Octupus, Clams, Shrimp and Crawfish!

This week went by so fast! So many good things happens this week. We
had exchanges on Thursday in a neighboring city called Pickerington.
My Grandma has been dying for me to serve there since my last name
used to be Pickering. Haha. I got to be companions with Sister Nelson.
I love her lots!! I served with her for about a week when I was in
Fairborn. She is so funny and really sweet. And it was her very last
exchange before she goes home! She leaves beginning of April!

We went to the baptism of an investigator named Keith on Saturday.
Sister Manns had been teaching him for a while in her last area, and
he asked her to speak at his baptism. It was a wonderful experience! I
love being present at Baptisms. The spirit is so strong and it's such
a joyful experience.

We went out to dinner with the Lysles. Sister Lysle is literally my
favorite person. She is so funny and has so much attitude:) she is so
hipster and cool. I want to be just like her when I grow up;) I'll
attach a pic. Anyway, they took us to a restaurant that had many
different varieties of seafood. I have never had octopus or muscles or
clams before, so I thought I'd try them all. Bad idea. I have never
felt so sick. Hahaha. Lesson learned. But at least I tried something
new!

The love of the Savior is so strong. Every person I meet I have so
much love for! And I don't even know them. I invite you all to open
your eyes this week, and everyone you meet, talk to, or simply just
look at...think to yourself that they are a daughter or son of God.
And I guarantee your Christlike love will increase and your love for
your fellow man will increase drastically:) ❤️

Put your hands in the air if you're excited for General Conference!!!!

Love,

Sister McCormick 💖

Alma 29:9

Hope all is well! Xoxo

Corned Beef and Cabbage

This week has been good! 

We were able to take a picture with Elder
Stevenson as a whole mission! Picture is attached:)

Something I learned this week is developing the face to find. Knowing
God has put people in my path to teach… People are ready and willing
to change. I must have the faith that I will continue to find these
people who are ready to hear God's message. 

Been devoted and diligent in the work. 

We met this girl named Britney Saturday morning. 

She is so ready for the gospel it is amazing! She had just gotten in a car
accident the week before and prayed for the first time since she was
little and a few hours later, we knocked on her door! Such a powerful
and spiritual experience! I am excited to teach her.

Easter is coming up... what a great time to be a missionary and
remember the savior! You just can't use our burdens through
repentance. But when we submit, we need to submit cheerfully and with
patients and not give up. This is what we teach others, we teach them
to repent but do so lovingly. Help from the Lord always follows
eternal law.

Scripture of the week…"they that preach the gospel... should live the
gospel." 1 Cor. 9:14

I love this! We must be our message. And help others to do so as well!

Hope everyone had a great st Patrick's Day! Xoxo

PHO

This week was Super INSPIRING!

Elder Stevenson of the Twelve and Elder Bennett of the Seventy came to
speak to us on Thursday!! They talked about how we can hasten the work
even more. They talked about how we can better promise blessings and
extend invitations, as well as some special direction and help when we
need it. 

I was so grateful to be able to shake an apostles hand! The
moment he walked in the room you could feel the Spirit so strong. It's
crazy how inspired and in-tune these men are with the Spirit. Shaking
his hand only confirmed that he is a man of God. What an example.

I learned a lot and something really stood out to me... Elder
Bennett's talk was on relying on our leaders. Specifically our Mission
President. Our Mission President has Certain Priesthood keys to help
him reside over the Ohio, Columbus Mission. We must rely on him and
trust his advice, direction and decisions. This stuck out to me
because I have received advice from my Mission President that I didn't
quite "like." I have had a few Minor medical issues, and he and his
wife's advice was not something I wanted to take. As a missionary you
are constantly out working, you don't want to stop for anything. I
have had to take a couple breaks advised from a higher authority and I
don't like it haha. But I need to rely on them and trust them. Great
humbling experience.

Reminded me of a quote from the one and only Gordon B. hinckley...."
Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do great and good
things. Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it.
Believe that no storm is so great that you cannot weather it. … You
are a child of God, of infinite capacity.​​​​"  as I rely on God, I
will have the strength to accomplish any task at hand:) I know this to
be true!

I hope everyone is having a great week!!!! Stay Prayed up!!

Hope the video provides some uplift lol

https://youtu.be/UWQV2B0FNDk?list=RDUWQV2B0FNDk

Spinach Dip!

This week was amazing! Myanna was Baptized!! She is such a sweet
little girl, and Sister Manns and I love her a lot. Her Baptism went
really well. It was funny because Myannas only request was that the
water be warm. And the water was FREEZING! haha... but she was a good
sport and got baptized anyway. Lesson learned...When you want a Job
done right you got to do it yourself
haha.

This week we were teaching our investigator Kim Smith. She came to
church last Sunday and enjoyed it. We had a lesson on the Plan of
Salvation. When we started talking about our life here on earth I
shared the scripture, Alma 34:32. This is the time to prepare to meet
God. She had so many questions and one of her main ones being, "Why do
bad things happen to good people." This reminded me of a talk that I
had read that morning by Elder Evan A. Schmutz. I shared it with her.
It read...

" As part of our Heavenly Father’s plan, He allowed sorrow
to be woven into our mortal experience. While it seems that painful
trials fall unevenly on us, we can be assured that to one degree or
another, we all suffer and struggle. It is my prayer that the Holy
Spirit will guide us to a greater understanding why this must be so.
When we view the difficult experiences of life through the lens of
faith in Christ, we are able to see that there can be godly purpose in
our suffering. The faithful can experience the truth of Peter’s
seemingly contradictory counsel. He wrote, “If ye suffer for
righteousness’ sake, happy are ye.” As we apply our “hearts to
understanding,” we can increase in our ability to both endure our
trials well and learn from--and be refined by--them. Such
understanding provides an answer to the ageless question “Why do bad
things happen to good people?”"

It was perfect for her! The spirit was
so strong. We also shared a few other scriptures like Alma 31:30-31
that talk about praying for strength to endure your trials. It was
such a powerful lesson. I love being a missionary!

Sister Manns and I are best friends! (Don't worry Mariah, you ain't
replaced;)) I love her so much! We have similar personalities and we
get a long really well.... I couldn't have asked for a better
companion.

Missions are SO HARD, but well worth it!

Keep on keeping on.

1. ✂️
2.Dunked
3.Sister Manns be cute. Fly.
4.Tryna be artsy
5. Zone