Week 28: Welcome to Liberty!

HELLO friends and family!!!!

We've had some major plot twists this week.

Plot twist: I'm in a trio.

Plot twist: With my older "sister" (in missionary terms)

Plot twist: We cover the whole stake.

Plot twist: We're not in Bountiful anymore, Toto.

And that's basically my week in a paragraph.

Monday we had some fun activities, then met with a sweet family who's daughter is not a member. There are some really rough family situations here, and it makes me so grateful for the family that I have. We also had a lesson with a woman who just had brain surgery that a member family invited over. She is pretty interesting, and we're still trying to figure her out haha. BUT she committed to read the Book of Mormon!!

Tuesday we had dinner with an amazing woman who wants to go on splits with us all the time! Love these people. Then we visited a less-active sister and shared a wonderful message about how much Heavenly Father loves her. The Spirit was so strong, and she really wants to have her testimony strengthened. We found out one of our recent converts was nowhere to be found and I had a slight panic attack as we tried to figure out where she was. We finally said a prayer and we all felt at peace. 

Wednesday we visited with a few Relief Society presidents who are super excited to have us here to help out with visits and finding less-active sisters who need help. This area is so different from Bountiful :) 

But the highlight of the day was our little district lunch at the church building. Sister Hansen had to go home for a few months because she needs to have surgery on her knee. So we helped her pack up everything and handed her off to her parents, then our new companionship was created to be over the whole stake!! 

So now I'm with Sister Bill and we are co-training Sister Tucker. And I love them both so much. I haven't laughed this much in a very long time. We have a blast together, and they are both such powerful missionaries. 

We had some logistical things happen that made working out schedules a little difficult, but it's all going smoothly now :) The stake just needs to adjust to having the three of us over the whole stake. 

Thursday we were all just physically and mentally exhausted from the commotions of the past few days, so we had some nap time after a lunch up in Salt Lake with one of our ward missionaries. We had some fantastic visits, several appointments cancelled on us, but all in all it was a good day. 

Friday we had a combined district meeting up at the Capitol Hills church building. Awesome training about the importance of church tours. You all should be doing those. And great weekly planning trying to combine people from both sides of the stake. Fabulous dinner, wonderful visit with the cutest eighty-year-old woman ever who wants to be baptized, and then a miracle lesson with this couple who really are interested in the gospel and in changing their lives. Miracles everywhere.

Saturday we started moving stuff from our disgusting apartment downstairs to Sister Bill's apartment that those Elders actually left spotless. We helped out a young family with packing up dishes since they will be moving soon. Lots of people not home. Or ignoring us. One or the other.

Crazy things in Liberty: a fuzzy pink moustache on the front of a Jeep, a man walking around the parking lot in his robe, cats and dogs barking at you from before they can see you and after, and so many other things I can't even begin to describe.

Sunday was Easter Sunday. We spoke in a sacrament meeting, met two potential investigators, had Polynesian curry for dinner, added a new investigator who is totally going to be baptized soon, and had a turkey dinner with three less-actives who love doing missionary work. We sang in a ward choir, too, and talked with a million other people throughout the day.

Oh, how I love Easter. Usually I either watch this video or read this talk, Sunday Will Come, by Elder Wirthlin. One of my favorites. Easter Sunday is the perfect time of year to celebrate the hope that the Atonement of Jesus Christ gives to us. Think about how much our Heavenly Father must love us to send Jesus Christ to provide the Atonement, and then think about how much Christ must love us to actually follow through with that plan. I love Alma 7:11-13. I love how every single page of the Book of Mormon testifies of Jesus Christ and His Atonement. Every single page. It's amazing. I know Jesus Christ lives. I know He loves us. I know that through His Atonement, we can be healed, strengthened, and forgiven. I know this Church to be His. I know that He is at the head of this incredible work. I consider myself so blessed to have even a small part in it all.

There is so much I want to share with you all. So much happened this past week. I want you all to know that serving a mission is the best decision I have ever made in my life. I thought I had a strong testimony before I left. Now, as I continually see other children of our Heavenly Father - my brothers and sisters - really choose to rely on Christ and turn to Him and change their lives completely, my testimony is unshakable. The things that we see happen - people overcoming drug addictions, choosing to leave their families for Christ, turning aside a whole different way of life to keep the commandments - are things that the world would deem completely impossible and illogical. But because of the Atonement, it is possible. Because of the Atonement, we can become perfect like our Heavenly Father. Because of the Atonement, we can feel His love in every single moment of our lives.

I love this gospel. I know it is true. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ. I am forever grateful for what He did for us. He loves us - you, me, and every single person we pass on the street. I love being a missionary and focusing on the gospel every second of every day. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the true church of Jesus Christ on the earth today. I know it. And I want to share it with everyone! I know that through the gospel we can experience true joy here in this life - not just temporary happiness, but real, eternal joy. And that is possible through the Atonement.

I love you all. So so much. Thank you for all you do for me, your families, your friends, and the random person you met in the elevator this morning. 

Expect miracles. Remember to smile.

Love,

Sister Holbrook

2 Nephi 5:16, 27 We can live after the manner of happiness as we continually keep our covenants!

I want to hear what you all are learning from Preach My Gospel this next week!!! I keep giving challenges but hear nothing. Here I am following up the best I can. Let me know how it's going and I'll let you know, too :)

Pictures:

Our fantastic district. We miss you Sister Hansen!!! Yes, that really is our entire district.

The wonderful trio on Easter. Happy Easter everyone!!! Go to easter.lds.org and watch the video there. So powerful. 

Week 27: I haven't even known you for a week...

This has been a week for the history books.

Seriously. Last Monday feels like a century ago.

There is so much to share, so many events and thoughts and people. I'm not entirely sure where to begin. So we'll just start with the information my mom asked for :)

Monday I found out I was being transferred, so we did some errands and then it was off to pack and go to two zone activities and a district activity and saying goodbyes to all of my Mueller Park people. Oh how I miss them all, BUT the new area is wonderful, too.

Tuesday we got everything finished up, then off to the transfer building. Got Sister Juarez and Sister Fluegel together, then it was off to the new missionary training meeting. Had some trainings and lunch, and then I found out my new companion is Sister Tucker from North Carolina who came pre-trained. So excited :) She just knows how to do missionary work because she went out with the sister missionaries a lot back home, so she knows how to work.

We got our car, packed up everything, and headed to our new apartment which the Elders had left a disaster. Most of the day was spent unpacking, tracking down some TP, and doing some major cleaning. On our way to Walmart, we got a phone call and found out that we had a baptismal interview that night (what?!) and we were late... so we went right over to meet Lisa and we had an awesome lesson with her!! Then we met our ward mission leader. He had lost a lot of hope in his ward in seeing missionary success there, and as we were talking and committed to go out and do the work he asked us to do, you could see the missionary fire just light up his face again. Love that family.

The rest of the week has been a blur of meeting with leadership, finding people, cleaning, unpacking, talking to more people, following up, planning what we can, and more.

We are in the north half of the Wells Stake - Sister Bill and Sister Hansen cover the south half, and Elder Flores and Elder Farias cover the whole stake for Spanish speaking. That's our whole district. I love it - we're already a family and just have a blast together! We live in a four-plex house of sorts. Our apartment isn't that big, but it's cleaner now :) We have our own apartment. The other sisters live right below us in the same building. The Elders live a block away. President Hansen didn't really tell us much about the area - actually, he told me nothing. But I love it with all my heart :) It is so different from Bountiful, but I am so grateful to be here. If you want to stalk the area on Google maps, go through the LDS maps. It goes from about 1700 S to 1300 S and then from 700 E (mission border... haha) to just past I-15. Small and awesome.

We've had so many people tell us they are so grateful to have sisters in the area. These wards have had Elders the past several years, and a few of the wards haven't had a baptism in over 4 years. We're totally changing that. Right now, we just love the area, do what our ward mission leaders tell us to do, and everyone just adores us already.

Last logistical thing: just send mail to the mission office. Don't worry about sending anything to me directly. 1535 S Edison St. Salt Lake City, UT 84115. It's in my area anyway :)

Physically I am feeling great! My foot's been super swollen the past little while, but otherwise I'm good :)

I love you all! The gospel is true! Remember to smile in all you do. Go forth in faith.

And don't forget to do all those awesome things we were asked to do during Conference.

Love,

Sister Holbrook

Totally forgot to mention... We had two baptisms on Saturday!!!! I went back to Mueller Park for Autum's baptism. This sweet 9 year old girl and her family have been coming back to Church and been reading and praying every single day. I am so excited for them to continue progressing in the gospel.

We had a baptism in our area as well for Lisa. She is incredible. Life has thrown every possible challenge at her, and yet she is staying true to what she knows is right. Attending her baptism was a privilege that I will never forget.

It's really hard to say goodbye when you can't give hugs :)

Only in Utah will you find a BYU - Utah colored hydrant :)

Happy to be a missionary

Going to General Conference

(We have nothing to say about this, we just find it hilarious)

Happy to be in the snow

The flowers at Temple Square

The district in Bountiful

Me and Sister Tucker, a brand new missionary from North Carolina who is so ready to be a missionary!!!

The apartment when we arrived ...

On a street in our area

Autum, Sister Madrid, and myself :) I LOVE this family so much.

With Sister Fluegel and Sister Juarez - I am leaving Mueller Park in good hands :)

Week 26: General Conference and Transfers

Transfer news:

I'm going to Liberty Park and whitewash training!! (aka both missionaries will be new to the area)

Craziness. 

This transfer is going to be a blast :)

Now to do absolutely everything I need to do today... yikes.

In other news this is going to be a super short email because Sister Holbrook has to pack up her life today.

Lots of thoughts to share.

First off,

Conference was AMAZING!!!

You all should watch President Eyring, Elder Andersen, and Sister Reeves' talks from the Saturday morning session again. So fantastic. 

As we went through conference, I decided to write down not only a few notes, but also applications from each talk. It will be cool to see how applying the principles taught will help me become a better missionary.

Also according to Elder Ballard, we all should be studying Preach My Gospel. Get one. I'll follow up on it next week :)

President Hansen has given us the challenge to read the Book of Mormon looking for passages about faith and prayer. It is a really interesting and revelatory experience to look for specific topics in the Book of Mormon and see what comes out of the stories as you listen to the Spirit.

We saw lots of people this week. Did family mission plans with a ton of people - I LOVE seeing all of the members starting to catch the vision of missionary work! Especially the youth :) The leadership here are amazing. I love these people with all my heart.

I'm excited for the new adventures the Lord has in store for me! I will miss Mueller Park as much as I miss my own family (probably even a little more), but I know the Lord's plans are far greater than anything I could ever plan for myself.

I love this work. I love the gospel. I love you all!!

Have a wonderful week of miracles :)

Love,

Sister Holbrook

Week 25: Conference Season!

What a week. We're taking this one day by day. Thankfully, I'm a fast typer so I should get it all in before we have to head out for haircuts! #pdaycraziness

Monday 

Went to this AMAZING Church history museum that is privately owned and the owner loves missionaries so she gave us this amazing tour. I had the opportunity to see some incredible artifacts, including uncut sheets of the Book of Mormon, several old organs, an altar from the Salt Lake Temple, etc. I also had the incredible opportunity not only to see but to also play the original box organ that William Clayton brought across the plains and wrote "Come Come Ye Saints" on. I am so blessed. 

Tuesday

Spent three hours updating the area book, progress records, teaching records, referral information, and more. It was ridiculously busy. But we found some awesome Mormon Messages for you all to watch!!

Youth testify of the Restoration

The Life of President Thomas S. Monson (hour long and totally worth it)

Christlike Attributes. So powerful.

We did also visit a few less active members and had a great visit with one of them discussing different pranks we could pull on others. Looking forward to testing them out... after the mission life :)

Wednesday

Visited a few other less active and very active members. Practiced the musical number for zone conference (see Friday). The laurels fed us a second dinner (almost as delicious as second breakfast) and we had some awesome visits with ward mission leaders.

Thursday

Planning, lunches with some sisters in the Stake (yes, we had two - I have never eaten so much in my life as the past week), read the Book of Mormon with one of our investigators, had our new investigator drop us in the first lesson, awesome dinner with some crazy kids, practiced music for zone conference, and had everyone cancel on us. 

Friday

ZONE CONFERENCE!! I'm such a nerd - I love meetings. I love learning and listening and growing from other people's experiences and perspectives. This zone conference was absolutely amazing. We went from 8:30 until 4:30. And it was AWESOME. I accompanied "Homeward Bound" for our zone musical number and was in charge of prelude, postlude, and the rest of the music for the meeting. It's a good time when your mission president knows you play piano :)

Some highlights from zone conference:

Study the pamphlets. Seriously, get some from your local missionaries and study them. They are absolutely amazing.

Have the faith to find and invited people constantly!

Be excited about the Book of Mormon! It is such an incredible book, and that enthusiasm should carry to everyone!!!

Be creative in missionary work. There's not just one way for every single person.

The Atonement is at the center.

Focus on the simple doctrines of the gospel. Don't get caught up in the details. 

Watch the District. LOVE it. And it really does help in becoming better missionaries as you apply the principles.

Saturday

As a missionary, holidays are basically the worst times of the year. Why? Because EVERYONE and their dog and their cat and six kids leave for a week. So basically, no one was home, our appointments cancelled, and we had very few people to visit. Granted, we probably could have tried harder to find people. But it was still rough. But we enjoyed a lovely dinner on our own after a neighboring area's baptism, then we went to the.... 

General Women Meeting!!! 

Like I said, I LOVE meetings :) I was in tears basically the entire meeting. So powerful. If you are a woman and love Christ, you need to watch this broadcast. Plus when President Eyring spoke, I had this whole new appreciation for the people he was talking about. When he talked about the youth here who go to the temple, what he didn't share is that the temple had to start opening almost an hour earlier at 4:30 in the morning to accommodate all the youth from this stake going to do baptisms. I love this stake a lot :)

Sunday

Our usually busiest day was quite low-key as our regular appointments ALL cancelled. BUT we had a great visit with our high councilman, enjoyed six inches of snow, took some ridiculous pictures, shoveled ourselves out of the snow twice (hooray for front wheel drive in the mountains), and went to Church meetings from 9 to 4. I love the mission life :)

Well, I love you all lots! Hope this email doesn't totally overwhelm you and finds you all doing fabulously!! The gospel is true! Our Heavenly Father loves each one of you!!

Love,

Sister Holbrook

Transfers are next week, so you might want to hold off sending to the Bountiful address. The mission address is 1535 S Edison St Salt Lake City, UT 84115.

No pictures attached this week, but not because I have nothing. This computer doesn't have the right plug in for it... sad face. Guess you'll just have to wait until next week!

Week 24: Missionary Life Is The BEST!

So people from Mueller Park are finding my blog.... Hello my beloved Mueller Park peeps!!

There are so many amazing things happening in this Stake that I just can't handle it. You want to know why we're so busy that we can hardly handle it?

MEMBERS.

Members are the secret to everything. They have invited people into their homes, offered to go out contacting with us, come to lessons with us, helped increase enthusiasm in their wards, etc.

This past week we have been having family nights, creating family mission plans, contacting referrals, going to regular appointments, visiting widows, organizing the area book, gone on exchanges, learned from other missionaries, finding new people to teach, reading the Book of Mormon, and a million other things. 

I LOVE being a missionary. 

I love being so busy every single day that the work just completely engulfs your entire focus. I love coming home and being totally exhausted that I fall asleep instantly (a new thing for me). I love being myself as I teach and interact with people all day long. I love giving my all, and then turning to the Lord and having Him make up the difference and more. I love visiting with members and seeing them reach out to people they know. I love meeting new people and sharing my testimony with them. 

I love being able to talk about the Restoration, about the Book of Mormon, and about Jesus Christ and His Atonement every single minute of every day. I love not needing to worry about the rest of the world and the harsh realities of life - or at least, those in my own life. I love relying completely on Heavenly Father's plan for me and for this area. I love seeing people open their hearts and choose to change as they decide to come closer to Christ. I love seeing these sons and daughters of God through Heavenly Father's eyes. I love being here and loving these people with all my heart.

I love being a missionary!

This week I also saw some amazing people: Sister Beeton (one of my first companions) and my two sisters!! Craziness. I love them all so much and am so grateful for the influence they have had on my life. 

We also had exchanges this week. I went to the North Salt Lake stake for a day and had a grand old time contacting referrals, going to a Relief Society activity, and teaching a few lessons. That day was a wonderful reminder to me of the importance of having fun. Missionary work is HARD. Really hard. It is physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally exhausting. I laugh probably fifty times a day at the ridiculous little things that happen to us. When we're having a rough day, we look for opportunities to breathe and laugh for a few seconds. When you have fun, it makes everything that much better. 

Some of the fun moments of this week: we caught some crazy cats that a woman was babysitting, we ate lots and lots of Mexican food, our investigator juggled knives for us, we had a Russian woman yell at us, we took a 17 second nap on an investigator's front lawn when they weren't home, we crashed a member's birthday dinner, we talked in British accents for 20 minutes straight, we had green food for St. Patrick's day, we played frisbee with a dog in 20 degree weather. And maybe those aren't funny to you, but they are absolutely hilarious for me. 

We have a good time out here in Bountiful :)

General Conference is right around the corner and I am SO EXCITED!!!! We are so blessed to have prophets and apostles on the earth today who speak to us and tell us the things Heavenly Father needs us to know and apply so we can be prepared for the things that are coming. 

What an amazing miracle and blessing that is in this day.

This Saturday is the first ever General Women's Meeting for all the women of the Church and of the world!!! It is going to be AMAZING. I would invite every single woman to watch that broadcast this Saturday at 6:00pm MDT. 

Something I write down at the end of every single meeting is "Therefore, what?" Because of the things that I have observed, learned, and felt today, what am I going to do about it?

What will you do about the things that you have learned today?

I love this Church. I love this gospel. I love the Book of Mormon. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ. I love being able to focus completely on Him and Heavenly Father's work. 

I love you all dearly. I hope you all have a wonderful week full of miracles as you go forth and act in faith! Keep smiling :)

Love,

Sister Holbrook

Pictures from a youth activity we helped out at. Love the youth of this stake.

Me, Chris, and Sister Juarez at the Christus

Me and Sister Juarez at Temple Square

Me and Sister Beeton... Jessica now :) I love this girl!

POPCORN POPPING on the apricot tree :)

Beautiful Bountiful. I never want to leave this place.

I love the Salt Lake Temple :)

Week 23: The Best of Times

As my dear friend Sister Wolfgramm said, Im gonna make this short and sweet because I would rather read emails than write them :)

This week was full of great adventures, but the major highlights are:

TIA'S BAPTISM!!!

Candice/Sister LeSueur came to visit!

We have a new teaching method!

And I also watched a cat give birth. And someone gave me a box of Thin Mints. Good times.

Tia's Baptism was one of the best days of my life. I am so blessed that I have been able to be with her since the beginning back in November. We have all been through so much together, and Saturday went absolutely perfectly. Except for when my page of sheet music for the musical number fell down... oops. Otherwise, it was amazing. So many of the ward members came to support Tia - we didn't have enough chairs in the Relief Society room, so people were standing in the back! It was absolutely beautiful. The Spirit was so strong

There is great power in the ordinances and promises, or covenants, that we make when we receive those ordinances. At baptism we promise to take His name upon us, always remember Him, and keep His commandments. In return, our Heavenly Father promises us that we will always have His Spirit to be with us. What a powerful promise! 

We also had the opportunity on Sunday to speak on repentance in Tia's ward. I am so grateful for our Savior, Jesus Christ, and for His infinite and eternal Atonement. The Atonement makes it possible for us to change. "When we choose to follow Christ, we choose to be changed." -Ezra Taft Benson. I love Sundays because we have the opportunity to partake of the sacrament. I love the weekly reminder of the changing and healing power of the Atonement, and also the opportunity to renew those covenants we have made throughout our lives. 

"Try a little harder to be a little better." President Hinckley

Saturday was also a great day because Candice was able to come to the baptism. I am so grateful for all that she has taught me, and I am so thankful for her example. It was just the cherry on top of a miraculous day to be able to talk with her for a bit!!

The other thing I wanted to talk about from this week is our new teaching program. I won't go into a whole lot of detail, but basically, this program is going world wide and is completely revolutionizing the way we missionaries teach. This method allows us to get out of the way and truly lets the Spirit teach and guide the people being taught. We as missionaries are simply guides for the people so they can feel the Spirit touch their hearts and teach them the truth. We use the pamphlets - ask your local missionaries for some Restoration pamphlets and study them. They are an absolutely incredible tool that are one of the most under-utilized tools we have. 

The best part of this new method is that we completely focus on the very basics of the gospel. In sixty seconds we can teach the first lesson because we just go over the basics: God is our loving Heavenly Father, the gospel blesses our families, prophets have revealed the gospel throughout time, Jesus Christ organized His Church, we fell into a period of apostasy where the full gospel was not on the earth anymore, Joseph Smith was the first prophet of the modern days and restored the full gospel of Jesus Christ, the Book of Mormon testifies of Jesus Christ, and by reading and praying about the Book of Mormon you can come to know that these things are true.

I love the simplicity of the gospel! I love knowing that my Heavenly Father loves me! I love focusing on the basics of praying, reading scriptures, and going to Church. Those three things are what will build and strengthen faith throughout our lives. Read the Articles of Faith. Those are the simple principles of the gospel that are so true.

I know these things to be true. I love being a missionary! The work of the Lord truly is hastening!

Love,

Sister Holbrook

Some photos from the Church News photographer-to-be

In front of Joseph Holbrook's Bountiful home

Me and Tia. This woman is one of the most incredible, prepared daughters of God I know. She is part of my family, and I will forever be grateful for the small part I was blessed to have in her life.

Sister Juarez, me, Brother Wilson (who baptized Tia), Tia, and Sister LeSueur/Candice!!! Love them all. Seriously, that day could not have been more perfect.

Week 22: Simple Invitations

This week was LONG. Seriously, last Monday seems to be an eternity ago. 

I am grateful for my parents. So incredibly thankful for them. I am so glad my dad taught me how to change a lightbulb, fix a toilet, check a fire alarm, etc. I am grateful my mom taught me the importance of thank you notes, weekly cleaning, planning sessions, taking pictures, etc. They have both taught me so much that I have used daily on my mission. Yes I did have to fix a toilet and change a lightbulb, and we do write thank you notes for our dinner appointments. So there's my little shout out to my amazing parents! I am truly blessed to have them for eternity.

Hymn #45 is absolutely beautiful. Especially the 3rd verse.

This week we had some rough patches with our investigators who are preparing to be baptized. Satan works so hard on people as they prepare to make these covenants (or promises to God) at baptism. But we are promised time and time again in the scriptures that Heavenly Father is with us, and He is far more powerful than Satan ever will be. We also saw miracles this week in the number of lessons we had and in the number of members who want to come out teaching with us. This stake truly is incredible, and the members have caught the vision. I am so grateful to be working with them!

We are trying to be more creative in our approaches to finding people to teach and helping members be more involved. We'll see where the Spirit takes us in that endeavor. Ideas would be welcome :)

On Tuesday we had the amazing opportunity to hear from Elder M. Russell Ballard AND Bill Marriott. These are amazing men of God, and I am so grateful that we had the chance to hear from them. 

Elder Ballard spoke about the importance of knowing the doctrine. When we truly know the doctrine, we can go and teach in faith and confidence. When we know the lessons inPreach My Gospel chapter 3, we can testify and teach with everyone we talk to. When we know the truths we teach, we can be confident in sharing our beliefs with anyone, even kings and rulers of the world. When we really know what it is our Heavenly Father needs us to teach, the doctrine moves from our head to our hearts. When teach from our hearts, others can feel the Spirit touch their heart as well, and that is where conversion takes place.

Elder (or Brother... not sure because Elder Ballard kept calling him Bill...) came as a last minute addition to our mission meeting. That man is incredible. His faith truly motivates everything he does, and when he keeps his faith in Christ at the center of his life, he has seen great things happen both professionally and spiritually. He counseled us to look for the right opportunities to be successful, to always accept Church callings, to make work and prayer the recipe for success in all things, to always ask others for their opinions, and to love every single second of whatever you do. 

Something that amazes me every single day is the power of simple invitations. When we talk about lessons, we give the same invitations to each person: Will you read the scriptures, pray every day, have Family Home Evening, keep the Word of Wisdom, pay tithing, obey the 10 commandments, pray to know if the Book of Mormon is true, come to Church, etc. But the three we almost ALWAYS give to people is something we refer to as CPR: will you come to Church? Will you pray every day/to know the Church is true? Will you read the Book of Mormon every day? Church, pray, read. Three very simple things that are completely central to building our testimony, staying converted to Christ, and feeling the Spirit in our homes and our hearts.

And so today, I extend a simple invitation to each one of you: 

Will you pray every day to know that your Heavenly Father loves you? 

It seems a simple thing. You would think everyone would know that beautiful truth. But I know there are several of you who may have never thought of that, and all of us need to be reminded. 

Will you do that this week?

I hope you said yes.

I look forward to hearing about your experiences this next week.

I love each one of you so much. I know this Church is true. I know our Savior lives! I know the Holy Ghost is there to lead and guide and comfort us along the way. I know God is our Father. He loves us, more than we could imagine. He knows exactly what we need, and as we turn to Him in full faith, He will bless us beyond comprehension.

I love this work. I love this gospel. I love my Savior. And I love you all :)

Expect miracles and remember to smile!

Love,

Sister Holbrook

Enos 1:15-16

With Tia and the Norman family. They have been a huge help in being friends to Tia and providing a place for us to teach her. And Christian (the Norman's son) is one of the sweetest kids I've ever met.

Besides my little brother :)

Angela, me, and Kinley at Temple Square!! Temple Square is such an amazing missionary tool. It really is a safe haven. And Angela is preparing to be baptized, and Kinley is such a great support and example for her. Love them.