Lots to catch up on!
So
I'm serving in the cutest little town. We are right here by the beach
(it's more of a lake, but really a beach) and the weather is warm, the
sun is shining, people are out and about, the church is true, miracles
are happening every single day, and I love being missionary.
This
week we saw many miracles and that's because Sister Rasmussen and I are
working hard at trying a little harder to be a little better,
especially with working on being more consecrated and obedient to the
counsel our mission President (but ultimately that Heavenly Father) has
given to us. And I feel happy.
That's
our transfer theme with the sisters! About how OBEDIENCE BRINGS
HAPPINESS. Because it's true! The more we are obedient to our Father in
Heaven, the more we put aside our will for His, the more we consecrate
ourselves to Him, the more willing we are to put it all on the altar of
sacrifice and walk away, the more we become like Him, the happier we are. I know that's true.
This
week we had some meetings that really just reminded me of the
significance of my calling. This is such a sacred opportunity to
represent the Saviour and turn outward to all those around us,
strangers, missionaries, family/friends at home, etc. We are always a
missionary and we are the Lord's hands. For that I'm humbled and
grateful. As one elder put it, "This is all for people." And it is.
Right
now our progressing investigator is John. John has been interviewed and
worthy of baptism! John is so excited about baptism and that is because
as soon as he came to church and felt of that spirit there, that's when
he was ready to accept his own date of when he wants to be baptized.
And He is excited about going to the Temple soon after. But this is all
happening the way it is because he came to church.
"When I taste your goodness, I shall not want."
So these are some of the happy happenings of our week so far!:
We
contacted downtown for awhile, always an adventure. While there, we met
this nice lady from Scotland, Ellen. She gave us $5 to go buy ourselves
a coffee for all the hard work we were doing. We told her we don't
drink coffee, and she said to use it to buy a juice then. ha! But then
we actually ended up running into her again on Saturday and now we are
going to a Thai restaurant with her this upcoming week! She is being
prepared.
COOLEST
THING EVER. So we were having a hard time teaching a 12 year old recent
convert, but we finally got him to come outside with us and we got him
to help us contact people on the street downtown. He was on his
longboard and we just gave him some of our mormon.org cards
and he would ride by handing them a card and say " HAPPY WEDNESDAY!"
how awesome?! and then he got way ahead of us and came back after he was
talking to this lady for a few minutes and was like "so I just had to
tell her what the Book of Mormon was, no biggy." MAN SO COOL. It was so
neat to have him come out with us especially since he has been going
through a hard time and doesn't think he wants to serve a mission. But
he will!!
We
played soccer and ball hockey for sports night while getting eaten
alive by mosquitoes. Being so used to the Canadian winters here, I forgot about those things.
We
cleaned Gabriels Autobody shop and helped out at Salvation Army. I
loved it! So many people that come in, so distressed, that just don't
know about their purpose and how much God loves them! But during clean
up, we went and talked to one guy about the Restoration and then the
Plan of Salvation and he's like "What is gonna happen after I die??" And
we were like, "Ya gotta meet with us to find out!!" He's ready, he just
doesn't know it.
Saturday:
we decided to car fast for most of the day (to help save on gas) and we
just saw miracle after miracle. We met so many people who were either
related to a Mormon or knew someone that was Mormon. We also met this
sweet mom and daughter, Tammy and Natasha and they are excited to meet
with us this upcoming week! We were going to start heading back home and
then we felt prompted to go talk to this lady and her daughter. We
talked to her about why she felt baptism was important, and she ended up
telling us that she was baptized into our church 15 years ago! We got
her contact info and she wanted us to meet with her niece, who needs
friends and we talked about the youth program. Right before we got home,
about an hour later, she called us and asked if we could go meet with
her 15 year old niece, Julia right then, so we did! How cool!
We
then helped a member pull weeds and she fed us. We then went and picked
up a member to go teach John about the sabbath day. Really he just
taught us, we are just there to listen half of the time. Definitely a
kingdom builder.
We
then practiced for the musical number for the elders baptism tomorrow,
we just did an arrangement that I made up of When I am baptized.
Sunday:
MOST STRESSFUL DAY EVER. We just had 101 things to do, but saw miracles
along the way. It is funny, Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest but
for missionaries it is probably the busiest day ever. It's great,
though. Our recent convert was confirmed, her boyfriend was there, a
woman that has been less-active her whole life came to church after
working up the courage to come into the church for about a year, we
taught and did a musical number at the elder's baptism, I met lots of
members (since I'm new), we tried to teach our investigator, John had
his baptismal interview, and we skyped for Mother's Day!
I'm
grateful for the mother figures in my life. I've learned a lot from
them. I realize I have messed up so much, but I'm grateful for the
continued love and guidance I receive.
"How
will young women learn to live as women of God unless they see what
women of God look like, meaning what we wear, watch, and read; how we
fill our time and our minds; how we face temptation and uncertainty;
where we find true joy; and why modesty and femininity are hallmarks of
righteous women? How will our young men learn to value women of God if
we don't how them the virtue of our virtues?" -Sheri Dew
#timeformom
I love my calling! I love my Saviour!
Have a happy week!
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