Dear all,
Since I had P-day on Wednesday last week, I don't have that much to
write about, but time is starting to fly by! On Friday we had
specialized training for my group of missionaries that got here last
month. We got our iPads which is so nice! Planning, teaching and
trying to navigate around here is a lot easier. We are really lucky to
have them. On Saturday the VC was packed! There was one man who was
from Thailand and he was very interested in learning more. We gave him
a Thai Book of Mormon and he loved it. He gave us his information and
he's going to come back next weekend. Today we got to go to the city!
It was a really fun experience, but there is so much to see! We went
to the botanical gardens which is a museum that has all of the
different climates from around the world. We went to the capital
building, the Washington monument and the Lincoln memorial. We met a
man while we were metro contacting this week named Douglas. We were
able to talk to him for a while and he had just lost some family
members. He said with everything else going on in the world, he's lost
a lot of hope. We told him about what we believe and the hope that
comes from our Savior Jesus Christ. He said he would be interested in
learning more. He is coming to the visitors center during the Festival
of Lights and is going to meet with us more. Since we aren't in his
area we have to pass him, but we can still teach him online because we
have the teaching center in the VC. That's the nice thing about being
in the VC is that we get to stay in contact with people even if we
aren't in their area to teach them in person! I'm reading in Mosiah
right now and love learning about service. Especially this time of
year as we get closer to Christmas. Something I loved was a quote by
President Howard W. Hunter. He said, “Continue to seek opportunities
for service. Don’t be overly concerned with status. … It is important
to be appreciated. But our focus should be on righteousness, not
recognition; on service, not status. The faithful visiting teacher,
who quietly goes about her work month after month, is just as
important to the work of the Lord as those who occupy what some see as
more prominent positions in the Church. Visibility does not equate to
value". Oh and thank you to everyone In the ward for the Christmas
poster! (I didn't know it was for Christmas haha sorry I read it
anyways) I love reading everything from you all! Hope you all have a
great week!
Love, Sister Haertling
Since I had P-day on Wednesday last week, I don't have that much to
write about, but time is starting to fly by! On Friday we had
specialized training for my group of missionaries that got here last
month. We got our iPads which is so nice! Planning, teaching and
trying to navigate around here is a lot easier. We are really lucky to
have them. On Saturday the VC was packed! There was one man who was
from Thailand and he was very interested in learning more. We gave him
a Thai Book of Mormon and he loved it. He gave us his information and
he's going to come back next weekend. Today we got to go to the city!
It was a really fun experience, but there is so much to see! We went
to the botanical gardens which is a museum that has all of the
different climates from around the world. We went to the capital
building, the Washington monument and the Lincoln memorial. We met a
man while we were metro contacting this week named Douglas. We were
able to talk to him for a while and he had just lost some family
members. He said with everything else going on in the world, he's lost
a lot of hope. We told him about what we believe and the hope that
comes from our Savior Jesus Christ. He said he would be interested in
learning more. He is coming to the visitors center during the Festival
of Lights and is going to meet with us more. Since we aren't in his
area we have to pass him, but we can still teach him online because we
have the teaching center in the VC. That's the nice thing about being
in the VC is that we get to stay in contact with people even if we
aren't in their area to teach them in person! I'm reading in Mosiah
right now and love learning about service. Especially this time of
year as we get closer to Christmas. Something I loved was a quote by
President Howard W. Hunter. He said, “Continue to seek opportunities
for service. Don’t be overly concerned with status. … It is important
to be appreciated. But our focus should be on righteousness, not
recognition; on service, not status. The faithful visiting teacher,
who quietly goes about her work month after month, is just as
important to the work of the Lord as those who occupy what some see as
more prominent positions in the Church. Visibility does not equate to
value". Oh and thank you to everyone In the ward for the Christmas
poster! (I didn't know it was for Christmas haha sorry I read it
anyways) I love reading everything from you all! Hope you all have a
great week!
Love, Sister Haertling
top picture: Visiting the Washington Monument
middle picture: The Capitol Building
bottom picture: getting ipad training and their new ipads,
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