Sister Abby Fillmore - Oregon, Salem Mission

Week 70 - The one with being consecrated!

Friends!

I hope you have had a good week :) I did and it was weird! Probably the best week emotionally since Maddie's passing. It's a blessing and also hard - but I will take it!

This week was good and full of setting up lessons and having them cancel. You know- the usual. But we made good plans and are excited for this next week!

Our people are doing good but we are having a hard time getting consistent lessons with them so that's what we have been trying to figure out.

Angel is an angel like I say all the time! She is doing so good and came to church this Sunday!! Yvonne, her grandma, said that she really wants this and it's her choice. That made us super duper happy!

It was so sunny this week which also made me so happy! Its weird because we will be driving and it's so sunny and it looks warm but it's very deceiving because as soon as you step outside it's real cold! But I would rather take the sun and it be cold than gloomy gray.

On Monday we were able to have a special lesson with my family about the Plan of Salvation. Since Paisley has been asking those kinds of questions since Maddie's passing, my parents thought it would be good to have US teach them. It was definitely a privilege to teach what I have such a strong testimony of to them. The Spirit was so strong and helped us make this lesson personal.

We also got to teach the same lesson again to a member who I served around in my first area. We got permission to teach her and it was amazing!! Again, the spirit personalized it so well for her.

I have been learning a lot about consecration and that's been a focus here in the mission and I am so glad. It's been really cool to figure out what consecration means and what it means for me and how I can change to become a more consecrated missionary.

We had MLC this week and to prepare us they sent the MTC talk by Tad R. Callister "becoming a consecrated missionary". Something that was really sweet that I will add is Jake, Maddie's boyfriend sent this talk to me the Monday before their accident. So this talk means more to me in many ways - but back to the story. I re-read it and man am I glad I did! I learned so many things and God has suggested to me ways I can improve. Some thoughts from the talk:
☆ "I do not think the Lord expects immediate perfection of us, but I do believe He expects immediate progress."
☆There is only 1 thing that is more important than missions. That's repentance.
☆Think of others before yourself.
☆Positive and optimistic attitudes will get you through good and hard days.
☆There is no time to think about other things other than the mission. You were set apart as a missionary for 18 months to be a disciple. You gave up that life to be here.

I am grateful for the things I learn and I am excited to put them into action. Change is good, Allowing God to help you see where you need to improve is good! So I am going to continue to progress and ask for help when I make mistakes.

I love this work. I love that it's God's work and that it can't be frustrated. Thank heavens because I definitely make mistakes ;) I am grateful for how merciful God is to me and also to His other children when they don't accept the massage.

Sinning and not repenting is not worth it. It's worth it to repent. I always think that if I make a mistake then I don't want to have that mistake stand between me and living with my family forever. So daily repentance is so sweet. I invite you all to do it. It's very freeing!!

I love you all!
Have a wonderful week :)

We love having Sister Hinkle with us! Dropping her off to her new area though.

Chick-fil-a is BACK!

I am not a dog person but this cutie stole my heart!

Week 69- The one where we get stuck in the mud.

Friends!!

This week was really good and full of miracles and funny moments.

We had zone conference this week and it was so good! Zone conference is basically mini missionary general conference. So now that you a reference of what it's like you can imagine I much I love zone conference!!

We got to train with the Hermanas and it went super well. It was our second time training this transfer and we were in charge of half of it this time and it was very spirit led which I love! It's the best when you get done and think, "Wow I don't really remember what I said but I feel so so happy right now". We were also invited to work hard and promised us if we prayed for finding opportunities and specifically through families we would find someone. WE DID! WE FOUND SOMEONE! We were on exchanged and we got a call from the Portland elders saying they have a reactivation referral for us. We called her and she was so excited to get back into church and we found out she has grandkids and they aren't members. We had a lesson Saturday and the 14 year old granddaughter was interested and sat in on the lesson too. Promises are real, prayers are heard and God is a God of miracles. The end, period, AMEN exclamation point!

We had transfer calls...I am staying! Yay for 6 months in each area haha :)

I only have 1 more transfer after this one and I don't know how I feel about it.

We had 2 of the same experiences that happened in the same day. We were going to somewhere to teach someone and they both said they couldn't at that moment and so we kept walking and we ran into two really awesome people who gave us their numbers. While we were talking with the first man our discussion because very spirit led. The unity between me, the Spirit and Sister Porter was on point! I love being a missionary!

Maddie knows me. She knows that this week was great for the work but also rough emotionally. It washes over me in those moments when I realize, wow my best friend is gone. I can't talk to her the same way I used to any more. Then it hits me like a ton of bricks and it's exhausting. But since she knows me so well she also knows I love to laugh! So what does she do? Creates an experience to make me laugh and enjoy life in the moment. This is where the title of my email comes into play. Yes, we got stuck in the mud...our car got stuck in the mud...by the one and only Sister Fillmore. Yes, yes, I was the one who got the car stuck. Funny Maddie, really funny! I can only imagine how Maddie looked. She was probably rolling on the floor laughing. Like the kind when you can't breath or make sounds, so you're basically silent laughing. We did that together all the time so I have no doubt that's how she was laughing looking at us all stuck in deep sticky mud. :)

So how I got stuck is weird and annoying. Google maps is sometimes my friend or my enemy and yesterday night it was my enemy. We were going to a members the opposite way I am used to but I was still trusting it until Sister Porter told me to turn right a little earlier then I thought but again I still trusted google maps and so I turned right. Well then she said ok turn left and we should be there. Well we were but behind these rocks that wouldn't let me turn. It led us BEHING the house we were going to. So I looked ahead and I saw a little dirt path and grass field and thought "cool I will just turn around up there". Well it's dark and I didn't anticipate how muddy the grass was because it looked fine. Well I started to realize that it wasn't fine when we got deeper and slower until I couldn't get the car to move forward. Sister Porter and I looked at each other in shock and started to panic laugh.

BUT there are MIRACLES even at times like these! We were smack dab right in the middle of two members, one was 2 seconds away. So we called him, he came over and said we will need a truck to pull us out. So we called the other member and he has had his fair share of cars stuck in mud so he came over and pulled us free from the mud! The whole time we were laughing, taking pics and filming it. Just having so much fun!! God helped me see the silver lining that day and laugh about it. Laughter is still the best medicine!

AFTER our mud situation we had a great dinner and met some amazing people including their pet rat, yes you heard that right- pet rat. It was actually kind of cute - yes I said it, cute! Don't think I am weird you would probably think so too.

God knows how much we all struggle but He also isn't going to leave us in misery forever. He will put a little sunshine in our soul - you just have to make the decision to see it and feel it.

I love you all so so much!

Thank you for your constant support and messages. I truly treasure them!

Love,

Sister Fillmore

Stuck in mud!

Yep - stuck!

Exchanges with Sister "Yorgasoon" - inside joke!

Last District Pic!

Mother Nature's remedy...

Hiking Silver Falls

My parents know how to make one Sister missionary very happy! Thanks mom and dad!

Week 68- The one with all the exchanges.

Friends!!

This week was really good and really busy. :)

We had 2 exchanges this week and it was super fun. We also had a few meetings. Since Sister Porter and I have only been comps for 2 1/2 weeks we have had to push all of our exchanges to this month and its been a party.

I had Sister Robertson from Lincoln City and she is so cute! Then I went to Monmouth to be in a trio for 8 hrs. These sisters are so fun to be with. Sister Dalton is so sweet and painted a portrait of Maddie. Man, everything makes me cry. ;) In truth it made my heart so happy and grateful for all the love and support I have been given out here on the mission.

I thought I was doing pretty good with things, and I am, but God has also shown me some things I need to do to heal more. It's ok to feel all the feelings that come with mourning and I need to be ok with feeling them. I thought I was but i actually think I am bottling it up more than I thought I was. So I made a goal that each day I will watch a video of Maddie and look at pictures of her. Writing my feelings down and talking about her to people actually really helps more that I thought it would. So I am writing this to help keep my self more accountable! ;)

I am so grateful for Sister Porter. She is definitely who I need to be my companion right now. She listens, she help me see what I can do to actually heal and help me not get to consumed and go outside and work. I love her!! Her compassionate, full of kindness and humor and that is definitely what I need.

We have been making a lot of videos and doing a lot with our Facebook page. If you haven't followed our page, please do! Its "Come unto Christ in Woodburn Keizer area". We need all the support, likes, comments and shares because it helps us find people. Crazy right?! It works trust me.

Nicole is someone we just started teaching and we found her over Facebook. God knows his children and this is a witness. Her grandma died this week and she is really close to her. So I have been able to help her out in a way. I asked if I could share my experience with her family and she said maybe not yet but she would like to hear. So I am excited to see how that goes!! Pray, because I know I am here to teach her because of our similar circumstances.

Like I said, the support has continued and I am so so grateful for it. My OSM family made my family and I a video of encouraging words from a lot of missionaries and members who I have served with. It gives me strength and comfort during the hard days.

I am a living witness of the power of Christs atonement. He has given me physical strength to keep going. Crying takes a lot out of you ;) but he helps me and shows me why I am needed in this work. I love my Savior and I love being a disciple with a missionary purpose. It's the best way to know who you are as a child of God and how I can become a greater person.

This week we have transfer calls. It's been a quick, weird and hard transfer. Happy to see it end to be honest! Over all I have learned so much and even though I am glad it's done, I wouldn't trade the things God has given me to come closer to Him and His Son.

I love you all so so much ♡

Love,

Sister Fillmore

I love this painting of Maddie that Sister Dalton painted for me. I feel so loved out here!

Sister Robertson on exchanges. She is darling!

My beautiful friend, Rachel, sent me this sweet Willow Tree "Sisters Mine" sculpture.
It couldn't be more perfect.

More exchanges in Monmouth!

Week 67 - The one with car lessons!

Friends!!

This week was good and crazy and miracle filled and I am happy its over, haha! My weeks blur together but the work is moving really well in North Marion.

First off I'd love to invite you to pray for these wonderful people we are working with:

Tami

Ray

Nicole and her family

Sister Hinkle & Sister Yorgason (to find people)

Josiah

Maureen and David

The Pace family

Thank you so much for adding these people to your prayers!

We moved into our new place and I love it! I definitely miss the other set of Sisters but it's nice being back with just the two of us. It's an extra 5 minutes to our driving time so I am still working on trying to be on time...pray for me! ;)

A lot of healing of my heart has been happening this week and I am grateful but at the same time I wish I could just be healed already because it's exhausting. It's hard to explain but overall God knows what He is doing so I am trusting Him.

We taught this girl in person that Sister Porter has been talking to on Facebook. The best part is, she is in our area so we can keep her!! She is going through a lot right now with family things so please pray for her! Because of the experience that God has given me I have been able to connect to other people a lot more and that's exactly what has happened with Nicole.

Ray is another girl we just started teaching and she is 12 years old. She is so spiritually intuned for a 12-year-old and I LOVE IT!

We also had 2 lessons with Tami and because it's getting so freaking cold here we have been having our lessons in the fellowshipper's car. Haha its been great and she is moving a long well!

I love you all so so much!

Have a wonderful week!

Love,

Sister Fillmore

P-days are hard for me because I miss talking with my Sis. This last week my mom and dad had pizza delivered and it was just what we needed after a long day of moving in!

I got "heart attacked" by a good friend.

Secretly dropping off christmas candy to the elders.... ;)

On exchanges!

Face mask night!

I don't know what we were trying to do - ha ha!

European footwear for inside. LOVE

Love these sisters!

Week 66- The one with Christmas craziness!

Friends!

I know it hasn't been long since my last email but I have to be consistent ;)

Thank you again for the sweet emails and message, they help me a alot!

I got back to Oregon on Christmas eve and I am super grateful that I am back. We did some planning and then the rest of the night we did some caroling and went to a members house to share a Christmas message. These members are amazing and provided so much strength and comfort for me since being back. Later, went home and watched a Christmas Devotional that Elder Anderson and his wife sent out for missionaries. After 9pm our wonderful Sister Yorgason made a program where we acted out the nativity and that was a sight to see- haha. It lifted my spirits and helped me to feel so much better about being back.

Christmas morning we did a group study and then played games. We had a member drop off cinnamon rolls and then opened presents. I called my family which was so great to to see their faces again even though I'd just hugged them the day before. Later we went to a members home for dinner and it was so much fun to be with them!!

We had MLC Saturday and moved into a new apartment... needless to say it was a busy day!

God has continued to help me see why Maddie is on the other side of the veil. She really helped me bear testimony about eternal families to someone we are teaching. It was so powerful!

Even though I have a little more anxiety about certain things, I feel like I can connect to people and understand certain doctrine better because of this experience. Some days are better than others but I am grateful for the comfort and peace and strength I've felt from my Heavenly Father.

Jumping back to MLC (mission leadership council), we were asked to read a talk in advance and this talk was meant for me!!

☆Do We Trust Him? Hard Is Good

By Elder Stanley G. Ellis

One quote that I really like from it is, "We see that hard is the constant! We all have challenges. The variable is our reaction to the hard."

What I took from this is that - hard is hard - and it's not bad to feel emotions BUT don't stay there and let it consume you. I found myself staying too long in the consuming emotions this morning but with the resources that have been given to me, God is helping me through it.

If you all could pray for miracles to happen in the North Marion area that would be amazing. We are ready to work hard but we need heavens help.

I hope you all have a wonderful week and new year! God will help you as much as you put forth effort.

Love,

Sister Fillmore

Oh Christmas Tree...

Love serving with these Sisters!

Santa and his Elf (aka our Zone Leaders) delivering our Christmas presents from family!

Love my sweet companion, Sister Porter.

Merry Christmas 2020!

Week 65- The one with a lot of healing

Friends!

This week has been a very hard and sacred week. A lot of you know that my best friend and sister, Maddie Fillmore, was killed on Thursday, Dec 17 in an automobile accident on the slick and snowy freeway in Provo. I am incredibly grateful for all of your love and support. Honestly I don't know what else to say, besides thank you! Thank you so so much for helping me and my family heal. Your prayers of love and kindness has helped all of us during this hard hard time.

One thing that I want all of you to know is that this doesn't change my testimony and knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Fathers plan! Just because we are members of the church, just because I am a disciple of Jesus Christ with a missionary purpose doesn't mean we are exempt from mortal experiences like loss, physical and emotional pain and heart ache. So we shouldn't harden our hearts when these things come. We should actually be the ones to stand tall with all we have even if it's not a lot of strength and lean on God and Christ's power through his Atonement. So when trails come, which they will, turn to God. I hope you'll make a promise to yourselves and your Heavenly Father that when hard times come that you will get on your knees and ask, plead, petition to Him for help! Also allow in the support from family and friends.

Slowly God is helping me see why Maddie needs to be on the other side of the veil and not here. It's still hard!! But like I said in my talk, by and by God is helping me see reasons for his plan. Maddie is also helping me see why she needs to be on the other side of the veil and its been so sweet! She is hard at work as my constant missionary companion and I am already seeing it change the lives of a few people and it confirms to me that the Plan of Salvation is real. Which in turn helps me get my head focused on the work here in Oregon. I am grateful for my 3 days I had at home to cry, love, laugh and pray with my family but I am so grateful I could return to being a full time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

☆Please also pray the Edwardson family. Jake Edwardson was my sisters boyfriend who also died in the accident and they need your prayers too.

Feel free to reach out, I would love to hear from you! And thank you for all the kind words and messages. They strengthened me more than anything!!

I love you so so much!

Love,

Sister Fillmore

What a blessing to be home with my parents and family for three days. I needed their arms around me.

I got to see my cousin who is serving in my mission the day I found out about Maddie. What a miracle from God!

My Uncle Jeff flew up to Portland just so I wouldn't have to fly home alone for Maddie's funeral.

My best friend and beautiful Sister, Maddie.

My forever mission companion, Sister Maddie Fillmore, with her official name tag.

One of the highlights of being home was to get to be with my great grandma Hirschi. She is 96 years old and can still recite the Standard of Truth by memory with me!

Happy Birthday Maddie! The view from her place at the Cemetery is perfect with the mountains behind her.

I am so grateful to be a missionary right now!

Time to go back to where I feel most at home... in the mission field. #oregonsalemmission

Week 64- The one where I'm quarantined inside AGAIN...I don't even know how many times this makes.

Friends!

Well the title is real...we are quarantined and have been quarantined for the last 6 days and still have 4 more days to go. The cool thing is, is that we don't have to panic because we know what to do. But man, cabin fever is real and its tough- especially in the winter - in Oregon. You'd think I'd be use to it but it's still hard. But there is opposition in all things. We have seen a lot miracles.

To name a few:

-I got to meet my new comp and shes is a cutie!

-I am back with my old comp, Sister Hawkes because we were one of the companionships that had first contact with the missionaries who tested positive for COVID on Transfer Day. So they want to keep the first contact missionaries together.

-We had 5 online lessons this week with people we are teaching and they are progressing well!

-Sister Hawkes is an angel and I love her patience.

-Lots more time for bonding with the other sisters ;)

-A lot of pondering about my mission

-Memorizing, "The Living Christ"

But Sister Hawkes said it perfectly:

"Blessings to receive, lessons to learn, Christlike attributes to attain, and miracles to witness are all gifts our Father in Heaven gives us. But they often come wrapped in a trial that we have to go through first before we can have them. I came to the realization this week that many times God gives us gifts! I pictured it as a literal gift under the Christmas tree, and the wrapping paper is a trial. We simply see the trial and wonder why He has sent us another one when we have gone through so many already. But that is the way for us to receive those gifts!

I invite everyone this week to unwrap the gift, rather than just reject the wrapping paper and never open what is inside."

We got to talk to someone new and introduce who Jesus Christ is. That was a very sweet and special experience for me. This time of year is always my favorite to teach about our Savior who has felt our every sorrow, pain, disappointment and frustration. She isn't ready for lessons yet but she appreciated the message and will contact us when she is ready.

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Send me an email if you get the time ;) abigail.fillmore@missionary.org

Merry Christmas

Love you,

Sister Fillmore

Saying goodbye to Sister Hawkes - the first time. :)

My new wonderful companion, Sister Porter from Arizona!

Just ignore the fact that I look like a little boy and that I am in my workout clothes. But I cracked an egg and instead of waiting until I let it fall in the pan it fell directly onto the stove top perfectly, haha!

Christmas socks!

Week 63-the one with the dreaded transfer call

Friends!

Yep the dreadful transfer call day came. And Yes my comp is leaving me and yes I am very sad. BUT! I get one of her old companion, Sister Porter, and I am really excited :) yay for new experiences and ways to grow.

This week we were able to find some good success in finding and teaching. We met 2 new people and one of them is in my area, yay!!! His name is Josiah and he is really prepared. He had member friends that he met through this scouting camp and they invited him to watch General Conference this past October and it helped him a lot. We met him while we were walking down a street in Donald (we call it the miracle town) and saw him so we introduced ourselves. The short of it is that he said yes to meeting with us and the lesson went so well. He invited his member friends from Salem and we taught him the restoration and it went so great. These teenagers are amazing. Way better than when I was their age.

We also met a guy named Jessie on Facebook and he too is prepared. We had a video call with him and we brought a member with us. We got to know him, established some expectations and said a prayer. Soon after we shared our scriptures our service was getting pretty bad to the point they couldn't hear or see us. But we could hear and see everything. Our member just took charge and taught the Book of Mormon and why we have it and gave a beautiful testimony. It was definitely a humbling experience for me and Sister Hawkes. We love our member missionaries!

I had a fun exchange with Sister Brooksby. Man I love that Sister. She is so patient, kind, selfless and humble. I learned a lot from her. That's one of my favorite things about being an STL. I learn so much from the missionaries that I get to serve with!

Spiritual thought:

Sister Fillmore (insert image of name tag in your brain)

There is a lot that goes into this tag that I honorably wear everyday. It means I believe and know that the Restoration of Christ church happened, priesthood power is back on the earth, families are sealed for time and all eternity (thank heavens), we have a living prophet (boy do we need one) and I know that Christ lives and I love telling that to everyone every single day! Yep I am lucky, I know. There is one thing I will boast of and that is my God. He is my everything and He gets me through everything.

I love becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ.

I love you all! Sure would love to hear from you! again.fillmore@missionary.org

Love,

Sister Fillmore

I've sure loved serving with Sister Hawkes!

Same cow - Different season.

Loved going on splits with Sister Brooksby!

We got a live tree!

Chick-fil-a and a Sticker - BEST DAY!!

Week 62-the one with Vitamin D

Friends!

Well the title says it all. No sun means....we all need more VITAMIN D up here! Not having the sun is the only thing I hate about Oregon winters. But we keep going and God keeps showing us His hand even through this gloomy weather. BUT- THE SUN CAME OUT TODAY and it felt so good!

Since it's been 4 days sense I last emailed you, my letter will be short. This weekend was really good! We got to do a zone council training on friday for all the wonderful things we learned in ZOCO. I love training with Sister Hawkes. It's one of my favorite things to do, yay for trying new things!

I went on exchanges with Sister Johanson and that was super fun. We saw a beautiful miracle on this exchange. We were walking down this street and we saw this guy so we started talking and he was not interested and I asked if we could give him a pass along card and he said yes and then he said, "I have 2 questions for you." Thats when the miracle started. We answered his questions and then testified of what we know. The spirit was so strong and his countenance changed and we gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon and he was shocked we were giving him one. He really appreciated it. I love it when people get so surprised when we give them one. It shows how powerful the Book of Mormon is even to those who don't know it.

Life continues to be good. I am grateful for this experience God gives me. I know all of you know that and I am glad you do. Because God has blessed my life in every way. It's not easy but its worth it, which is basically life in general. It's not easy but WORTH IT!

Have a wonderful week! ♡

Love,

Sis. Fillmore

The sun never felt so good!!

On splits with Sister Johansen. Love her!

So grateful for such wonderful company and food on Thanksgiving! Love this family!

Week 61- The one all the faith.

Friends!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you had a wonderful week this week. I've been out 13 months as of this week. My companions helped make it a special occasion with sweet notes about me! Today is Thanksgiving and our P-day so we are enjoying good food and talking with family!

We had 2 exchanges the last week and a half with Sister Yorgason and Sister Johnson and in the next 5 days, I go on 2 more. Trying to cram them all in before this transfer ends which is in 2 weeks! So many mixed feelings because Sister Hawkes will probably leave me :( some of my besties are finishing their missions but the bright side is my cousin is coming!! I don't know if you remember but my cousin is originally called to my mission and he comes this transfer! The Oregon Salem Mission is ready for Elder Hasleton!

I have been able to feel a lot of peace and happiness with doing the #givethanks challenge President Nelson gave us. His message was one that I needed. I have been really trying to put my faith in the Lord with the work I have been really trying to let the spirit guide the lessons. We are finding so many great people that we have to send to transfer them to the missionaries that work in the areas they live in. It's hard to give away someone who is SOOO golden but by trying to change my mindset and putting all my faith in God's plan I have been able to have a lot of peace and say, "come what may and love it." It's hard, not going to lie, but I am grateful for the chance God gave me to be a part of their journey.

We found someone through our Facebook page! His name is Asa, and I found him through a quick post that Sister Hawkes and I made. I have been talking to him for a good month now and we had a lesson with him right before we listened to the message from President Nelson on Friday and it was amazing! We shared a hope message with a scripture from the Book of Mormon and he wanted to break down the verses which definitely brought in the Spirit. He asked what the difference was with the Book of Mormon and so we taught the restoration briefly. He wanted to learn more so we had a lesson with him Monday. It was so powerful! We had a member join our video call and he was so good for Asa. We taught the restoration and that was probably one of the most powerful Spirit-led restoration lessons I have taught. To make a long story short he wants to learn more and get into the Book of Mormon! He lives in the Salem zone so we are going to pass him off soon to them. Yay for facebook!

One of my past companions shared with me something her grandpa shared with her and it has become such a testimony to me. He told her there are 3 phrases that are the most powerful phrases.

The three phrases are:

I love you

Thank you

I am sorry

I have seen that become so true throughout my mission especially this past week.

We had zone conference and MLC this week and so much spiritual goodness came from both of them.

**We talked a lot about distractions with being a missionary. One of them is Facebook and that's pretty self-explanatory. I learned that distractions can be good things. Just not what we are supposed to do at that time or in that way. When distractions come stop reevaluate and start over.

"Will I feel the pain of discipline or the pain of regret?"

**We also talked about comparison and they gave us so many good quotes. If you want them then email me and I will send them to you. We learned why we compare and some ways to stop the comparison.

We have a natural desire to evaluate ourselves. In order to have something to evaluate ourselves with we compare. It's a natural man tendency. (It's easy to follow the natural man. It takes effort to follow God.)

How we can stop comparing:

1. Practice gratitude

2. Unlock the power of contentment

3. Don't compare your life to others

4. Focus on your strengths

5. Celebrate other people (Alma 29:14-15)

I hope you all got the chance to watch the message from the Prophet recently. If you didn't please go and do that. Please also go and share the video with everyone you know. Also if I could add one more please it would be to keep the #givethanks going. Even if it's just in your home. Gratitude shouldn't be a one-time thing. President Nelson said it's a remedy, not a one-time cure.

Loves to you all!

Sister Fillmore