Hello all,

This week was amazing! There is so much to tell and so little time so I am going to try to save any second that I can so I am not going to be capitalizing or spelling very well. 

So here are my celebrity moments of the week....

So there is a less active named Chloe. She is an actress and has been in movies, CSI and other tv shows! Another less active is the winner of a really cool chef show! So he is literally one of the best cooks in the world... or US at least.  Then I was in the same room as the man that wrote Despicable Me! He is in my stake! I know!  I've got some serious connections ;)

But now I will tell you about the really good stuff. So this week we had zone conference which is AMAZING!!!! The spirit hits you like a ton of bricks and you never want to go home! You sit and listen for hours and then do workshops! Then "new" missionaries get to bear their testimonies! (Which I secretly loved) and you leave with new goals and ways to be a better missionary! Not to mention you get to see tons of your friend from you zone and the zone next to you! So I got to see Sister Higgins! Who is my second to Sister Snow!

On Sunday Sister Xayadeth and I walked into the chapel after our meetings. We started to finish our studies when a young man whom we had never seen before walked in. This was about 45 minutes before the meeting was going to start.  He found a seat and sat down. We thought that he was probably from the other ward.  We decided to go and introduce ourselves and see if we could help him with anything. As we talked to him we learned that he knew some members in our ward. He had been to church with them before.  He was going through something really hard and so he decided to come here. He had never met with the missionaries but we invited him to sit with us through the meeting. Ironically his friend was speaking that day.  After the meeting his friend came and took him to the rest of the meetings with him. After church we saw him and his friend and thanked him for joining us. We invited him to come back next week and he agreed. Later his friend said that he had agreed to take the lessons. We were so excited because this was an answer to our prayers. We set up a time for later that day. The lesson was awesome. Julien has no religious background. He doesn't know God or Christ and so we were able to testify to him that he is a son of God, who loves him. We invited him to pray to know that he has a Father in Heaven. He agreed and we set up a time to meet with him next week! This was a miracle!

We talked to a less active/ part member family. We asked if they would be okay if we taught their 12yr old daughter who loves going to church! AND THEY AGREED!!!!! Her name is Jamie.  A few months ago her mom would have never allowed this but their grandma is serving a mission and the bishop said that miracles are happening because of it! 

So this week I studied an awesome talk "It is a Test, it is Only a Test." by Sheri Dew. Read it! It is great and I’ve now read it 3 times and I learn new things every time. This is the talk that we studied for zone conference. All the sisters got together and talked about it. I learned a cool personal insight that I'm going to share with all of you. It talks about how we already are what we can become and who we need to rely on. A thought came to my head... "Heavenly Father knows who we are. When we need to find ourselves we need to go to the person who knows us perfectly." In the talk she says: 

"LIGHT IS A KEY TO VISION AND CHRIST IS THE ULITMATE LIGHT." "LIGHT WHICH SHINEETH IN DARKNESS" (d&c6:21) Faith is Key to Vision. "TO IMPROVE OF VISION, WE MUST INCREASE OUR FAITH IN AND CONNECTION TO CHIRST." 

I know that Christ really is the source of all light. Through him we can see even in our darkest hour. Heavenly Father loves us. He knows us and wants to help us. To close here is a quote from my favorite talk right now "FORGET-ME-NOT". 

"THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE POWER OF THE RESTORED GOSPEL ARE REDEMPTIVE AND SAVING. IF YOU ONLY ALLOW HIS DIVINE LOVE INTO YOU LIVE, IT CAN DRESS ANY WOUND, HEAL ANY HURT, AND SOFTEN ANY SORROW. YOU ARE CLOSER TO HEAVEN THEN YOU SUPPOSE." 

I love you and hope that you will find a way to incorporate Christ more into your life this week. I know that he can heal any wound but the plaster must be as large as the hole. I love you so much and pray for you! Thank you for your prayers and letters.... when I get them ;)

CTR choose the right or current temple recommend! 

Love,

Sister Kate Draney