Week 52

Well hello everyone! :) 

So my trainer, Sister Goaslind, just got engaged this week!.. anyone else?? Haha my goodness people. You're killing me. 

This week we've really been trying to talk to people about Christ and his resurrection. We've been sharing Mosiah 16:7-9 with a lot with people when we contact. It says,

 "7 And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.

 8 But there is a resurrection, therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.

 9 He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death."

Have you ever thought about what life would be like if Christ hadn't risen from the tomb 3 days after he was crucified? There would be no hope!! I love the phrase in verse 8 when it says, the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ. I know that's true. Death is not the end! Jesus Christ is the light and life of the world. Because he died for us, we will all live again. And we can all live for him now! 

I'm sure you all saw the Because of Him video last Easter. Well on Saturday, a new video will be released. It's called Because He Lives. I saw it and it's powerful!! I challenge you all to share it with a non-member friend after you watch it. Deal? :)   Let me know how it goes! I love you all so much!! Have a great week! 

Love, 

Sister Maurcine Flamm 

Week 51

Wow. Seriously everyone and their dog is getting married! What is up with that?! Congrats to Hailey, Mataya, Alexys, and Sarah though. I still love you guys even though you're getting married without me! 

We had a pretty great week this week! We had 3 of our investigators come to church! So that was bomb. And all 3 of them are preparing for baptism! So please pray for Brother Carey, Bianca, and Angelika. :) Oh and Emily got baptized!!! So I got to go back to Puyallup South for that! She was so stinking cute. I'm so proud of her! :) She's seriously the most prepared person that I've ever met. 

We had a lesson with Angelika this week and it. was. AWESOME. She starting reading the Book of Mormon again and has been highlighting it like crazy and applying it to her life. Most of our lesson was spent with her reading verses that she marked and what they meant to her. It was so cool!! I know that Heavenly Father truly loves and cares for his children INDIVIDUALLY. I feel like I was sent back to this area to help Angelika to more fully come unto Christ. I'm so grateful that I can be an instrument in the Lord's hands! This gospel changes lives. 

So I've been trying to re-memorize The Living Christ recently. I did it once for youth conference but I just don't have it all the way down anymore... so I'm trying again! If you have a hard time focusing during the sacrament, that's always a good thing that you can read. I love my Savior Jesus Christ.I know that He lives! I hope and pray that you're all doing things to grow closer to Him. :) 

I love you all so much! Have a great week!! :) 

Love, 

Sister Maurcine Flamm  

Week 50

Hey!

How was everyone's week? I feel like mine has been complete dejavu.(I don't know how to spell that.Ha) It's so weird to be back in Federal Way!! But I'm pumped. And I think the young women were as well! We went to mutual the other night and we walked in and one of the leaders said, "The Sisters are back!!" Then everyone just started cheering! Haha it was awesome. :) Then we dropped by at Olivia and Destiny's (recent converts) and Destiny opens the door, gives me a hug and says, "I missed you!!" Haha it was adorable. I just love all of these people. I'm excited to be back :) 

So my new companion is Sister Bailey! She's from Utah (Like most of my other companions. Ha) She's SO great though. I got lucky cause I swear she came pre-trained. She's a hard worker and is doing her best to overcome her fears. So I really admire that. We're going to have a great time together. :) 

The other day we were knocked on an investigators door that the elders were working with. Her mom answered and didn't seem like she was in a good mood at all. She expressed that she was frustrated that the boys had kept knocking on her door especially when her daughter wasn't home. So we let her pretty much unload on us without us hardly saying a word! Then she started telling us about some family problems that she was having and how she was a victim of domestic violence. We kept listening and then when the time was right, I asked her if we could share a scripture with her. I pulled out the Book of Mormon and shared Ether 12:27 and boy, did she get excited! She's this awesome black lady who did this little dance after I read the scripture and then said, "Is that in my Bible?! I like that!" Haha so we explained to her a little bit about the Book of Mormon and she said that the boys had given her daughter one. So we wrote down Ether 12 and invited her to read the whole chapter. She said that she would! So we're hoping and praying that that softened her heart and that she'll let us start teaching her and her daughter soon! 

I know that the Book of Mormon is truly the word of God. I know that the words in it are true! And that they can help us in our every day lives. I'm really trying to share the Book of Mormon more as we contact! So if you come up with any good questions and scriptures for me to use, let me know. :) Also, if you haven't checked out this video about the Book of Mormon, you need to. :) https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2011-11-018-a-book-of-mormon-story?lang=eng

I love you all so much!! Have a good week! 

Love, 

Sister Flamm 

Week 49

Oh boy oh boy.. I want to die. Transfer calls came Sunday night and guess who's leaving?! Yep. Me. I cried. Haha. I'm SO sad to leave Sister Webb! We only got to be companions for 1 transfer! Haha we knew it was too good to be true. She's gonna be my best friend for life now though. :) I'm sad to leave these two areas as well.. There are so many good things happening!! And their should be a marriage and 4 baptisms this week. So we're really praying that that'll go through so that I can come back for it all! 

So I'm going back to Federal Way and I'll be serving in Star Lake ward again! How crazy is that?! I about died when President called me. And then I seriously died when he told me that I'm training a new missionary. Haha I have no clue what I'm doing.. I swear I just barely came out!! But I hit a year this month. CRAAAAZY. 

It's amazing the power that comes as we read from the Book of Mormon. We've been challenging a less active couple to read 4 chapters before each of our visits and they've been doing it! I know that as they continue to do it, they'll become active again. I think I told you that we also introduced our newer investigators, Abraham and Melissa, to the Book of Mormon and the gospel library app. They said that they started listening/reading it! That lesson that we had with them was SO powerful because as we taught, the Holy Ghost testified of truth. Sister Webb and I both just have a love for that book and so we were able to explain it like it was the best book that we've ever read. Which it is! I know that the Book of Mormon truly is the most correct book on earth. 

I love this scripture in 2 Nephi 32:3. (Sorry if I've shared it before) But it says, "Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do." 

I know that as we truly feast upon the scriptures we will find answers to our prayers, our life will be better, and we'll more fully come to know the love of our Father in Heaven and Savior. I love you all so much! Talk to you next week. :) 

Love, 

Sister Flamm

Week 48

Hello everyone! 

What a week! We went on two exchanges this week and it was a blast! It definitely drains me though. Ha I have like no energy afterwards! But it's still a lot of fun. :) I got to help out with another food bank on Saturday! We served breakfast and then helped out with the clean up. There was SO many dishes. Ha I figured out where my back problems started out though. Jimmy John's. Ha leaning over making sandwiches and washing dishes was a little rough! I seriously need a massage when I get home. My back pops like 10 times a day and it's just so tight! But I'll definitely be able to hold out til I get home. So no worries. :) 

So Gaby and Sergio are back!!! Hallelujah. They came with us to the Dyer's the other night and it was so much fun. We were all just laughing so hard that we almost cried! Haha I missed them so much. :) But if you could keep Sergio in your prayers I'd really appreciate it!! He's got an infection in his chest and had to go to the E.R. the other night. He was able to get a blessing as well, so we hope that he'll get better real soon! Then him and Gaby can get married and baptized... :) 

This week we've been taking more time to pray and ask where Heavenly Father wants us to go. It's amazing what happens when we do that! We did it the other night and the impression came that we should go and see a recent convert. So we called her up and she invited us right over. Her husband passed away at the end of last year and then her dad just barely died. It was so sad!! But she is handling it like a champion. We were able to share the video "Always Remember Him" by Elder Holland and talked about the importance and strength that comes from the Sacrament. It was a powerful lesson! I know that Heavenly Father truly does lead us to where He wants us when we just ask him. Well I hope you all have a great week!! I love you so much :) 

Sister Flamm 

Week 47

Hello! :) 

Whew. Birthday's are exhausting! Haha. Sister Webb and I are now 20. So that's just weird.. Ha but we had fun! We had a silly string fight and I totally won. I took both containers and sprayed her down. Then we opened up our presents together! Ha. I'm still just counting my blessings that I got to be companions with her during our birthday's. It's so much fun to celebrate with someone else!

This week was a little rougher.. we got honked at, flipped off, and yelled at. Some people were just straight up mean! But we made it through it. :) We kept working and were able to see miracles as we prayed for strength. We had zone conference on my birthday about the Spirit. It was so great! I learned that we need to more fully make the Holy Ghost our senior companion. When we did that this week, we were definitely led to where Heavenly Father needed us. I know that this is the Lord's work. And as we seek for His help and direction, the Spirit will guide us and we'll be able to be apart of miracles. 

Going along with the Spirit, one of the members in Silver Creek gave a really great talk on helping our families to recognize the Spirit. He said that we need to help them recognize and feel the Spirit and then testify to them! It makes perfect sense, but I didn't realize that I'm going to have to treat my kids like investigators! We have to point those things out to them so that they can find truth for themselves. :) 

Well I love you all so much! Thanks for all of the birthday wishes :) Oh and birthday shout out to Krista!! I hope you have a great day! :) Love you all!!! 

Sister Flamm 

Week 46

So I just watched that video of Chalese dancing and.... I may or may not have almost cried. My little sister is growing up!! :( Geez.. Way to go though, Chalese-Lou. :) 

Hmm... what happened this week? I can't even think. You all should be proud though, cause I only opened one of my birthday presents early! Impressive, huh. :) Yeah I know.. I spoil everything. :) Haha.  I hope everyone had a great birthday though! (Brynnlee, Mom, and Kaylie) I love you all so much!! :) 

Well.. I wrote about this in my letter today.. but I'll write it again. Ha we met with Abraham and Melissa again this week! We got to their house and sat down at their kitchen and their little boy came up to me and gave me a big hug. It was the cutest thing ever :) Ha they have a 1 year old and like a 3mo. old. They're pretty much the cutest kids that you'll ever meet! So we taught them about the Book of Mormon and showed them how it related to them. They were loving it! We read half of 1Nep. 1 with them and then invited them to finish the chapter and keep reading. They seemed super excited about it! We also showed them the Gospel Library App so that they could have it on their phone :) Pray that they'll read it and feel the Spirit though! Cause we won't be able to meet with them until next week because they're out of town. They're so great though. I just love them!! 

Sorry I don't have much to write about.. but I love you guys so much!! Keep doing what is right! :) 

Love, 

Sister Maurcine Flamm