Good Morning from Hawaii 😁

I thought this General Conference was amazing! The work is moving forward so much more rapidly, guess we better make sure were on the train before it leaves without us😉

This week my old roomate that reported to the MTC the same day as me, returned home. Its real now. Im so proud she did it! She was a mess in the MTC, but she did it. :) I send her a letter but she never responded, I also saw my other old roomate Kylee went to the airport to see her. That really hurt to see them so happy to be together. They both absolutley hate me and it hurts to feel like the outsider, but I think Ill be alright. I can only control my own actions, not theirs.

I sent in my A Hui hou this week (Farewell Quote for the Mission farewell letter😮) This is the one I sent in: "One thing kept them true. It was the experience of the past. This was the basis of their present faith and allegiance. They could not go back to their old past; they must cleave to Him. So Peter spake it in the name of them all: Lord, to whom shall we go? Words of eternal life hast thou! ...And we know that he is the Holy One of God. And this conveys all that faith needs for further learning." Edersheim, Jesus The Christ Chapter 21. This quote means so much to me and reminds me of what Elder Holland said in his "Elder Holland way" when he came to visit our mission: "This has to be forever! Forever and ever and ever! You cannot ever be the same person you were before." Im not the same person I was before and its all because of the change, power, and hope of trying again that comes from Jesus Christ. How lucky am I to know he is there. I credit my knowledge of that to the Book of Mormon, I know that is the word of God and more importantly, the evidence that Joseph Smith is a prophet and a fullness of Jesus Christs gospel. 😊

As for news in matters of Sowing, the temple trip for the branch is coming up and we are trying to prepare all our people. We keep going to one of our recently less active friend Linsels home and asking her if shes coming and trying to teach her husband but he always sneaks out the back. One day well catch him home. We also visit Sis Satames sister and aunty a lot and we hope their family is going to start being active again and hopefully encouarge the rest od the family to be baptized. Our 3 most progressing people are Jusalyn Bossy (RM Curtis Bossys new wife), Anres the preacher from KPT, and the less active Faraway family. Its good, hard, fun work.😁

I love this work and General Conference, Who knew the Bowens were so famous? :)

Have a wonderful week, I love you!❤

Aloha,

Sistah Bowen