Corrine Mass Email - 5/20/09

> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:03 PM

> HERMANAS Y HERMANOS!
>
> so im not a spanish speaking missionary but i got the
> chance to invite someone, well, kind of invite him, to read
> the book of mormon in spanish!  it was a rush thats for
> sure!!  anyways, i'm telling y'all right now that im
> falling in love with the country (and i thought i was a city
> girl!)  but spring has just come into full bloom and
> the rolling fields here in palmyra are just
> GORGEOUS!!!  i'll take a picture and send it
> sometime... just so you can see the beauty!
>
> we had stake conference last sunday.  elder robert d.
> hales spoke a little bit about the sacrament.  he said
> that in the sacrament prayer it says: "to always remember
> him..." elder hales pointed out that in order to remember
> something, we first must experience it or know it.  so,
> in order to remember christ and his atonement during the
> sacrament, we must first know him and experience the effects
> of the atonement in our lives!  so next week, as you
> all are sitting church, strive to REMEMBER the savior--
> recall how you felt his love this past week, reflect on what
> you learned about him, etc.  not only will your sundays
> become more spirit-filled but your life will be richly
> blessed, i can promise you that!!  blessed how you may
> ask? well, elder porter (also at stake conference) said "the
> fruits of the spirit are JOY BEYOND EXPRESSION and DEEP
> INNER PEACE THAT IS BEYOND UNDERSTANDING"... sound good to
> anyone?  it does to me!
>
> i hope all of you are having a great week!
> sister christison
>
> ps.  every week we have a site meeting where all the
> senior couples and young sisters who are working at the
> historical sites get together.  a couple of weeks ago,
> one senior sister told of an experience she had at the book
> of mormon publication site where a boy asked: "why didn't
> jesus christ waitl till the computer age to print the book
> of mormon?" (prompted of course by just learning about the
> old fashioned printing presses) . so she is relating this
> story when another senior elder raised his hand. he says: "
> the lord wanted the gospel to be restored by a prophet, not
> a computer nerd"
> ** an apology goes out to all the computer nerds reading
> this... i think you're right up there with a prophet in
> terms of importance!