Spring Weather- April 25, 2016

Hey Everyone!! This week has been great! The weather has been great, I am really enjoying it!! Our week was full of miracles! 

      We went and saw Tim Bruton. He is doing great. He is really progressing greatly. He loves to read the Book of Mormon and now he is using a study guide with it. He is understanding more and more each time we meet with him. He is defiantly been prepared by God. He is very excited for his baptism on May 14th. We also so Robyn Ames. She is one of our investigators. She is doing good. We talked to her about Spiritual Goals and Priorities. We talked about how if we put God first we will be blessed with all of the other things we have to do. It was a great lesson. 

      We were also was able to see Sister Delossantos and her family. She is a Less Active. We talked to them about Following the Savior.We showed them the follow him video and they loved it. We also met with a Less Active family named the Holschers. They are great, We talked about Spiritual Goals and priories with them also. We talked to them about spiritual goals we all have. They are going to start reading the Bible as a family. They are excited.  In studies this week, I have been studying Christlike Attributes. I have been studying patience and charity. It has been a great study. I am learning more and more about how to become more like Christ. 

   Well this week my ponderizing scripture has been Moroni 10:4-5.  

4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. 5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

It talks about how by the spirit we will know the truth of all things.

Well I hope you all have a great week!!! 

Love you all!!

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Spring Has Finally Came!!! April 18, 2016

Hey Everyone! I hope you are all doing good!! Spring has finally hit Michigan!!! 

This last week the weather has been great. We have been in the 70s and 80s. It is great. 

This last week we have seen so many miracles, Here are a few:

We were tracting in Fenton and we were led to a yellow house. We met Amy, she is looking for a church and wants to learn. She is very interested in learning what we believe and what makes our church different. We talked to her about Prophets and the Book of Mormon but we are seeing her tomorrow and we plan to teach her the Restoration. She is excited to learn and to come check our our church. She said this was a sign from God to help her with figuring out her life. We also met with Tim Bruton. He is on date to be baptized. He is doing super good. He is really trying to figure out the Book of Mormon and to understand it. He loves to be involved in the ward and he is loving church. We also were able to meet Ingrid. She use to meet with the missionaries in Europe where she is from but then moved with her husband. She welcomed us right in and we talked with her about church and the Programs our church offers. She wants her son to be involved in activities and learning about Christ. She wants to learn and try to come to church. It is great. God has blessed us with so many miracles. 

This week we also met with Sister Delossantos. She is a Less Active. She is doing great. She is teaching her children about Jesus and she is praying with them. She wants what is best for them. She also has been coming back to church and she brought her Sister who is a non member. She is doing great. We want to get her to the temple. It is will amazing for her.

We also had our last interviews with President and Sister Gerber. We talked about the Talk Stay by the Tree. This is a great talk. It tells us to stay and hold on to the Iron Rod. Don't let go. It was great but sad, our new Mission President is President Cleveland. He is from California. He will be here in July. We are excited. 

In studies this week I have been reading over General Conference Talks. I really love Elder Hollands talk about Keep loving, Keep trying, Keep trusting. Keep believing. Keep growing. Heaven is cheering you on today, tomorrow, and forever. It was a great talk. I encourage all of you to read it!! 

Ponderizing Scripture: this week I have been studying Matt: 5: 14-16

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Well I hope you are all doing great!!! Love you all!!!

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Snow, Snow, Snow- April 11, 2012

Hey Everyone!! This week has been great, except for the SNOW!! We got snow Friday Saturday and Sunday!! But luckily it has melted. Which is good. 

     This week has been great. We have seen lots of miracles. We found a new Investigator. Her name is June. She is a sweet older lady. She has recently been going through some hard times. She lost her Twin Sister and her Nephew so we taught her The Plan of Salvation. It was a great lesson. She really loves that she will see them again. She is doing great. We were also able to put our Investigator Tim Bruton on date for Baptism. He is super excited and ready. He loves to learn and loves to pray. He is on date for May 15. We are excited for him. 

      We also went on exchanges with Sister Edmond's and Sister Burleson. It was great. Sister Burleson came here and I stayed here. We were able to meet with our investigator Robin Ames. We talked to her about prayers and how she has received answers. It was great. She has been praying and wants to grow in her testimony. We also met with a Less Active Sister Delossanto. We talked to her about trails and also reviewed the Restoration with her. She is having a hard time with her foster children but she is praying with them and teaching them about Jesus. It is great. 

      Then we had Stake Conference and that was great. I really enjoyed the talk about remembering the times we have felt the spirit. I am working on always remembering these sweet times in my life.  We also had Zone meeting where we learned different ways to offer service and to find those that God is preparing. In Studies I have been working on the different finding approaches and working on questions. It is going great. I am learning new ways to approach people. We are doing great.

    Miracle: This week we went to see our investigator Tim. We started with talking to him about the Book of Mormon, he then said that while watching conference he saw a light and it was the holy ghost conferring the truth and answering his prayers. Then we extended the invitation to be baptized. He agreed right away and knows this is how he can come closer to God. It is amazing how God answers prayers and prepares us to teach his children. 

General Conference and SNOW!!!  April 4, 2016

Hey Everyone!! I hope you are all doing good and enjoyed General Conference!! 

       This last week has been great. I am in my new area. I am in the Grand Blanc ward. We live in Fenton and cover the bottom of the ward. It is great. It is different but great. I love Grand Blanc. My new companion is Sister Estioko and she is great. We are getting along great and seeing lots of miracles. This last week I was able to meet a couple of our investigators.         On Tuesday I was able to meet Jeff Fisher. He is a slow learner but is trying to read the Book of Mormon and we are trying to get him to pray on his knees. I was also able to meet with Tim. He is doing really good. He really wants to know the truth and is reading the Book of Mormon. He also was able to come to General Conference with us. He really enjoyed it. He really liked the talks and they answered some of his questions. I was also able to meet some of the ward members.

       This ward seems great. It has been an adjustment but has been great. I am learning new members and we are finding new investigators. This week in studies I have been reading in the Book of Mormon, today I was reading about how Nephi was building the ship. He talks about how he goes and prays unto the lord and receives great things because of his faith and diligence. I know that God is there and wants us to be happy and will bless us according to our faith and diligence. Well I loved conference! The talks were great. I really loved President Monson's talk on remembering who we are and how are choices affect our destiny. He also talked about choosing the harder right instead of the easier wrong. 

Here is the ponderizing Scripture I have been working on this week! Moroni 7:16 and 17.  

16 For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God.

 17 But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil; for after this manner doth the devil work, for he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels; neither do they who subject themselves unto him.

It talks about how we need to choose good from evil. 

Well I hope you all have a great week!!

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

​Snow on Saturday!!!

​Our Area!!! 

​Me and Sister Estioko!!

Easter and Transfers- March 28, 2016

Hello Everyone. I Hope you all had a great Easter and week. I hope you all remembered what our Savior Jesus Christ did for us and how he atoned for all of our sins, sufferings, and temptations. 

Well I am being transferred. :( It is hard to leave this area and ward. Yesterday was good but sad to say goodbye to everyone. The Easter Program was great. Bill Rose did a great job. It was a very touching meeting. Bill was able to Bless the Sacrament. I cried. the spirit was so strong. It made me realize God does have a plan for how long you are in a area. I know I was here to see him use his priesthood and bless the sacrament.It made me think of how proud heavenly father is to have him now part of his church. We had a great Easter. We had lunch with a family in the ward the Huffakers. Then we came home and made Easter eggs. It was fun. Sister Ili had a really good time.

This last week has been great. We were able to find a new investigator. Her name is Tina. She was a Former Investigator. She is great. She loves to learn and is going to read the Book of Mormon. Tina has even been to church, but it was a while ago. We are going to invite her to come again. We were able to share the Easter Video with several people. We have a potential named Jeanetta that was very excited to watch it. We are hoping to teach her and her family. We were also able to talk with several other potentials. Other then that everything is going good. I am sad that I am Leaving Lapeer but I know there are other plans in store for me.

Well I love you all!!

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts

​Gospel Principles Class: Sister Ili, Judy( Sister Frankes Mom), Sister Franke, Brother Franke (WML), Me, Patrick Welch, Marcola, Bill Rose, Elder Mathias, Brother Mills, Elder Johnson. 

Lapeer Ward members. ​Sister Loretta Hobbins and Me.

Lapeer Ward members. Sister Cynthia Anderson

Lapeer Ward members. ​Sister Mcdaniel

Lapeer Ward members.Sister Measle

Lapeer Ward members. The Lundys

Lapeer Ward members. ​Sister Holmquiest

Decorating Easter Eggs

Decorating Easter Eggs

Decorating Easter Eggs

​Finished Product!!!

             This is a dollar bill, the Simmons 

      made it into a shirt and tie!! It is so cute

Our Last Distirct Picture as a District.​Elder Johnson, Elder Mathias, Sister Ili, Me, Elder Abbott, Elder Finau, and Elder Benjamin. 

​Easter at Peggy and dick Reddaways.

1 Year Temple Trip!!!  March 21, 2015

Hey everyone!!! I hope you had a great week/

This last week has been great. We taught 14 other lessons and most of them we used the Easter Initiative. It was amazing. We were able to show the Video to one of our investigators Cheryl. She really liked the video. We were also able to meet with Bill Rose this week and we talked about blessing the Sacrament and also receiving a Patriarchal Blessing. He is very interested in that. He is doing alright. We also met with Holly Heikkinen and Sister Robertson. They are doing good. We read the talk My heart Pondereth Continually with Sister Heikkinen, She really liked the talk. We invited her to ponder a scripture each week. At first she thought it was hard but then she was excited for it. With Sister Robertson we read the talk, Stay by the Tree, this talk helped her to pick a new ponderizing scripture. She had been wondering what one to study and this helped her to pick it. We also met with our new investigator John. We talked to him about the Book of Mormon. He was very interested in reading it. He is reading it. Yesterday was Ward conference and it was great. They talked about the importance of talking about our trials and addictions for the youth and also adults. They also talked about we must have faith to get through these things.I was also able to go to the temple with all the missionaries that I came out with. They call it 1 year temple trip. It was amazing.  The spirit is always so strong. The temple is the Lords house. After the temple we went to the Mission home and had lunch. Since it was St. Patrick's day we had green Mashed potatoes, green beans, Green salad, chicken cordon blue with green sauce. It was fun. I will send pictures when I get them!!! 

Well I hope you all watched the Easter Initiative. It is a great video that gets us all ready for Easter. Here is the website again. followhim.mormon.org. It is called Hallelujah. 

Ponderizing Scripture: Ether 12:6- And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.

This scripture talks about having faith and it will help us through our trials. 

Well I hope you all have a great EASTER!! Remember our Savior and how he lives today!!

I love you all!!!

Sister Alisha Carol Betts

Sister Ili and I on my 1 year in Michigan on March 8, Sister McKenzie took us for Chinese food. 

Galantines Party. Relief society party. Sister Ili, Me and Sister Elinor Robertson.

Galantines Party. Relief society party. Sister Ili, Me and Sister Elinor Robertson.

BOWLING Pictures!!!!

BOWLING Pictures!!!!

BOWLING Pictures!!!!

​District Bowling!!

Elder Benjamin, Elder Johnson, Elder Mathias, Elder FInau, Elder Abbott, Sister Ili, and me

Sister Ili and I on the Bridge!!!

#Hallelujah- March 14, 2016

Hey everyone,

This last week has been great. We were able to see a lot of Less Actives and Potential Investigators. We were able to attend a Galantine Relief Society Party with Sister Robertson. She really had a good time. She was able to meet a lot of the relief society sister and to mingle and talk with them. We also was able to meet with Bill Rose this week and we talked about him Passing the Sacrament. He is super excited for this. He will be passing the sacrament later this month. We were also able to find a new investigator. Her name is Cheryl. She was a member referral. She needs some service and we are going to start teaching her about the gospel. We are very excited to see her this week. We also met a potential investigator John. He has met with the missionaries before and was super excited to have us come back.This week we were also able to see Erik Kellstrom. He was baptized last March and had been coming to church for a while but as of December he has been working a lot and hasn't been to church. The bishop asked us to go see him so we did. We are teaching him about the importance of church. It is going good. He is also starting to read from the Book of Mormon everyday. This week we were also able to meet with Peggy and Dick Reddaway. We helped them to get ready for spring. We helped them clean out their yard and clean their house. It is amazing what service can do.

Miracle: This last Tuesday, we were pretty open all day so we did a lot of finding. We decided to go by a Less Actives house to see if they were home. They weren't so we decided to go tracting around their house. We got to the last house and a guy named John answered the door. He was really interested in what we had to share. We talked about the Plan of Salvation and how God is our Heavenly Father. He was interested in us coming back this week. God does bless us if we turn to him for help.

Well yesterday the new Easter Initiative came out! So go check it out! It is called "HALLELUJAH" You can find it on Lds.org or on the Mormon channel. It is a great video to get us prepared for Easter.

Ponderizing Scripture: 3 Nephi 27:27- And know ye that ye‍ shall be judges‍ of this people, according to the judgment which I shall give unto you, which shall be just. Therefore, what manner‍ of men ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as‍ I am.

This scripture talks about how we need to become as Jesus was and is.

Well I hope you all have a great week!!!

Love Sister Alisha Carol Betts