Sister Hallie Mae Kapp: Zone Conference & Exchanges!

Hello everyone!

This week was good.

-We had zone conference on Wednesday and it was really good. It was all about our missionary purpose and having faith and trusting in Christ.

-We went on exchanges Thursday. I left the area and was in the Spanish area for the exchange. I was very clueless throughout (because I don't know Spanish) but I learned alot from the STL I was with. I was able to share a verse in Spanish for one of our spiritual thoughts during our member meal and that was a neat experience.

-We did some service at this clothing donation center on Friday. We also made cookies and delivered them to members that we were impressed to and the Lord's timing is good because one member wasn't home and when walking to the car she pulled in and we got to talk with her and share a spiritual thought.

-Saturday was a finding and call filled day. We talked to this older guy who was smoking and invited him to church. He laughed and said he hasn't been to church in 40 years so I told him that it's the perfect time to start, he laughed and we gave him a card with the church info. Just one of the many fun finding experiences. While knocking we talked to this cool guy from Russia and he was asking us lots of questions and had a solid conversation with him. We planted lots of seeds! (We also got FROYO between everything so that made our day a little extra fun.)

-I gave my very first talk on my mission on Sunday. It was on my relationship with the Savior. And I wanna share a scripture I shared in my talk for my spiritual thought:

In Alma 29:9-10 it states,

"9 I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy.

10 And behold, when I see many of my brethren truly penitent, and coming to the Lord their God, then is my soul filled with joy; then do I remember what the Lord has done for me, yea, even that he hath heard my prayer; yea, then do I remember his merciful arm which he extended towards me."

I have been so blessed to have grown up in this gospel and have had so many amazing experiences that have helped me grow closer to the Savior. Being on my mission I have learned that yes that brings me so much joy but much more joy is felt when you help others to receive the gospel and build their own relationship with the Savior.

Love you all! (I think we're going to the temple next week so my pday should be Thursday)