Week 35

Hello everyone!! 

I got to go on exchanges this week and be in a trio again for a day! I went with Sister Goodman and Sister Ballard and it was SO much fun! Man. I just loved it. They are the sweetest girls ever. Good things definitely come in threes! :) 

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Elder Falabella of the Seventy came to Stake Conference the other day and it was also way good. During the Saturdaynight conference he called up all of the missionaries on stage to sing Called to Serve. I was like you gotta be kidding me. Haha my hair was a mess.. but whatever. It was fine. :) He talked a lot about the Temple and Family History Work. He said that the Temple is the real world and that we will never miss the time that we spend there. It really made me miss the Temple! It feels like I haven't been there in ages.. I can't wait til I get to go to the Seattle one in January!! 

He also talked about if we want to help our children, we have to get them involved in Family History. I know that the Spirit enters into our lives as we do the work for our ancestors. It's such an amazing opportunity. :) I can't wait to do more of that work when I get home! 

Well.. Angelika is back on date for Dec. 5th! Keep praying for her though cause it's working! She's still pretty nervous.. but I know that she can do it. I can't wait for you guys to meet her. Man. I swear we're long lost sisters or something. :) 

I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving! I'm so grateful for all of you in my life. I'm also so thankful for my Savior and for the opportunity that we have to partake of the Sacrament each week and become better. Cause I sure have a lot to work on. :) 

I LOVE YOU ALL!!! And I hope everyone starts feeling better!! 

-Sister Maurcine Flamm 

Week 34

Hello! :) 

Well.. this week I got to make some apple pie filling! So that was exciting because I didn't get to help out with it at home this year! It turned out pretty great! But nothing tops yours, mom. :) 

We had a ward party this week and we had Turkey Bowling. Haha it was so awesome! I bowled a 20 pound turkey and got a spare! Ha I totally nailed it. And my team won.. so it was pretty much the best. :) 

Well yesterday was like the best and worst day ever. Angelika texted us yesterday morning and told us that she wouldn't be able to make it to church. As I sat in Sacrament meeting it seemed like every talk would've benefited her SO much! So I sat there pondering why Heavenly Father didn't provide the way for her to make it. Then after church we texted her and she told us that she would be able to go to the devotional with us. So we were happy that she'd at least be able to go to that! Then an hour before we were supposed to leave she told us that she wouldn't make it home in time. We decided to act on faith and just show up at her house anyways. We knocked on her door and... she wasn't home. By this time I was getting a little frustrated! So I called her and she said that she'd be home in 15 minutes. We decided to wait for her and to make a long story short, she finally made it! We went to the devotional (a little late) and she definitely felt the Spirit. As we sat in the chapel she said, "Wow. This building is beautiful! But now I just really miss my church." She then told me how she really wished she would have gone to church and how she was sad that she would have to wait a whole other week now. I saw tears in her eyes and knew that she was being sincere. 

I know that Heavenly Father truly does know what's best. Angelika had to miss coming to church yesterday so that she could feel the difference between going and not going. Heavenly Father then gave her the desire to attend church again! After that experience I've realized that I need to more fully trust in Him. He knows His children better than I do and He will prepare the way for them! 

So please keep praying for Angelika. She needs the prayers!! Pray that she will take a leap of faith and get baptized soon! She's so close. :) 

Want to hear the worst news though? :/ Our area is getting shut down. Meaning they're taking the Sisters out and are just leaving the Elders. So that means I'm getting transferred in 3 weeks. I'm so sad!!! I don't want to leave this area.. and I don't want to leave Angelika either. I know that the Elders and this ward will take care of her, but it's going to be hard to leave. Buuuut... It'll all work out for the best. It always does. :) 

I love you all sooo much. Have a fantastic week and I'll talk to you later! :) 

All my love,

Sista Flamm 

Week 33

Hello Flammily and Friends! :) 

What a week!! Elder James J. Hamula of the Seventy came to our mission on Monday! It was pretty much AWESOME. :) He talked about what we can do to improve as a mission and gave us a lot of good counsel. He also talked about changing who we are. If there are things we want to work on we can accomplish it! For example, if we want to more kind, we have to act kind. We have to change our outward actions before our inward desires change. I've definitely seen that on my mission thus far. Especially with charity. I've gained more charity for others as I've sincerely prayed for it and then acted. I know that service is key as we try to change our natural man selves. 

I was also able to have a one on one interview with Elder Hamula! President Eaton prayed about it and then picked 10 missionaries to be interviewed by him. So that was a HUGE privilege! I wish I could've talked to him all day. He is a cool guy. :) I was tempted to ask him to take a selfie with me.. but that probably would've ruined our spiritual meeting. Haha. But he really helped me answer some questions that I had about the sacrament. I want the sacrament to completely change who I am! And Elder Hamula reminded me that little by little, it will. But I have to work at it and prepare for it each week. 

We also watched this awesome video that you should all watch. :) https://www.lds.org/youth/video/pure-and-simple-faith?lang=eng

It definitely brought tears to my eyes! I know that as we have faith in our Savior, we will be apart of miracles. 

I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and that He lives. I also want you all to know that I LOVE YOU. Thank you for everything :) I'll talk to ya'll next week! :) 

(Haha ya'll.. Sister Mobley's accent must be rubbing off on me a little bit. :) 

All my love, 

Sister Maurcine Flamm  

P.S. Happy Birthday to Dakota!! And Tays J tomorrow!! :) 

Week 32

Hello!

I hope you all had a fantastic week! I really don't have a lot to update you on... We did go out with Angelika and a member in our ward to go and get frozen yogurt though! Sister Argyle talked to Angelika about her experience in joining the church. She told her that she was terrified to get baptized because she was doing it alone and without any support from her family at all. She also said that she really didn't connect with the young women. It was PERFECT for Angelika. They had such similar experiences! I think it brought her a lot of comfort knowing that she's not the only one who is experiencing these things though. Please, please, please keep praying for Angelika. She needs the strength to take this leap of faith. I can't even imagine how hard it would be to do it alone.. but I know that baptism is the way. I know that as we continue to pray for her that Heavenly Father will provide a way. She will get baptized when it's the right time. :) I sure love that girl. 

Thanks for all of the pictures of Ethan's baptism! I'm still sad that I couldn't make it.. but the pictures made it better. Give Ethan a big ol hug for me!! I'm proud of him. :) 

I love you all so very much. Stay strong and live the gospel. 

All my love, 

Sister Maurcine Flamm