Rising to the Challenge

9-2: Happy

9-3: Down

9-4: Irritated

9-5: So good, so blessed

9-6: Good

9-7: Anxious

9-8: Excited

Transfer news: I am being put in a trio. Sister Fuller and I are staying together for a third transfer and are adding another sister to our companionship.

God's in a trio with Jesus and the Holy Ghost, so that means trios are good, right?

I find myself CONSTANTLY asking the same question Enos asked the Lord. "Lord, HOW IS IT DONE?" (Enos 1:7). If he does it perfectly, He will guide me. 

People remember one thing: how you made them FEEL.

My purpose in this new companionship is to help this sister see herself differently than before, to have her walk away feeling more loved and cherished than ever before. I can do that with The Lord's help. I pray for charity, I don't know how else I'm supposed to get it. If it's a Godly gift, then God's gotta give it to me! I am earning His trust. 

Obedience. Patience. Diligence. FAITH.

I have faith that The Lord CALLS WHO HE QUALIFIES. 

I have faith that He directs this work. That He has sent me here to find those no one else could. 

I have a firm belief in this gospel.

I know that God is merciful and loving.

I know that as we give ALL WE HAVE to this cause, the Lord will make up for our weaknesses.

Grace is real.

Justice requires repentance.

Repentance requires humility.

Humility is where I am headed. I am teachable. I can do hard things. The Lord can refine me.

he puts me through the fire to create a useful tool.

I CAN DO HARD THINGS WHEN I HAVE THE LORD BEHIND ME!!! He wouldn't leave me to do His work.

Deep thoughts for the day:

Today I read in 3 Nephi 11:35. Revelation hit hard. After reading Ezekiel's account of seeing God in chapter 1, the first vision, and my Book of Mormon study in 3 Nephi 11, I came to the conclusion that God VISITS US BY THE HOLY GHOST. I spent my studies learning of the Nature of God, because when we learn of His nature, we are learning of ourselves and really our potential. What drives our spirits? What makes a heart beat? How does it all work? The Creator created the driving forces of our bodies, is the driving force our spirits? The body without the spirit is dead, yet the spirit without the body is eternal and living.

The mission vision is to have ever member have a significant missionary experience in the next 11 months. That is what the mission president is asking of us as missionaries. IT IS GOING GREAT!!! 

Major miracle #1: Friday we had a lunch with a man named Peter in the senior center. He brought a lady named Mary. She ended up coming to church with one of the other older sisters and is already being CRAZY FELLOWSHIPPED!!!! Baptism is where we are headed people!!!

 MAJOR miracle #2: We had dinner on Sunday with the Jarrett family. They invited a FAMILY over for dinner who are totally ready for the gospel. They are now taking lessons from us. 

When you testify and bring the Holy Ghost in the room, it touches their hearts in a way nothing else can. It's all we can do to control an appointment, just bring the spirit in!! "Preach the gospel by the spirit."

John loves football. His games always play during church, so he never comes. We were doing woodies roundup Saturday night (the last push to get people to come to church) and he told us he was going to Mass (church, not the state) in the morning then watching football and wasn't going to come to church. I made a little deal with him that we'd go to Mass with him if he would come to church with us.

SOOO we went to Mass with John! And he came to church with us!!

{There's huge chapels all over New England, in ever little city. Religion was huge, now they're just empty because no one is religious anymore. The chapels are absolutely beautiful!!}

{Lobster?}

{I JUST WANT TO RIDE A HORSE. This is lady, the horse at the Fogg's.}

{Got milk?}

{FUZZY CATERPILLARS.}

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