I LOVE VIRGINIA
HELLO! I hope everyone is doing well!
This week was another great one, but to be completely honest I'm not sure what even happened 🤣 so I'll try my best to put something together!
Hanna and Gin: It has been the coolest thing to watch Hanna teach her mom in our lessons. She helps her mom understand in a way that she knows she needs. Gin had mentioned she's never seen her daughter more happy and hopeful, and she knows that's what our message provides and that's what she wants and needs! We invited Hanna to be baptized and she accepted and she wants to follow our Savior's footsteps in all that we do! They also both came to church with us, and I just love them so much.
We also had Zone Conference this week and got to teach early morning seminary (I'm grateful I had seminary in the day or who knows if I could've woken up.) But Zone Conference is always the best and we learned so much.
Fredricksburg Zone won the cleanest cars award AGAIN WAHOO
President Hutchison shared Matthew 14, and in this chapter, it's when the disciples are on the ship and see Christ walking on water and Peter asked if it is really you, let me walk on water. Christ said, "Come unto me," and Peter did and started to walk on water!
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
President Hutchison related this back to our life and said, "You might as well ask me to walk on water!" When life gets hard and we are facing a tough challenge, sometimes it feels like we are Peter, and we are being asked the impossible. But NO matter what, the Lord's hand is always stretched out to save us and he knows us and our potential. He would never give us the impossible, he knows we can handle anything because of him.
Chris (Hanna's finance) had mentioned an imagery that I haven't been able to stop thinking about and it goes along perfectly that the Lord's hand is always stretched out. He said something like, "The way I imagine our lives work is like when we are walking, we have Heavenly Father and our support system behind us leading us and giving us direction and the person that's right by our side is Jesus Christ because no matter what path we might take, he has been there and will help us." I thought that was incredible and so true. No matter where we are in life, because of the Atonement, we have our Savior at our side!
I love you all so much and that's why I'm challenging you to read the Book of Mormon and look for the character of Christ!
1. Names of Christ
2. He shows us who he is
3. Atonement references
4. Promised blessing
5. What he asks of us
I have been loving this and think everyone should do it so we can see that the Book of Mormon truly tells us all about Christ!
To share something funny: We stopped by a home this week and they let us in and as we were talking, the grandma walked out right after her shower and asked us to help her put her clothes on...let's just say I made Sister Stauffer do it🤣
But I hope you had the best week, and I love you all!!
#CTR
-SISTER HANNAH COPELAND
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