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| IT'S SO WARM! |
This week has been
emotionally draining, but all in all, the gospel is so real and it is
the ONLY thing that will get us through this life. I didn't realize it
was possible to love people this much and truly desire their salvation
more than anything else.
HAPPENINGS OF THIS WEEK
-we
were supposed to meet Chaise at dairy queen to teach him but he didn't
show up, so we bought some blizzards and decided to take one to him.
(even though we don't even know where he lives..) It sounds lame, but
we REALLY felt like we needed to take it to him. If God wanted us to do
this, we figured that He would provide a way for us to find him. We
prayed real hard, then drove and asked a member if she knew, after some
very vague directions, we weren't sure if it was the right one, but we
knocked and there he was! (sorry for the run-on sentence) God always
provides a way.
-we also got to give him a church tour! it
was during a scouting activity, so tons of members were there and
everyone just flocked to him to introduce themselves and it was really
neat. He's also going to participate in our musical fireside next week,
so that'll be an awesome experience!
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| Precious, the hedgehog! |
-on Friday,
the Kinniburgh's really wanted to show us their new hedgehog, Precious,
so we decided we'd finish our weekly planning there. We had to get gas
before, and we talked to our friend, Anita, who works at the Fas Gas,
and she said, "where is your church again?? I lost the card you gave me
and I showed up to the wrong church last sunday and didn't see you so I
left!" She totally wants to come to our church, so we gave her another
card and got her number so we can start teaching her this week. As we
were walking out of the gas station, her co-worker was just arriving to
take over, so if we had left any later, we wouldn't have seen her!
Nothing is coincidence.
-while contacting formers we
taught this polish couple. They're super catholic, and it was a gong
show but we were able to leave a book of mormon for them and left with
some polish chocolate....which we ate then after realized it tasted like
coffee and couldn't read the package because it was in POLISH! So we
potentially broke the word of wisdom. oops.
-the stake presidency came to Drayton and wait for it.... WE GOT A NEW BRANCH PRESIDENCY!!! Everyone
knew it was coming, but guess who our new branch president is.....
PRESIDENT GIDDEY!!! Our branch mission leader who has the greatest
south african little family I've ever met. So we're currently without a
branch mission leader, but we'll be getting one soon. :) When things
like this happen, my testimony of the priesthood power just grows
tenfold! It's unreal. Also, President Wong (the stake president) just
gave everyone a smack down about becoming a ward. He basically said
that we almost have the numbers to become a ward, but when it comes to
the spiritual maturity of the members, we need to take it up a few
notches! He's basically a general authority. So cool.
holy
cricket, I have learned so much this week. There was a speech given by
Elder Holland called, "For Times of Trouble" that Sister Whiting showed
me, and it gave me a whole new perspective. http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=
give it a good read. (i know, it's long, but it's worth it!)
there's
a line in there that has really hit me this week after lots of trial,
"Oh, Lord, I am yet strong. Give me one more mountain." [Joshua
14:11-12]
when we are going through times of trouble, what is
our attitude? God will always give us just what we need to become who
he has created us to be. And it's our job to take that mountain, and
CLIMB IT!
He then talks about Enoch, “Why is it that I have found favor in thy sight, [I] am but a lad, and all the people hate me; for I am slow of speech?” [Moses 6:31]
God
doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called. And even though
I'm just a little 20 year old unexperienced missionary who hasn't dealt
with many hard things in her life...with the power of the Lord, I can do
all things.
Onward, ever onward.
Sister Jones
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