HAPPY FALL

happy fall my friends!! 

lots of love felt this week as we started to get into the thanksgiving mood of the month! our theme for november in the ward is service & gratitude, pretty fitting, huh? :) 

i was able to listen to a talk given by brother umberger in the ward, he is incredible! he was a professor for most of his work like, but is the most amazing artist! he paints with watercolors. i am going to beg for him to do a painting of the atlanta temple. :) he is like a grandpa to me. his heart is full! speaking of his heart, over the summer he suffered from a heart attack. in his talk at church, he related it to the heart of Christ and said that "it was nothing" compared to the pain that our Savior must have felt when He atoned for us. did you know that Christ literally died of a broken heart? i invite you to study the act of the atonement, i have discovered a new appreciation for my Savior than before. brother umberger invited us to have a heart like Christ, to be able to be grateful in all circumstances and to humble ourselves so that we can see beyond ourselves. that is something that i am going to work on this month! 

i was FINALLY able to get a copy of the ensign with all of the general conference talks this week. yay! its funny the things that make you happy as a missionary :) my favorite talk right now is "behold thy mother" by elder holland. it touches my soul! i love it. read it! 

i hope everyone has a great week & can cultivate an attitude of gratitude this month and for more to come! love you all. thanks for the emails and support, sorry if i don't get back right away, i am not forgetting about you. :) 

sister bell