Week 31 Stake Conference

This week was a great one. We had Zone Conference in Grand Rapids. And it was so uplifting and good. They talked a lot about how having a good attitude affects so much of what we do, and how others see us. We also found out at Zone Conference that the Michigan Lansing Mission was the top Baptizing mission in the NE for the month of March. So we got first out of 26 missions them being all of the Eastern states/missions. We were all so happy! Hard work sure pays off. We also had blitzes so I was able to work with Sister Burk on Thursday it was super fun. We had Stake Conference this week. It was super good and uplifting. President and Sister Jacobsen spoke at the adult session and it was so good.  As Sister Jacobsen sat down and as President Jacobsen was getting up all of the missionaries all 36 of us in the Kzoo zone. Got up and started humming Called to Serve as they walked to the front. No one told US about it so we just got up and acted like we knew what was going on. haha Sister Knight didn't even have her shoes on so she had to throw them on. After we all got to the front we sang Called to Serve it was so cool. And then we stated the missionary purpose. President Jacobsens talk was so good, he told everyone he sent the best missionaries to Kalamazoo and that they needed to put us to work. He also talked a lot about member referrals. Missionaries will baptized 700 out of a 1000 member referrals. Where as door knocking is a lot less than that. So invite your friends who aren't members to learn more about the restored gospel. After President Jacobsen spoke our Stake President spoke and he invited his friend who is a pastor at 2 different churches to speak. His friend told us all that we needed to do as President Jacobsen said and invite our friends and family to learn about the unique message we share. It was super good! I have never been told by a pastor to keep sharing the message we have. As the Pastor was going to sit down President Jacobsen ran up to him and gave him a big hug. It was so funny! Anyways I am doing good and am still enjoying Kalamazoo. I hope you all have a great week! 

Love, Sister Gittins