So... Last Wednesday morning Sister Thompson said I would look good
with red hair, and that is the story of how I became a red head.
Anyway, this week was good! I love Sister Thompson to death and we
have a lot of fun together, but don't let it fool you;) We work hard
and go to bed real tired every night!
This week was a random week... so a "random thoughts" email is fitting!
Random thought #1 Garlic- Ok this one is really random but I swear
I've been eating unusual amounts of garlic this week and I found
myself wondering if it was national garlic week or something? I've had
more garlic this week than I have my whole life- on the bright side
the garlic breath is sure to ward off any unwanted conversations (not
to mention vampires). On the down side... I'm out of mints.
Random Thought #2 Every single stinkin person we teach- They are boss!
I think I have said it in every single email, but I love seeing how
the Lord prepares His children to hear the Gospel! It amazes me as I
see people being changed so much just by a knowledge of the Gospel- it
is so powerful!
Random Thought #3 Teaching- Teaching has always been a struggle for me
on a mission. I'm always terrified going into lessons and I just want
it to be over as soon as possible, ripping off a bandaid style. But I
noticed something this past week! As I have been worrying less and
less about how I am going to teach them and trusting more in the fact
that God wants them to hear this message I have realized that He
called me, knowing I was going to fumble my words like a dork
sometimes, but He still wanted ME to do it. He isn't going to leave us
alone if we are doing our best- I took the hard way in applying D&C
84:85! But it's coming, slowly but surely!
Random Thought #4 Joaquin- This little guy is so cool! It was his
baptism on Saturday and we were lucky enough to be able to go! (I was
even asked to lead the music, I don't have musical ability, maybe God
thinks differently and that is why I've been asked to pretend I have
musical ability so much this week!) It was fun though:) I love the
Spirit at baptisms, no matter who you are or what your religious
background is you cannot deny the calm and peaceful Spirit you feel
watching someone enter the waters of baptism. And one of the roles of
the Spirit is to testify of truth, we all have heard that, but it
clicked for me recently and I realized that every time I feel the
Spirit it is God telling me, "this is true"- it's how my testimony has
grown so much out here! And now there is one more person in the world
who has the gift to be able to feel that all the time!
Random Thought #5 Musical ability (or the lack thereof)- Ok, I haven't
been asked to pretend I have musical ability a lot actually... Just
twice. We have a zone conference this Friday and I was assigned to
sing a musical number with 8 other missionaries! Hmm... This should be
interesting! But our Ward Mission Leader took the time when I told him
that to point out that I could pray for help to do well. I mean... Ya
I can! But it was another one of those moments where I felt the Spirit
and realized that what he was saying was true. Even something as silly
as a musical number that you are nervous about, God cares. He will
help you if you ask for it! It's just really cool how much God loves
us:)
Random Thought #6 Tracting Miracles- It was the end of the night and
Sister Thompson and I decided to do one more lookup. So we get to the
door and we both get a very bad feeling and we look at each other and
just kind of start walking away as fast as possible. And we get into
the car, and the key is locked so the car won't start. So we realized
that there must be some reason why we were in that area! We prayed and
decided that we were going to knock on a few doors. First door,
nothing. Second, nothing. On the third door a man answers and we start
talking to him and we testify about how the Gospel has blessed our
lives, and then we leave. We go back to the car and try to start it,
but the key still locked... But we prayed and then we got the key to
work and went home. That man didn't all of a sudden say he wanted to
be baptized, he didn't show up to church on Sunday, nothing came of
it. But I know that the Spirit was there as we were testifying to him-
I don't know if anything is ever going to come of that but it was a
good feeling knowing I had done what God asked me to do in that
moment.
Random Thought #7 True Conversion- We joined Young Women's for class
this Sunday and they used this quote, "Conversion is a lifelong
process of becoming more Christlike through the Atonement of Jesus
Christ. It includes a change not only in our behavior but in our
desires, our attitudes, and our very natures. It is such a significant
change that the Lord refers to it as a rebirth and a mighty change of
heart. We can know that we are becoming converted to the Lord when we
lose our desire for sin, we are filled with love, and we seek to share
the gospel with others." I have felt each one of those things at
different times in my life- and you don't need to feel all 3 at all
times to be on the path to conversion! It really is a lifelong
process, we are going to fall sometimes, but if we keep trying we are
on the right path and we are doing pretty ok:)
And Random Thought #8 5 Months!- Yesterday was my 5 month mark and it
has been the longest and shortest 5 months in my life! I'm just really
grateful that I have 13 left to change more than I have already:)
Anyway, this week was good! I love Sister Thompson to death and we
have a lot of fun together, but don't let it fool you;) We work hard
and go to bed real tired every night!
This week was a random week... so a "random thoughts" email is fitting!
Random thought #1 Garlic- Ok this one is really random but I swear
I've been eating unusual amounts of garlic this week and I found
myself wondering if it was national garlic week or something? I've had
more garlic this week than I have my whole life- on the bright side
the garlic breath is sure to ward off any unwanted conversations (not
to mention vampires). On the down side... I'm out of mints.
Random Thought #2 Every single stinkin person we teach- They are boss!
I think I have said it in every single email, but I love seeing how
the Lord prepares His children to hear the Gospel! It amazes me as I
see people being changed so much just by a knowledge of the Gospel- it
is so powerful!
Random Thought #3 Teaching- Teaching has always been a struggle for me
on a mission. I'm always terrified going into lessons and I just want
it to be over as soon as possible, ripping off a bandaid style. But I
noticed something this past week! As I have been worrying less and
less about how I am going to teach them and trusting more in the fact
that God wants them to hear this message I have realized that He
called me, knowing I was going to fumble my words like a dork
sometimes, but He still wanted ME to do it. He isn't going to leave us
alone if we are doing our best- I took the hard way in applying D&C
84:85! But it's coming, slowly but surely!
Random Thought #4 Joaquin- This little guy is so cool! It was his
baptism on Saturday and we were lucky enough to be able to go! (I was
even asked to lead the music, I don't have musical ability, maybe God
thinks differently and that is why I've been asked to pretend I have
musical ability so much this week!) It was fun though:) I love the
Spirit at baptisms, no matter who you are or what your religious
background is you cannot deny the calm and peaceful Spirit you feel
watching someone enter the waters of baptism. And one of the roles of
the Spirit is to testify of truth, we all have heard that, but it
clicked for me recently and I realized that every time I feel the
Spirit it is God telling me, "this is true"- it's how my testimony has
grown so much out here! And now there is one more person in the world
who has the gift to be able to feel that all the time!
Random Thought #5 Musical ability (or the lack thereof)- Ok, I haven't
been asked to pretend I have musical ability a lot actually... Just
twice. We have a zone conference this Friday and I was assigned to
sing a musical number with 8 other missionaries! Hmm... This should be
interesting! But our Ward Mission Leader took the time when I told him
that to point out that I could pray for help to do well. I mean... Ya
I can! But it was another one of those moments where I felt the Spirit
and realized that what he was saying was true. Even something as silly
as a musical number that you are nervous about, God cares. He will
help you if you ask for it! It's just really cool how much God loves
us:)
Random Thought #6 Tracting Miracles- It was the end of the night and
Sister Thompson and I decided to do one more lookup. So we get to the
door and we both get a very bad feeling and we look at each other and
just kind of start walking away as fast as possible. And we get into
the car, and the key is locked so the car won't start. So we realized
that there must be some reason why we were in that area! We prayed and
decided that we were going to knock on a few doors. First door,
nothing. Second, nothing. On the third door a man answers and we start
talking to him and we testify about how the Gospel has blessed our
lives, and then we leave. We go back to the car and try to start it,
but the key still locked... But we prayed and then we got the key to
work and went home. That man didn't all of a sudden say he wanted to
be baptized, he didn't show up to church on Sunday, nothing came of
it. But I know that the Spirit was there as we were testifying to him-
I don't know if anything is ever going to come of that but it was a
good feeling knowing I had done what God asked me to do in that
moment.
Random Thought #7 True Conversion- We joined Young Women's for class
this Sunday and they used this quote, "Conversion is a lifelong
process of becoming more Christlike through the Atonement of Jesus
Christ. It includes a change not only in our behavior but in our
desires, our attitudes, and our very natures. It is such a significant
change that the Lord refers to it as a rebirth and a mighty change of
heart. We can know that we are becoming converted to the Lord when we
lose our desire for sin, we are filled with love, and we seek to share
the gospel with others." I have felt each one of those things at
different times in my life- and you don't need to feel all 3 at all
times to be on the path to conversion! It really is a lifelong
process, we are going to fall sometimes, but if we keep trying we are
on the right path and we are doing pretty ok:)
And Random Thought #8 5 Months!- Yesterday was my 5 month mark and it
has been the longest and shortest 5 months in my life! I'm just really
grateful that I have 13 left to change more than I have already:)
Red hair?!
(posted this again, since it went with her title)
Happy Halloween package! :)
Honorary Mustache Daschers! :)
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