this week was one for the books!! so many great things happened!
i guess ill start with my favorite! this week in the courthouse a lady named Linda came in looking for someone to help her find an ancestor named Moses and his parents. Well Sister Winter searched through our library and I was able to search on Family History with her and four hours later we found Moses, his parents, and their parents, spouses to all their children and their own families. In-laws, cousins, and was able to set up her four generation pedigree chart, as well as her husband's chart. It was an amazing day filled with the Spirit of Elijah! She was just so happy we were able to help her and I was so happy that we were able to help! 6 weeks ago I would not have been able to do that but here we are. Trying to be a little better everyday with genealogy and people are benefiting from it! yay!
We had zone training in tuscaloosa this past week and that is always a fun time! love driving through the campus! its so pretty!! if it didn't get 10 million degrees here i might consider it but since thats not changing anytime soon, ill probably not haha
We were able to teach someone named Minnie who Jesus Christ was. That was definitely something new here in the bible belt. She was visiting Alabama and was from India and just the sweetest lady ever! Let us right into her home! Just teaching her the basics about who Jesus Christ is was so amazing. the spirit was so strong it was tangible i swear! We realized it was an emmaus experience when she talked about how she was going to leave that morning but felt as if she needed to stay and leave the next morning instead. and we had planned on knocking on doors somewhere else but the spirit just kept prompting us to keep walking a little further until we came to her house, halfway across town! man this gospel is awesome! i will never get over how cool it really is!!
was able to go transfers on wednesday even though we weren't getting transferred due to some car situations and having to carry like all these elder's luggage there and back. but can i just say, best feeling ever to go to transfers and not be transferred! hahaha
we were invited by some ladies at the courthouse to go to the main baptist church's (here on main street) Easter program. it was titled No Cross, No Crown and really focused on what the cross symbolized. It was really interesting to be able to see their views and beliefs and I'm so grateful we were able to go and enjoy the beautiful singing! ps there was also a really cool moment when fog started coming out of the tomb and the rock rolled away and Jesus walked out! lIke how cool is that?!?! best part of the night!!
oh and on Sunday we were able to go to a Holiness church in Alabaster with Brother and Sister Muck to recruit members to help volunteer at the courthouse and man was it awesome!!! They had a pretty legit sound system and people would yell Praise the Lord, and others would yell it back as the organ and drums played in the background and then these people would just burst into song and the organ and drums would pick it up and these PEOPLE WERE SOOOOOO GOOD! like gospel soul music yall! they would explain how their ancestors would sing it after wards and where it came from but it was so cool!! i wish i would've gotten a video because man you just cant put it into words!!
wednesday morning we had like a 2 hour lightning and thunder storm which doesn't sound back but yall it was like the sky was a strobe light i swear. for 2. hours. non. stop. starting at 3 in the morning. yay!
well this has been a long email but i mean this week has been awesome so why not?
this week I'm trying to memorize The Living Christ before Easter and I'll just leave yall with one of my favorite parts so far that I've memorized:
"Though sinless, He was baptized to fulfill all righteousness. He “went about doing good” (Acts 10:38), yet was despised for it. His gospel was a message of peace and goodwill. He entreated all to follow His example. He walked the roads of Palestine, healing the sick, causing the blind to see, and raising the dead. He taught the truths of eternity, the reality of our pre-mortal existence, the purpose of our life on earth, and the potential for the sons and daughters of God in the life to come. He instituted the sacrament as a reminder of His great atoning sacrifice. He was arrested and condemned on spurious charges, convicted to satisfy a mob, and sentenced to die on Calvary’s cross. He gave His life to atone for the sins of all mankind. His was a great vicarious gift in behalf of all who would ever live upon the earth. We solemnly testify that His life, which is central to all human history, neither began in Bethlehem nor concluded on Calvary. He was the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten Son in the flesh, the Redeemer of the world." i add my testimony to this as well. He Lives and im so grateful for that knowledge that I have.
I hope yall have a blessed week and a Happy Easter!! Remember the reason why we have it! I invite y'all to watch the Prince of Peace video on mormon.org and just recognize the peace that Christ can truly bring into our lives! I love y'all!!
love always,
sister kennedy
cutest companions
working at the courthouse
'looking for a mind at werk!'
mission watch...back engraved with 'called to serve'
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