNEW IT WASN"T OVER WITH HIM!! :) :) It makes me so happy. The spirit is so powerful. And it just goes to prove that we as missionaries are the instruments. we probably messed up with devon and heavenly Father is just over here cleaning up our mess haha And God definitely answers prayers. Ah man. I wish I could tell you more of the story in person. I just can't wait to hear what happens next in this crazy story.

We found some critters this week too! We saw a huge dead Armadillo on the side of the road so we had to stop and take a picture with it. I have never seen a live armadillo before. but it stunk sooo bad. I didnt touch it because I didn't want to get leprosy.

I also saw a prey mantis!!! It was so cool! We stopped to get gas and it was just chilling at the gas station so I got my camra out and was taking picture and he was just staring at me. But then I was getting too close and it jumped up and flew away and it made me jump and I screamed and a black lady who was there started laughing at me. it was really funny. 

We came in to email late today so I guess it worked out that you emailed late as well :) I never ran into wayne pederson. Did there family come down to Nauvoo again? And I did not know Jason bohnet got married! that is exciting and I wouldn't be surprised is candace was engaged by the time I get back :) I hope so that would be cool. She better wait for me to get home.  

It is weird because we were in the store this morning and they are starting to put out the halloween stuff. it is weird because last year during halloween I was a missionary so that means I have been out way too long and that also means it is soon coming to a close. Which also means I have to make every second count!! 

I just want you guys to know that everything is going great. It has been really hard working the fulton schedule with the mexico schedule and prioritizing things but like you said it has definitely been a growing experience. I will get a new companion sept. 9th because that is when the new transfer is.  

I also want to say that I LOVE my mission president and his wife! they are amazing and I feel like they are my mission parents. They really look out for us missionaries. I have also learned that God is definitely in this work. I don't know how we are doing it but things are working out and we are going to have two baptisms this weekend. 

I am so tired. I was worried that august was going to be a slow month but I was so so wrong. 

I am glad to hear you are all doing well.

I love you all.

Have a great week. 

Britt