Week 45 - TRANSFER NEWS

Transfers in Syracuse 2/21/20--Sister Penrod gets to go be companions with Sister Turley 

(on the other side of me) who was in my MTC District! 

Saying Goodbye to Sister Penrod.

Well I know you have all been sitting on pins and needles waiting for news about transfers ;). Well, I am still here in Massena! But, I have a new companion! It was sad to say goodbye to Sister Penrod, especially since we were companions for 3 transfers, but I am excited for the next 6 weeks with Sister Mayer! She is actually a temple square missionary doing her outbound here in new New York! She is from St. Louis, Missouri, and spent the last 6 weeks near Buffalo and will spend her last 6 weeks here before going back to Temple Square. Crazy! If you go look up the face to face with Elder Cook in Nauvoo, she was one of the hosts! (Note from Mom--Emily finally gets to serve as a senior companion and STL with this transfer.)

My new comp Sister Mayer, me, and Sister Spear who served in Massena with us until 

right before Christmas. Sister Spear is now in Buffalo, where my new companion is coming from!  

It was so great to meet up for transfers!

Ready to go to work!

It has been quite the week. We had a branch member who I was quite close to pass away. It was pretty sad but also happy because we know she is much happier and without pain. I know her number one hope is that this experience will touch her family and soften their hearts to accepting the gospel.

The weather the last two days has been in the 40s! It's so nice and warm--I really hope it's going to stay!

We have had some powerful lessons this week. I'm really excited to be with Sister Mayer who is pretty bold and powerful. We are really going to focus on getting people progressing and clean up our area book so it's not clogged up with people who really aren't interested. We are going to rock Massena for the next 6 weeks!

I'd love to hear how everyone's conference preparations are going! The biggest thing that will make this next conference different than any other is how much more we will get from it as we are preparing to receive what the Lord's servants say.  T-minus 5 weeks people!

Love, Sister Potts





FUN FACTS:

1. After the three witnesses were shown the plates, they rushed back so excited to share what they had experienced.

2. Joseph threw himself near his mom and told her how extremely happy he was because the Lord had called three others to be witnesses and testify of what they had seen. He was no longer entirely alone in the world!

3. At this point it had been over 10 years since the first vision, and he had been alone. No one else could help bear the burden of testifying that it was true. Yet he stayed firm!

4. A short while later 8 more witnesses were chosen to see the plates in the sacred grove and testify of what they had seen.

5. We don't have to see an angel or the plates to stand as a witness of the Book of Mormon. I invite each of you, once you have received a personal witness, to sign your name in your Book of Mormon under the three and the eight witnesses. YOU can be the 12th witness!

BONUS: all three of the three witnesses would later fall away from the church due to disagreements with the prophet or church policies, but they all stayed true (to their death) of their testimony of the Book of Mormon, and two of them later rejoined the church.