I'm
so sorry everyone for my last email! It was horribly short...
Guess
what I found out today? 2 of my MTC teachers are engaged!! And my mom graduated
from college with her bachelors! And my friend Billy who is working on his
mission papers (who recently baptized a friend) just got one of his other
friends to accept to be baptized!!
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| My Aunt Shannon and her sisters bake lots of awesome goodies from their company Iones! |
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| For Easter I got a box of these YUMMY Macaroons! |
So
this week, we didn't get any new investigators sadly, but we're still working
with the ones we do have :) One of our investigators is an “eternal
investigator” who struggles with the Word of Wisdom. The other investigator is
homeless and he doesn't know how to read; so someone gave us a CD player to
give to him so he can listen to the Book of Mormon on CD.
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| Sister Rice and I enjoying microwaved Peeps! There's nothing better than melted Peeps! |
Monday:
Celebrated "Gotcha Day" with my family for adopting my little sister,
Hadley, 5 years ago.
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| This is our first family picture after we got Hadley in Changsha, Hunan, China 5 years ago. |
Tuesday:
Zone conference! We had to make an extra stop before our zone conference. So we
ended up driving straight to zone conference right after we had played sports.
We had to get ready in a gas station bathroom! The gas station employee asked me
if Sister Rice was my mom! (That’s the second time someone's asked that xD) An
online investigator sent me a really amazing poem that he wrote for Easter.
Wednesday:
Happy 6 months to me!! We taught Harry our homeless investigator today.
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| My Mom sent me an awesome goodie box to celebrate my 6th month mark! |
Thursday:
Chelsea, a convert who is 17, is really wanting to serve a mission. She started
her “mini mission” with us today! So she will go with us for the next several
days. And I had a break through with my teaching while role playing today!!!
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| Chelsea, me and Sister Rice out doing the Lord's work. |
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| Chelsea and me. |
Friday:
Got some awesome revelation from my patriarchal blessing today :) And a member
who was having a hard time with understanding the gospel and having a desire to
go to church randomly emailed me today and thanked me for helping her understand!
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| Sister Rice |
Saturday:
At the Visitors Center today we saw two couples who got sealed in the Oakland
temple today!! :D So presh [precious]!!
Sunday:
The end of Chelsea’s mini mission. It was also the last day of the really cool
Bible exhibit at the Visitors Center.
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| Luther
Bible (1536) Martin Luther was the first person to translate and publish the Bible in German. Her relied on a 1516 Greek translation by Erasmus. Luther's New Testament was first published in September 1522. The translation of the Old Testament followed, finally yielding an entire German Bible in 1534. Luther is also known to have befriended William Tyndale and may have helped provide him safe haven in Germany, where Tyndale had fled to escape punishment by King Henry VIII of England for translating the Bible into English. |
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| King
James Bible with Fore-Edge Painting (1770) This Bible has the unique feature of double fore-edge paintings, which appear when the book is open and the pages are fanned. The paintings were applied after the Bible was bound. This is quite rare and was a significant, added expense. As few as one out of ten thousand Bibles has a fore-edge painting. The scenes depicted in this Bible are: 'Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden,' 'Noah's Ark,' 'Birth of the Savior' and the Crucifixion. The images disappear when the Bible is closed. |
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| Victorian
Era Family Bible, King James Version (1888) This is the type of Bible likely to be seen in most homes in the late 1800's. An ornate Bible like this was a fixture in many homes and would have cost about a day's wage: $3.00. Bibles printed in the 1800's are generally not considered rare, since about 100 million Bibles were printed during that century. |
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| J.R.R.
Tolkien's Bible (1947) This Bible was used by J.R.R. Tolkien while he was writing 'Lord of the Rings.' He finished 'The Hobbit' in 1937 but did not finish 'Lord of the Rings' until 1954. This is the Westminster Version of the New Testament. The Westminster Version was published in England by the Roman Catholic Church. Tolkien was a devout Catholic. He made numerous notations throughout this Bible. His iconic signature can be seen on the flyleaf. |
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| Geneva
Bible (1560) First Edition New Testament The Geneva Bible was the Bible of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most historically significant English Bibles. It was published by English Protestant reformers in Geneva 51 years before the King James Bible and remained the most popular English Bible long afterward. The Geneva Bible was used by Shakespeare in his writing and was brought to America by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. The Bible on display is a variation of the Geneva Bible called the "Breeches Bible" because Genesis 3:7 states that Adam and Eve made "breeches," rather than "aprons," to cover their nakedness. The Geneva Bible was the first Bible to be divided into numbered verses. |
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| Chained
King James Bible (1633) During this period the local Church's Bible was sometimes chained to the pulpit. This practice was most prevalent when the Bible was first translated into English. The purpose was to make the Bible available for parishioners to read while preventing its removal from the Church. |
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| King
James Bible (1770) Copy Bound for King George III This large, ornate King James Bible was bound for use in the Chapel Royal, or household, of King George III, who was King of England during the American Revolution. This Bible weighs 30 pounds. |
Monday:
Today we had a really fun zone activity where we had a HUGE Hispanic BBQ and
then played zone sports :)
Love you all!! <3
Sister
Alyssa Phillips
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