To all of my favorite people in the world!
We found some horses in the street this week! Grandpa, I thought
about you! I started talking to the Señor about how my Grandpa also used to
have horses and I rode them as a kid. We talked about the influence we have on
the generations after us and sadly he lives far, but he’s got a pass along
card!
This is one of the young adults in our ward that just moved out
of young women’s. She wants to serve a mission in January! She is precious and
we’re showing her the ropes!
We got home exhausted everyday this week, did our planning and
then had some 30 minutes of rest and relaxation watching “The District”, or our
training videos! Ha! Ha! We really do like
them! We had popcorn, the foot cream,
and can’t forget a coke and stuffed animal to snuggle with!
Also, this area is a huge tourist zone and they have Chili’s! What do you know! Sadly there are no pretzel sticks ;)
Fun Fact … People here put ketchup on everything! Pizza, pasta, you name it. Megan would
literally be in heaven.
This week we started having some success! We found some new
investigators and our less active members are really starting to open up to us!
A less active member told us that she got pretty mad at the elders before us.
She was really struggling with some things and nobody from church visited her
and then the elders stopped passing by too. She told us that she actually had
no intention of listening when we started coming by but that she was starting
to open up.
In Relief Society yesterday we talked about our responsibility
to rescue. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. If you don’t know who you’re supposed to visit
teach, where they live, who they are … ASK THE MISSIONARIES. They can help!
These are people who once had testimonies. Maybe they made some mistakes, or
maybe they got offended and don’t know how to come back, but the majority of
them know they need the gospel. We can’t judge and say they don’t want it. We
have to keep having faith and keep reaching out until we rescue every person.
In the scriptures we read that without charity, we can’t enter the kingdom of
God. Well, I think when we feel the pure love of Christ, we’re going to want to
help him save people right? Or in other words, we literally can’t enter the
celestial kingdom if we don’t participate in missionary work.
Wow, let that sink in a minute and then it will light a fire!
Yesterday, or Sunday, I was getting ready in the morning with my
playlist of all of the Atonement songs. We have this picture of Jesus in our
house and wow, I had the most amazing feeling come over me. He loves us. He
knows we’re not perfect and that we do dumb stuff. He loves us anyways. I am
coming to know Him more and more. We truly can’t comprehend the love He has for
us. He just wants to be by our side every day.
This week I was really starting to think about Grandpa Jay. My
patriarchal blessing says that I will have the spirit of Elijah and feel
motivated to look for my ancestors. Now I know a lot of our work has been done,
and I can’t quite work in this right now, but I can look to my ancestors. I
just felt like he was with me, like he loves me and is watching over me and
supporting me. I really want to read his patriarchal blessing actually! I love
our Heavenly Father’s plan and I know that little by little He’s teaching us. I
love this Gospel and the peace it brings. I love that families are the central
unit of the Gospel and that we can be eternal. The more I see and hear here,
the more my gratitude grows for you guys. You gave me the most amazing
environment to grow up in. I love that you have always taught me that I can
change the world and be amazing and that nothing or nobody can stop me! You helped me to gain this confidence, and it
is with this confidence and the confidence that the Lord gives me that I’m
serving. I just love you guys lots.
Have a great week!
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