Click here to listen to Called To Serve (Pitch Perfect "Cup" Style)
Showing posts with label choir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label choir. Show all posts
Hymn: Called to Serve! Sung by Sister Dalling & Sister Hansen! (Pitch Perfect "Cup" Style)!
From Wikipedia: "Called to Serve" is a hymn sung in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The words were written by Grace Gordon and the music by Adam Giebel. It is hymn number 249 in the 1985 LDS Church hymnal[1]and is also song number 174 in the Primary's Children's Songbook.
Week 8 "Build your foundation upon Christ"
Being silly,getting ready to teach an object lesson.. and
I'm so excited to see Despicable Me2
The Sikh temple
We had gone to the zoo with Charlie and Sterling.
So fun.
These two pics show the beauty of Texas... the sky at least ;)
I love Texas with all my heart but, man, the summers are not
very pretty. The sky is always beautiful though. Tender mercy from God :)
one of many sunflower
fields <3
really awesome Sikh
experience
Basically I love my companion!!!!!!!!!
That cute family is the Petty family.. who unfortunately
moved to Utah. She was the one who took us to the zoo. Her kids were the
cutest. That was also the night of my first exchange with Sister Heath in
Garland. It didn't feel right leaving my companion! I love Sis Hansen.
We were meant to be
companions.
Week 8 "Build your foundation upon Christ"
Happy 22nd Anniversary to the best parents in the world! I
would not be the person I am today if it weren't for my parents and their
example to me. If they hadn't listened to the spirit when they met and got
engaged I definitely wouldn't be here. They have an incredible story and I'm so
thankful to be a part of their legacy. My favorite six year old is turning
seven this week as well! Again, if my parents weren't who they are, Emily
wouldn't be here either. Each birthday of Emily's is a great reminder to me of
the importance of a gospel-centered family. Her birth was a miracle, and it was
because my parents were worthy of that miracle that we all have a chance of
having Emily in our lives. I love that little girl to pieces! I am so grateful
that through the gospel of Jesus Christ I get to be with my family forever.
Among the abundance of wonderful churches down here, eternal families still
stands unique to our church, and it is my favorite thing to share with everyone
I meet. Everyone here in The Colony definitely knows of my love for my family!
Something that has remained constant throughout these weeks
has been opposition. Even when you are exactly obedient, so many things seem to
go wrong. I should say especially when you're exactly obedient,
things go wrong. Satan knows how much happiness the gospel can bring to
families. He knows how many lives Sis Hansen and I are going to change. He is
trying so hard to stop it, but nothing can stop us now! I love being a
missionary. I've met so many people who go through such hard things and don't
have a foundation on Christ to help them through it. Helaman 5:12 has been my
favorite scripture of the week: And now, my sons, remember, remember that is is
upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must
build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his might winds,
yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea when all his hail and his mighty storm
shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the
gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built,
which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot
fall.I know that is true. I have felt it every day as a missionary. The thing
is, lots of people have a foundation on Christ here in Texas. They have Christ
in their hearts and are such good people because of it. The thing we have to
offer them is the fullness of the gospel! We have it all as Latter-Day Saints,
nothing missing. We have a prophet who receives direct revelation from God to
interpret His word and stand as a witness of Him to lead and guide as back to
Him. We ran into a man yesterday who had mentioned he was active in his church
and recognized that all the Christian churches interpret the Bible differently.
We were able to tell him, we have God's exact interpretation of doctrine in the
Bible through a living prophet. He is now a new investigator! It simply makes
logical sense that God is greater than all these separate churches with
conflicting doctrine. He has His church with the same organization Christ set
up with prophets and apostles on the Earth today. I love it.
Probably my favorite thing about my mission right now is we
teaching mainly families. In the past, we have worked with individuals who
eventually didn't progress. I believe families have the support system and
recognize how the gospel can bless their family. I felt really impressed to
look in our area book through the former investigators who had been dropped by
previous missionaries. This particular family had been dropped a year ago with
no reason why they had stopped taking the lessons. I told my companion we
should stop by their house and they turned out to be completely prepared to
accept our message. They had stopped simply because last year the mom had been
fighting cancer and they were struggling financially so were too stressed and
busy to have the missionaries over. As of this week she is 4 weeks cancer free
and ready to take the lessons with her husband and son.
We are also working with a granddaughter of a member whom I
love! She is 16 and has had such a hard life. She's pretty much turned
her back on God for reasons not many can blame her for. However we taught her
the basic principle of God's love for her and that He desperately wants to love
her, she just needs to open her heart. We invited her to pray. The next lesson
she said she prayed and kind of got an answer, but she said she knew she wasn't
trying hard enough and said she'd keep praying. I know she'll get an answer.
She's coming to mutual this Wednesday and is so excited to feel that same love
and comfort I have found through God. It's been eye opening to realize that God
in reality loves us all equally. If we take the time to recognize that in our
lives, we WILL feel it. My testimony of that has grown miles in the past two
months.
I'm doing well here. It's hard to believe it's already been
2.5 months. My back, neck, and jaw have been causing a lot of issues so prayers
would be much appreciated. God is taking good care of me though. In this one
area I know 5 massage therapists very well who are willing to help. One of them
just happens to be the best in all of Dallas. The first two times she saw me, there
was little progress and she said she's never seen a case so difficult to fix in
her entire career.. Then I turned to God and asked some men in my ward to give
me a priesthood blessing. She saw me after the blessing and somehow my muscles
started doing what she wanted! It's still going to be a long process..
hopefully finished within the next 4 weeks, but I am so grateful I am so well
taken care of and blessed. I am not going home til they make me go home at the
end of my 18 months.
One last thing I'd like to share that I found. Elaine S.
Dalton who used to be the YW general president had a talk called We Are
Daughters of Our Heavenly Father in the last general conference. I loved her
closing testimony and I would love to share it. "Today as a daughter of
God, I stand as a witness that He lives. Jesus is the Christ. He is our
Redeemer. It is through His infinite atoning sacrifice that I will one day
return to live with Him- proven, pure, and sealed in an eternal family. I shall
ever praise Him for the privilege of being a woman, a wife, and a mother. I
testify that we are led by a prophet of God, President Thomas S. Monson, and I
am grateful for righteous men, whose priesthood power blesses my life. And I
shall ever be grateful for the strength I receive through the enabling power of
the Savior's infinite Atonement as I continue to strive to "act well my
part." " I know that with my whole heart. I believe it. I live it. I
love it. I am so thankful for the opportunity to share that.
Happy Birthday my Emily Joy Dalling. I love you forever and
always.
Sister Dalling
Week 7 The Colony, TX - "Be still, and know that I am God" - Psalms 46:10
Be Still, and know that I am God - Psalms 46:10
Greg Olsen "In His Light"
First of all: HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE!!! I just want to take a
moment to brag about the best 17 year old on the Earth. You've been my best
friend and sister since birth, it's crazy to think you are already so old. To
be 17 again.. enjoy it while you can ;)
It's been an interesting week.. lots of ups and downs, BUT I
honestly witness miracles happen every day. Let me tell y'all right now, our
God is a God of miracles and they have not ceased. If I didn't know that or
have that outlook, I would literally go crazy because there are a lot of
disappointments that occur every day as well. I'll start with the hard things
first, then go into the happy parts of my week!
The worst disappointment I believe happened Tuesday. My
companion and I decided we wanted to build Christian unity in the community
because we had been hearing some anti-mormon things. We decided how better to
get rid of those views than go to the source and suggest an inter-faith choir.
So we walked into First Baptist and met with the head pastor. Don't get me
wrong, he was an extremely great and nice person. We told him we wanted to get
this choir going and he very quickly said no because of our differences in
doctrine. He then spent almost an hour sitting with us, explaining how we are
not Christian because of these silly reasons. After a little explaining from
our side, he still concluded that because we don't believe Jesus Christ, God,
and the Spirit are the same being we are not Christian and do not believe in
the same Christ? It was the saddest conversation I've ever had I think. Having
someone tell me I don't believe in the right Jesus Christ did not sit well in
my heart. It really hit me how strongly Satan is working against us. I love my
Christian brothers and sisters, all we wanted was to build unity within the
community. It's incredible how Satan has played with fear and deception to make
people believe we are not Christian. Anyone who strives to follow Christ
deserves the honor of the title of Christian. Jesus Christ does not exclude
anyone and that is what's missing from so many churches. My vision of this
interfaith choir includes baptists, Methodists, protestants, Lutherans, Sikh,
Buddhist, etc. I love praising my God through music and I know many others do
as well. Anyways, I am so excited for when good people can be united no matter
what their beliefs.
The rest of my week was very good compared to that! It was
extremely hot and hard work, but it was so worth it. We saw miracles pour out
from just taking a step out into the sun. My favorite stories from this week
that really did happen are just too great to be true! We were out tracting and
this sweet 4 year old boy with a mohawk ran after us after we left his house to
give us cookies! It seems so insignificant, but that little cookie almost
brought tears to our eyes. The next day we were talking to this lady on her
doorstep and a little girl was listening inside. By the time we were just about
to leave, she brought us these adorable flowers she had made. I love
little kids! Their spirits are still so close to Christ. It's tender mercies
like that that just make my day. We got those cookies and those flowers at just
the right time when we needed them most. One of my favorite scriptures of this
week is
Psalms 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God
If we could all realize the significance of that scripture,
our lives would be so much better. God is our Heavenly Father! He loves us more
than anything. All He wants is our happiness. Hard times are the best for me
to sit and be still and think about my God to really feel His love. And
every time I do, He shows that love in ways that have really touched me.
My favorite last story- because I'm running out of time
today- is this girl we've been trying to get in contact with. Her name is Tori
and she used to date a member in our ward. Her parents haven't allowed her to
meet with us, so we figured there was nothing we could do. But she texted us today
and said she turns 18 in October and will take the lessons then. For now she
has a Book of Mormon and wants us to give her scriptures to read. I love my
mission! I love that I get to meet these incredible people who are so full of
faith and desire. It's amazing to me what the tiniest amount of faith can turn
into.
I love my mission! I love being completely exhausted after a
long day of work because I know God is proud of my effort. Keep us in your
prayers! Even though we have had a lot of success, I can see Satan trying
everything he can to stop us. He can't stop Sister Dalling and Sister Hansen
though.
Sister Dalling
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)