Week 49 Half Mission Zone Conference

This week was Great!  We went and did service at a church that one of our members husband is a pastor at. So that was fun. We helped them pass out food for a funeral, and got to meet a lot of really cool people! 

On Tuesday we got a call from the Marriott hotel saying that they needed 100 copies of the Book of Mormon! So that was exciting! :)

We also went and helped out at the Family History center on Wednesday night. And I helped a non member sister find her great great grandparents so that was neat. But we also found out that her great great grandfather left his wife to go join the Mormons in Salt Lake. So that was kind of awkward!

We had 1/2 mission Zone Conference in Grand Rapids on Thursday which was uplifting and fun! I got to see a lot of my friends in the mission! And the talks were very uplifting!

We had dinner at an African Americans house this week and she asked if I was half black. I think that is one of the greatest compliments I have ever been given! :) 

Saturday we went to a baptism of a little girl in our ward it was so good! Afterwords we went and volunteered at the Silver Beach Carousel! Which is always a blast! :) I love seeing all of the cute kids! :) 

Sunday we had ward conference so all of the Stake leaders came. So I was able to see a lot of members from the Kzoo ward! Which was super awesome! 

Anyways I am so grateful for this Gospel and the blessings it brings into my life! I am so grateful for the knowledge I have that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that the Book of Mormon is true! I am so grateful for the Plan of Salvation and the opportunity everyone has to return and live with God someday!  I am so grateful for all of the trials in my life and how strong they have made me! I know this church is true with all of my heart! 

Love and miss you all! 

Love, Sister Hayli Gittins 

Week 48 New Investigators

This week was awesome! We picked up 2 new investigators this week! They are super great! They came to church and seemed to enjoy it so that was good! :) We had quite a few lessons this week with investigators and Less actives. We door knocked a little bit. We had dinner with some really cool members. We also volunteered at the carousel and got to ride it for free! :) 

Hope you all have a great week! 

Love, Sister Gittins 

Week 47 Trade Offs

This week was super busy but fun!  We hiked to the beach and got some pics and put our toes in the water on P-Day.  We did a lot of door knocking and had a lesson with one of our investigators Louis. She is an eternigator. But she is super cool. Our lesson with her went really well! Then we door knocked some more. And met some cool people!  We had a lesson with Joe one of the recent converts in our ward. He is super cool! Then we drove an hour to Kalamazoo for interviews with our mission president. They went super well! Then we went and had dinner at the Kalamazoo University Branch with the Elders. After that we met up with the STL's and had trade offs. I went with SIster Eisert and Sister Nording went with Sister Child. We had a ton of fun! Sister Eisert is like my new best friend! :) 

Friday we weekly planned and had a lesson with our investigator Rolfe. He is catholic and is in his 70's he is pretty cool. And our lesson went really well. We commited him to pray about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. So we are excited to see how that goes. Then we went to dinner with some members. And then came home and door knocked some more. Saturday we door knocked a lot and got some super cool potentials. So that was a miracle! Then we went and saw Sister Cox she is such a sweet lady. She joined the church not to long ago but can't come because of health problems. She is such a sweetheart. Sunday we went to church had a couple ward meetings and then door knocked a little bit. Then we went and had dinner at the Smiths home. They are super nice! Anyways love and miss you all!

Love, Sister Gittins 

Week 46 Back to KalamaZoo Zone

Hey Everyone!

This week was pretty great! I am in St. Joseph in the Kzoo zone and am loving it so far! The ward here is huge! And there are lots of young families here so that is super fun! And we are right by Lake Michigan so that is also fun! This week we door knocked a lot and had lots of lessons with investigators and Less actives. So that was fun! I got to know some members a little they are all super great! 

Sister Nording and me are getting along great. She is super sweet! 

Love you all! 

Have a great week this week! 

Love, Sister Gittins