So Selena. she is awesome but so so busy with life. We will get her though
Reuban...
funny story. He told us the BOM is a copy of the Bible, so he will not
read it. But I know with out a doubt that if he reads it, he will know
it's true. But that's the thing. He hasn't read it. lol stubborn people.
We keep inviting him to baptisms that are happening in the Spanish
branch and other wards and invite him to meet with us again. We will get
him too. eventually. hahahaha
Kat. Kat is a gem- she is the recovering user. She has been meeting
with us twice a week. Which is what investigators are supposed to do!!
so holla at that!!! woohoo!! We have invited her to be baptized but she
hasn't prayed about the BOM yet so of course she wouldn't know if being
baptized is the best thing to do. We told her- hey Kat you know that we
want you to be baptized right? She loves sitting and learning from us
because she has never had that before. Never just been sat down and
taught. She also has never felt true happiness because of the lifestyle
she has lived. But she now knows what happiness is. And she just needs
to recognize that true and eternal happiness is from the BOM and the
gospel and JC. But she is awesome and progressing. If she doesn't pray
about the BOM though.. then she will stop progressing. so we shall see.
We are meeting with her again this week.
okay. IT IS SO HOT HERE. wow. this week was awesome. we had
ward conference and our stake president was there. Our ward has come a
long long way. They are starting to get more missionary minded. And we
are trying hard and praying hard that they will continue to progress. We
drag people with us so that they can get their visiting teaching and
home teaching done ( some of them just meeting their teachee's for the
first time). It's awesome. This ward will do great things. Our bishop is
so missionary minded. And our stake president is the bomb. Makes me
appreciate Bishop postert and president westergard. They work hard. And
sis R and I sang in the choir at ward conference. (it wasn't as good as
our choir at home hhahahahahah don't tell anyone I said that). The song
of the righteous is a prayer unto the lord.
We got to hear from Elder Anderson this week at our
mission conference. Got to shake his hand! it was legit. Seriously
hearing the testimonies of Apostles is probably the best thing to hear.
ever. When he said "As a special witness of Jesus Christ, I can testify
that He lives." It is an explosion of the spirit filling the whole room.
That man knows Christ. I am so extremely grateful to be on the earth at
such a special time as this- a time when the earth is being prepared,
at an amazing rate, for the coming of Jesus Christ. Over and over I keep
hearing and reading form prophets and apostles that Christ wants to
come, literally he wants to come, but the people aren't ready yet. And
it is so true. Christ wants to come, but the saints are not ready. We
have not completed the work that He has set out for us to do. and "more
and more, Christ will be our message- that He Lives" as his existence
fades from the minds of those in the world around us. And that is why I
am here. "We talk of Christ. We preach of Christ." Every night when I
kneel in prayer, and realize how so extremely inadequate I am for this
job, for preparing the earth for the return of the Savior, I plead for
the strength and upliftment that I need and then I feel the enabling
power of the Atonement working and lifting me up. It's the best. This
work is the best. And my Savior Jesus Christ is the best. I know He
lives! I know that He is the Son of God, and chose to give up his life
even when he had the power to withstand it. Then He rose again. And
because of that, the rest of God's children can do the same. So special,
and such a sacred responsibility we have as missionaries. And as
members. Bringing joy and happiness to those who have not yet found it.
Something awesome from Elder Anderson- he said the
United States is the "Bread basket" of the Church. "We have to grow
here. We save some of the best missionaries for the states. you're the
best the lord has." He is awesome. He talked a lot about the Atonement.
How important it is, how vital it is to our existence. He said to use
the atonement we have to be humble, we have to be forgiving, we have to
yearn for forgiveness, and we have to help others along the way. he
said "life is real Be converted so you never get lost. If your prayers
aren't being answered, get on your knees more, longer." just like Enos
did. (Enos 1:1-12ish)
I also studied about Jesus Christ in the Americas this
week. 3 Nephi 11-18. It is the most special even of the whole book of
Mormon. My favorite is in chapter 17, when the multitude falls at His
feet and worships Him, kissing and bathing His feet with their tears.
Then He prays for the multitude, and the words are so sacred that they
cannot be spoken of or written by anyones. Then He weaps for them, and
gathers the children and blesses them. And "no one can conceive of the
great joy which filled their souls at the time they heard Him pray for
them unto the Father." "So great was the joy of the multitude". Dude
when Christ comes again, it will be the same for us. HOW GREAT WILL BE
OUR JOY. And we get to help others feel the same joy that we will feel.
We have to literally grab them by the hands and pull them in though.
(We=missionaries and members).
OKAY WOOHOOO
long email. love love love you!
guess
what. sprouts opens up on March 26th and it is nearby-ish. so we can
get permission to go. MY JOY IS FULL I LOVE SPROUTS I CANNOT WAIT FOR
ORGANIC NONGMO AND HEALTHY FOOODDDDDDd
Love Sista JJ
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