1 and 2: Elizabeth Park in Hartford. This place is gorgeous beyond belief. The only thing almost as pretty as autumn in New England is springtime in New England.
3: Um, yeah.
4-14: These are all of a beautiful place in Litchfield called Daffodil Hill. Apparently some person went crazy and planted a gazillion daffodils one day. Or something like that. Whatever its origins, it is a gorgeous place. Ignore the shadows as I attempt to learn by trial and error about taking pictures.
15-17: No, that is not a tiny octopus. It is a SQUID. (I thought it looked like an alien.) And yes, I did eat it, as you can see from the pictures. It was at a Chinese buffet in Torrington called the Lotus Blossom. The red eye makes me look really evil, doesn't it? It tasted pretty good, as long as I didn't look at those tentacles with the tiny suction cups on them...
Miracles this week:
-At the end of Church on Sunday a member of the bishopric approached us and said he needed to talk to us ASAP. Turns out a member's husband, who has attended many times with her, suddenly decided he wanted to be baptized. He felt the Spirit so strongly in church, he almost couldn't contain himself. He was crying and when he talked to us he said, "I've never felt anything like that before in my life." We told him he needs to take some lessons before he can get dunked, and he agreed and set up an appointment to be taught, and set a baptismal date.
-Saturday we taught a referral and her two daughters for the second time. We had assigned them to read 3 Nephi 11. The older daughter pretty much recited the entire chapter to us. During the lesson she said she knew it was true not only because she had a good feeling, but "something whispered to me that it's true."
-On Sunday we taught Miracle Mark (the one who went to Temple Square and has been attending ever since). He taught US the entire third lesson, and about keeping the Sabbath day holy. He was in Salt Lake again this week and bought himself all the missionary packets and has them all memorized.
HOLY SNOT!!! We have 3 baptismal dates right now! Our ward mission leader asked us yesterday if we were putting something in the water. :) We've definitely experienced a great deal of opposition throughout the transfer, and I know this is why...great miracles are happening and the adversary did not want us to make it to this point.
This week I've found many verses that talk about the devil's devices in metaphors such as "chains," "cords," "bands," etc. One I noticed a lot was "snare"- a snare of iniquity, a snare of death, etc. "In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare" (Prov. 29:6). Well, today I was looking for scriptures on courage and I found this: "The fear of man bringeth a SNARE: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe." (Prov. 29:25). Fear is also a snare! As I read this and many other verses on fear and courage, I was blessed for a moment to feel completely fearless. Now that I've experienced what that is like, I have more motivation to be courageous and work harder at putting fear and doubt out of my mind. I am so blessed!
Love to everyone,
Sister Monson
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