5 Day/3 Things Gratitude Challenge

Each day for 5 days; I thought about 3 things that I am grateful for. It was a Challenge that I got given by Eliza M.

Day 1: Wednesday, 16th

I am grateful for having friends who cares about me. I am grateful for enjoying Photography. I am grateful for having relatives.

Day 2: Thursday, 17th
I am grateful for going with the Missionaries for a discussion. I am grateful for technology. I am grateful for life.

Day 3: Friday, 18th
I am grateful for being a Latter Day Saint/Mormon. I am grateful for staying up to what I believe in. I am grateful for being inspirational to some of my friends.

Day 4: Saturday, 19th
I am grateful for receiving a talk based on The Power of Preach My Gospel. I am grateful for Temple Work. I am grateful for receiving letters from a few friends who are serving their missions.

Day 5: Sunday, 20th
I am grateful for having my Patriarchal Blessing. I am grateful for having some of my friends who are serving their missions. I am grateful for making new friends.

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My Talk Based on The Power of Preach My Gospel

Thanks to four people who are both of my Ward Missionaries, my younger sister Emma and my friend Emily Lane to help me with my talk.

"Good morning Brothers and Sisters. I have been given a talk based on The Power of Preach My Gospel. Most Sundays afternoons, I go to Mission Preparation. In Mission Prep, we recite the Missionary's purpose which is to “Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.” The contents then suggest how to achieve that purpose as led by the Spirit.

Preach My Gospel teaches us about wise time management, Christ Like Attributes, learning to recognise the promptings of the Holy Ghost and basic doctrines of principles of the gospel with lessons and discussions.

It's not only missionaries in the field that use Preach My Gospel, us as members can use it too as a useful tool and to prepare a habit of studying lesson structures before serving a mission. We can also understand the purpose of Preach My Gospel through reading the introduction.

Preach My Gospel applies to both members and missionaries. Applies to members by drawing closer to preach of Christ to nonmember friends and it will also helps the members to gain confidence in what they could say for situations that their nonmember friend could be going through. It applies to the Missionaries because they use it as a teaching tool." I shared my experience with that I had with the Missionaries and my Testimony. If you haven't read my experience with the Missionaries, it's under the blog post 1st Lesson with The Missionaries.

I received a few feedback from the members in my Ward; both of the Missionaries said "I really liked it. It was good." My Mum said "That was good, you led by the Spirit." A few other members mentions that they liked my talk. Although it was short; I am so grateful that I shared my talk. It was one week notice and it was worth of asking a lot for the Ward Missionaries for assistance.

I was going to video record me saying the talk when I get home and  it was very noisy for the background. What do you think? 

1st Lesson with The Missionaries

I didn't get to go on a Mini Mission this week. On Sunday, I told the Missionaries that I will be available this Tuesday and this Thursday. One of the Missionaries text messaged me last night and I wouldn't mentioned the whole text message says. I will be mention the highlights of the text message that I received which was "Hey Megan we were hoping that you would be able to come with us to a lesson Thursday tomorrow at 1pm to teach a lady named Eden. We may be teaching either Plan of Salvation or Restoration to her, so try to read Preach My Gospel about them before the lesson. ~ missionaries." I was so happy!

I replied to them and some reason my text message didn't seem clear so I called them. One of the Missionaries and I talked about what I need to prepare myself other than just both Plan of Salvation and Restoration. I found out that I need to prepare myself by reading Restoration, Plan of Salvation, prepare to share a testimony and prepare to answer some questions.

So the next day came which was today, I texted them and mentioned to them "Hi. I thought to let you both know that I definitely coming and have prepared." I arrived to Eden's place about 10 minutes early. I ended up having to answer some questions from the Missionaries and got given to say the closing prayer. I was so glad that I came for the first lesson. I really enjoyed it. It was my first time to be with the Missionaries with the 1st lesson. I would really have opportunities like I did today again!

The weather was so beautiful today!

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Overview of a Recent YSA Ball

I went to a most recent Annual YSA Ball which was 4 days ago and it was great. I had so much fun. I spent some of my time at the Ball by spending time with some of my friends. I spent most of my time at the ball by spending time with some of my new friends.  There are total of 3 videos of the Floor Show Items and I thought you may be interested of watching it. If you can't see the videos, click on the names of the videos.

 Donna and I 

YSA stands for Young Single Adults and ages from 18 years to 30 years old. The Ball started from 8PM and finished at 1AM next day. The Theme for the Ball was Old Hollywood.

As far as I know, there is two different albums of photos during the night.

One page is called Au Photography and it's under Old Hollywood Ball 2014 album.

The other is Luke Reynolds Photography and it's under Brisbane MSYSA Ball - July, 2014 album.

2014 Brisbane Region YSA Ball Floor Show Item #1

2014 Brisbane Region YSA Floor show item #2 

2014 Brisbane Region YSA Ball Floor Show item #3

Julia F and I. 

No Chest Infection But Close to Having One

The moment that you may have been waiting for and that you were waiting for the results of if I have a Chest Infection or not. I told a few close friends then a few others for the results.

Today, I went to see a doctor about a issue of me coughing a lot and wheezing a lot for the last 10 days. I was taking my asthma inhaler a lot and it didn't seem to calm down the coughing and wheezing a lot. My Mum thought that I have a Chest Infection. The results by a doctor was I didn't have a Chest Infection but it was close of having one. After seeing the doctor, I was thinking about who would have prayed for me, who put me in the Temple Prayers Roll and who would have been thinking about me. I prayed so much as well.

I would like to say "thank you to those who thought about me, thank you for praying for me and thank you for putting me in the Temple Prayers Roll if you did. I really did appreciated that."

I don't want to go through a Chest Infection at my current age and I am still young. I am so glad that I trusted in Heavenly Father so much. I have take amoxycillin antibiotics TWICE a day.

2 Suggestions from me:

1. Always trust in Heavenly Father with everything, regardless what it is, still trust in him.

2. If you have the Holy Ghost with you, always listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost.

18 Months in Philippines Baguio (Tiffany Olive)

Aaah! My friend Tiffany Olive who is a convert to the same religion as me and her Mission Call arrived last Friday. She skyped me and I heard from her as she was reading out her Mission Call.

She got called to serve in Philippines Baguio Mission and she reports to the Philippines Missionary Training Center on Friday, November 7, 2014 which is in 123 days to go. She will be prepare to preach the Gospel in Taglog language.

How exciting is that? I am so happy for her. I am so glad that I have met Tiffany during SMYC {Special Multistake Youth Conference} and now knowing that she got her Mission Call, has been great! People in Philippines better look after her! Well I hope so anyway! She is an awesome friend to have.

Here's the link below of when I first written a blog post about her.

http://holdontothisjourney.blogspot.com/2014/01/after-months-and-months.html

Thought About My Last P & L's Ball

P & L's stands for Priest and Laurel's.

I have been thinking about my last Priest and Laurel's Ball which was last year for the last few days. I missed it so much and I'm in Young Single Adults this year, so I wouldn't be going to the Priest and Laurels Ball this year. Tonight, I will be looking after my two younger siblings which is my brother and my other sister while my sister Emma gets to go to her first Priest and Laurel's Ball this year. I hope Emma will have a great time and I am sure that she will have a great time because I had a great time at my last Priest and Laurel's Ball.

I wasn't sure what I could make just the three of us for dinner tonight. When I suggested pizza for dinner, my sister seems interested and it will be a late dinner than usual. My brother is already sleeping which makes the looking after my siblings easier. 

I still remembered having a great time at my last Priest and Laurel's Ball. I really had a great time with my date that I had for the Ball. My Date for the Ball is now currently serving a Full Time Mission and I am sure that he has been enjoying his Mission. The first two photos was taken start of this year; Photo 1: My other sister and I. Photo 2: My brother. The last photo was taken outside of my last Priest and Laurel's Ball while waiting to go inside.

Our Prayers Again Will Be Needed

Well, I saw a post from Sister Chantal Pitman about Elder Kendall Pitman again. Our prayers again will be needed. I thought to do a blog post about it because not everyone from EFY Brisbane in 2012 and from SMYC Brisbane in this year are friends with Sister Pitman. This week's email from her and she mentioned the following;

"HELLO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ! WE ARE VERY SORRY TO TELL YOU ALL THAT ELDER PITMAN IS REQUIRES AN IMPORTANT SURGERY ! HE HAS A BLOCKAGE IN ONE OF THE ARTERIES IN THE LIVER WHICH MAKES HIM LOSE WEIGHT 15 KGS AND TIRED !
SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THE SPECIALIST TO TELL US WHEN BUT IT IS GOING TO BE VERY SOON ! SO YOUR PRAYERS AGAIN WILL BE NEEDED ! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR LOVE ! WE KNOW OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS WITH US IN EVERY STEP AND TRIALS IN OUR LIFE ! WE WILL KEEP YOU ALL INFORM ! LOVE YOU EVERYONE TAKE CARE AND THANK YOU !

SISTER AND ELDER PITMAN"

Even if you don't know them, it would be nice for you to pray for them and it will be greatly appreciated. Someone suggested to Fast and Pray for Elder Pitman on the upcoming Sunday because it's a Fast Sunday. If you haven't seen the other blog post about Elder Pitman, here's the link below as provided. 

http://holdontothisjourney.blogspot.com/2014/06/im-sure-we-can-do-it.html