Sister Sophia's Florida Fun: No More Candy

Hey everyone!

I hope all is well back at home or wherever you are. As the seasons are fast approaching don't forget to remember why we celebrate them in the first place. This week we had some pretty fun things happen.

On Tuesday we met a girl at FIU named Rikejah. She is from the Virgin Islands and is super cool. I love meeting people who want to listen to us. They truly are the elect that we are supposed to go out and find.

Wednesday we had a zone training which was pretty cool. It's my first one I've done. They do them in place of district training so the whole zone gets together. It's pretty fun. That night we went to go visit a referral we got from the Elders in Palm Springs. He wasn't there but his brother and friend were so we got to teach them the restoration. It was pretty cool to teach with the Elders. I love learning everyone else's teaching styles and being able to apply the things that we learn from them.

Thursday was institute night! If you are old enough to go to institute and you aren't going, repent and start going. It is the highlight of my week every week. Mary came this week and it was cool because we talked about why relief society is a thing. So it was cool for Mary to be there to learn more about what we do inside the church.

Friday we went and did service with the Elders for one of our less actives named Damian. His mum needed one of her rooms painted. While we were there she decided that she wanted to feed us so Sister Schiers and I headed to the store with her and she taught us how to cook! It was pretty cool and the food was way good. I love when members feed us. It doesn't happen very often in YSA but when it does it is so good.

Saturday we were finally able to meet with Mary again. We also finally got to teach her the Word of Wisdom. She drinks coffee and every time we say bye she mentions how she still doesn't understand so we finally sat down and talked about it. She was kind of confused the entire time so I shared the story of Jonah Tuttle with her and how I know that he is okay today because he kept the Word of Wisdom. She understood at that point and then goes, "Okay. I'll give up coffee if you give up candy." So no more candy for us. But she is committed to keep the Word of Wisdom and keep progressing towards her date!

Sunday was just amazing. The temple president and his wife came and spoke to us. Sister Fisher started out by talking about how a couple years ago she and her husband were Uber drivers and one night they were driving past the temple and she heard "Stop working and go do my work." So they went to the nearest Good Will, bought some church clothes, and went to the temple. She ended by saying, "When the Lord calls, you go." We are saviors on Mount Zion as we do the work for those who have passed on and can't do it themselves. It is so necessary for us to do the work for those who can't. Her husband then got up and talked about Hurricane Irma and how we all have our own Irma's in our lives. The temple is our high ground where we can go to withstand everything that comes our way. So, I invite everyone to go to the temple whenever you have a chance this week!! If your life is to busy to say your prayer, read your scriptures, and go to the temple then it is far busier than God ever intended it to be. Make the time for God and he will take care of your needs. I promise.

I love you all! I hope you got to watch the Face to Face last night. If not, go look it up. It was really good! Go to the temple. Keep being awesome! I love you all and hope your weeks are fantastic!

All my love,

Sister Beckstrand

Florida Sunshine: The mailboxes! These are the only pics I have of some but they are all super funny like these. I love them!