Hey Family and Those who love me enough to read this,
You know how in Arizona during spring break
you get to go to the lake and wear shorts and just enjoy the sunshine
well...... in Michigan it is another story. For spring break here we get to
wear coats, scarves, mittens, and layers of tights. Sister Greene and I were
walking this week and we had a day in the 40s then it started to rain.... then
it got colder....BUT on the bright side I can see some of the grass!!!!! I have
missed the grass!! When I get home I am going to frolic through a field and
have a huge smile on my face!! The crazy thing is that I will probably be
really hot because I think 45 degrees is slightly hot now..... It's going to be
a problem.
Monday: Whom ever thinks that P-Days are nice and relaxing
as a missionary was either never a missionary or they never served in a place
like Midland.
Tuesday: We had a lesson with Lisa! She is amazing!! She is
so prepared like golden!!! She has already read the standard works once, and
the Book of Mormon 3 times and she has already been taught all of the
missionary lessons! She was taught by Sister Whipple and Sister Kane while she
was home from being in China for DOW. She recently got back from China for good
and wants to be baptized. The downfall is that her family is totally against
the LDS church. We are praying that she will have the courage to tell them that
she wants to be and is going to be baptized.
Wednesday: We taught a less active woman named Sis.
Wisniewski and she is so funny. She always says that we need to be proud of her
and that she is attending church more often now. We are very happy that she is
doing that, but we know that there is more that we need to do other than go to
church. She is a wonderful funny lady though and we like teaching her!
Thursday: We had a half-mission training!!!! I got to see
Sister Hunt!!! It was awesome!!!! They also had departing testimonies and one
of the assistants to the president is leaving and he gave a wonderful
testimony. We talked a lot about becoming Book of Mormon missionaries meaning
we are going to be using the Book of Mormon more than ever!!!! Which is pretty
great cause I love that book!!!
Friday: We celebrated pie day!!!!! A family in our ward, the
Walls, celebrate pie day every year and they invited us and the elders to
celebrate with them! I have probably the best pie I have ever had in my entire
life!!! I have banana cream pie and blueberry pie and it was amazing!!! I loved
it!!!
Saturday: We ate dinner with the Lovells and I love their
family! They are like every missionaries dream family! They are always inviting
people to activities and to learn more about the church! It is amazing!! They
also have cute kids so that is always exciting! They have a little 3 year old
named Leah and she is so cute!
Sunday: Sister Greene and I taught the Gospel Principles
class. The lesson was on scriptures. Sister Greene and I decided that we would
talk about feasting upon the words of Christ. I thought the lesson went pretty
well, but I feel like not many people share the same enthusiasm as missionaries
do for the scriptures.
Spiritual Thought: Who loves having joy? I know that I love
being happy and having joy! Do you know who else wants us to have joy, Heavenly
Father. In 2 Nephi 2:25 it talks about how we are here to experience joy in
this life. How are we able to experience joy when life is so full of opposition
and things that just make life hard? The secret is that it is our choice. It is
our choice to how we react to the opposition and trials that we have been
given. In Alma 26:27 Alma was about to give up teaching the people when the
voice of the Lord said to turn back and bear their afflictions with patience
then they would see success. The Lord gives us trials so we can grow stronger.
We have the choice to either move forward and be happy or to dwell on things of
the past. I love the scripture in John 16:33 "These things I have spoken
unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." We can be
cheerful because we have our Savior Jesus Christ who has overcome sin so that
we can live with our Father in Heaven once more! Our mission president taught
us to say "I think I'll decide to have faith in Jesus Christ,"
whenever we feel sad or discouraged. We have reason to rejoice and be happy
always! Heavenly Father loves us and cares for all of His children and He wants
us to be happy, but it is up to our decision whether we are happy or not. Happiness
is a choice! I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love Always,
Sister Miranda Smith
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