Another one down!

Hey hey hey! I'm still here and I'm still loving it! It was so good to see everyone yesterday. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms reading this, especially my mom! You are so special and you really do help everyone around you to be better. Thank you!

 

This last week was filled with all good things. We are still teaching a few people which is good! We are focusing on building their testimonies. They have a desire, but not a strong enough desire to want to become more like the Savior.  Our goal is never to just get someone into the water to be baptized, rather it is to help them come closer to Christ by helping them develop and exercise faith in Him, repent, make covenants, or promises, with Him and follow Him to the end. We are grateful we are able to help our friends come to know their Savior and we know that when the time is right they will baptized. 

We had interviews with President Nakken after we had a great district meeting on Friday. It's weird to think that I only have a couple of interviews left. I have been so blessed to not only have one, but two amazing mission presidents. I have learned so much from their actions and examples and their wives' actions and examples. They have pushed me to reach higher, run farther, and to always look to our Heavenly Father. Heavenly Father knew what He was doing when He sent me here. I will be forever grateful for President and Sister Felix and President and Sister Nakken.

On Saturday we had our monthly Walk Day! It was cool this time because the mission kicked it off with a mission-wide video conference call, which included a devotional and prayer. I loved it because it united the mission even more. 

Our Walk Day was filled with miracles. It started out with a miracle lesson that came from us calling a former investigator that morning. She called us back and wanted to meet that day. We met and I know that Heavenly Father truly knows her. She is at a point in her life where she is making changes to better herself and she knows it was no coincidence we called either. She stopped the lesson when we testified that "this life is not the beginning or the end. We came from God and we are going back to God." She started to cry and explain how she just felt when she heard that. We know that she felt the Spirit testifying to her of the truth that she just heard. It was a powerful lesson and she is willing to be baptized when she knows the truth of this gospel. The sad part is that she doesn't live in our area anymore so we will be passing her off soon. I am so grateful she is learning more though and wanting to come closer to Christ!

At the end of our Walk Day, we ran into so many people one right after the other, and had great conversations with them! There was one man who saw us and started talking about how he wanted us to come see his wife because she is a more dedicated Christian and would love to talk to us, but she was sick that day. They are actually looking for a church to attend and he was so excited when we invited him to ours and gave him a Book of Mormon to read. We are hopefully going to see them again this week and invite them to learn more!

One last thing before I go-

I want to share something that was shared yesterday in Relief Society. It is found in John 6:9

“There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?”

This verse takes place when Christ feeds the five thousand. His disciples are trying to figure out how to feed 5 thousand men and this is who they find. One lad with 7 articles of food. And we know that Christ takes those 7 articles and feeds the five thousand with 12 baskets full of leftovers. 
The point was made that sometimes we are the lad. Sometimes we go into whatever situation we are in with only a little bit to offer the Savior. That little bit could be our poor attitudes, our weaknesses, our few years of practice, it can be anything that we may think is a weakness. But the miracle is not Christ taking what you have and changing it. The miracle is Him looking at what you offer and telling you that He can work with it and then multiplying it so that you and others can be filled in whatever way they need to, with extra to help someone else later on. 

Whoever you are and whatever you have to offer Christ, it is exactly enough. The truth is, without Him it can NEVER be enough no matter how hard you try. He is the One who will help you become better, strengthen you, and lift you to where you need to be and hopefully where you want to be. 
I love you all and I hope that this week you can offer what you have to Jesus Christ. If you do, I promise that Christ will multiply your efforts in a way you never thought possible. You will be able to accomplish more than you had hoped. But don't take my word for it, I invite you to see for yourself.

Until next week!
xoxo, Sister G 

Sister P and I really liked the flowers...