December 16th, 2013
Hello my Lovely Family!
I
have loved reading your e-mails, my one from my little Heathie touched
me so much. That he has faith that I am doing what the Lord wants...:) I
love my Little Siblings! If only you knew:)
This has been a very influential week on my mission. I have
learned so much, I think that Heavenly Father knew that I was getting a
little lost in the logistics of missionary work and a little too bez
oczucia:) There have been a lot of experiences this week that have led
me to think about my personal testimony of the work. I have been praying
so very hard and am grateful for a renewed sense of who I am and I hope
to share my testimony with you accurately in this letter.
Karina is doing so well! She and her husband and their sweet
little family were all in church this week, and we went to their house
on saturday to eat with the Elders. The leaps and bounds that their
family have made just add to my testimony that this church changes lives
to be in accordance with God's will, because it's His church, so it
really makes so much sense! Her date is january 4th, and I am praying so
hard that she will be ready, she just needs to take the step. I know it
will start her live over, give it to her new, and she can become better
than she ever has been! ( which is hard to believe)
We had a great week and found some great new investigators. We
had a great discussion with one of our english students who I love! She
is reading the Book of Mormon and she says that the scriptures are
helping her to find more joy in her life, that is because they are from
God. They are from the Father of us all! One of our investigators, as I
was sharing my testimony about how we are all children of God, said that
we should trakt and when they open the door say .. " Cześć kochanie!
tęsknie za tobą:)" basically Hey darling... I miss you. I thought it was
a good idea, but then I got a call from one of our contacts asking me
on a date... and decided better not;)
At this time of the year I have been reflecting on the reason.
The reason I'm doing what I'm doing... the reason that I plead that
others will also be a part of this great work, and the Reason is found
in my heart. The Savior. It's all for Him. His great sacrifice for me
cannot be repaid, but I can give my all for this short time ( and really
my whole life) to come closer to Him. I read a talk from Elder Holland
that talks about teaching the atonement. It says that we can't expect to
come close to Christ without having to walk some couple of steps in the
general direction of Calvary. I know that I will never experience even
half of what He did, but I am so grateful to give this time to come to
know Him, " as He is" ( moro. 8:) I read from Jesus the Christ when it
talks about the fig tree that is all leaf and no fruit. It caused me to
look inside myself. I sometimes get caught up in working hard and
acheiving goals and pushing the work that I forget my real purpose.
During this Christmas time, let us all FEEL the meaning of CHristmas.
Take a step back from the craziness of life to reflect on the Savior and
His ultimate sacrifice, His love. As Joseph Smith said, Let us "
treasure up the words of life". I can't think of any work that depicts
life more than "Savior".
As my only Christmas in the mission field ( maybe... except
for with my stunningly wonderful husband someday:) I would like to
testify that this is His CHurch! It is simple and beautiful and is just
makes sense. I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that His works
and word are from God for us in these days. Have miracles ceased?
Definitely not!
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