Short and Sweet

Hello All,

This letter will be short and sweet. Not because I don't love you and want you to know everything about my life, but because I can't think of any inspiring thoughts to share with you that will help you grow spiritually except for these.
So please listen closely and hopefully the Spirit will touch you in some way as you read this.

Our week has been full of tracting.
On Thursday we had interviews with President Brown during district meeting. I was in charge of the training during district meeting. The topic for my training was Baptism for the Remission of Sins. It went well.
We have also done quite a bit of service this past week. We helped an elderly less active sister in the ward clean out her back room and get it organized. And we also had a very fun service day at the VA hospital.

The highlight of our VA service was learning how to play an American Indian flute. It was very cool.

Friday we were on exchanges as my companion and two other sisters went to a leadership conference. That was a fun day. We weren't able to do much while they were away because one of the sisters I was with got sick after lunch. So we watched all of the corny 1980's family videos that the church has put out.

Conference was the best part of the whole week. I loved it all. Elder Ballard's talk was the best!!!  https://www.lds.org/general-conference/watch/2014/04?lang=eng&vid=3438207527001&cid=5  To all reading, you have been asked to invite friends to meet with the missionaries 4 times this year. You have also been asked to study Preach My Gospel. Will you do it? Will you accept the commitment of missionary work? I know you will be blessed. In all of my emails from now on, I will be following up on Elder Ballard's invitation. 
All the talks were wonderful. What were some of your favorites?!?

We also had the opportunity to watch the new Scripture Legacy video put out by the church. It was so good! If/when you have the opportunity, you should watch it. The spirit can be felt as you watch it, and they have some awesome LDS actors in it. Plus, D. Todd Christofferson is just the coolest man ever, and he gets to narrate the video.

We picked up two new investigators this week: Cadence and her mom Lindsey. They are a really cute family. Cadence wants to be baptized, but her mom is still very reluctant to have any part with the church.

Did I tell you we have been doing a lot of tracting? We got to talk with an Atheist gentleman, and he told us all about what Atheist's conclude. ("Atheists don't believe in anything" he told us.) I felt bad for the poor man. We also met a man named Dave, he is searching for truth. We gave him a Book of Mormon and a Restoration Pamphlet and told him to call us if we had any questions. He said he would read what we gave him. I have high hopes for this man.

And finally an amazing miracle: There is a family in the ward named the Norviel's. They are not active, and they are a part member family. We have another sister in the ward: Sister Bailey; she found out that Sister Norviel wanted a bread recipe that had been lost. So Sister Bailey gave it to us to give to Sister Norviel. We have had that recipe for over a month (it was that same recipe that I botched last week). We finally delivered the recipe to her on Tuesday of last week with a loaf of homemade bread that Sister Groesbeck made. She was so excited! This little recipe has opened the door for us to visit with that family. We are able to go over and talk with them in their home instead of at the door like missionaries past have done. And they have even offered to feed us dinner in the near future. Sister Norviel is so grateful that we brought her that recipe! Through small and simple means are great things brought to pass. I love this family, and I know that as we act with the Spirit, their family will be able to come back to church and partake in the saving ordinances of the temple.

I hope what I have shared has been inspiring. I will send a few pictures from the past few weeks adventures.

Love you,

Sister Bryans