Hey y'all!
Happy almost Halloween aka my fav holiday (next to Christmas of course) This week was incredible. One of the best weeks on my mission for sure. We just saw miracle after miracle. I am so in love with being a missionary and with the Gulf Breeze area. I never want this to end :( but let's not talk about that....
We had so many amazing lessons!! Stephanie, the girl we met a few weeks ago at her acai store, is really progressing. We taught her the plan of salvation on Tuesday and she just understood everything and loved the comfort and peace Heavenly Father's plan can provide for her and her family. I just love the energy and excitement Stephanie has for learning about the gospel. She has mentioned that she has always hungered for something more and now she has found it. It makes my heart so happy :)
Sage, our modern day Joseph Smith, is on fire as well! We also taught him the plan of salvation this week and it's honestly like too good to be true teaching him. He has no hold ups or concerns, it almost feels unreal, but hey, I'm grateful! I am so excited for him to get baptized :)
We went on exchanges with the Pensacola sisters this week and Sister Lewis came here to Gulf Breeze with me. We had a wonderful exchange! We had service planned for an inactive member, Abby Baker, at her work at 2 pm so we drove all the way out there and unfortunately, she ended up not being there. Her secretary told us we could wait for her so we sat down and got to know her secretary, Vallen, for a couple minutes and then taught her the restoration of the gospel. Turns out, Vallen has actually studied and read the Book of Mormon years ago and found it fascinating and has such a strong passion and love for her family. She said she loves that we have a modern-day prophet with the proper priesthood authority and cant wait to learn more. We have another lesson with her this week. Heavenly Father truly is in the details of our lives. Had we not gone to Abby Baker's work, we wouldn't have been able to meet and teach Vallen!
Sister Sjoblom and I go to a senior living home every Friday to sing and play some hymns for them. It is such a treat. The elderly bring such joy into my life and make me SO HAPPY!!! I have already decided once I come home, I will continue to do this. (and Siena, you're going to come with me, k?? ;)) I just love hearing about their incredible, well-lived lives. Man, I love service oh so much!!
I have been doing a lot of reflection of my mission and what I have been able to learn, accomplish, and who I have been able to become with the Lord's help. It is interesting to me, how I have never felt so much in my entire life how aware God is of me as his daughter, and how aware He is of His children that I have been blessed to serve. What I have realized more so is that he has ALWAYS been aware of me, even before my mission. He is not exponentially more aware of me in my life as a missionary. I am just much more aware of Him. God has always been involved in all the details of my life. My mission has just taught me how to notice Him more, but He always is and always will be aware of my needs. It doesn't stop here and this is true for everyone! God is aware of all of us and will never ever stop loving us, so we need to be aware of Him and love Him!
The gospel is JOY!!!! I love D&C 128:19, "Now, what do we hear in the gospel which we have received? A voice of gladness! A voice of mercy from heaven; and a voice of truth out of the earth; glad tidings for the dead; a voice of gladness for the living and the dead; glad tidings of great joy! How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that bring glad tidings of good things, and that say unto Zion: behold, thy God reigneth!"
I have never been happier in my entire life. I have never experienced such Godly peace, and I know it doesn't stop here :) I love y'all! Have a great Halloween and an awesome week!
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