February 22, 2016
Okay! Maria was confirmed yesterday and it was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!she was just BEAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love her so much! we all agreed that she just has a confidence about her and its amazing! She has become so talkative and so interactive and we are just in awe of the wonders that the restored gospel does to people! its amazing!!!!!!!
My new niece, Holland, was born on the 17th!...apparently....hahahha :) I am just reminded by looking at pictures of her...how precious life is! It makes me think of my sister! And her selflessness! It makes me think of my mother and her kindness to me growing up and how much she sacrificed so that i would be comfortable! anyway! I am so grateful for holland and am excited to meet her sometime! :)
so in sacrament meeting yesterday our bishop was talking about home teaching and visiting teaching and its great importance! (Home teaching= members of the congregation going and ministering to other members of the congregation! Making sure that their emotional, temporal, and spiritual needs are met! and then they report that to the bishop). talking about home teaching made me just think of MY home teacher all through my tween and teenage years! Brent Coles! and his wife! They were there EVERY month and they taught me SO SO SO much! I am grateful for their dilligent dilligent service! I had some rough patches in high school and they helped me have courage to become more like the Savior and to do what it took to do so! I love them!
okay. something kinda cool!!!!!!!!!!! So we were driving in downtown milwaukee! And we saw a homeless man! and i had nothing to give him! but felt i should! and i went up to him and gave him information on the book of Mormon! And i said "It doesn't seem like much...but i promise you that this is better than cash OR food! :)" and he took it and looked at me and said "BAPTIZE ME!"....kidding.....the man thought i was NUTS he probably was thinkin "lady youre the one who needs help! youre wearing a skirt and its 20 below!" hahahaha but for reals it made me think about the book of Mormon! and my love for it! I think it is incredible! I wake up in the mornings EXCITED to read it! i love what is taught in it! I know it is true! I am not ashamed of the book of mormon! I know that its true! i used to totally say things like "okay i know it sounds crazy but God gave joseph smith gold plates and he translated it!!" but i have realized its not crazy! What would be crazy is if God didn't communicate with His children today! THAT would be crazy! And i say that, because i know it is not so....i know Thomas S. Monson and His counselors and the 12 Apostles are honest good and chosen men! I know that through them and through my own personal revelation i can come to understand that God is not silent!
I love this gospel! The gospel of Jesus Christ!
HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!! and shout out to one cute mom, Kennedy Nicoll and her hubby and their sweet sweet sweet baby, Holland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my heart! just busted in two when i saw the pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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p.s. sister tenney is being transferred on wednesday! :( nnnnoooooooooooooooo i will miss her! but my new companion is sister kirchoffer! that means keeper of the church in german! hahaahha we will get stuff DONE! it will be great!
Because I have been given much i too must give!
-Sister Wise
walkin and workin downtown with sister tenney!
and i had a smoothie making fail....:/
saying goodbye to the milwaukee 1st ward!!!!!!
going to miss these people!
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