My Dearest Lovely Family!
This week has been a good, busy week. We have been able to do lots of service :) Which means that we got to help the members decorate for Halloween!! It was so much fun! We enjoyed it a lot.
We went on exchanges again this week, so I got to be with Sister Straatman again :) She is amazing! I love her to death! We have decided that we are going to stay friends. We won't be going to the same school, but she thinks she is going to get married, and then stay in Logan Utah, which means that I can go and see her on the weekends! She is the cutest little thing ever! She is the same age as me, and has been out the same amount as I have. She is amazing :) I love her :)
Well, we did exchanges, and we taught lessons, and you will never guess what is going to happen......................(pause for dramatic effect)....................... WE ARE HAVING A BAPTISM!!!! It is this coming Saturday at 3 pm. We are baptizing Jaeson. He is the 11 year old boy that we have been teaching. He is so cute! He read the entire book of Moroni the first week we taught him, because he read about the promise in the Introduction of the Book of Mormon. He said that it told him to read it, so he did. It was so cute!! He is counting down the days until his baptism. It is really neat, because he asked Bishop Holmes to baptize him. Bishop Holmes got a little chocked up. It was really sweet of Jaeson to think of Bishop. I thought it was sweet :)
We have also been teaching Linda. She lives in the same house as Jaeson, and is his grandma's cousin. She is also really sweet, and we are excited to be teaching her!
I love this work. It is amazing the miracles that we have received because of our obedience to the Lord, and to the guidelines that the church has placed for missionaries. The rules aren't there for us to feel trapped, or held down, but they are there to protect us, and to keep us safe.
We were told a story last night about a little boy who was flying a kite with his dad. There was a lot of wind, and the kite was flying high, and staying strong. The dad thought that he would teach his son a lesson. The dad asked the boy, "Son what do you think we need the string to fly the kite". The boy said that the string was there to ground the kite, so that it doesn't fly away. At that time, the dad took some scissors and cut the string. The kite fell down. Without that string the kite can't fly. It is the same with the commandments, and the guidelines that the Lord has given us. They aren't put here for us to feel like we can't do anything, and that they are holding us back, but they are there to help us meet our full potential. They are there to guide us back to our Father in Heaven. I didn't really realize how much the commandments have blessed my life, until I came out here. There are so many people that live in broken homes, and have really hard lives because they haven't been following the commandments. I am so thankful for being raised into the gospel. It has blessed me so much.
"I challenge everyone to think of their lives without the gospel. What would it have been like??
Now think of the blessing that you have because of the gospel. What are some of those??
We are all so blessed because we have to gospel. I know that I am. I invite all of you to share at least one of those blessings with someone not of our faith. Let them know of the miracles that they can have, and the blessing that they can receive because of the gospel. I will check on your progress next week."
We have shared that with the members that we have dinner with. It is amazing to see the impact that it has on their lives. We as members don't think of the blessing that we have because of the church very often. I know that there are so any blessing out there, and I want you to realize them as well :)
I also want to challenge each and everyone of you to read from the Book of Mormon as a family everyday. We are told that as we do this, our family lives become simpler. We are told, and I have seen this happen, that as we read together as a family, that there will be less contention. There will be peace in the home. I know that this can happen. I know that you will receive the peace from the Book of Mormon as you read it. It doesn't even have to be a lot. Read a couple of verses or a chapter every night. I know that it will help.
I want you all to know that I know that this church is true. I know that we can turn to our Father in Heaven everyday, whenever we need Him. I know how powerful prayer is, and I know that He hears and answers our prayers.
I cant remember if I told you or not, but I had a really powerful experience with prayer this general conference. Sister Young and I have been praying for the past 10 weeks for help and guidance with my depression. We have felt that we haven't quite received an answer, but we have been promised that we would receive one, so we kept praying. Well at General conference, about a minute before the Saturday afternoon session, I had a huge wave of depression hit me. We ended up going out into the foyer, and I looked at my companion and my roommates, and said that it was just my depression, and that I hated it. We said a prayer together, so that I would be able to focus on conference, and not feel too overwhelmed. It was in that session that Elder Holland talked about Major Depressive Disorder. It was then that all of our prayers were answered. I know our Father in Heaven hears us. I know that He will answer our prayers. It may not happen in the way we thought, or in the time that we thought. Trust me, it would have been very nice to have that answer come to us our first week out here, but it didn't.
He hears each and everyone of us. It is amazing how powerful the Lord can work.
I love missionary work, and I am so thankful to be put here :) This is His work, not mine.
I love you all so very much!! Know that I am praying for you all, and that I hope all is going well with you!
I love you all!
This week has been a good, busy week. We have been able to do lots of service :) Which means that we got to help the members decorate for Halloween!! It was so much fun! We enjoyed it a lot.
We went on exchanges again this week, so I got to be with Sister Straatman again :) She is amazing! I love her to death! We have decided that we are going to stay friends. We won't be going to the same school, but she thinks she is going to get married, and then stay in Logan Utah, which means that I can go and see her on the weekends! She is the cutest little thing ever! She is the same age as me, and has been out the same amount as I have. She is amazing :) I love her :)
Well, we did exchanges, and we taught lessons, and you will never guess what is going to happen......................(pause for dramatic effect)....................... WE ARE HAVING A BAPTISM!!!! It is this coming Saturday at 3 pm. We are baptizing Jaeson. He is the 11 year old boy that we have been teaching. He is so cute! He read the entire book of Moroni the first week we taught him, because he read about the promise in the Introduction of the Book of Mormon. He said that it told him to read it, so he did. It was so cute!! He is counting down the days until his baptism. It is really neat, because he asked Bishop Holmes to baptize him. Bishop Holmes got a little chocked up. It was really sweet of Jaeson to think of Bishop. I thought it was sweet :)
We have also been teaching Linda. She lives in the same house as Jaeson, and is his grandma's cousin. She is also really sweet, and we are excited to be teaching her!
I love this work. It is amazing the miracles that we have received because of our obedience to the Lord, and to the guidelines that the church has placed for missionaries. The rules aren't there for us to feel trapped, or held down, but they are there to protect us, and to keep us safe.
We were told a story last night about a little boy who was flying a kite with his dad. There was a lot of wind, and the kite was flying high, and staying strong. The dad thought that he would teach his son a lesson. The dad asked the boy, "Son what do you think we need the string to fly the kite". The boy said that the string was there to ground the kite, so that it doesn't fly away. At that time, the dad took some scissors and cut the string. The kite fell down. Without that string the kite can't fly. It is the same with the commandments, and the guidelines that the Lord has given us. They aren't put here for us to feel like we can't do anything, and that they are holding us back, but they are there to help us meet our full potential. They are there to guide us back to our Father in Heaven. I didn't really realize how much the commandments have blessed my life, until I came out here. There are so many people that live in broken homes, and have really hard lives because they haven't been following the commandments. I am so thankful for being raised into the gospel. It has blessed me so much.
"I challenge everyone to think of their lives without the gospel. What would it have been like??
Now think of the blessing that you have because of the gospel. What are some of those??
We are all so blessed because we have to gospel. I know that I am. I invite all of you to share at least one of those blessings with someone not of our faith. Let them know of the miracles that they can have, and the blessing that they can receive because of the gospel. I will check on your progress next week."
We have shared that with the members that we have dinner with. It is amazing to see the impact that it has on their lives. We as members don't think of the blessing that we have because of the church very often. I know that there are so any blessing out there, and I want you to realize them as well :)
I also want to challenge each and everyone of you to read from the Book of Mormon as a family everyday. We are told that as we do this, our family lives become simpler. We are told, and I have seen this happen, that as we read together as a family, that there will be less contention. There will be peace in the home. I know that this can happen. I know that you will receive the peace from the Book of Mormon as you read it. It doesn't even have to be a lot. Read a couple of verses or a chapter every night. I know that it will help.
I want you all to know that I know that this church is true. I know that we can turn to our Father in Heaven everyday, whenever we need Him. I know how powerful prayer is, and I know that He hears and answers our prayers.
I cant remember if I told you or not, but I had a really powerful experience with prayer this general conference. Sister Young and I have been praying for the past 10 weeks for help and guidance with my depression. We have felt that we haven't quite received an answer, but we have been promised that we would receive one, so we kept praying. Well at General conference, about a minute before the Saturday afternoon session, I had a huge wave of depression hit me. We ended up going out into the foyer, and I looked at my companion and my roommates, and said that it was just my depression, and that I hated it. We said a prayer together, so that I would be able to focus on conference, and not feel too overwhelmed. It was in that session that Elder Holland talked about Major Depressive Disorder. It was then that all of our prayers were answered. I know our Father in Heaven hears us. I know that He will answer our prayers. It may not happen in the way we thought, or in the time that we thought. Trust me, it would have been very nice to have that answer come to us our first week out here, but it didn't.
He hears each and everyone of us. It is amazing how powerful the Lord can work.
I love missionary work, and I am so thankful to be put here :) This is His work, not mine.
I love you all so very much!! Know that I am praying for you all, and that I hope all is going well with you!
I love you all!
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