February 25, 2013

How is everyone doing?

My companions and I have truly loved the box. We have had way too many goodies and I have just loved looking at the pictures.

Trent- Mom and Dad are so very proud about your talk on Sunday. They say that you did an amazing job. I am so proud of you too. You are great. I love you so much I can't wait to get a copy of it! I'm secretly lucky that i haven't had to talk in front of really big crowds. Quick, knock on wood!

Amberly- Mom and Dad said that you made a basket on the buzzer! How exciting is that! You are growing up way tooo much! I teach people who are 10 and i think there is no way Amberly is this grown up now. nope. not at all :)

Dad I hope you get better soon!

I have to admit that I'm not quite sure what I want to say today. We had a good week. On Tuesday, our zone fasted to find new families to teach. It was wonderful in that we received 3 referrals all in that same day. Quite a miracle!

We have a girl preparing to be baptised on March 9th that I am very excited for. She loves everything in the church.

Getting to go to church this week was fun. I love getting to see all the new faces and getting to know everyone. We actually had to go into primary classes 3 times because the teachers wanted help with their lessons from "missionaries" It was fun. Why does everyone always get a kick out of the fact that we eat lunch during church :)

It was kinda fun to get to go to young women's this week. I kept thinking about what y'all were doing in Katy Mills. It was a good lesson in the Picaho ward with a very small group of girls. It was really funny because I kept thinking, I definitely am not (myself) in young women's anymore.

A miracle that we had this week occurred when we ate at a Thai Restaurant with a member. When it came time to pay the bill, the waitress came up to us and told that the bill had already been picked up. It was a miracle because it was just a little act of kindness from a unnamed stranger.

Recently, we have been doing a lot of tracting ideas. when the weather is its coldest. But the other night, I met a man that I really admire. He was outside putting things in his truck when we came up to visit with him. He said that he had been to a few churches but now he just practices his own faith in God. It was evident that he had been searching for God in the past, but without any luck, he had put it on the back burner. I admire him for talking with us and for accepting a BoM. I pray that he will accept our invitation to read from it and to continue the search to fill the void that he has been missing. I also admire him for standing out in the cold, in socks with us as i was shivering. Hey, sharing and learning of the gospel is a marvelous work and a wonder.

We also taught a woman who had gone less active because of her trials. She'd ask why me and why now? What I truly admire about her is that after some time away from the church, she has started to realize that God does love her, that she agreed to her trials, and that although things do not happen the way she wants them to, God still answers her prayers. I love her faith and her desire to have the spirit in her heart again. She knows that it will be hard to come back to church again, but after this little hiccup, all will be OK.

My companions and I have been talking about what would make us fall away from the truth, and the answer of "nothing" is illogical without actions. I know that when we keep to the commandments, and keep to doing the little things in life, then, can nothing stand in our way. It does not mean that we won't have trails, but that our trails will not over come us with determination to follow the Savior in faith.

I have also began to really tell the difference between people who are not members and people who are at heart. They way they face trials is so different. The members at heart have strength and hope in the atonement. In the fact that through the atonement of Jesus Christ, all that is wrong in this world will be made right. It is also true that the spirit is already there in there home when we come in. It is amazing to teach in a members home because we are not always bringing the spirit in with us, but rather magnifying the spirit that is already there.

Mom- Oh, yes, we heard about the missions! SO cool! Also, our new mission prs. in July will be..... President and Sister Miller! :) just, a different set of Millers... not confusing right :) I'm really excited for it,

Mom- bacon, sausage and lots of it.

 

Ward Council is soooo weird. its like knowing the organization of the church and participating in it. sooo odd.

I LOVE Y'ALL SOOOO MUCH!!!!! I pray for you everyday