Wonderful news! Saturday Sister Fatma Mohamed was baptized. She was being taught by Sister Williams and Toole from our district. Fatma has been attending church for two years, but never quite ready to make baptismal covenants until now. She spoke after her baptism and said that she was feeling so many things but didn't know "how to say them." She also said she felt weightless like she could fly. She did lots of smiling and expressing her love for all the people there. We could see that the ward members love her also.
Sisters Hart and Nebeker were also in attendance with one of their investigators who is ready to be baptized. We hope to be attending her baptism soon. I love the gospel and the joy it brings into all our lives. I love our missionaries!
Sisters Hart and Nebeker were also in attendance with one of their investigators who is ready to be baptized. We hope to be attending her baptism soon. I love the gospel and the joy it brings into all our lives. I love our missionaries!
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| Atlanta Zone Conference lunch with my favorite sisters FR - Sisters Tippetts, Rice, Toole, Williams, Hart BR - Sisters Nebeker and Merrell |
Zone Conferences were in our own Atlanta Mission this week. It was so nice to sleep in our own bed and drive an hour or so to the different conferences. We especially enjoyed seeing and being with the missionaries we know and love and miss.
President Clayton has a casual, relaxed leadership style, and the missionaries love him. He emphasized the importance of spirit-led invitations. He reminded the missionaries before extending an invitation to teach doctrine pertaining to that invitation and the promised blessings that always follow using the scriptures, then extend the invitation along with any help their investigators may need to succeed. We continue to learn wisdom from the president as well as all the missionaries here.
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| Zone Conference lunch Sister Read, Elder & Sister Jacobsen, President Clayton |
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| Elder & Sister Kone |
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| Elder & Sister Kone and Elder & Sister Meadows |
Rod's presentations on managing stress were well received. He always has a way of mixing a little humor with good information and gospel doctrine. President Clayton liked it so much that he asked permission to record it. He plans to show it during the orientation of new missionaries.
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| Elder & Sister Kone (Atlanta Mission Nurse) and Sister & Elder Merrell |
The last day of zone conference was held in Atlanta, so our senior missionaries decided to take advantage of the location and go to the temple after the meetings. What a blessing it was to be there and what a blessing it is to have the Atlanta Temple in our mission. I love being in the temple! After, we ate a delicious dinner at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen.
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| Dinner at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen Sister & Elder Merrell, Sister & Elder Read, Sister & Elder Jacobsen, Elder & Sister Kone |
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