Life is so good!!!!! I love being a
missionary! I love my companions, Sister Nelson and Sister
Fraire, I love the people we are teaching, I love the ward, I love
you (yes, I'm talking to you) and I love the Lord. I always find it
hard to express in writing how much I love being a missionary here in
Oklahoma. I guess I could do an audio recording so you could hear the
excitement in my voice. Like I said before, I'm too tired Sunday
night to do anything like that. These letters will have to suffice.
;) It's been a great week! For the first time in weeks we have
reached all our goals (except for one) for the week. I hope it
doesn't sound like I'm saying it's all about the numbers.... every
single one of the numbers represents a child of God who we care
about.
Anyway, it's been a great week! [Name withheld] has been coming up to Norman the past couple weeks so we've still
been able to teach him. He is just about done with 1st Nephi in the
Book of Mormon. He is soaking it all in. We should be having a
baptism with [Name withheld] soon. He moved down to Dallas but he wants to be
baptized into the Norman ward. We were not sure if that was allowed.
We counseled with the Zone Leaders and with President Taylor about
it. They both said [Name withheld] should be baptized here in Norman since his
ward family is here and he is here in Norman on a weekly basis
anyway. We are so excited for [Name withheld]! He is so ready to be baptized!
We don't have a date with him yet. He is praying about a day to be
baptized. We are meeting with him Tuesday and will talk more about
it. It's an exciting time for all us!
Jeff was just called as the 2nd
counselor in the Sunday School presidency yesterday and passed the
sacrament for the first time. Jeff has changed so much in the last
three months that I've known him. The Gospel is changing his heart
and he is becoming the person God wants him to be. We've also taken
Jeff out teaching with us. He is such a great teacher! It is so
amazing to be able to see the change that the Gospel has on people
who live and act on it. I love how much I've learned about the
Doctrine of Christ while I have served a mission. I am sad that after
today I have less than a year left to serve a mission. I am comforted
to know that serving a
full-time mission is just the beginning of my missionary service.
I am going to have opportunities throughout my life to share the
Gospel, to "bring others into the light of the Gospel" as
my patriarchal blessing says. To be honest, my biggest worry is that
I won't accomplish everything the Lord has sent me here to do in
Oklahoma. I also want to learn everything I need to learn while
serving a mission. I don't want any experience to go by that I don't
learn something.
The other day I read Jacob 6:5
"5 Wherefore, my beloved brethren,
I beseech of you in words of soberness that ye would repent, and come
with full purpose of heart, and cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto
you. And while his arm of mercy is extended towards you in the light
of the day, harden not your hearts."
I love that phrase, "cleave unto
God as he cleaveth unto you." God wants so badly for us to
return back to Him and we need to have that same devotion to him that
he has in helping us. (Moses
1:39) I thought of the talk by Barbara Thompson titled "Cleave
Unto Covenants". It is by making and keeping covenants or
promises with God that we are given the strength to go through life.
I am learning so much as a missionary,
and it is amazing! I have already learned so much in the last 6 1/2
months! I know I am developing skills that will be greatly beneficial
to me as a wife and mother someday as well as in future callings in
the Church. I am very excited for the future and what it has in
store.
It's kind of funny. Yesterday I was
reading a Ensign article about a lady whose husband struggled with
pornography. She told about all the heartache and pain that came from
that. My first thought was "that's it, I don't want to get
married." I didn't really mean it, but the thought of marriage
really scared me. Then I grabbed another Ensign at random and came
across a talk called "Confidence
to Marry" haha! It was all a very funny experience and my
companions laughed at it as well. Oh shoot! I just love my companions
so much! Sister Nelson and Sister Fraire are so great!
I feel like more has happened this
week... I'm having writers block though. I also left my journal at
home. Have a great week everybody! Sorry this is not very long. I
love you!
Love, Sister Record
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