Sister Zoë Hart
10502 Satellite Blvd. Suite E
Orlando, FL 32837-8426
Monday, June 16, 2014
A tribute to dad....and some other jazz.
Hey family!
Oh how I love you and thought of you often throughout this special weekend of celebration. It was weird- sis wills said I was in the MTC a year ago to the day, and all I could think of was how I was sitting in the jewbaru a year ago driving to sundance with the good ole DaddyO in tears thinking of how much I would miss just being in his presence. (Xan and Cec - know what I mean?) Dad you have made such a lasting impression and influence in my life, and the lives of all those with whom you come in contact with. Seriously. Some of my most cherished memories are of late night canyon drives with you daddy. The windows rolled down to keep you awake with the sound of the canyon flooding our ears. In retrospect, it feels as if time stopped and we just cruised on. It's moments like those that I loved, not because of words that were said, or things that were done, but because of the time that was spent. I love you dad! Hope you had a happy Father's Day.
Other news. Sis wills and I have built quite a relationship with some of the members, especially the Budge's. Brother and sister budge are the best! They love to do missionary work! They served their missions in France. I think I mentioned that.
Any who. Bro Pascal Budge has been everywhere for work- including Haiti! This week they invited our gator Ursula and her member husband to come and have a lesson in their home. Oh my gosh, miracles happened. Last we met with U and hubby they had committed to pray for a date for baptism in which they had previously been a little timid about setting. Well after not being able to meet for a week because of scheduling conflicts we were real excited to hear, in person, how things regarding praying for a date were going. They said they had a date and it held special significance in their lives and wanted to keep it a secret until things started to get into place a little more. Oh my gosh! So cool. Then we taught alongside the budges about the ten commandments and keeping the sabbath day holy. I say alongside because we debriefed the budges and they taught for the most part while we simply testified. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong! I am so grateful for the wonderful opportunity that it is to share my testimony with those around me. Truly faith building. If you haven't done it in a while, I would invite you to share your testimony, if not in sacrament meeting, share it with someone who you care about. Not only will you be blessed but the hearts of those with whom you are speaking will soften and the spirit will testify to that person of the things They need to hear. #spiritualthrowup #sorrynotsorry ANYWAY. So a lot of other miracles happened obvi but that was the big kahuna. #callmegidg but seriously call me gidg cause we are going to RON JONS TODAY! AHHH! Basically. I am so excited. It's ridiculous! If you want a shirt or shoes or a keychain or a sticker speak now or forever hold your peace. (Not piece but peace. Like calm.)
Oh yesterday sis wills and I were looking at the fact that we didn't have a dinner and sis budge told us we could come over. HOW COULD WE SAY NO?! We love them. So we went over for dinner. Let me try to give you a visual. They are like the Heaps. Bro budge is goofy but loving and just an awesome guy who has had so many spiritual and rad opportunities in his life. And sis budge is more reserved but still great once you get her talking. They remind me so much of the heaps and of dad it's crazy! So bro budge was telling us all about Haiti. Dad you've gotta send me a list of all the cities you served in, he worked in all of them while on a U.N. Mission. He wants to talk about it.
Uhm, what else. Oh we love homeless people but that's classic down here in Florida. Beach bums EVERYWHERE. they all say they live in Sandominiums(like condominium but not because they just sleep on the beach) haha. Anyway. Well. That's all I've got for you today. Thanks for the package! It was really needed and is much appreciated. Cec I am mailing a letter for you today. Xan and Thomas, how is NC? Bro how is your swim tan? Mum are you still the dancing queen of the grove?#diva4lyfe. Oh I want to ask a favor of you - instead of praying for my investigators, PRAY FOR YOUR OWN MISSIONARY OPPORTUNITIES. The Lord knows His children who are ready and will put them in your path if you will act. Let Him trust you. Let me know of miracles you see. Because miracles happen when we believe.
Wellp. I love you. I love the work. And most importantly, I love The Lord. I'm grateful for Him and all He has done for me.
xoxo
sis. zoë hart
Sent from my iPad
Oh how I love you and thought of you often throughout this special weekend of celebration. It was weird- sis wills said I was in the MTC a year ago to the day, and all I could think of was how I was sitting in the jewbaru a year ago driving to sundance with the good ole DaddyO in tears thinking of how much I would miss just being in his presence. (Xan and Cec - know what I mean?) Dad you have made such a lasting impression and influence in my life, and the lives of all those with whom you come in contact with. Seriously. Some of my most cherished memories are of late night canyon drives with you daddy. The windows rolled down to keep you awake with the sound of the canyon flooding our ears. In retrospect, it feels as if time stopped and we just cruised on. It's moments like those that I loved, not because of words that were said, or things that were done, but because of the time that was spent. I love you dad! Hope you had a happy Father's Day.
Other news. Sis wills and I have built quite a relationship with some of the members, especially the Budge's. Brother and sister budge are the best! They love to do missionary work! They served their missions in France. I think I mentioned that.
Any who. Bro Pascal Budge has been everywhere for work- including Haiti! This week they invited our gator Ursula and her member husband to come and have a lesson in their home. Oh my gosh, miracles happened. Last we met with U and hubby they had committed to pray for a date for baptism in which they had previously been a little timid about setting. Well after not being able to meet for a week because of scheduling conflicts we were real excited to hear, in person, how things regarding praying for a date were going. They said they had a date and it held special significance in their lives and wanted to keep it a secret until things started to get into place a little more. Oh my gosh! So cool. Then we taught alongside the budges about the ten commandments and keeping the sabbath day holy. I say alongside because we debriefed the budges and they taught for the most part while we simply testified. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong! I am so grateful for the wonderful opportunity that it is to share my testimony with those around me. Truly faith building. If you haven't done it in a while, I would invite you to share your testimony, if not in sacrament meeting, share it with someone who you care about. Not only will you be blessed but the hearts of those with whom you are speaking will soften and the spirit will testify to that person of the things They need to hear. #spiritualthrowup #sorrynotsorry ANYWAY. So a lot of other miracles happened obvi but that was the big kahuna. #callmegidg but seriously call me gidg cause we are going to RON JONS TODAY! AHHH! Basically. I am so excited. It's ridiculous! If you want a shirt or shoes or a keychain or a sticker speak now or forever hold your peace. (Not piece but peace. Like calm.)
Oh yesterday sis wills and I were looking at the fact that we didn't have a dinner and sis budge told us we could come over. HOW COULD WE SAY NO?! We love them. So we went over for dinner. Let me try to give you a visual. They are like the Heaps. Bro budge is goofy but loving and just an awesome guy who has had so many spiritual and rad opportunities in his life. And sis budge is more reserved but still great once you get her talking. They remind me so much of the heaps and of dad it's crazy! So bro budge was telling us all about Haiti. Dad you've gotta send me a list of all the cities you served in, he worked in all of them while on a U.N. Mission. He wants to talk about it.
Uhm, what else. Oh we love homeless people but that's classic down here in Florida. Beach bums EVERYWHERE. they all say they live in Sandominiums(like condominium but not because they just sleep on the beach) haha. Anyway. Well. That's all I've got for you today. Thanks for the package! It was really needed and is much appreciated. Cec I am mailing a letter for you today. Xan and Thomas, how is NC? Bro how is your swim tan? Mum are you still the dancing queen of the grove?#diva4lyfe. Oh I want to ask a favor of you - instead of praying for my investigators, PRAY FOR YOUR OWN MISSIONARY OPPORTUNITIES. The Lord knows His children who are ready and will put them in your path if you will act. Let Him trust you. Let me know of miracles you see. Because miracles happen when we believe.
Wellp. I love you. I love the work. And most importantly, I love The Lord. I'm grateful for Him and all He has done for me.
xoxo
sis. zoë hart
Sent from my iPad
Monday, June 9, 2014
Love You
THIS WEEK WAS COOL.
okay so how did you hear about the whole - sprinkler prayer thing. that was hilarious. and crazy. (for those that dont know our first week together we went tracting and said a prayer with this man fixing his sprinklers...i offered the prayer and sure enough 1/2 way through the sprinklers nailed us. i didnt stop praying. sis wills was laughing so bad though. i pulled through. then as i was about to close it HIT US AGAIN! we were soaked. and we all laughed. the guy just walked away laughing saying thanks and we are the best...it was so funny. i shouldve stopped. it was hilarious.)
okay but here is the stitch for reals. we met with charles.. our black "paul" obsessed gator. and he just told us how he doesnt feel there is a need for one true church and that he doesnt need to be baptized again. he jsut wants the priesthood so he can have his own congregation and begin to be a foot soldier and preach to people about the bible and the bom like paul did minus the bom. so we dropped him. really it was a mutual dropping. sad for sis wills cause she has worked really hard with him. but we had the faith to move forward so we are moving forward. we are already seeing murrrricles. OH at the beginning of the lesson with Charles apparently he has a routine that he plays a gospel song before the lesson. usually they are mild and quite delightful says sis wills. BUT THIS TIME> OHMYEYE GOOOOSHHHHE I WAS DYING. literally. it was this baptist-y yelling and shouting to organ chords in the back. OH MY it was so funny. i was trying to hold in my laughter but had to literally hold my mouth close and just started shaking and bawling from how hard i was laughing. then later talking to our WML about it - he and his wife were there. LOVE THEM - he said that he couldnt even look at me vbecause it made him laugh just seeing me. goodtimes. haha.
then this week we went to town just meeting all of our members. well trying to. we had a day full of just back to back appts. it was crazy. we didnt even get to eat lunch....not a good call on our part. we both get headaches and migraines. sis wills gets them waaaaay more than i have on the mission and so that was poor planning on our part. BUT none the less it was miracles that we saw because of our diligence. wow it was cool to be that busy. i would love to have that many appointments in a day to non members. but by the rate we are going at we will definitely see that happen.
okay also the cocoa stake just got a new stake presidency and elder Teh came. so saturday night at the first of 2 sessions of stake conf(no longer adult sesh.) we sat front row with our AWESOME members Lauralyn and Pascal Budge(they served and met on their missions in france....sounds familiar...) so we sat by them and our bishop had to do this training thing and our WML told us he may call us up. cool. well he didnt. THEN elder teh got up. he told all 32 missionaries in the stake to stand. we did and he thanked us. then he said he would call a companionship up....yep he called sister wills and i up. AH. so fun. sis wills was dying but we did fine. he just asked us some random Qs and then finished by asking us what we would do for the members to get a referral...we replied in unison. ANYTHING! that whole evening and then on sunday our members kept telling our president how they loved us and want us to stay here and all this. Then he came up to us at the end of the sunday sesh and asked me what we were doing to the ward. THEY LOVE YOU. i just shrugged. not really sure. we are doing what you told us president. so thats cool.
Oh also. we went to a fest in Cape Canaveral and got to talk to loads of people. we also got stopped by these two sisters who started a company called two mermaids and they grew up mormon but have since fell away and werent interested. but they had these awesome leggings. and sis wills and i may or may not have had to buy a matching pair. ah. $15.... it was worth it. maybe not but #noregrets
sis wills and i have so much fun. i feel so bad when she gets headaches but now i know what everyone that ever has had to deal with me feels like. not fun. sorry. she is a champ though. it gives me a lot of ponder and study time. so i have really thought about things. mostly the Savior. This week I read a great talk called "Believing Christ." dad i put the reference in our notebook. I know that it is because of Christ THAT not only can i be better but despite my shortcomings and weaknesses i can return to live with my father in heaven. read it the talk. it puts everything into perspective. and it really helps mormons understand the fact that you dont just work your way to heaven. "believing christ" and "his grace is sufficient" READ THEM AND WEEP. literally.
i know that my redeemer lives. he is here beside me every step of the way. i know the song "if the savior stood beside me" now. it has real meaning. He truly is always near me. i know it. i love you all. i love this work. i know i say that all the time but i truly do. thanks for everything that you do. stay classy san diego.
xoxo
your
sister
zoë
Monday, June 2, 2014
CAUSEWAAAAAAAIT!
OH MY GOSH!
so this week was CRAZY!
so first things first. we had zone conference. obvi sis Williams and I had matching clothes already but the shirts were $7 in the lil' girls section of targe so we couldnt resist. we may have even asked our member to look up the Parent Trap handshake so we could do it for everyone. AHH! it was awesome! everyone loved it. literally. and so did we! Then we had loads of things planned this week that just seemed to fall through - or not go according to plan... ah the life of a missionary - BUT we pressed forward. We met with our investigators, Ursula and Charles, and found out a lot about how we can help them to progress. It was good. Also we biked from Merritt Island to Cape Canaveral....AND I HAD 2 flat TIRES on MY BIKE! no worries though. once we made it across the causeway we stopped at a rentabike place and they filled them up for freeeeeeeee. score! Then! we visited a RC up here who is now LESS ACTIVE. sad but apparently it happens a lot. so as we were coming back from that I wasnt paying as much attention as I couldve been. we were approaching a side street crossing - like neighborhood crossing perpendicular to a busy street and a green suburban was making a right turn and I may or may not have RAN INTO THE SUBURBAN! IT WAS CRAZY! but luckily i swerved and only burnt my pinky on the door - literally that was the only thing that happened. besides my shakes going crazy too. i didnt get hurt. I didnt even get off my bike. the poor kid driving felt horrible but i just hopped on the bike and apologized and went off to the next thing. well then we were contacting people on the way back to the causeway and this guy just yelled NOOOOOOO! NOOOOO! at us. cool random guy. haha. !
Okay but other than all that. this week was awesome! I love being comps with sis Williams we are seeing lots of miracles. she killed a lil frog with her bare hands but thats okay. i still love her. (the frog was as abig as my thumb nail.) !
Okay but seriously. at the approach of my year mark i have been pondering a lot about how i can truly become better. and looking at where i started and how i can continue to improve. My vision(long term goal) is set and i am working on setting goals and making plans to reach my vision. i know that with the Lord all things are possible and because of the atonement I CAN BE BETTER. I cannot tell you how many moments of peace I have felt as i have relied and felt the redeeming and enabling power of the atonement work in my life. it is truly amazing. BUT we have to let it work. it is our decision. !
I love this work. i am so grateful that i can be out here to represent our Savior and help others to come unto him and feel of His love the way that I feel it. okay so i may have showed this to you but watch it again. mostly the kid with the ipad. THATS WHAT TRUE REPENTANCE BRINGS. happiness! i love you all sooo much! thanks for all you do. !
happy summer xoxo sista zo
so first things first. we had zone conference. obvi sis Williams and I had matching clothes already but the shirts were $7 in the lil' girls section of targe so we couldnt resist. we may have even asked our member to look up the Parent Trap handshake so we could do it for everyone. AHH! it was awesome! everyone loved it. literally. and so did we! Then we had loads of things planned this week that just seemed to fall through - or not go according to plan... ah the life of a missionary - BUT we pressed forward. We met with our investigators, Ursula and Charles, and found out a lot about how we can help them to progress. It was good. Also we biked from Merritt Island to Cape Canaveral....AND I HAD 2 flat TIRES on MY BIKE! no worries though. once we made it across the causeway we stopped at a rentabike place and they filled them up for freeeeeeeee. score! Then! we visited a RC up here who is now LESS ACTIVE. sad but apparently it happens a lot. so as we were coming back from that I wasnt paying as much attention as I couldve been. we were approaching a side street crossing - like neighborhood crossing perpendicular to a busy street and a green suburban was making a right turn and I may or may not have RAN INTO THE SUBURBAN! IT WAS CRAZY! but luckily i swerved and only burnt my pinky on the door - literally that was the only thing that happened. besides my shakes going crazy too. i didnt get hurt. I didnt even get off my bike. the poor kid driving felt horrible but i just hopped on the bike and apologized and went off to the next thing. well then we were contacting people on the way back to the causeway and this guy just yelled NOOOOOOO! NOOOOO! at us. cool random guy. haha. !
Okay but other than all that. this week was awesome! I love being comps with sis Williams we are seeing lots of miracles. she killed a lil frog with her bare hands but thats okay. i still love her. (the frog was as abig as my thumb nail.) !
Okay but seriously. at the approach of my year mark i have been pondering a lot about how i can truly become better. and looking at where i started and how i can continue to improve. My vision(long term goal) is set and i am working on setting goals and making plans to reach my vision. i know that with the Lord all things are possible and because of the atonement I CAN BE BETTER. I cannot tell you how many moments of peace I have felt as i have relied and felt the redeeming and enabling power of the atonement work in my life. it is truly amazing. BUT we have to let it work. it is our decision. !
I love this work. i am so grateful that i can be out here to represent our Savior and help others to come unto him and feel of His love the way that I feel it. okay so i may have showed this to you but watch it again. mostly the kid with the ipad. THATS WHAT TRUE REPENTANCE BRINGS. happiness! i love you all sooo much! thanks for all you do. !
happy summer xoxo sista zo
Monday, May 26, 2014
AIA DETROIT AVE
okay that is in my area.
2pac was talking about coca beach! girls are hot wearing WAY LESS THAN BIKINIS~ but with sista williams im keepin real!
AHHHH WE ARE SUCH A DREAM TEAM! I love her sooo much! we are soooo much alike i just die! ahhhh! literally i will have to send you a list! She is from moore park CA, in the TO stake...doesnt know the Hatch's but knows the Talbots so thats weird. i guess Brock and her bro Clay were buddies. cray., She went to BYU and we started with the same major ideas and now are major idea less. gah we have so much fun and i love her sooo much! We have so much fun everyday! and the area is so cool! okay this email is going to be short but it is just so cool
we both get migraines. gingers. born in Ca. dad from ID. creative padres. love to run and dance. ultra crazy and loud. hilarious. weird voices. and soo much more that i cant list.
BUT we have seen so many miracles working together and although it was super sad to leave LW it has been such a blessing to be with Sister Williams. Way too much fun! So here is my area Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, and Cocoa Beach. I WORK ON AN ISLAND. It is soo sick! i love it. It is going to be such a fun transfer! I am so excited to serve in rockledge east! honestly i totally called that we would be companions. in the transfer meeting I told the sister sitting next to me that we would be comps and we totally were. #inspired. okay sorry this is all over the plave! i love you all. reading through the BOM again. such a good book. read it if you havent. i love it and know all who read it can come closer to christ. the atonement is real. let it work within you.
xoxo zoë HART
2pac was talking about coca beach! girls are hot wearing WAY LESS THAN BIKINIS~ but with sista williams im keepin real!
AHHHH WE ARE SUCH A DREAM TEAM! I love her sooo much! we are soooo much alike i just die! ahhhh! literally i will have to send you a list! She is from moore park CA, in the TO stake...doesnt know the Hatch's but knows the Talbots so thats weird. i guess Brock and her bro Clay were buddies. cray., She went to BYU and we started with the same major ideas and now are major idea less. gah we have so much fun and i love her sooo much! We have so much fun everyday! and the area is so cool! okay this email is going to be short but it is just so cool
we both get migraines. gingers. born in Ca. dad from ID. creative padres. love to run and dance. ultra crazy and loud. hilarious. weird voices. and soo much more that i cant list.
BUT we have seen so many miracles working together and although it was super sad to leave LW it has been such a blessing to be with Sister Williams. Way too much fun! So here is my area Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, and Cocoa Beach. I WORK ON AN ISLAND. It is soo sick! i love it. It is going to be such a fun transfer! I am so excited to serve in rockledge east! honestly i totally called that we would be companions. in the transfer meeting I told the sister sitting next to me that we would be comps and we totally were. #inspired. okay sorry this is all over the plave! i love you all. reading through the BOM again. such a good book. read it if you havent. i love it and know all who read it can come closer to christ. the atonement is real. let it work within you.
xoxo zoë HART
Monday, May 19, 2014
life is good. keep livin it.
so as this transfer has come to a close I have realized that I have lived in Longwood for 7.5 months and thats the 2nd longest amount of time ive lived away from home...this gingers growin up. #growingpains #itsthebest
I will really miss it here. the members are amazing. like today some of them are taking us to lunch and then going bowling. FUN. wow. people are so nice. i have made it a goal to be nicer to people once im home....imma jerk. lets face it. BUT because of the knowledge of the gospel I have and the PRIME PERFECTION example of Jesus Christ, I can ALWAYS work to become better! Okay so maybe i am being a little hard on myself. (if any of you agreed i am a jerk...sorry and you should try to think the best of others) I just want to be more Christlike thats all.
Okay wellp. This week and 12 weeks has gone by in a flash. someone told me in an email that i only have 6 months left...thats like 5 transfers. Our AP told me that my group(all 27 of us) will have to stay in a hotel the night that we leave the mission because there isnt enough room in the mission home. crazy. but i cant think about that or else itll make me think of the end. AND I WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE NOW! (this is the nowgeneration...are the BEP still cool? not since 2000 late? cool) So here is something cool. we went to this great burger place. CALLED BURGERFI! oHHHHHMYYYYYYYYEEEE GEESE. they had these urban fries with parm and herbs and garlic aoli...OMGeez. THEN they had a breakie burger that had egg and cheese and burger and syrup and bacon and hashbrown. and it tasted more like jack in the box wedges with bacon and cheese - the classic post dentist in CA treat. IT WAS DELICIOUS> count on me to always love food. thats something you can count on. change. and the fact that sister HART LOVES FOOD. call me what you will. but name calling will get you no HAWHERE in life. any who.
I love it out here. i really do. Margarita. just baptized. wrote her conversion story and i am emailing it seperately. it is pretty cool. she was really prepared. but it wasnt an easy journey. Conversion isnt always easy. Being a member isnt always EASY...BUT its worth it! the blessings are eternal. I know that to be true.
okay other news. stamps? hope you sent them. AMANDA IS ENGAGED?!?! what. that is great! to Dallas?! So great. whens the wedding? wish i could see it! OH MY! love it. also DAD. I said bye to the amazing Thebaud family last night and THEY CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO COME AND MEET THEM AND SPEAK TO THEM IN CREOLE! so practice. also they do the neonatal service mission stuff for the church and other groups and are going to HAiti in 3ish weeks on june 1st. pretty cool. also. i just love you all. what is looos babys name. saw a pic on fb and Died. also what else is going on with the family. Got a great letter from Billy bob keeping me in the loop with the easter bird rescue. nice dad. BUt other than that. NADA. help a sister out.
ha. okay that may be asking too much of you. i love you. you are doing a lot of good things. so if its too much to ask just don't do it. ha.
okay wellp I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOOOOOOVE YOU! (buddy the elf whats your favorite color?;)
okay peace out lil scouts!
xoxo
sister HART
I will really miss it here. the members are amazing. like today some of them are taking us to lunch and then going bowling. FUN. wow. people are so nice. i have made it a goal to be nicer to people once im home....imma jerk. lets face it. BUT because of the knowledge of the gospel I have and the PRIME PERFECTION example of Jesus Christ, I can ALWAYS work to become better! Okay so maybe i am being a little hard on myself. (if any of you agreed i am a jerk...sorry and you should try to think the best of others) I just want to be more Christlike thats all.
Okay wellp. This week and 12 weeks has gone by in a flash. someone told me in an email that i only have 6 months left...thats like 5 transfers. Our AP told me that my group(all 27 of us) will have to stay in a hotel the night that we leave the mission because there isnt enough room in the mission home. crazy. but i cant think about that or else itll make me think of the end. AND I WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE NOW! (this is the nowgeneration...are the BEP still cool? not since 2000 late? cool) So here is something cool. we went to this great burger place. CALLED BURGERFI! oHHHHHMYYYYYYYYEEEE GEESE. they had these urban fries with parm and herbs and garlic aoli...OMGeez. THEN they had a breakie burger that had egg and cheese and burger and syrup and bacon and hashbrown. and it tasted more like jack in the box wedges with bacon and cheese - the classic post dentist in CA treat. IT WAS DELICIOUS> count on me to always love food. thats something you can count on. change. and the fact that sister HART LOVES FOOD. call me what you will. but name calling will get you no HAWHERE in life. any who.
I love it out here. i really do. Margarita. just baptized. wrote her conversion story and i am emailing it seperately. it is pretty cool. she was really prepared. but it wasnt an easy journey. Conversion isnt always easy. Being a member isnt always EASY...BUT its worth it! the blessings are eternal. I know that to be true.
okay other news. stamps? hope you sent them. AMANDA IS ENGAGED?!?! what. that is great! to Dallas?! So great. whens the wedding? wish i could see it! OH MY! love it. also DAD. I said bye to the amazing Thebaud family last night and THEY CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO COME AND MEET THEM AND SPEAK TO THEM IN CREOLE! so practice. also they do the neonatal service mission stuff for the church and other groups and are going to HAiti in 3ish weeks on june 1st. pretty cool. also. i just love you all. what is looos babys name. saw a pic on fb and Died. also what else is going on with the family. Got a great letter from Billy bob keeping me in the loop with the easter bird rescue. nice dad. BUt other than that. NADA. help a sister out.
ha. okay that may be asking too much of you. i love you. you are doing a lot of good things. so if its too much to ask just don't do it. ha.
okay wellp I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOOOOOOVE YOU! (buddy the elf whats your favorite color?;)
okay peace out lil scouts!
xoxo
sister HART
Monday, May 12, 2014
oh i love your faces.
WOW.
i love your faces. i just love them. they are so brilliant. beautiful. beaming. and bright. I am grateful that I had such a wonderful amount of time to see them. It may have only been 30 minutes BUT it felt like hours. THAT WAS EASILY THE BEST W.O.W EVER! HANDS DOWN. CANT COMPETE WITH THAT. Seriously. there is no competition. I LOVED THAT. sorry i BAWLED like a babe. i guess it was necessary. i tried to hold back those hart tears. BUT alas. they won. But hey thanks to the nelson drive for "dont be a wuss" i was able to hold them off for awhile. cool. yes those are the things i think of when i think of family. harts - lots o tears. Nelsons - no fears. its just the way it is. no offense to anyone. both are necessary. it just means that MY FAMILY has the best of both worlds. #bragging #notchristlike #sorry...seriously
Okay so this week was a whirlwind of adventure and BUSYNESS and BUSINESS. we had to get erry thang cleared for the miraculous baptism. seriously Margarita Castaner has the MOST AMAZING CONVERSION STORY EVER. i wouldnt be surprised if she was name dropped in conference one day. she was so prepared and has gone through so many hurdles to get this. #quebendecion
also sis BATES is just awesome and her children are adorable. (see photos. LUCY BATES is so cute. she has some pretty scandalous photos for a 2 yr old i must say;) also the SNyders are the best. Seriously. I am so grateful to have been able to meet so many wonderful people down here. they are seriously the best and I love to serve and serve with them. What a wonderful thing. One thing that i have learned is that If you are willing to immerse yourself in the gospel and the church - with all that that entails, even if its lame, overwhelming, long, boring, or even with people you dont like - you can be blessed and guaranteed with success. It may not be in the way you imagined it, but success none the less. i am so grateful to have been able to see that in the lives of the amazing members here in Florida and in Longwood especially. AND in the life of Margarita. She truly understands the fact that if it is what God wants her to do and she knows it is right, NO MATTER what trial she has to endure she knows in the end it will bless her and the generations to come. it can be the same for all of us. Trials will come. IT WILL get hard. We knew that when we signed up for this life. The thing that gets us through is knowing that our FATHER, who loves us MORE than we can comprehend, has a BRILLIANT plan for us and these trials and events and hardships in life are to help us grow and become the people that HE knows we can be.
Brother bates(guy with the beard in the baptism photo, mom has it) gave us this story about how this man was told to push this boulder with all his might. so he did. he exerted all his strength to move it. But it wouldn't budge. he tried so hard and used all his energy to move this rock. but it didn't move. another man came to him saying he should stop trying. that it would never move and wasn't worth the effort. The man continued to push the rock and then in disbelief he began to heed the counsel of the other man and believe the rock would never move. He questioned his master asking why he would have him do so much if the master knew he could never accomplish such a task. The master looked at the man and told him that he never asked him to move the rock. only to push it. sometimes we feel that we have to MOVE our hardships in life when in reality all we must do is press forward trusting in God knowing that it is his will not ours. That story is obvi written better than i can say it but thats the gist.
OOOH. since i finished the new T i started the BOM and have been reading about nephi. SO great! he is seriously the bomb! especially in ch 7. its great!
wellp. i love it out here.
thanks for skyping with me. keep it real
i love you all!
xoxo ZOZO zoë
Okay so this week was a whirlwind of adventure and BUSYNESS and BUSINESS. we had to get erry thang cleared for the miraculous baptism. seriously Margarita Castaner has the MOST AMAZING CONVERSION STORY EVER. i wouldnt be surprised if she was name dropped in conference one day. she was so prepared and has gone through so many hurdles to get this. #quebendecion
also sis BATES is just awesome and her children are adorable. (see photos. LUCY BATES is so cute. she has some pretty scandalous photos for a 2 yr old i must say;) also the SNyders are the best. Seriously. I am so grateful to have been able to meet so many wonderful people down here. they are seriously the best and I love to serve and serve with them. What a wonderful thing. One thing that i have learned is that If you are willing to immerse yourself in the gospel and the church - with all that that entails, even if its lame, overwhelming, long, boring, or even with people you dont like - you can be blessed and guaranteed with success. It may not be in the way you imagined it, but success none the less. i am so grateful to have been able to see that in the lives of the amazing members here in Florida and in Longwood especially. AND in the life of Margarita. She truly understands the fact that if it is what God wants her to do and she knows it is right, NO MATTER what trial she has to endure she knows in the end it will bless her and the generations to come. it can be the same for all of us. Trials will come. IT WILL get hard. We knew that when we signed up for this life. The thing that gets us through is knowing that our FATHER, who loves us MORE than we can comprehend, has a BRILLIANT plan for us and these trials and events and hardships in life are to help us grow and become the people that HE knows we can be.
Brother bates(guy with the beard in the baptism photo, mom has it) gave us this story about how this man was told to push this boulder with all his might. so he did. he exerted all his strength to move it. But it wouldn't budge. he tried so hard and used all his energy to move this rock. but it didn't move. another man came to him saying he should stop trying. that it would never move and wasn't worth the effort. The man continued to push the rock and then in disbelief he began to heed the counsel of the other man and believe the rock would never move. He questioned his master asking why he would have him do so much if the master knew he could never accomplish such a task. The master looked at the man and told him that he never asked him to move the rock. only to push it. sometimes we feel that we have to MOVE our hardships in life when in reality all we must do is press forward trusting in God knowing that it is his will not ours. That story is obvi written better than i can say it but thats the gist.
OOOH. since i finished the new T i started the BOM and have been reading about nephi. SO great! he is seriously the bomb! especially in ch 7. its great!
wellp. i love it out here.
thanks for skyping with me. keep it real
i love you all!
xoxo ZOZO zoë
Monday, May 5, 2014
honey honey i can see the stars all the way from here.
Hey Family!
okay so here's the scoop.
i love you all.
this week was great. it went by soooo freakin fast. geez. i cannot believe it. i have been in LW since october 22. weird. i feel like it hasnt been over 3 months. and then im like - HOLD UP i totally skyped my family here in december. WHOA. so thats crazy.
HOW IS EVERYTHING THERE?
One fun thing.
i was on exchanges this week with a girl from byu that knows some random friends of mine and we talked about winter semester....AHHH! i died! i have no idea what i am going to do about classes. housing. job. anything. how are you working that out? dont worry. i am not worried. although this may make you think "oh i think she's worried about this." Im not. just bringing it up to see what the game plan is. like to be prepared thats all. oooooooooooh. regarding that. dont tell billy bob but the DR HART thing... may not be what im shooting for anymore. i cannot tell you how many times people say to me "youve gotta love what you do" and i do love anatomical medical work BUT i have to admit I LOVE graphics and typography and drawing so much more. #betterlatethannever. #sorryiwontbetherichDRanymore #notsorryatall Yeah so i dont know what direction i will go in school major and classes wise. just finish generals and take some intro classes. i do hate the art dep. at BYU from afar just from word of mouth and what others have said but i can handle it. who knows i may be a DR still i just have to see. lately i have been just confused about all of it. and when people ask i am not as confident in say "I am going to be a DR someday." now its more like "i was planning on being a DR but we will see what happens" #stillgottime Not a worry right now, just wanted to tell you before you find out that my dream is no longer Johns Hopkins (still a dream.)
okay so lately ive been finishing the NT and reading PMG. coolest thing! PMG is the best. if youve never read it. READ IT! #propheticcounsel #blessings. i was reading our of the john(1,2,&3) and it was talking about how with the Love we have for God we should love those around us and be fearless. Because we know He loves us and we love Him there is nothing bad that can happen to us. If we are doing what he asks of us and put our trust in him truly we should be fearless - mostly in missionary work and talking to people. It shouldnt be hard to Open YOUR Mouth if you Love GOD because that means you LOVE the people around you! something that i am working on. (weakness 1230983287: love people halfheartedly) i am going to use my WHOLE HART and LOVE ERRYBODY. i have seen so many miracles in LOVING the PEOPLE here in ORLANDO so now i want to apply it to the rest of my life. The most advice i get from people in letters emails and such is to love the people. Well the advice i would give to you is to LOVE GOD with your whole heart so you CAN love those around you and you will desire to serve them. Hows that for a challenge?
granted the verse says it a little differently but here it is. 1John 5:2-3
Wellp i love you! see you sunday!
okay so here's the scoop.
i love you all.
this week was great. it went by soooo freakin fast. geez. i cannot believe it. i have been in LW since october 22. weird. i feel like it hasnt been over 3 months. and then im like - HOLD UP i totally skyped my family here in december. WHOA. so thats crazy.
HOW IS EVERYTHING THERE?
One fun thing.
i was on exchanges this week with a girl from byu that knows some random friends of mine and we talked about winter semester....AHHH! i died! i have no idea what i am going to do about classes. housing. job. anything. how are you working that out? dont worry. i am not worried. although this may make you think "oh i think she's worried about this." Im not. just bringing it up to see what the game plan is. like to be prepared thats all. oooooooooooh. regarding that. dont tell billy bob but the DR HART thing... may not be what im shooting for anymore. i cannot tell you how many times people say to me "youve gotta love what you do" and i do love anatomical medical work BUT i have to admit I LOVE graphics and typography and drawing so much more. #betterlatethannever. #sorryiwontbetherichDRanymore #notsorryatall Yeah so i dont know what direction i will go in school major and classes wise. just finish generals and take some intro classes. i do hate the art dep. at BYU from afar just from word of mouth and what others have said but i can handle it. who knows i may be a DR still i just have to see. lately i have been just confused about all of it. and when people ask i am not as confident in say "I am going to be a DR someday." now its more like "i was planning on being a DR but we will see what happens" #stillgottime Not a worry right now, just wanted to tell you before you find out that my dream is no longer Johns Hopkins (still a dream.)
okay so lately ive been finishing the NT and reading PMG. coolest thing! PMG is the best. if youve never read it. READ IT! #propheticcounsel #blessings. i was reading our of the john(1,2,&3) and it was talking about how with the Love we have for God we should love those around us and be fearless. Because we know He loves us and we love Him there is nothing bad that can happen to us. If we are doing what he asks of us and put our trust in him truly we should be fearless - mostly in missionary work and talking to people. It shouldnt be hard to Open YOUR Mouth if you Love GOD because that means you LOVE the people around you! something that i am working on. (weakness 1230983287: love people halfheartedly) i am going to use my WHOLE HART and LOVE ERRYBODY. i have seen so many miracles in LOVING the PEOPLE here in ORLANDO so now i want to apply it to the rest of my life. The most advice i get from people in letters emails and such is to love the people. Well the advice i would give to you is to LOVE GOD with your whole heart so you CAN love those around you and you will desire to serve them. Hows that for a challenge?
granted the verse says it a little differently but here it is. 1John 5:2-3
Wellp i love you! see you sunday!
Monday, April 28, 2014
ded-i-cate good times c'mon!
okay so the fort lauderdale dedication is this sunday! COOL! i have been able to go to like 4? in my lifetime. Thanks honey and hopper for taking me to the redlands dedication. that was a cool experience as an 8 year old. and now ill get to see one here in my "home" state of FLORIDA! what a blessing!
apparently the temple IS STUNNING! no surprise there but just to show you how beautiful Ive taken some of the photos from lds.org to add to give your eyes a little candy as you read. and when i say some i mean one:
Its great! I guess its all a sand color with aqua accents. sounds pretty beautiful to me. Ill go inside someday. #primary4life
alright. back to bi'ness.
so this week went by ultra fast and i think it is because suddenly we have all these people to teach! its unreal! I feel like those missionaries that the apostles talk about are the ideal - not tracting just teaching. BUT I am tracting a little because the members do help with the work but not the investigator supplement part. #workinprogress
We are seeing a lot of miracles. one of which being that this woman and her children who have been waiting 7 years to be baptized have walked (literally) into our area. THATS A MIRACLE! que bendicione! (shes from Puerto Rico) Another great thing is that I am constantly learning and growing from the 9128375189347128937417834 weaknesses that I have... ITS AWESOME> its really cool how we can be like "okay i want to be able to do this" and even if it seems impossible, ULTRA scary, and RIDICULOUS, if it is a RIGHTEOUS desire - the Lord will provide a way for it to be accomplished, as long as we do all in our power to accomplish it.
ANOTHER thing that brought me a lot of strength this week was a quote by President GORDON B HINCKLEY - what a great guy, shoutout to the YOUNGS for taking me to his viewing, forever grateful for that -
he is talking to women about things to do- but just take this as it is. HE said
"I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort." (Rise to the Stature of the Divine within You)
"I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in the best way you know, and the Lord will accept of your effort." (Rise to the Stature of the Divine within You)
If we are setting realistic goals for ourselves and doing ALL we can in the best way we know how, the Lord will not only accept our effort but always reach out and help us along the way! I have thought a lot about how the lord reaches out and helps each one of us. I know i dont always recognize when he does. BUT HE DOES. and it always happens. #tendermercy BUT SERIOUSLY. i was reading in james(almost done with the NT real excited about that. JtheC is taking some time but i set a goal to finish it before im done here so no worries.) in james he was talking about how God gives grace to the humble. HUMILITY has NEVER BEEN MY STRONG SUIT....#blessmyheart I LOVE TO ONE UP. (weakness 1238973824790128493014...13849712347... working on it. ive gotten a lot better. dont worry) BUT It says this THAT I LOVE:
If I submit myself to God, and come unto Him in Humility, with a pure heart and clean hands(repenting with broken heart and contrite spirit), then HE will give me GRACE, come unto ME, and LIFT ME UP.
WOW! what a promise. sounds pretty great if you ask me. so thats what i would invite all of you to do. COME UNTO CHRIST(moroni 10:32) in the best way you can right now and be LIFTED UP! i know that we can all become better and happier as we do so. (theres my promise)
heres a cheesy music video thats stuck in my head so yeah.
https://www.lds.org/youth/video/come-unto-christ-2014-theme-song?lang=eng
wellp sorry i dont have photos. oops ill be better. i love you all. you can pray for my gators if youd like
:Justin Starks. Chrystel Lucas. and Margarita, Marielis, and Gerard.
Shoutout to MOM in a pre WOW! I LOVE YOU! thanks for helping me be a champ at detecting autism/aspergers. its helped a lot. especially in teaching families. #thanksbrodyforbeingmybrother #yourthecoolest
THANKS FOR THE EMAIL THOMAS! letters from xan and cec last week. yall are da bomb.
LOTS OF MY LOVE XOXO
sister ZOE HART
ps the hottest club in orlando is club SPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCYYYYYYYYYY! my comp and i quote that all the time with sister Bates.
6 But he giveth more agrace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the bproud, but giveth grace unto the chumble.so heres the conditional statement:
7 aSubmit yourselves therefore to God. bResist the cdevil, and he will flee from you.
8 aDraw bnigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. cCleanse your hands, ye sinners; and dpurify your hearts, ye double minded.
10 aHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
If I submit myself to God, and come unto Him in Humility, with a pure heart and clean hands(repenting with broken heart and contrite spirit), then HE will give me GRACE, come unto ME, and LIFT ME UP.
WOW! what a promise. sounds pretty great if you ask me. so thats what i would invite all of you to do. COME UNTO CHRIST(moroni 10:32) in the best way you can right now and be LIFTED UP! i know that we can all become better and happier as we do so. (theres my promise)
heres a cheesy music video thats stuck in my head so yeah.
https://www.lds.org/youth/video/come-unto-christ-2014-theme-song?lang=eng
wellp sorry i dont have photos. oops ill be better. i love you all. you can pray for my gators if youd like
:Justin Starks. Chrystel Lucas. and Margarita, Marielis, and Gerard.
Shoutout to MOM in a pre WOW! I LOVE YOU! thanks for helping me be a champ at detecting autism/aspergers. its helped a lot. especially in teaching families. #thanksbrodyforbeingmybrother #yourthecoolest
THANKS FOR THE EMAIL THOMAS! letters from xan and cec last week. yall are da bomb.
LOTS OF MY LOVE XOXO
sister ZOE HART
ps the hottest club in orlando is club SPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCYYYYYYYYYY! my comp and i quote that all the time with sister Bates.
Monday, April 21, 2014
heLLLLLLLOOOOOWWW LA LA LA. hop you had an eggcellent easters!
LOVED THE PACKAGE! THANKS FOR THE DRESSES LETTERS AND CANDY AND LIP BALM. YOU DA BALM.
yeah i died when i read cec and xans letters... ask sis woolley - literally yelled. cause i dont scream. i just yell. fact.
anyway. xan it is true i will bring it up when i get home if you dont ever write me... so to avoid the hard time i will give you write. simple solution. even if its a doodle. or a photo. i know i am asking a lot but i know and have faith that you can do it.
Cec you have written me the most (by hand in response to other letters) DAd wins but he is real organized. Thomas had emails prior to being really related and now that youre in the fam well its gone down. no worries i hear your busy. ill write to you smiths. MUMSIE thanks for always emailing me. you're great.
IN REALITY- YOU ARE ALL AMAZING AND I AM JUST GIVING YOU A FREAKING HARD TIME BECAUSE I LOVE YOU TO DEATH! GAAAH SO MUCH LOVE FOR THE CRAZY HART/SMITH FAMILY ITS UNREAL!
so photos. 
hoppy easter.
we love eachother
thats BRE SNYDER! she is the BOMB! almost as BOMB as the BOM but thats the fulness of the gospel so not quite to that level but she is pretty great!
tracting for easter sharing #becauseofhim and seeing loads of miracles including setting a date with this guy JUSTIN who is ultra cool and way excited. we set the date for may 10th but will have to move it to the 20 something because he couldnt make it to church. but still so cool.
im not the only missionary that goes to the dentist. but dont worry while we were there our bishop(the dentist) told us some great dentist mormon jokes (theres a scripture about the dentist.."if ye are prepared ye shall not fear..." and bet ya didnt know mormon was a dentist? he made an abridgement...classic knee slappers)
we unintentionally match like every day. its sorta funny how often it happens. anyway.
this week was amazing. i love it out here. uhm ive been reading in the bible and timothy is bombing.
1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall ajudge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 aPreach the word; bbe cinstant in season, out of season; dreprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not aendure sound bdoctrine; but after their own clusts shall they heap to themselves dteachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the atruth, and shall be turned unto bfables.
5 But awatch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an bevangelist, cmake full proof of thy ministry.
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought a good afight, I have bfinished my course, I have kept the faith:
KEEP THE FAITH. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. YOU CAN DO IT! whatever it is you are going through - the savior knows. HE LIVES and because he lives we can get through all of the crap we deal with in life. i love you all.
1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall ajudge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 aPreach the word; bbe cinstant in season, out of season; dreprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not aendure sound bdoctrine; but after their own clusts shall they heap to themselves dteachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the atruth, and shall be turned unto bfables.
5 But awatch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an bevangelist, cmake full proof of thy ministry.
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought a good afight, I have bfinished my course, I have kept the faith:
KEEP THE FAITH. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. YOU CAN DO IT! whatever it is you are going through - the savior knows. HE LIVES and because he lives we can get through all of the crap we deal with in life. i love you all.
xoxo
ZOE
Monday, April 14, 2014
Fwd: #becauseofhim
for starters here is this video. watch it. share it. #it. love it. #because of him.
http://mormon.org/becauseofhim
okay now that that is said. HI! isnt the savior the coolest. It is because of HIM that I am here. It is because of HIM that there is hope in this life. because of HIM we can live with our families forever. because of HIM we can become better. Because of HIM we can have eternal life.
WOW> pretty cool right?!
So this week was rad. lots of murrricles as uuuuuuzzzsh. I honestly had something i wanted to tell you but now i dont remember. OH I HAD THE SCARIEST DREAM THAT CEC LIVED IN A WEIRD SHACK ON STILTS THAT LOOKED MORE LIKE A COOL ATTIC BEDROOM ON THE INSIDE AND SHE WAS A BREAK DANCER AT A CLUB AND IT WAS REAL WEIRD CAUSE SHE RAN AWAY FROM HOME TO DO THAT! i was really confused, so cecilly is thats what you have chosen to do with your life- do impress all dem foos with yo sick tricks, just remember to give me a shout out sometime;)
alright. so i have come to know that i have many flaws and weaknesses.... flaw 9898981234761345: i have a hard time when people question the obvious... for exomple(hermione granger voice) i will be getting in the car to go somewhere and someone will ask "are you planning on driving there" nope just getting in the car to check the temperature....basically "here's your signs" big flaw. working on it. i am just full bad news. BUT THATS THE GLORIOUS THINGS #becauseofhim I CAN BECOME BETTER. and thank goodness for that.
okay so sorry it is real short. lets see what else happened. oh a rad sisters conference. here are some photos from it. well i wil send the photos to mom so ask her for them... IT WAS GREAT AND SUPER UPLIFTING> hey also #becauseofhim i can receive answers to prayer and fasting cool tright(tight and right) OH and ill send some photos from our on going service at sister Julie Fishers(hidden cypress hollow) so soorry for the photo overload. but yeah!
murricles happen when you believe and build your faith. faith is key. #becauseofhim i know miracles can happen today!
well i sure do love you all. sorry this email is lame. i love you so that should make up for it. the best gifts you have given me are seeing your hot faces at christmas and soon to be moms day and letters. love dem letters. thanks. you truly are great!
xoxo
sister zoe hart
http://mormon.org/becauseofhim
okay now that that is said. HI! isnt the savior the coolest. It is because of HIM that I am here. It is because of HIM that there is hope in this life. because of HIM we can live with our families forever. because of HIM we can become better. Because of HIM we can have eternal life.
WOW> pretty cool right?!
So this week was rad. lots of murrricles as uuuuuuzzzsh. I honestly had something i wanted to tell you but now i dont remember. OH I HAD THE SCARIEST DREAM THAT CEC LIVED IN A WEIRD SHACK ON STILTS THAT LOOKED MORE LIKE A COOL ATTIC BEDROOM ON THE INSIDE AND SHE WAS A BREAK DANCER AT A CLUB AND IT WAS REAL WEIRD CAUSE SHE RAN AWAY FROM HOME TO DO THAT! i was really confused, so cecilly is thats what you have chosen to do with your life- do impress all dem foos with yo sick tricks, just remember to give me a shout out sometime;)
alright. so i have come to know that i have many flaws and weaknesses.... flaw 9898981234761345: i have a hard time when people question the obvious... for exomple(hermione granger voice) i will be getting in the car to go somewhere and someone will ask "are you planning on driving there" nope just getting in the car to check the temperature....basically "here's your signs" big flaw. working on it. i am just full bad news. BUT THATS THE GLORIOUS THINGS #becauseofhim I CAN BECOME BETTER. and thank goodness for that.
okay so sorry it is real short. lets see what else happened. oh a rad sisters conference. here are some photos from it. well i wil send the photos to mom so ask her for them... IT WAS GREAT AND SUPER UPLIFTING> hey also #becauseofhim i can receive answers to prayer and fasting cool tright(tight and right) OH and ill send some photos from our on going service at sister Julie Fishers(hidden cypress hollow) so soorry for the photo overload. but yeah!
murricles happen when you believe and build your faith. faith is key. #becauseofhim i know miracles can happen today!
well i sure do love you all. sorry this email is lame. i love you so that should make up for it. the best gifts you have given me are seeing your hot faces at christmas and soon to be moms day and letters. love dem letters. thanks. you truly are great!
xoxo
sister zoe hart
Monday, April 7, 2014
boo.boop. di doop. conference!
Hope you liked my conference jingle.. they are thinking about switching out Loyd Newell for my song, so stay tuned to hear this great lil jam...
So hey how'd yall like conference?!.
I sure loved it! every part of it. all of it was so GOOD! starting with Holland and then going through till the end! man what a pick me up! IM SO PUMPED. seriously... somebody's gotta start playing Pump Up the Jam...wheres that sports jams hits cd that we'd always play Freeze dance to when you need it! #worldlymusic so all of you take the time out to listen to it for me today.
SO other news. this week was full of miracles. some big some small but miracles none the less. What's even cooler is that since the temple is done(and apparently ultra beautiful) we can go SEE IT! if the ward we are serving in gets a bus and nonmembers go. GAH! we are basically telling everyone in our ward to go so we can try to get a bus. I want to see it so bad. But if i dont its mos def not the end of the world. (oh and to answer the Q the Hart's had - No, the temple in the other mission has not created added interest for my area at least...)
Oh we got to do service at sister Fisher's house. "hidden cyprus Hollow" in longwood fl. google it. super rad place. i cannot wait to come back here. she is so cool! and her property is amazing. GAH! i love it in longwood. so glad i get to be here for so long. (7.5 months or more)
training is going a lot better. conference really helped. i have a lot of weaknesses. liek 50,000,000,000,000. im imperfect - what can i say... made from fallen material - and even though my parents are THE BEST - I am still not nearly as great as i could be - BUT here's the best thing, I can become BETTER! Through the atonement and grace of our savior i can become the person the LORD wants me to be. what a novel thought. to become the kind of person our loving father in heaven, who knows us better than we know the freckles on our fingers(i know all mine), WOW, what an divine ideal to hope for. If we rely on the saviors atonement - i mean truly rely on it - and pray to do the things the lord would have us (not mine but thy will be done attitude) and be the person he would have us be WE can become BETTER! gah! how cool is that to become better! SO MUCH HOPE!!!!!! i can hope for better things. chyeah boy! this gospel is so cool. This morning i was reading a great lil scripture that brought hope. It was in : Ephesians 5:8 8 For ye sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/eph/5?lang=eng
Which then led me to read hymn 304, Teach me to walk in the Light. Which says:
Don't forget that this life is our 4 minutes to become great. We've prepared for this, we've waited anxiously, and now is the time to put forth our best effort to do what we came here to do and to help others a long the way. There is no stopping our greatness with The Lord on our side! We can truly do all things through Christ, if we are willing to repent, to truly repent and change our hearts and come unto him. He can help us through to lead us to what our father would have us do. This knowledge has given me a lot of comfort. I know I am very very far from perfect but thankfully I can become better. I can change. I am so grateful that I can. I'm really grateful that I can help others to know they can change and begin to reach that divine potential that our Heavenly Father has in store for them. Seeing people come unto Christ is so cool.
Hey I'm sorry I don't always give you a daybyday of what's going down... You can suggest different things you want me to write about but for now this is what it is... Sorrynotsorry. Oh fun fact. A guy that just moved to our ward knows the Hansens! He's from the la cañada first ward. Brandon Scott. Cool guy. Anyway. Thanks for the photos dad...I have to ski as soon as I'm home.., I was talking to elder brown and figured out that he is one of the propane guys that comes tot the grove...small world. Uh also mom sis Snyder is going to be asking you via text or email or calling about prom dress editing ideas....oppsie if you didn't want that. I love it out here. I love you. Thanks for being so cool.
Sister zoë hart
Sent from my iPad
So hey how'd yall like conference?!.
I sure loved it! every part of it. all of it was so GOOD! starting with Holland and then going through till the end! man what a pick me up! IM SO PUMPED. seriously... somebody's gotta start playing Pump Up the Jam...wheres that sports jams hits cd that we'd always play Freeze dance to when you need it! #worldlymusic so all of you take the time out to listen to it for me today.
SO other news. this week was full of miracles. some big some small but miracles none the less. What's even cooler is that since the temple is done(and apparently ultra beautiful) we can go SEE IT! if the ward we are serving in gets a bus and nonmembers go. GAH! we are basically telling everyone in our ward to go so we can try to get a bus. I want to see it so bad. But if i dont its mos def not the end of the world. (oh and to answer the Q the Hart's had - No, the temple in the other mission has not created added interest for my area at least...)
Oh we got to do service at sister Fisher's house. "hidden cyprus Hollow" in longwood fl. google it. super rad place. i cannot wait to come back here. she is so cool! and her property is amazing. GAH! i love it in longwood. so glad i get to be here for so long. (7.5 months or more)
training is going a lot better. conference really helped. i have a lot of weaknesses. liek 50,000,000,000,000. im imperfect - what can i say... made from fallen material - and even though my parents are THE BEST - I am still not nearly as great as i could be - BUT here's the best thing, I can become BETTER! Through the atonement and grace of our savior i can become the person the LORD wants me to be. what a novel thought. to become the kind of person our loving father in heaven, who knows us better than we know the freckles on our fingers(i know all mine), WOW, what an divine ideal to hope for. If we rely on the saviors atonement - i mean truly rely on it - and pray to do the things the lord would have us (not mine but thy will be done attitude) and be the person he would have us be WE can become BETTER! gah! how cool is that to become better! SO MUCH HOPE!!!!!! i can hope for better things. chyeah boy! this gospel is so cool. This morning i was reading a great lil scripture that brought hope. It was in : Ephesians 5:8 8 For ye sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/eph/5?lang=eng
Which then led me to read hymn 304, Teach me to walk in the Light. Which says:
1. Teach me to walk in the light of his love;
Teach me to pray to my Father above;
Teach me to know of the things that are right;
Teach me, teach me to walk in the light.
2. Come, little child, and together we'll learn
Of his commandments, that we may return
Home to his presence, to live in his sight--
Always, always to walk in the light.
3. Father in Heaven, we thank thee this day
For loving guidance to show us the way.
Grateful, we praise thee with songs of delight!
Gladly, gladly we'll walk in the light.
Don't forget that this life is our 4 minutes to become great. We've prepared for this, we've waited anxiously, and now is the time to put forth our best effort to do what we came here to do and to help others a long the way. There is no stopping our greatness with The Lord on our side! We can truly do all things through Christ, if we are willing to repent, to truly repent and change our hearts and come unto him. He can help us through to lead us to what our father would have us do. This knowledge has given me a lot of comfort. I know I am very very far from perfect but thankfully I can become better. I can change. I am so grateful that I can. I'm really grateful that I can help others to know they can change and begin to reach that divine potential that our Heavenly Father has in store for them. Seeing people come unto Christ is so cool.
Hey I'm sorry I don't always give you a daybyday of what's going down... You can suggest different things you want me to write about but for now this is what it is... Sorrynotsorry. Oh fun fact. A guy that just moved to our ward knows the Hansens! He's from the la cañada first ward. Brandon Scott. Cool guy. Anyway. Thanks for the photos dad...I have to ski as soon as I'm home.., I was talking to elder brown and figured out that he is one of the propane guys that comes tot the grove...small world. Uh also mom sis Snyder is going to be asking you via text or email or calling about prom dress editing ideas....oppsie if you didn't want that. I love it out here. I love you. Thanks for being so cool.
Sister zoë hart
Sent from my iPad
Monday, March 31, 2014
suit and tie.
that song has been stuck in my head everytime i see people in suits and ties.
gah.
hey so historical moment this last weekend. any of yall apart of it? i sure was. "Hundreds of thousands of women, young women and girls 8 years old and above gathered around the world on Saturday, 29 March 2014, for the inaugural general women's meeting of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-hosts-inaugural-general-women%E2%80%99s-meeting
yeah so that was cool. not that i have anything against the auxiliaries and all the goodness that they bring but my favorite was Pres Eyrings talk. i just love men of the priesthood. #sogreat #loveit
okay so this week we had to do a lot. and i had a wee bit of a rough time. but with the rough stuff comes growth to make tough stuff. (great rhyme i know) so here's a recap.
our first exchanges were this week. and i loved it. it was great to be with the STLs and figure out how bad i am and commit to be better. then i got home...dundundun.... i just felt a little attacked about what i could do better...everything, so that was my rough patch BUT the LORD helped me through. first off i shouldnt feel attacked thats just me being prideful and pride never leads to good things( look in the BOM.. 2N28 and so many others talk about pride. if you havent read it read it, its a great read and brings blessings...#twobirdsonestone) so the lord showed me that 1 I am a proud person... okay probably couldve guessed that. then 2 that i needed to be humbled. so what did i have to do. GET OUT of my comfort zone. huge surprise i know. so i did all i could to study and pray and apply obedience and humility because with obedience comes a lot of other blessings so i thought it was good to sudy hand in hand. as i did so the lord blessed me. he blessed me with HOPE and showered me with tender mercies. one of which was speaking spanish. i dont know why i find so much joy in languages but i do and i met this great lady, diqnory, at a delicious arepa truck and got to invite her to talk to missionaries in kissimee where she lives. the lord looks out for us and when we heed his promptings and do his will HE BLESSES US. what a novel thing it would be if everyone would follow this pattern. you should all try to heed the promptings you receive from the spirit even if it feels like a thought because sometimes acting on those thoughts that you think are your own bring the most blessings to others. if youre unsure ask - is the result of my actiion good? then its of god!
also i had a great lightbulb monment while someone gave a great talk in my ward yesterday. it was their (the senior couple Garretts) farewell to the nauvoo mission and she said that the TEMPLE is the house of the lord and since it is his house and we are HIS children we should learn and grow inside of it! yet another novel idea. i would invite all of you to prepare and be worthy and enter into the temple to be uplifted enlightened and to learn and grow in the presence of our HIS spirit. what a blessing.
the other garrett spoke about life and the plan of salvation and mission s all relating to eachother. it was a great talk how missions and LIFE are like adventures - we plan and know what we want to accomplish and that it will be good and fun and there may be some ups and downs but for the most part it will be a great experience. (pre earth/ pre mish) Then after all our prep we begin and the adventure may not seem like all we thought it might. times may be harder than we imagined and it may get rough and we may forget our purpose and get dicouraged. but we must remember our purpose. with our purpose in mind we can accomplish what we set out to do in the first place. we can conclude our adventure with HAPPINESS> and thats exactly what i am going to do out here. okay then last thing. i love the senior couples. i would invite all of you to do that one day. they love me i love them. it is great. they keep the mission alive.
wellp hope you all have a q for conference. if not pray about one NOW. i love you. i cant believe bro blessed the sacrament. so cool! so proud! and those pics of billy bob, donny, and tru are the bomb! i love it! thanks for everything.
zozo
gah.
hey so historical moment this last weekend. any of yall apart of it? i sure was. "Hundreds of thousands of women, young women and girls 8 years old and above gathered around the world on Saturday, 29 March 2014, for the inaugural general women's meeting of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-hosts-inaugural-general-women%E2%80%99s-meeting
yeah so that was cool. not that i have anything against the auxiliaries and all the goodness that they bring but my favorite was Pres Eyrings talk. i just love men of the priesthood. #sogreat #loveit
okay so this week we had to do a lot. and i had a wee bit of a rough time. but with the rough stuff comes growth to make tough stuff. (great rhyme i know) so here's a recap.
our first exchanges were this week. and i loved it. it was great to be with the STLs and figure out how bad i am and commit to be better. then i got home...dundundun.... i just felt a little attacked about what i could do better...everything, so that was my rough patch BUT the LORD helped me through. first off i shouldnt feel attacked thats just me being prideful and pride never leads to good things( look in the BOM.. 2N28 and so many others talk about pride. if you havent read it read it, its a great read and brings blessings...#twobirdsonestone) so the lord showed me that 1 I am a proud person... okay probably couldve guessed that. then 2 that i needed to be humbled. so what did i have to do. GET OUT of my comfort zone. huge surprise i know. so i did all i could to study and pray and apply obedience and humility because with obedience comes a lot of other blessings so i thought it was good to sudy hand in hand. as i did so the lord blessed me. he blessed me with HOPE and showered me with tender mercies. one of which was speaking spanish. i dont know why i find so much joy in languages but i do and i met this great lady, diqnory, at a delicious arepa truck and got to invite her to talk to missionaries in kissimee where she lives. the lord looks out for us and when we heed his promptings and do his will HE BLESSES US. what a novel thing it would be if everyone would follow this pattern. you should all try to heed the promptings you receive from the spirit even if it feels like a thought because sometimes acting on those thoughts that you think are your own bring the most blessings to others. if youre unsure ask - is the result of my actiion good? then its of god!
also i had a great lightbulb monment while someone gave a great talk in my ward yesterday. it was their (the senior couple Garretts) farewell to the nauvoo mission and she said that the TEMPLE is the house of the lord and since it is his house and we are HIS children we should learn and grow inside of it! yet another novel idea. i would invite all of you to prepare and be worthy and enter into the temple to be uplifted enlightened and to learn and grow in the presence of our HIS spirit. what a blessing.
the other garrett spoke about life and the plan of salvation and mission s all relating to eachother. it was a great talk how missions and LIFE are like adventures - we plan and know what we want to accomplish and that it will be good and fun and there may be some ups and downs but for the most part it will be a great experience. (pre earth/ pre mish) Then after all our prep we begin and the adventure may not seem like all we thought it might. times may be harder than we imagined and it may get rough and we may forget our purpose and get dicouraged. but we must remember our purpose. with our purpose in mind we can accomplish what we set out to do in the first place. we can conclude our adventure with HAPPINESS> and thats exactly what i am going to do out here. okay then last thing. i love the senior couples. i would invite all of you to do that one day. they love me i love them. it is great. they keep the mission alive.
wellp hope you all have a q for conference. if not pray about one NOW. i love you. i cant believe bro blessed the sacrament. so cool! so proud! and those pics of billy bob, donny, and tru are the bomb! i love it! thanks for everything.
zozo
Monday, March 24, 2014
Zoobaleezoo
No one knows what Zoobaleezoo is but eyyyyyye deeeew(nacho libre voice)
Had a really good week.
So we had d pday at. The central Florida zoo...it was especially great because it was really raining as opposed to fake raining and so no one was at the Zoo...it was a zoo full a missionaries, SOO much fun. One member of our district drew us as Star Wars characters.... I'm shaakti... Out of request cause she's mah fav and because it's one of the only characters with red.... So yeah... Uh,. What else. Oh we found a butterfly while tracting...fun. And it matched sis Woolley even though she is afraid of them.. Haha
Oh I got a haircut today...,my ends were hideous so I cut them off and now it's short but oh we'll.. Any tips on how to make hair grow long? How often it should be cut etc?
We got a new gator... Chrystel. She called us this week freaking out saying she wanted us to come by. So we did and she just said how she realizes that her life is better when the church is in it... BINGO. was his name O. So we will be cracking down and teaching her again... Pretty stoked. A little worn down from the last time though... It's just rough because she promised so much and committed to so little.., and y'all know how hard it is for me when someone says they'll do something then bails.... Yeah so I'm a little more hesitant going in this time. But oh me of little faith. I need to work on being a doubting Thomas.... No offense to you Thomas, I'm referring to the biblical Thomas.
So other news. I've seen a. Armadillo. Ultra cute and weird. I like them. Never seen one roll up though so that's the new goal. Hey I've been thinking a lil about life after death( my life after the mission) and my life now and what I can do now to be better and then I read this great scripture in my studies(strictly biblical don't play around): : 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/9?lang=eng
So yo diggity. I've gotta run this race. Win the mastery. Fight a good fight. And finish the mission! I am going to do all I can to make this great! Sometimes it gets rough mostly when others get discouraged about numbers and such... One blessing that The Lord has given me was little discouragement,., I think it's because of the other things that could have been occurring throughout my mission thus far that I have not really felt discouraged about things that most other missionaries are... At least in my mish. I am here to help people feel of the spirit and come unto Christ so they can rely on him just as I do. We have been teaching this rad LA who is a year older than us and is ultra chill and cool. She reminds me a lot of xan with a mix of Cec so teaching her is easily the highlight of my week #tenderbutnotsotendermercy #bigmercy she has started helping us with practicing our teaching because we don't have a solid teaching pool???I'd call it a small puddle, if that. So yesterday she just asked Qs that people might have and one was what makes us think that we, teenage girls who haven't experienced life, can council people to do things? Like what qualifies us?... Woolley and I sat there thinking of scriptures and things we could share...and she then looked to me to answer... I didn't know what to say... All I was thinking was, well the only qualification is being worthy and a testimony that's it. Then the thought ran through my mind:
So I thought and prayed of how I could RELAY this answer...Then it just came(not in the exact words but close I hope)... We are here to help others come unto Christ to feel of the love and happiness that we do. We know we can receive this from reading the BOM and praying to know of its truth. It's with this knowledge that led us to be on a mission, to help others do the same. The Lord doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called. If you are meant to do something good in your life, The Lord is going to qualify you to do it. No matter what that is. Sometimes it's to become a dr or teacher or whatever, The Lord will qualify you to do that. You have to do your part but he will help if you're willing to do it. What we put in determines what will come out. If we have faith in Christ and act to accomplish the good goals in our life(righteous desires of our heart) then He will help get us there. I always read through my patriarchal blessing and reflect on the day I received it and the amazing feeling it was to know that this could help me identify some good goals and to find ways to work towards them so He can qualify me for the divine greatness and potential I have in store. Sometimes I wish I could study other peoples blessings so I could be like-" this is how great you are and these are the wonderful things you can do and you can achieve if you use your gifts and talents and act!" But for now mine will have to be enough. This church is so true it's unreal. Pray and find out for yourself if you haven't already. It is. I love this work and I'm so grateful I can show my love for The Lord and his plan by serving his children and doing all, I can to receive the mastery and finish the mission proud. I love and miss you loads. Keep up the greatness. Love the envelopes and updates.
You're the best
Xoxo
Zozo Sent from my iPad
Had a really good week.
So we had d pday at. The central Florida zoo...it was especially great because it was really raining as opposed to fake raining and so no one was at the Zoo...it was a zoo full a missionaries, SOO much fun. One member of our district drew us as Star Wars characters.... I'm shaakti... Out of request cause she's mah fav and because it's one of the only characters with red.... So yeah... Uh,. What else. Oh we found a butterfly while tracting...fun. And it matched sis Woolley even though she is afraid of them.. Haha
Oh I got a haircut today...,my ends were hideous so I cut them off and now it's short but oh we'll.. Any tips on how to make hair grow long? How often it should be cut etc?
We got a new gator... Chrystel. She called us this week freaking out saying she wanted us to come by. So we did and she just said how she realizes that her life is better when the church is in it... BINGO. was his name O. So we will be cracking down and teaching her again... Pretty stoked. A little worn down from the last time though... It's just rough because she promised so much and committed to so little.., and y'all know how hard it is for me when someone says they'll do something then bails.... Yeah so I'm a little more hesitant going in this time. But oh me of little faith. I need to work on being a doubting Thomas.... No offense to you Thomas, I'm referring to the biblical Thomas.
So other news. I've seen a. Armadillo. Ultra cute and weird. I like them. Never seen one roll up though so that's the new goal. Hey I've been thinking a lil about life after death( my life after the mission) and my life now and what I can do now to be better and then I read this great scripture in my studies(strictly biblical don't play around): : 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-cor/9?lang=eng
So yo diggity. I've gotta run this race. Win the mastery. Fight a good fight. And finish the mission! I am going to do all I can to make this great! Sometimes it gets rough mostly when others get discouraged about numbers and such... One blessing that The Lord has given me was little discouragement,., I think it's because of the other things that could have been occurring throughout my mission thus far that I have not really felt discouraged about things that most other missionaries are... At least in my mish. I am here to help people feel of the spirit and come unto Christ so they can rely on him just as I do. We have been teaching this rad LA who is a year older than us and is ultra chill and cool. She reminds me a lot of xan with a mix of Cec so teaching her is easily the highlight of my week #tenderbutnotsotendermercy #bigmercy she has started helping us with practicing our teaching because we don't have a solid teaching pool???I'd call it a small puddle, if that. So yesterday she just asked Qs that people might have and one was what makes us think that we, teenage girls who haven't experienced life, can council people to do things? Like what qualifies us?... Woolley and I sat there thinking of scriptures and things we could share...and she then looked to me to answer... I didn't know what to say... All I was thinking was, well the only qualification is being worthy and a testimony that's it. Then the thought ran through my mind:
THE LORD DOESNT CALL THE QUALIFIED HE QUALIFIES THE CALLED
So I thought and prayed of how I could RELAY this answer...Then it just came(not in the exact words but close I hope)... We are here to help others come unto Christ to feel of the love and happiness that we do. We know we can receive this from reading the BOM and praying to know of its truth. It's with this knowledge that led us to be on a mission, to help others do the same. The Lord doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called. If you are meant to do something good in your life, The Lord is going to qualify you to do it. No matter what that is. Sometimes it's to become a dr or teacher or whatever, The Lord will qualify you to do that. You have to do your part but he will help if you're willing to do it. What we put in determines what will come out. If we have faith in Christ and act to accomplish the good goals in our life(righteous desires of our heart) then He will help get us there. I always read through my patriarchal blessing and reflect on the day I received it and the amazing feeling it was to know that this could help me identify some good goals and to find ways to work towards them so He can qualify me for the divine greatness and potential I have in store. Sometimes I wish I could study other peoples blessings so I could be like-" this is how great you are and these are the wonderful things you can do and you can achieve if you use your gifts and talents and act!" But for now mine will have to be enough. This church is so true it's unreal. Pray and find out for yourself if you haven't already. It is. I love this work and I'm so grateful I can show my love for The Lord and his plan by serving his children and doing all, I can to receive the mastery and finish the mission proud. I love and miss you loads. Keep up the greatness. Love the envelopes and updates.
You're the best
Xoxo
Zozo Sent from my iPad
Monday, March 17, 2014
9.6.38.weeoweeoweeo! merrrrracles.
so cool this week was GREAT!
FOR STARTERS! THANKS FOR THE PACKAGES! seriously that was the only mail WE got all week! the KATE shirts are great. and the gorilla pod and sd card are being put to use! so marvelous!
i am not what to do with my other sd card. I will probs send the old camera to yall with a mums day package here in a lil bit. but thats in the future. so other thing
WHAT BRODY IS DRIVING! SHUT UP! THATS CRAZY! ahhh! he looks so old! gah! where has the time gone! ahh! so weird! ahh! but i love it! any dates lined up yet? wish i was there to double with him sometime! haha. once i am home.. itll be cool. all the kids love college kids out here... even if we are really missionaries. haha.
okay so the week started off awesome! we had some great dinners at the bates, Snyders, and the hansens! LOVE them all so much! the bates fed us buttermilk pancakes with real maple syrup - reminisced about home for a bit - the snyders made dominican food because theyve all lived there! YUM! platanos for dayz! delicious! and the hansens we had tacos and it was just hilarious because those kids are just great! gah the wards out here are simply amazing. filled with such strong members who magnify their callings and truly try their best to bring others closer to Christ through the restored gospel! I love LONGWOOD. (i would hope that i do because i have been here for 4.5 months already and still have 2.5 to go.)
okay so the beginning of this week we did crazy work to find and teach ANYONE. BUt to no avail. LITERALLY every person we tried was busy, so one night at like 8 I was like, lets try one more less active. so we drive down their street and no one is in their driveway(clear sign no one is home, because NO oNE ever uses a garage for cars) so we drive a little farther and realize a car just pulled in so we loop around and make sure and then pull up to the house(a little stalkerish but we are missionaries thats what we do) so we knock and NO ONE answers GAH! we just saw you walk in OPEN THE DOOOR. but they didnt so we left... we are driving away and after wuite a bit of time WE GET PULLED OVER. as if the night couldnt get any worse.. so i give the officer my license, and he is like "were you just at a friends house knocking on their door?" yes that was us, we are missionaries from their church, the chuhdsihfadjflatterasdft(fill in with title - sometimes it sounds slurred like that...working on it) and he is like okay well let me just check.. so we are waiting patiently and this other mean officer comes and yells "WHO WERE YOU VISITING?!" we are like ah the grows and he walked away. THen the nice guy came back and was like okay you're good, some neighbor just thought you were creepin, and i had to make sure you werent like a mass axe murderer or something... WHAT! haha! it was honestly hilarious. WE WOULD GET PULLED OVER FOR CREEPIN ON PEOPLE... missionaries the ultimate stalkers... literally.
anyway also this week we saw some MERRIACCLES in merica. so we did a district fast for two new gators and WE GOT THEM! this guy named ray whose old and cool, and this other guy named scott who is interested in the Plan of Salvation! it was awesome because both were unplanned back ups to some potentials that we thought were real good but ended up not working aout and this is what became of them! awesome! so exciting. especially because on tuesday night we had to DROP Chrystel.... it was rough only because she told us that church really wasnt her priority right then so we said we couldnt come by... too bad. but she will be baptized for sure, maybe not in the next few weeks but soon.
i am so grateful for the power of prayer and the scriptures. it is when we pray we can feel of our Heavenly Father's and Christs love for us, and then as we read we can receive answers to those prayers. I was reading the CES devo in 2011 by L tom Perry that talks about being the Greatest Generation. It is through the trials we have and the way we face them that each of can be apart of the greatest generation. i love the things you can learn from the prophets and apostles of the church. They are inspired men and if we abide by their teachings we will be blessed! i know it! i love this work! ( have i told you that enough times yet?) haha. but seriously. i have 9 months, 6 transfers, and 38 more weeks to make this count. Time to crack down and get to work. THanks for the love and supprt. i love you and miss you dearly.
xoxo
zip
FOR STARTERS! THANKS FOR THE PACKAGES! seriously that was the only mail WE got all week! the KATE shirts are great. and the gorilla pod and sd card are being put to use! so marvelous!
i am not what to do with my other sd card. I will probs send the old camera to yall with a mums day package here in a lil bit. but thats in the future. so other thing
WHAT BRODY IS DRIVING! SHUT UP! THATS CRAZY! ahhh! he looks so old! gah! where has the time gone! ahh! so weird! ahh! but i love it! any dates lined up yet? wish i was there to double with him sometime! haha. once i am home.. itll be cool. all the kids love college kids out here... even if we are really missionaries. haha.
okay so the week started off awesome! we had some great dinners at the bates, Snyders, and the hansens! LOVE them all so much! the bates fed us buttermilk pancakes with real maple syrup - reminisced about home for a bit - the snyders made dominican food because theyve all lived there! YUM! platanos for dayz! delicious! and the hansens we had tacos and it was just hilarious because those kids are just great! gah the wards out here are simply amazing. filled with such strong members who magnify their callings and truly try their best to bring others closer to Christ through the restored gospel! I love LONGWOOD. (i would hope that i do because i have been here for 4.5 months already and still have 2.5 to go.)
okay so the beginning of this week we did crazy work to find and teach ANYONE. BUt to no avail. LITERALLY every person we tried was busy, so one night at like 8 I was like, lets try one more less active. so we drive down their street and no one is in their driveway(clear sign no one is home, because NO oNE ever uses a garage for cars) so we drive a little farther and realize a car just pulled in so we loop around and make sure and then pull up to the house(a little stalkerish but we are missionaries thats what we do) so we knock and NO ONE answers GAH! we just saw you walk in OPEN THE DOOOR. but they didnt so we left... we are driving away and after wuite a bit of time WE GET PULLED OVER. as if the night couldnt get any worse.. so i give the officer my license, and he is like "were you just at a friends house knocking on their door?" yes that was us, we are missionaries from their church, the chuhdsihfadjflatterasdft(fill in with title - sometimes it sounds slurred like that...working on it) and he is like okay well let me just check.. so we are waiting patiently and this other mean officer comes and yells "WHO WERE YOU VISITING?!" we are like ah the grows and he walked away. THen the nice guy came back and was like okay you're good, some neighbor just thought you were creepin, and i had to make sure you werent like a mass axe murderer or something... WHAT! haha! it was honestly hilarious. WE WOULD GET PULLED OVER FOR CREEPIN ON PEOPLE... missionaries the ultimate stalkers... literally.
anyway also this week we saw some MERRIACCLES in merica. so we did a district fast for two new gators and WE GOT THEM! this guy named ray whose old and cool, and this other guy named scott who is interested in the Plan of Salvation! it was awesome because both were unplanned back ups to some potentials that we thought were real good but ended up not working aout and this is what became of them! awesome! so exciting. especially because on tuesday night we had to DROP Chrystel.... it was rough only because she told us that church really wasnt her priority right then so we said we couldnt come by... too bad. but she will be baptized for sure, maybe not in the next few weeks but soon.
i am so grateful for the power of prayer and the scriptures. it is when we pray we can feel of our Heavenly Father's and Christs love for us, and then as we read we can receive answers to those prayers. I was reading the CES devo in 2011 by L tom Perry that talks about being the Greatest Generation. It is through the trials we have and the way we face them that each of can be apart of the greatest generation. i love the things you can learn from the prophets and apostles of the church. They are inspired men and if we abide by their teachings we will be blessed! i know it! i love this work! ( have i told you that enough times yet?) haha. but seriously. i have 9 months, 6 transfers, and 38 more weeks to make this count. Time to crack down and get to work. THanks for the love and supprt. i love you and miss you dearly.
xoxo
zip
Monday, March 10, 2014
when i die and they lay me to rest im gonna go to the place thats the best
yep im going back up to the spirit in sky cause ive got a friend in jesus. jesus is a friend of mine. Gods doing a new thang.
all of which are songs that my trainee and i have shared a mutual love for. the best.
well this week has been good. lots of good times. TOO much laughing with sister woolley and i it is just ridiculous! OOH cool story hansel:
so we contacted(introduced ourselves and message, and invited to do something) 100 people the other day ALONE! it was awesome! so the APs asked us to take a shift at the Apopka fair at our booth. (id show you photos but conveniently my camera broke this week. another story) so we said yes. oh my! for some reason talking to people about church and missionary stuff can be nerve racking. its crazy. but it can all be made better with prayer, faith, and a whole lotta confidence(fakin it till you make it) CONFIDENCE is key in missionary work! confidence is key. serious i was a littlle nervous. BUT we went out and i had to start us all off and do the first few contacts alone so sister woolley could pick up on what to do then we switched off and like champs just went for GOLD. we talked to some really rad people and even taught this kid an on the spot restoration lesson! it was so sick! I am so grateful for awesome experiences like that! the church is true cause if it wasnt i wouldnt have been able to do all that. and all this! word on the street is there was a funeral on the HART/Marriott side. Riley Hales was there and dad said hi and my pseudo grandpa Dick M and Best friend Megs Berthas fam. i am writing her back today and will just have to tell her you all saw each other.
other word is that liza stratt had to go home. tell her i give her my love. that cannot be an easy thing at all!
well i love you all so much. this is just so fun. can you believe it is conference again. so exciting! weird that there are only two more in my mission. ahh!
so this week i have been reading out of ROMANS and my favorite verse was in there. Romans 1:16 FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
thats all i can think about when i am doing the work. I AM NOT ASHAMED OF IT! i love it. and that is why i share it. i am glad i can be here to do it in ORLANDO!
xoxo
zozo
all of which are songs that my trainee and i have shared a mutual love for. the best.
well this week has been good. lots of good times. TOO much laughing with sister woolley and i it is just ridiculous! OOH cool story hansel:
so we contacted(introduced ourselves and message, and invited to do something) 100 people the other day ALONE! it was awesome! so the APs asked us to take a shift at the Apopka fair at our booth. (id show you photos but conveniently my camera broke this week. another story) so we said yes. oh my! for some reason talking to people about church and missionary stuff can be nerve racking. its crazy. but it can all be made better with prayer, faith, and a whole lotta confidence(fakin it till you make it) CONFIDENCE is key in missionary work! confidence is key. serious i was a littlle nervous. BUT we went out and i had to start us all off and do the first few contacts alone so sister woolley could pick up on what to do then we switched off and like champs just went for GOLD. we talked to some really rad people and even taught this kid an on the spot restoration lesson! it was so sick! I am so grateful for awesome experiences like that! the church is true cause if it wasnt i wouldnt have been able to do all that. and all this! word on the street is there was a funeral on the HART/Marriott side. Riley Hales was there and dad said hi and my pseudo grandpa Dick M and Best friend Megs Berthas fam. i am writing her back today and will just have to tell her you all saw each other.
other word is that liza stratt had to go home. tell her i give her my love. that cannot be an easy thing at all!
well i love you all so much. this is just so fun. can you believe it is conference again. so exciting! weird that there are only two more in my mission. ahh!
so this week i have been reading out of ROMANS and my favorite verse was in there. Romans 1:16 FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
thats all i can think about when i am doing the work. I AM NOT ASHAMED OF IT! i love it. and that is why i share it. i am glad i can be here to do it in ORLANDO!
xoxo
zozo
Monday, March 3, 2014
BYU. Drops. Foodtrucks. 9
Well well well.
I'm training. You already knew that. But cool story hansel: So on Sunday before in got my trainee, I was praying about it and just had this feeling that I would know her. For me that was ultra comforting because it brings comfort and blessings come with familiarity. So I went to the trainers meeting early Tuesday morning and was welcomed by hermana monson and Jackson both training new Spanish sisters. After our long meeting the we left the room and the greenies went in. Then we met them. I saw one who looked familiar from byu but nothing like friends so I just waited till I saw their faces, I was making thee previous judgements from the back of their heads.... Yeah that's me. Ultra creep. Anyway so finally this one turns around and we were like Hey we know each other. Your friends with Connor Townsend and I had you dance in the music video I made with kk and ash T at the beginning of the semester. Yes we know each other. Hannah Woolley is from draper Utah and went to byu and dated a mutual friend. Well is still in the relationship with him while they are on their missions... She is great and I was soo happy. Gah it was the bomb.
And this week has been GREAT, lots of praying but great. The Lord has given me so much strength and confidence to teach this sister to do the work right. It's all him. Seriously. Every night I'm like thanks for keeping it going today cause if it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't have talked to that guy that took the card or the woman who needed a hand. Small blessings and large miracle can come from humbling ourselves and allowing The Lord to use us as instruments in his hands. I know that to be true. So for the work it has been rough because we dropped two gators this week. One was an old woman who just didn't want to be converted and the other was a lady we met on Wednesday and then went back Saturday to find out she is ultra solid in her church and not willing to change... Rough for sister Woolley. I am just trying to make this work as great as it can be because she is so on fire from the MTC and is starting to realize that the work isn't just teaching every hour of the day. So we always make the work fun... My favorite thing! The best was Saturday at the food trucks because we got to have fish tacos and just enjoy the company of others in this crazy state we live in. Also I was congratulating a member of our ward, Megan courchaine on getting into byu and then she was like oh I'll see there winter semester... I couldn't believe that. Too soon.
Ahhhh. Crazy, 9 months has FLOWN BY! Next transfer I get talk see your faces again. Weird. I feel like I just saw you. Not in a bad way but for reals. Crazy. Where does the time go. So how is everything. Florida weather is getting warmer. Great....
Well this week I sure am grateful for prayer and the answers we can receive from our father in heaven especially as we account for what we have done to act and build his trust to receive those answers and blessings. The church is true. I love the work. I'm grateful I can be here. I love you all too much! Thanks for the envelope and photos mum and dad and the letter bro I'll write back ASAP.
Lots of love. Tsi chin (phonetically means bye in mandarin...I'm learning it from Megan)
Zoë
Sent from my iPad
I'm training. You already knew that. But cool story hansel: So on Sunday before in got my trainee, I was praying about it and just had this feeling that I would know her. For me that was ultra comforting because it brings comfort and blessings come with familiarity. So I went to the trainers meeting early Tuesday morning and was welcomed by hermana monson and Jackson both training new Spanish sisters. After our long meeting the we left the room and the greenies went in. Then we met them. I saw one who looked familiar from byu but nothing like friends so I just waited till I saw their faces, I was making thee previous judgements from the back of their heads.... Yeah that's me. Ultra creep. Anyway so finally this one turns around and we were like Hey we know each other. Your friends with Connor Townsend and I had you dance in the music video I made with kk and ash T at the beginning of the semester. Yes we know each other. Hannah Woolley is from draper Utah and went to byu and dated a mutual friend. Well is still in the relationship with him while they are on their missions... She is great and I was soo happy. Gah it was the bomb.
And this week has been GREAT, lots of praying but great. The Lord has given me so much strength and confidence to teach this sister to do the work right. It's all him. Seriously. Every night I'm like thanks for keeping it going today cause if it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't have talked to that guy that took the card or the woman who needed a hand. Small blessings and large miracle can come from humbling ourselves and allowing The Lord to use us as instruments in his hands. I know that to be true. So for the work it has been rough because we dropped two gators this week. One was an old woman who just didn't want to be converted and the other was a lady we met on Wednesday and then went back Saturday to find out she is ultra solid in her church and not willing to change... Rough for sister Woolley. I am just trying to make this work as great as it can be because she is so on fire from the MTC and is starting to realize that the work isn't just teaching every hour of the day. So we always make the work fun... My favorite thing! The best was Saturday at the food trucks because we got to have fish tacos and just enjoy the company of others in this crazy state we live in. Also I was congratulating a member of our ward, Megan courchaine on getting into byu and then she was like oh I'll see there winter semester... I couldn't believe that. Too soon.
Ahhhh. Crazy, 9 months has FLOWN BY! Next transfer I get talk see your faces again. Weird. I feel like I just saw you. Not in a bad way but for reals. Crazy. Where does the time go. So how is everything. Florida weather is getting warmer. Great....
Well this week I sure am grateful for prayer and the answers we can receive from our father in heaven especially as we account for what we have done to act and build his trust to receive those answers and blessings. The church is true. I love the work. I'm grateful I can be here. I love you all too much! Thanks for the envelope and photos mum and dad and the letter bro I'll write back ASAP.
Lots of love. Tsi chin (phonetically means bye in mandarin...I'm learning it from Megan)
Zoë
Sent from my iPad
Monday, February 17, 2014
Valentines....
So this week was bombin. Well it's been the best one of the last 3 at least so that's a plus if ya ask me.
Monday I got mah nails done..(hurr done errythang did) no but seriously my nails. A member took us although I did pay myself. It was RAD because I started talking to this Vietnamese lady doing my nails, Thuy, and she was like 'oh one of mah girls that work here go to yo church. I am catholic but mah church is right by yo church an parr stree.' It was great even if she didn't want to be converted I got to tell her about missions and things like that. She was familiar with missionaries but I just cleared up a little misunderstanding. It was rad.
Then we had a great couple of days of tracting. Always a good time. Hum. Let's see what else. Oh we have had a lot of stake meetings and the stake president is laying down the law that MEMBERS HAVE TO HELP THE MISSIONARIES FIND and TEACH! It was awesome and now our ward is getting really pumped. It is awesome.
Also we had Ztm and better learned how to use our iPads for planning. It is cool to see all these missionaries with their iPad minis but at the same time some people don't have electronics etiquette#firsttimers #respectoutthedoor #workingonit it's a huge learning process right now.
Uh oh great valentines. Chrystel called and told us she didn't want to keep a commandment and that she may not continue to pursue our church. I was really sad but after talking to my zone leader, elder brown(from payson Utah, he has done the propane at the grove before), I felt confident that everything would turn out how it should. So we humbly went to have dinner and teach her that night. It was a great lesson and she still has a desire to be baptized because she knows this is true. It's been a roughy journey for her but she is coming along. I am confident that she will enter the waters of baptism very soon. So another thing. Transfers are in a week. That's crazy. We just had a missionary youth fireside at our bishops home. It was really cool because it was all the missionaries and the rm of Longwood. It was neat to tell them why I came out and why I love it and such and to hear why these other missionaries did the same. So cool.
I'm so grateful for the joy this gospel brings and many opportunities I've been given because I have been a member of this church. I KNOW I would not be the person I am today without it. Wellp. I sure do love you all so much... It's weird but I feel like I've only been here for a few months and still have at least a year left but I know it's much sooner than that so I must live it up and do my very best! I love it. I love you. Oh I said that, well so nice I say it twice. Or thrice I LOVE YOU! Okay that's enough. Now enjoy these photos. And have a grrrreat week.
Monday, February 10, 2014
8.5
So real fast Kate (Kate Hansen) races today!
Someone FB about it if she does we'll
cause that's how I'll find out! Pray that she does she has been
waiting for this opportunity since we met at the grove all those years
ago. This is such a great chance for her and you have to cheer her on
like I would. Also Alice Johnson check's old roommate, is engaged to
my ex boyfriends(ohs) brother.... Tyler Harris. Weird.
Thanks for all the great photos and videos from the wedding. I loved it. All of it. Kinda feels like it didn't happen but only cause I wasn't there to see it. I know x and t are married now but the wedding never happened... At least in Florida it didn't.
👍side note. Xan how are the Gs?! What kinds do you have?! You should tell me. I know the best secrets. The Florida distribu center really tells ya the ins and outs of the G.
Alright so this week was. SLOW. not like time wise but work wise. It sucked. I know I did stuff to accomplish the work but it doesn't show at ALL. Grrrr. But I did read some good stuff throughout the week so instead of telling you all the biking in the rain, cigarette smelling, and other stuff I did, I will just share some ill things.
So I've been reading from the everyday missionary book dad sent. Gold. Read it and weep. Wish everyone did. Also I read from john this last week and one of my favorite parts well a few of them I read this week. One is the story of the woman who commits adultery. The Lord tells her to go and sin no more. When I repent I know The Lord is giving me that same loving counsel to go and sin no more. Then I just read the story of Lazarus and how The Lord loved his friend so much that he wept for him. And if we but believe in him we can live. That's all it takes. A belief and according to elder holland that's all you need. To believe its true. I know that is true and that if we have a strong belief in something it can become more.
I love you all. Happy valentines day. Almost halfway through me time here. It goes top fast.
Xoxo
Sister zoo hart. Sent from my iPad
Thanks for all the great photos and videos from the wedding. I loved it. All of it. Kinda feels like it didn't happen but only cause I wasn't there to see it. I know x and t are married now but the wedding never happened... At least in Florida it didn't.
👍side note. Xan how are the Gs?! What kinds do you have?! You should tell me. I know the best secrets. The Florida distribu center really tells ya the ins and outs of the G.
Alright so this week was. SLOW. not like time wise but work wise. It sucked. I know I did stuff to accomplish the work but it doesn't show at ALL. Grrrr. But I did read some good stuff throughout the week so instead of telling you all the biking in the rain, cigarette smelling, and other stuff I did, I will just share some ill things.
So I've been reading from the everyday missionary book dad sent. Gold. Read it and weep. Wish everyone did. Also I read from john this last week and one of my favorite parts well a few of them I read this week. One is the story of the woman who commits adultery. The Lord tells her to go and sin no more. When I repent I know The Lord is giving me that same loving counsel to go and sin no more. Then I just read the story of Lazarus and how The Lord loved his friend so much that he wept for him. And if we but believe in him we can live. That's all it takes. A belief and according to elder holland that's all you need. To believe its true. I know that is true and that if we have a strong belief in something it can become more.
I love you all. Happy valentines day. Almost halfway through me time here. It goes top fast.
Xoxo
Sister zoo hart. Sent from my iPad
Monday, February 3, 2014
oh don't worry about me. It's happy days down here in the FOM.
Yes. It is true. I'm keeping up with the Joness and got my own iPad.
Supes cool. Totes cray. Love it. #photoboothfordays.
So how was the weekend of birthdays and weddindays? I hope good.
I sure had a marvelous week down here in the FOM. So first things first....
We had a device training aka get an iPad and learn how to be a missionary with it. So rad! They say that we will have this iPad our whole mission and at the end we may be able to buy it from the church! #illholla #ipadmini #ipadmissionary
Then we had the temple on Friday which was AMAZING! Saw the new new temple movie. WAYYY BETTER THAN THAT OLD 70s one HANDS DOWN!!!!! It made SOO much more sense. Loved it loved it loved it. It was so cool to be able to feel the spirit inside the temple again! Ah so amazing! The Orlando temple is beautiful-I hope we can all be there together someday... I thought a lot about all of you this week with everything that occurred in the homeland. I was very thankful however that my week was so jam PACKED with mtgs and what not because it helped me not think too much upon what I was "missing" and more on the joys of the work. This work is truly amazing and I am so grateful for this chance that I have to be apart of it.
OH also on Thursday night after our enrichment party the Sanford sisters, hiatt(my buddy) and damato, came over and we had. SLUMBER PARTY, for the temple the next morning. Needless to say sister hiatt and I hardly got any sleep because we were talking all night and had to get up at 4 to be at the temple with sister Jude Gaines on time. It was so great!
Thanks for the package. I just started J the C and already love it. The New Testament is one of my favorite parts of the standard works now. I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT CHRIST!!!!! He is so cool and such an example. I am so grateful for the path that I have to follow in his footsteps to become better. He is the way the truth and the light. Through him all can have eternal life.
Oh Chrystel is so amazing. No date but she bore her testimony to us and it is beautiful. I love her.
I love you!
Love and miss you all
Sister Zoë HAWT
Sent from my iPad
Monday, January 27, 2014
happy week. birthday. wedding. temple. baptism! happy. happy. happy
what a happy weekend to start off this happy week!
LOTS TO TALK ABOUT!
IMJUSTSOFREAKINGEXCITED!
alright. recap of the week.
had a rad lesson to start the week off with chrystel watching "you can do it now." She is obsessed with the GAs and reads about stuff on LDS.org now
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/you-can-do-it-now?lang=eng
Then Tuesday we had exchanges and the highlight was not related to missionary work at all. I cracked and drank and ate from a coconut. yes! it was DABOMB!
Wednesday we had a temple tour with Chrystel, as i am sure you saw on FB. She absolutely loved it and was ultra glad we got to go . Youll notice i was actually cold. I feel like Cec probs did when it was cold in LA... where's the ORANGE puffy coat!? haha.. Our ward missionary and another kid in the ward took us there and kifed my camera for selfies....cool....
Also a guy literally ran away from us as we tried to talk to him. literally. YOU CANT RUN AWAY FROM GOD.... but you can run from the missionaries so whatever.
Jump to saturday.
got to meet ELDER RM NELSON! yeah. it was DABOMB.
so here is somethings that i have learned. the first presidency and 12 pray specifically for the missionaries in the upper room on Thursdays. EVERY THURSDAY!
The word atonement never appears in the OT and only once in the NT in Romans 5:11. That is why the BOM is so crucial to our religion! It truly is another testament of jesus christ! the word atonement appears 39 times in the BOM. also in the OT it never says "gospel" only good tidings. fun facts.
He also said some great things about what we are doing and gave us some marvelous marriage counsel... haha. he was telling us how he shouldnt be doing this but then was like. BUT i want to haha. so yeah cool. OH also he has the eye sight of an eaglle. he reads from the mini quad and makes me want to have that kind of eye sight. bomb! But he said a lot of good things that made me want to be better! which is always goood. now i just have to APPLY - the hardest part of hearing counsel is HEEDING it. haha. i will do it though!
anyway. then we had the regional conference and chrystel came and it was the best! she loved it. she got baptized! yes!
well she is getting baptized in the near future so thats good.
Oh at the sunday conference elder gay, kopischke, sister mcconkie and elder nelson spoke. and one of my favorite things was that elder gay said - "LET US NEVER GIVE UP ON OUR FAMILIES!"
so here's the deal. I WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU! i hope you will do the same for me.... i know you will!
and if you feel that i have know that i promise that i will not from this point forth and will do my very best to keep to my word! i will not give up on you! just like how the LORD does not give up on US! I LOVE YOU all so stinking much - it hurts. KNOW that i will be praying and thinking about you a lot this week and that my love is with you for all the various activities and festivities that are going on! THANKS. ILL LOVE YOU FOREVER AND LIKE YOU FOR ALWAYS>!
sister ZOZO HART
Monday, January 20, 2014
oooo baby baybay.
alright so here's the stitch.
I am selfish. Sorry for the pity party letter last week... woe is me. NOT. I am so sorry. Dad, thanks for calling though. Sister Berry said she enjoyed hearing about it and did some great comforting. It seems even people in Florida are starting to know Scotty before he has even come to the state. GEEZ. IS THERE ANYONE YOU DON"T KNOW?! haha. i love it though so no worries. thank you. it may have brought a few tears to my eyes to hear that you went out of your way to do that. not even that i was getting teary for missing anything but the fact that you are still there.
#tendermercy
But seriously. It is like when you are having the worst day ever - and then that random person comes and gives you the 2 dollars that you needed to do whatever. Tender mercy. Its things like that that really keep me going. Sometimes I feel like I am running on E out here - Like when I would take Lola to E on a late drive home and have to coast in neutral down the canyon, the best part is the hills, all i would have to do is make it to a downhill slope and I could make it to Harmons for gas - its the same out here. I feel as if I have been running on E and haven't taken the time to fill up simply because I can't, I have to coast, only hoping that I will be able to find a hill to get me through. When the Lord pushes me to my limits he ALWAYS follows through with a hill to send me coasting back to fill up. Yes i did just compare that to my lil LOLA (RIP lil buddy) but its true. so dad thanks for being great. it made me feel EXTRA loved by my EXTRA ULTRA GREAT FAMILY! i sure do love you guys.
So I got a new Comp. Her name is Sister McKenna Bernier(burn-ear) from Inkom Idaho. She is great and since we have french speaking people all around us I call her bernyay like the Thebauds and Chrystel does. She is cool. I am excited for this next 6 weeks.
so next on the docket, Chrystel. She never ceases to amaze me. She has such a strong testimony of the gospel I am so happy. Sister Bernier and I taught her together for the first time on thursday and it was so amazing. She told us of her testimony of repentance and sister bernier and I were brought to tears -0 it was beautiful and so sincere. She just wants to become better and happier. She is grateful for the friend request on FB dad - now you've gotta post something uplifting haha;)
Chrystel is amazing and I just hope she can make the necessary changes in her life to move forward to baptism!
oh by the way. there is a regional conference this weekend hosted at MY stake center with ELDER RM NELSON and loads of other GAs including Kopische and others. We have a mission conference that morning and then adult session that night and then conference in the morning. watch for me if they report any of it on lds.org.
Also good luck at the temple xan. its the best. read the talk i posted on fb from the ensign. its good.
also i love you all. I hope to get some micro sds in the mail and hope you got mine that i sent to you cecpool(there is also a letter coming at ya) wellp. thanks for everything you do. i sure do love you. i am so grateful for your examples and support. I know this is where i need to be and what i need to be doing right now! grateful fo dat!
lots of love
xoxo
sister
zo
Monday, January 13, 2014
7th Heaven. 7 months. 7 transfers 777
so transfer news came and i am staying in Longwood. YAY! new comp is coming which should be interesting...hoping and praying for the best!
uh this last week was good. sort of went by awkwardly but was good for the most part. i enjoyed it.
this is going to be short because i dont really want to email... sorry - you're all too busy with wedding stuff anyway so this is more convenient for all of us....#selfish #pityparty #dontforgetme #iloveyouall
okay now that that is done. i am currently studying loads about the savior...aka just reading out of the New Testament. it is just so great! This past week i read about the widows mite and many miracles and the atonement in MARK. it was really good. HIGHLIGHTS: mark 9:17-27
i love this because i know that this father did all that he could do help and fix his child so that he would no longer be in harms way, because that is what my dad woould do for me. He is pushed to despair and pleads to the savior to "22 ...: but if thou canst do any thing, have acompassion on us, and help us.
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are apossible to him that bbelieveth." The best part is right here - "24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."
It wasnt moments later - STRAIGHTWAY! he cried out with tears in his eyes."LORD I BELIEVE!" I have found myself in similar situations - i do all that i can to overcome a trial. i feel the taring and gnashing of it and sometimes i am pushed to the extremes of being thrown into the fire or the water. i know now that once i have done all that i can to overcome it, i must turn to the savior and CRY OUT to him "LORD I BELIEVE. HELP THOU MINE UNBELIEF." when we turn our trials and sins to the savior he WILL heal us and STRAIGHTWAY we will arise. he is with us. and will not forsake us.
i am so grateful for my savior and redeemer. HE IS RISEN. he loves each and everyone of us and that love never changes. i am grateful that i can be here in longwood at this time to share that with others.
i love you all.
buenos suerte con el matrimonio. \
sister-zoë HART
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