Relief Socity Broadcast

Bienvenue!

So this week was pretty much the same as last week, except with a few more exciting moments. We went to Philly on Monday and visited the temple site, the Rocky steps, Love Park, and Game Piece Park. It's been so long since I've been to Philly, so it was nice to go there again! I even got a piece of the granite that they drilled out of the site to build the foundation of the temple.

We had dinner with the Mass's (or is it Masses?), and let me tell you, they are the COOLEST family ever. They all joined the Church last year at different times, but they are just so awesome. It was funny because Brother Mass can no longer hug the missionaries, so every time we give him a handshake he makes a (fake) fuss out of it, haha.

We went to the church to go to Institute, but it had been cancelled without us knowing. So we ended up staying for Young Women and getting to know some of the girls in the ward. We sat and talked as we made magnets (so that the chalkboards don't look as drab). It was kind of neat because we had one of the girls (who isn't a member) comment and ask if we would be coming every week, because she thought we were fun.

Saturday was the Relief Society general meeting! I hope all of you got to watch it, and if you didn't, you should. We went to the Cherry Hill chapel for a dinner beforehand, and it was kind of neat because I got to see a few people from the Moorestown ward there, which was awesome. I also got to see quite a few of the other Sister missionaries, including Sister Grover, Sister Jensen (from Springville!), and Sister Meeks.

The broadcast was super awesome! I don't have my notebook here with me, but one thing that really stuck out to me was when the speaker was talking about covenants (a covenant is a two-way promise between God and us). She said, "we go to the temple to make sacred covenants, and we go home to keep those covenants." Our daily lives should reflect the promises we make with Heavenly Father, and we should act accordingly. She also talked about the sacrament, and how each week we're able to renew our covenants and show Heavenly Father that we're just as willing to follow Him this week as last week. Isn't that so great?

And to end the week, we went to the baptism of two kids in our ward. About an hour before the baptism we found out that one of the kids was 10, which means he's technically a convert baptism, and isn't under the direction of the Bishop. The whole third hour of church we were making phone calls, and we got special permission from President Anderson that he could be baptized as long as he was interviewed by the District Leader. So Elder Barker rushed over as soon as he could and interviewed him. But the baptism was really sweet because it was big brother and little sister being baptized!

I love all of you. And don't forget I exist, okay? Okay. Haha.

Love,

Sister Singleton

PS. General Conference is next week! Aren't you all SUPER excited??! Remember to prepare by pondering, writing down questions that you have, and remember to listen to the Spirit as you watch General Conference.

The Philadelphia temple site!

The Philly skyline and I.