"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also has become my salvation." 2 Nephi 22:2

Hello,

This week was a good week. We were able to teach that person I was talking about in my last email. We went to her house and she was excited to have us and listen to us. It was a great lesson and we are excited to continue teaching her. She did her reading which was amazing and she enjoyed it. After the lesson we gave her something to read for next week. We left and got in the car and we see her running towards the car with her Book of Mormon in hand. We rolled the window down and she said "I can't find my homework did you mark something for me." She uses the word "homework" I love it. I had written it down on a piece of paper and she couldn't find it in the Book of Mormon. I showed her where it was and she was like "thanks!" It was so cute. So things have been so good here! We have an awesome recent convert in the branch. Her name is Priscilla and she is such a great example to me. She is like the missionaries Grandma so I call her Gma when ever I see her. We take her teaching with us all the time. She is the most positive person I have ever met. We always leave her place feeling better than when we came. She has such a strong testimony and every time she shares it, it strengthens mine. It's amazing! I love these people who stay so strong and are examples to others. Hope you all have a great week.

 Love,

Sister Stacey

Pictures: Ski Jumps

"Remember Lot's wife." Luke 17:23

Hello,
I actually have some awesome stuff to talk about this week. This week was the last District Meeting we had with President and Sister Bulloch. It was so sad to say goodbye. That was the last time I would see them as a missionary. President Bulloch is an amazing teacher and I will miss his trainings. His last training was focused around the scripture "remember Lot's wife" If you know the story of Lot's wife then you will know what he is talking about. He related it to how us missionaries shouldn't look back and that we need to look forward. Once we decided to become a disciple of Jesus Christ we made that commitment that we would follow him forever. No looking back or dwelling on the past. My mission president is really passionate about changing the missionary. He told us it's important to preach the gospel while we are out here, but it is most important that we change and that we are willing to be pushed to the limit to show God that we love him more than we love worldly things. It makes sense why we missionaries have to be cut off from the world in order to understand what God wants us to understand about the Gospel. How do we follow Christ? We need to separate ourselves from all ungodliness (Alma 5:57) I'm so grateful for my mission because I don't think I ever would have "got it" if I wasn't separated from the world. It was a great training especially for me right before I go home. I hope that I will never look back and as I move on with life to look forward. I hope that we can all try this and remember lot's wife.

Another great story: Last week we got a phone call from an Elder who had just finished his mission and was visiting his areas with his family. They went to the Lake Placid church and this lady happened to be there checking out the church. She wasn't a member so this elder and his family talked to her for quit a bit about the church. She said because of Mitt Romney she wanted to know more about the mormon church so she had been studying on mormon.org. They got her name and gave us her information. So this week we were in Tupper Lake which is an hour drive from lake placid so we don't go often. We thought we would try her before our dinner appointment. She answered and was excited to see us and invited us in. She was so happy we came and was talking highly about the church and how she had been on mormon.org. We didn't have much time so we asked if we could come back. We gave her a book of mormon and she said she was excited to do some homework while we were gone. It was so amazing. After we left I'm pretty sure we jumped down the street like little girls. haha This is such a great example of what mormon.org can do. Share this website with your friends. It truly can prepare them to hear the gospel!

Its been a great week! I love being here in Lake Placid! I love life and I love sharing the Gospel!

Love you all,

Sister Stacey

Pictures: Last District Meeting with President and Sister Bulloch


 

"Now they were ordained after this manner—being called with a holy calling, and ordained with a holy ordinance, and taking upon them the high priesthood of the holy order.." Alma 13

Hello,

I don't have much time this week and I'm sorry. Things have been going well. I had a bit of a scare with some health things, but I seem to be feeling a lot better. So this pretty much consumed my week. I just want to bear my testimony on the power of the priesthood and the comfort it brings. I'm so thankful for having the preisthood in my life. This is one of the greatest blessings we have as being members of The Church of Jesus Christ of latter day Saints. We are truly blessed! I'm so grateful for it and I'm especially grateful for worthy presithood holders. I just had another experience that the Lord is so aware of me and really does care about me.
Love,

Sister Stacey


Pictures: Today for p-day we went to the top of Whiteface. There is a castle up at the top it was so much fun! I love this area! We went with the awesome Senior Couples the Overtons! We love them!

 

"..the Lord did pour out his Spirit on all the face of the land to prepare the minds of the children of men, or to prepare their hearts to receive the word.." Alma 16:16

Hello,

So we got transfer calls on Saturday and me and Sister Caton are staying the same. We were worried there for a bit, but we were excited to learn that we will be together for another transfer. We are now in week 6 of this transfer and we begin our new transfer next week.
We had a really cool experience this week and another great testimony builder on fasting and praying. We are still working on finding two new investigators a week. A member gave us a referral last week and we were able to meet with her and pick her up as a new investigator. We were going to show her mormon.org at the end of the lesson, but we didn't have time. So I went on her computer and "left it up" and we left. We found out later from the member that she has been watching the videos everyday. So we were excited about that. This Sunday was fast Sunday and we wanted to fast to find new investigators. We went to church that very day and we received a member referral. Also their is this boy who is handicapped and has an aid that brings him to church. Well his aid isn't a member and we went up to her and asked if she was interested about learning more and she was. We gave her a book of Mormon and our number. We couldn't believe it, we were so excited. Later that afternoon we were trying some potentials and we decided to go try this one last potential. Usually when we tried her in the past she was never home and when we knocked on the door she answered and said we could come in. At first when she said we could come in I just stood at the door, I wasn't used to hearing those words. I'm sure I looked so awkward. She is a young mom with a little girl and we taught her the plan of salvation and she said we could come back. We were so excited that we met the goal of 2 new investigators this week. We made sure to say a prayer afterwards thanking the Lord for leading us to these people. It's amazing to see the Lord work in my life. My testimony of fasting and praying has strengthened so much just in this past month. It was a great experience.
I hope you all can fast for these similar experiences. The Lord is really preparing people all around us, we just need to open our eyes and find them. I know that if you fast for a finding experience the Lord will bless you and lead you to that person who is prepared. He is really preparing the hearts and the minds of many.

Have a great week,

Love,
Sister Stacey

Pic 1 and 2: Our District! This district is especially fun because we have 2 senior couples. Its always a great experience with them! Pic 3: One of my favorite families came up from Syracuse and took us out to lunch! I was in heaven! Pic 4 and 5: We have had rainy weather but I thought this view of main street was so beautiful!

 

"Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not." D&C 6:36

Hello,

Another great week here in Lake Placid. This week was busy which is always a good thing. My mission president encouraged me to visit with all the less active members in the ward before I leave Lake Placid. So we have started that and it's been hard. Some people don't want to have anything to do with the church so it will be a challenge. I have always had a love for less actives and I know the Lord is still aware of them and I hope that I can help in someway in bringing them closer to Christ.

We had exchanges this weekend. The closest sisters are in Benninghton Vermont and Glenville. So we all met up in Glens Falls and did a three way exchange which was so much fun. Sister Howick came with me to Lake Placid. She is from Salt Lake and she loved seeing all the Olympic stuff, reminded her of home. I love exchanges because they help us grow even more. Sometimes you express things you want to work on and that person is there to help you. Its a growing experience. It was also fun to see Sister Gifford again. (we served in Syracuse together) The next day we all met up again and went to dinner. I was really excited to see the Glenville sisters and get updates of my first area. I was probably really annoying to all the other sisters with all my questions, but I just love those people so much. I'm hoping next transfer I can go to Glenville for exchanges. I think I might cry when I see people again. Its going to be like I'm going home.

We are still trying to find. Our prayers were answered and we got a member referral and the members came with us last night and we were able to pick her up as a new investigator. So we are excited about that. Things are turning around. Hope you all have a great week!

Love you,

Sister Stacey

Picture 1: All the Sisters that went on Exchanges

Pic 2: We went Mini Golfing for Memorial Day (So fun!)

Picture 3: Ok so we went to our investigators like usual on Sunday night and we walked around the corner and her boyfriend was just cutting her hair. He had no idea what he was doing.. I was dying. (her hair use to be as long as mine) So I asked if I could take over.. I did pretty good not gonna lie. It was funny! (yeah just some of the random things that happen as a missionary!) haha

Pic 4 5: Some of the beauties of Lake Placid! I love living here!

"..unto what were ye ordained? To preach my gospel by the Spirit, even the Comforter which was sent forth to teach the truth." D&C 50:13-14

Hello,

This week I had my last Zone Conference and it was amazing. It was all about the Spirit and how we dont' realize how lucky we are that we have a member of the Godhead with us at all times. We don't live up to our privileges. My mission president said this "I hope you don't want to live the live of a peasant when you are Born to be a King." I thought this was so cool. We sometimes live the live of a peasant not really using the gifts God has given us. We should use the gifts God has given us and use the Spirit. Think about getting a referral from God, I think that would be awesome. We just need to be more in tune with the Spirit to find new investigators. It was such a great conference and totally pumped us up. At Zone Conference we are suppose to have a musical number, but the elders never find people. So they decided to just do an intermediate hymn so we were about to sing the song and my mission president asked me if I could sing a song. So i picked a hymn and sang "how great thou art" Its always such a great experience for me. I'm always grateful to use the talent God has given me. It was fun!
We didn't pick up any new investigators this week, but we received a ton of referrals. It was amazing so we hope to find people this week.
Things are picking up and I love being here!
I don't have a ton of time today, but I hope you all have a great week.

Love,
Sister Stacey
Didn't have time for pictures mabye next week!

"..yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, god would deliver them." Alma 56:47

Happy Mothers Day

I hope everyone enjoyed their mothers day, I know that I did. It was so great to talk to my family yesterday and to hear their voices. I can't believe that was my last phone call and that the next time I talk to them will be in person. Time seriously goes by too fast. I understand the quote "time flies when you're having fun" I am having so much fun here in Lake Placid and things have been going really well. We found one new investigator and we are meeting with someone tonight we might pick up as a new investigator. Things have been going well here in Lake Placid and we are working hard to hit the goal of 2 new investigators a week. The Senior Missionary couple serving here had a baptism on Saturday which went really well. I offered to do a musical number if they wanted it and they were excited to have that. I sang the Song "This is the Christ" it went really well and I think they were glad that I did that. It was fun to see a baptism in the lake Placid branch and to see it grow. It just pumped me and Sister Caton up to get a baptism. So we are working hard. Things have been going good. I don't have to much to talk about today because I already talked about everything with the fam. Hope you all have a great week!

Love ya,

Sister Stacey

Pictures 1and 2: These were last Sunday driving back from Potsdam. Me and Sister Caton with the Senior couple the Overtons.

The rest of the pictures: These are pictures of the big Olympic center here in lake Placid. I didn't know this until we were going on the tour but this is where the movie Miracle actually happened. I have a picture of the arena where they won in 1980. It was fun to actually be there because I loved that movie and it was such a cool story. So many fun things to see here in lake placid!