Press Forward

Hiya!! Ya' alrigh?
Well... This is it. I can't believe it. I won't email next week so
this is the last. This has gone by so fast. I am so grateful for the
time I have been given to bear His name. I have truly been changed by
His love!
I am so grateful for the love and prayers and fasts and faith and
support I have been given! I could not have made it without you all
xxx.

We have been led by the spirit this week! We had a tea party with an
investigator which was delightful. AND we had an exchange in
Colchester! It was wonderful! I was able to see Katie Grieg and her
family, blitz on the high street, have Mexican food with the Chell's
and their new baby. I also called Nix and talked to her on the phone
for ages. Her daughter Kelsey goes to youth each Tuesday! How amazing
is that to come back to? It was very happy :)  I also got hot
chocolate with my friend Natasha :). It was a good good day. I feel
happy. I was able to reconnect with some potential investigators and
old people I taught and refer them to the sisters. It just was so
great :).

There are also people in this ward that although I have only been here
a short time, that I have loved and we have cried together that I am
leaving. I am so grateful to have come to Kings Lynn for these 6
weeks. It has been a glorious finish and I have felt so much joy
labouring here with Siister Reina.

I had an amazing experience the other night where I was praying about
what to say in my homecoming talk where I just received revelation and
got up in the night and wrote and wrote and then prayed and asked if
there was more and received more until Heavenly Father finally sent me
to bed with the thought,'that is enough.
'
It doesn't feel real that I am going home, I just can't imagine it.
But I am beginning to feel excitement which is a blessing.
I pray that I will remain steadfast in the faith and press forward
with courage into a new adventure!

Before I take the tag off,
 I testify that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He is our only way
home. I am forever grateful for the time He has given me to bear His
name. It has brought me so much joy! I am here because I feel
responsible to help everyone that I can, to know Heavenly Fathers Plan
for them. To know that they have a loving Father in Heaven who knows
them and their trials. Who has sent His Son to help them from day to
day. To help them overcome mistakes, and to live again. To know that
our families are everlasting, and endure beyond death. This message
means everything to me. It is what has held my family together through
mental, emotional, physical and financial trials. I am so grateful for
this knowledge! I just want to share it and help others have the
blessings! I am grateful that I never really have to take His name
off. That I can renew each week 'His name upon me'. That He will
continue to guide and love and help me. I can continue to love and
serve and help Him. It never really ends. This is just a launching
point. A foundation to push off of to eternity. Keep the commandments.
Press forward. Continue in faith. Believe in miracles. Be obedient. It
will all work out. All is well. This is the church of Jesus Christ
#onwardeveronward

See you in 9 days :)

'For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that believeth;'  Romans 1:16

I will be giving my homecoming talk at 9:00am May 15 at: 552 east
11400 south. draper Utah.

Love,
Sister Coleman I

As Sisters in the Mission Field

Hiya! Yalrigh? 

This was just a lovely week. Probably because there are TWO Sister Coleman's currently serving in the mission field! :) 

The Lord just led us the whole time. We went where we were suppose to go and met who we were suppose to meet. We felt the spirit teach us what to say to our member, less active, and investigator friends. It was just so so good:). 

We finally met with our friend G--. He is the man from the bus who asked us who we were and what we did. He actually lives in the Birmingham mission but he wants to be taught by us because he has felt the spirit with us. He asked us so many questions about melchezidek, eternal life, eternal marriage, etc. He has really been searching for the truth. We shared 3 nephi 11 with him of Christ appearing to the nephites and he loved it! 

We also found Ga--! We knocked on his door and he said, 'Oh hello, good to see you!' Haha he sees us in the library all the time. He is Christian and we have a return appointment with him on Thursday :).

We went to visit a recent convert, A-- yesterday after church. Because he is a single dad, we took one of the Laurels with us to teach, her name is Shannon. We had such a good time taking her with us. We had no idea at she was interested in becoming a missionary. We had a very spiritually charged lesson where we all felt uplifted. As we walked Shannon back home, we shared with her why we chose to serve. She seemed really excited about missionary work when we left and I loved chatting with her :). 

I also heard the conversion story of a recent convert: Clayton. Throughout his life ,he has come in contact with the missionaries 8 times! First when he was 18 the missionaries stopped him and set up a return appointment which he didn't go to. Then in his 20s he ended up touring Salt Lake City, Nauavoo Illinois, and Carthage, but he was still drinking and smoking and didn't want to change. Then he ended up hiring a Mormon to work for him who sent the missionaries around. The missionaries taught him for a while and then dropped him because he was stubborn about believing in God. Then finally ,this past December, he was taught by Sister Ranck and he felt the spirit and began to change and finally was baptised. How amazing is that! You just never know what your one brief invitation will build into. Seed planting works! :)

We had a lesson with our friend D-- she has epilepsy and her Mum died recently. We taught her about the temple and about being sealed to her Mum. You could have cut the spirit with a knife it was so thick and powerful in the room. What an amazing blessing we have of the temple :) 

We also had a day this week that we ended up street contacting people with the elders for 2 straight hours. We didn't intend to go that  long but ,it just happened. Haha we just had so many people to talk to! We didn't find any new people to teach but, all of the conversations we had were deep and meaningful. I feel happy with the work that we did :). 

Anyways, it was a great week and I prayed for everyone like a crazy person. :) 

I re read President Nelson's talk 'A Plea to My Sisters' and I wanted to share it with you--my sisters and friends, my mum,  and especially my missionary sister, because it is so powerful: 

"My dear sisters, you who are our vital associates during this winding-up scene, the day that President Kimball foresaw is today. You are the women he foresaw! Your virtue, light, love, knowledge, courage, character, faith, and righteous lives will draw good women of the world, along with their families, to the Church in unprecedented numbers!

We, your brethren, need your strength, your conversion, your conviction, your ability to lead, your wisdom, and your voices. The kingdom of God is not and cannot be complete without women who make sacred covenants and then keep them, women who can speak with the power and authority of God!

....              Today, let me add that we need women who know how to make important things happen by their faith and who are courageous defenders of morality and families in a sin-sick world. We need women who are devoted to shepherding God’s children along the covenant path toward exaltation; women who know how to receive personal revelation, who understand the power and peace of the temple endowment; women who know how to call upon the powers of heaven to protect and strengthen children and families; women who teach fearlessly.

                  My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils. We need each married sister to speak as “a contributing and full partner” as you unite with your husband in governing your family. Married or single, you sisters possess distinctive capabilities and special intuition you have received as gifts from God. We brethren cannot duplicate your unique influence

We know that the culminating act of all creation was the creation of woman! We need your strength!

Attacks against the Church, its doctrine, and our way of life are going to increase. Because of this, we need women who have a bedrock understanding of the doctrine of Christ and who will use that understanding to teach and help raise a sin-resistant generation. We need women who can detect deception in all of its forms. We need women who know how to access the power that God makes available to covenant keepers and who express their beliefs with confidence and charity. We need women who have the courage and vision of our Mother Eve.

My dear sisters, nothing is more crucial to your eternal life than your own conversion. It is converted, covenant-keeping women--women like my dear wife Wendy--whose righteous lives will increasingly stand out in a deteriorating world and who will thus be seen as different and distinct in the happiest of ways.

So today I plead with my sisters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to step forward! Take your rightful and needful place in your home, in your community, and in the kingdom of God--more than you ever have before. I plead with you to fulfill President Kimball’s prophecy. And I promise you in the name of Jesus Christ that as you do so, the Holy Ghost will magnify your influence in an unprecedented way!'

I feel so privileged to have the example of so many women who fall under President Nelson's description. I pray I can develop these attributes and that we all can lift each other and rise together and be fearless defenders of righteousness. 

Shall we not go on in so great a cause? 

I love you all! 

Love, Sister Coleman I 

Kings Lynn