His ways are much better than our ways

WE LOVE WORKING IN THE BEEHIVE HOUSE!!

Hello Everyone! This has been such an amazing week! Sister Bryuzgina and I are doing great and we are having so much fun. Salt Lake City is the best and Temple Square is amazing during the summer. I forgot how much I love summer time. I have been out a year now! Time has gone by really fast. I am so happy that I ran into some fellow Avondale, Arizonians today!  Brother and Sister Burnett from Grandma's ward stopped by and got Grandma Slade on the phone for a quick second!  It was so nice to hear her sweet voice!


The sisters from Mongolia and Brazil are behind me. 
Don't even ask me to remember how to spell their names!

The Beehive House is amazing!  We are extremely busy because it's that season so the tours are only 10 to 20 minutes each.  Needless to say we have to make it quick and short but a powerful spiritual experience all at the same time. That is hard to do so we decided to teach the Restoration throughout most of the tour. We relate each of the rooms in the Beehive House to the Restoration and so far every time we do that people have wanted to learn more! It is really cool because I was really worried about the short amount of time we have with the guests but we have seen miracles!! Sister Bryuzgina and I found that as we share Brigham Young's conversion story the spirit is so strong and it really has an effect on people. Maybe he is helping us out :)
So awesome news of the week! Sister Bryuzgina and I have three investigators with baptismal dates! "E" who lives in Sunset, Utah! She is the sweetest lady. We found her in May and we absolutely love her. We got her with the sisters in the Ogden mission and now she is getting baptized! The ladies in Relief Society are a huge help! She loves enrichment. She will be baptized on July 19. Then we have "R" from New Iberia, Louisiana!  Sister Maxfield and I taught her before I left and now Sister B and I teach her over the phone. I am so proud of her. She quit smoking and is getting baptized on July 13! Then we have "C" from SLC! He was a member referral. His neighbor is a member and she just started taking him to church.  He is a sweet man in a wheelchair and he will get baptized in August! We are so happy! 

One of my goals has been to help a family learn about and accept the gospel. Today I went on exchanges with Sister Magidson from Maryland and we took a Chinese family on a tour. They live in Wisconsin and they are adorable. They were really quiet so we just taught them the whole restoration in the tabernacle. It was really cool and the spirit was there. After that we took them to the Christus and asked them if they had any questions. They decided they would like copies of the Book of Mormon and definitely wanted to learn more. I hope things go well for them!

Lately we have met many people who are struggling or are going through a hard time.  Some of them are already members... many of them aren't.  They don't always share what is going on in their lives with us but we know they are struggling.  We can see it and feel it.  Sometimes people come here because they want questions answered or they have been praying for something specific but nothing is happening.  I thought about this a lot during personal study this morning because I want to help these people the best way I can.  I decided to read in Mosiah Chapters 4 and 5 and I came across a few of my favorite scriptures. Mosiah 4:9:

"Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things, both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all wisdom, and all power, both in heaven and in earth; believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the Lord can comprehend."
 

Grandma Slade, it was so good to talk to you this morning.  You are the best!

 

Christie and Trevor, congratulations on beautiful little Cash.  I can't wait to hold him!

Well, I love everyone lots! I hope everyone is good!

 

Sister Park