April 12th
Ok.. So, so much has happened this
week! it's been craazy!
First we had had zone training which
is basically just lots of different workshops to make us happier, healthier,
spritiually lifted missionaries. I loved it!
then we had Zone Interviews....this
is when I got to talk to President Clark and Sister Clark (kinda a mama and
papa talk) and also get some more workshops from the Assistants to the
president!
then i had 2 days of conference
where i learned more than i think i ever had and felt the spirit testify that
it was true....(ps...i do sustain my leaders) ....If you haven't
watched them yet...WATCH IT. they are all amazing and just make you feel happy!
thennnn I had a zone activity
today...i danced a bit, played crab soccer, fruit basket, mafia, and then got
to listen to Elder Qima's and Sister Rose's testimonies since they are
leaving.
Tomorrow i have Exchanges...I'm
really excited because Sister Carter is super funny and nice.
ya....
on other news, my faith has been
changed/ increased this week. In ways that are too personal to really
share with everyone but i have never been so certain that we have a
Heavenly Father who loves us and listens to our prayers. I know for a surety
that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love me and love all of you. I know that
Jesus Christ was born for us, lived for us, suffered and atoned for us, died
for us, then rose again for us...out of pure love for us. It is because
of Jesus Christ's atonement that we can ALWAYS be succored in our affliction,
no matter who we are, where we are on life's journey, what we've done....in
fact like they said in conference, He doesn't care about what we've done, who
we were; he cares about,not only, who we are but also who we can become. I know
He lives. I know that if we pray to our Father in Heaven with Faith, He will not
only listen to our prayers and pleadings but he bless us, he will succor us, he
will help us, he will forgive us, he will strengthen us, and he will (with an
infinite love) Love us. One example this week was when i was just too sick to
do about anything; I got a priesthood blessing from some Elders in my zone. I
had complete faith that God would hear this prayer. But i also realized that
having faith wasn't just that this blessing of healing was going to just heal
me, but that, if it be God's will, I may just be strengthened enough to
endure this sickness enough to keep going with what i needed to do. As soon as
Elder Qima ended this blessing, I literally felt instantly better. I was not
100% healed but I did recieve motivation, comfort, healing, and strength. I
still have faith that in His timing, i will be healed back to 100%. I have
faith that God knows that this will inevitably make me a stronger person and
missionary. this was 1 of the ton of examples that I know that
Heavenly Father Hears my prayers and through the atonement of Jesus Christ, I
am succored and he sends help my way. All i have to do, all any of us have to
do, is come unto him. It really is that easy. Go to him in prayer, in service,
in love, in scriptures, in church. Bast pupunta sa Kanya. As long as you go to
him in other words.
anyway...i love all of you..
oh..this guy was just hanging out in
our house... he was like the size of my hand...:)
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