Dear Amigos!!!
So we have a new rule in the mission that we
can only email for 90 minutes so that is why the subject is that. We also got
the rule that we will not be allowed to drive cars on Saturdays... lame but
blessings will come from being obedient. Sometimes we don't always understand
why but we do it because we know that others know better than us. So this week
we great just like every week and well I learned a lot and got spiritually fed
a lot as well!
Monday: We had a totally awesome FHE with a member.
She is amazing and is really strong. She's had a lot go on in her life recently
and she was just so grateful that we could come over and share that time with
her. I also gained a stronger testimony of how important it is to always have
FHE!!! When the family gets together after evening work is done we learn to
love each other by popping corn and having fun!!! (I think that is the lyrics I
could totally be wrong)
Tuesday: We had a lesson with our potential
investigator named Hunter and it was great! He listened intently and the spirit
was really there. He said that he had a few questions but that though out the
lesson we had answered them. The member that we took with us, Sister Savage,
asked what those questions were and he said "Why would I need the Book of
Mormon?" and "How could the Book of Mormon help me?" It was
amazing! I love finding people who are interested in the Book of Mormon because
then you know that they are prepared!!! The elect resonate with the Book of
Mormon! We also had dinner with a new couple in our ward and we love them! They
are awesome! They actually just moved here from Tacoma Washington and Kelly
Muro served in their ward and they had a picture of him on their refrigerator!
That world is so small especially if you are a mormon!
Wednesday: We had dinner with the pierce family and I
just want to comment on how polite their boys were. They are 14, 12 and 9! They
responded well to questions and they didn't argue with their mom and also they
took our plates away after eating. It was just great! I want my kids to be that
polite that would just be marvelous.
Thursday: Alright, this was our first full day on
bikes this week and boy was it cold!!!!!! Our toes were about to fall off they
were so cold. As we were door knocking we just kept thinking "oh man it is
going to get colder and this is only the beginning." I honestly don't know
how I made it through last winter. Whenever anyone asks I just say "by the
pure grace of God," which is very true. I wouldn't have been able to if I
didn't have a testimony of the gospel and angels round about me the entire
time!
Friday: We met with the Woods family and we watched
some Mormon messages and holy cow they are amazing! The church is really using
technology to make the world a better place and I love it! There is a new video
called "You don't Know" and it really is amazing and it brings tears
to my eyes just about every time I watch it! The Lord truly knows what we need
to do and we are made instruments in his hands more then we think!
Saturday: We had stake conference adult session and
it was amazing. The spirit was so strong and I was spiritually fed so much! I
came away with tons of notes and having a greater desire to do better. It was
also great because we were able to see Pres. Jacobsen and he called all the
missionaries serving in the stake to come up and sing "Called to
Serve" it was really powerful and it almost, key word, almost started to
cry but I didn't because we have reason to rejoice and no need for tears!
Sunday: Cool thing. Sister Chisholm and I got to eat
lunch with Tilah Parker who is the sister of Jabarie Parker an NBA player who
was quoted in last April's General Conference. STAKE CONFERENCE!!!! I think
there is a theme going on here or a message that must be received because 2 of
the people in the stake presidency talked about following the prophet and let
us not forget that 2 General Conference talks were given on the same topic. I
think Heavenly Father is trying to tell us something..... FOLLOW THE PROPHET!!
In all sincerity though stake conference is wonderful! I loved it and my
testimony deepened about the gospel and about how important it is to take notes
in a meeting and really how much you put into it is how much you get out of it.
I feel like the gospel really is centered on that concept. I know that the
effort that we put into listening to talks will not be wasted and that we will
be able to know that the Lord wants us to hear through his servants.
Spiritual Thought: In stake conference our stake
president talked about a plane accident that happened I think in the 70s. In
this incident the pilots didn't realize that the plane was descending and
before they could pull up the plane crashed killing many on the flight. I
thought about this and I thought about when we get preoccupied with worldly
things we don't recognize that we are slowly descending by degree and when we
finally realize this, we crash. I makes me think of a story in the Book of
Mormon. An evil captain of the Lamanites, who is compared to Satan, slowly
poisons his other captain by degree so that he doesn't even know that he is
being poisoned! That is how Satan is attacking us and that is how he has always
attacked us. He slowly brings us down to hell. That is a little scary, but
luckily we are told that we can avoid that fiery darts of the adversary by
reading our scriptures, praying and all those small and simple things that
really turn out to be the great deciding factors of our futures. I know that I
talk a ton about the small and simple things but I'm telling ya these things
are what help us to build our foundations on Jesus Christ. I've been on the
other side where Satan was slowly bringing me down, and it wasn't a joyful
happy life. I'm now string everyday to do the small and simple things and I've
never received so much happiness in my life! I love every minute of
everyday! This is the key to true happiness! It'll save us from slowly
decreasing. I know that as we do the small and simple things that the Lord has
commanded us to do we will go "onward and upward" and we will find
everlasting joy! In the name of Jesus the Christ, amen.
Love Always,
Sister Smith
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