Teaching President Obama?

This was Sister Ricks' last week of training, so her companion Sister Morgan took a train ride and was gone for a couple of days to help another Sister and Sister Ricks got some experience of being a senior companion. She said it went really well, and she didn't even get lost which is a miracle because the train system there is very confusing. She said that this experience has taught her that the Lord really does choose mission companions because she learned how good Sister Morgan really is for her and how much she was able to learn from her. She is also very grateful that they were able to get along so well and focus on the work.

Today, President Obama is in Belfast so the town is pretty much shut down, which is messing with their pday plans, so they're going to the Titanic Museum since it was built there. They are hoping to run into the President so they can teach him...I'm sure that'll happen! ;)

Overall, Sister Ricks sounds like she is doing very well; her health is starting to get under control and she's getting into the groove of missionary work! We couldn't ask for much more than that!

Christlike Attributes

This week Sister Ricks was able to attend a conference with all of the missionaries in Ireland which she said was an amazing experience. There they were taught to teach the gospel with family history stories and work toward member referrals a lot more. She and her companion Sister Morgan have taken this council to heart and have already received 9 member referrals and they are working to involve the ward a lot more which so far has been a very positive experience.

 

Last week, they were given a challenge to develop a Christ-like attribute; Kinzi chose charity and love. She has learned and grown on the subject so much already and has learned how important those two qualities really are for becoming the best person she can be and helping others come to Christ. She studied the conference talk from the most recent conference titled:

 "The Savior Wants Us to Forgive." and challenged us all to read it.

 

Other than that, she is still trying to improve her health and has gone to the doctor and received medicine that hasn't helped, your continued prayers would be greatly appreciated.

 

Sister Ricks shares her love and appreciation for everyone! Thanks for all you do!

 

Here is a link to the video of the talk:
The Savior Wants Us To Forgive April 2013



This Week's Miracle

From Sister Ricks:

"this weeks miracle:

so we do this who, what, when, and where, finding. what we do is each week we pray for someone we feel inspired to find to teach the gospel to. This week we felt like we needed to find a women in her 30's looking for truth, she would already have a strong faith in christ, BUT would feel like something is missing in her life.
This week we decided to get the ward council involved so we told them about this new inspired finding. so that the ward could help us with the people we are trying to find. They all kind of where like skeptical about it. But all of a sudden the ward mission leader said, i know who you are talking about. he then went on and explained that the night before his wife talked to their neibor about the fireside(that me and sister morgan put on) that she just had gotten back from. she began to explain to her neibor breifly about the church and invited her out to a relief society activity that we will be having this tuesday.
So then our ward mssion leaders wife got up during testimony meeting and told the ward how she knows missionary work is inspired and told everyone about the women that she found that fit our description. it was very amazing to see how the lord puts people in our path to teach them the gospel.

The church is true, my prayers are answered everyday. i love what im doing."