What a wonderful time of year to be a
missionary and representative of Jesus Christ. I feel so blessed to
be here in Oklahoma at this time with so many people who know and
love their Savior, Jesus Christ.
This past week has felt like two weeks rolled into one. Sister Nelson and Sister Christensen went home, Sister Obena went to OU, and I picked up my new companion at transfers. My new companion is Sister McKenzie Cooper from Salt Lake City. She is so great! She has such a strong desire to share the gospel with people. She is also super short, which is kind of fun. She is 4'9 :) haha! It's so great. I can only imagine what people think when the two of us knock on their door. I was going to send pictures of me and my new companion, but I can't find my camera cord. Maybe next week.
The past few days have been great with
Sister Cooper. She invited somebody to be baptized on her 2nd day and
on Saturday gave away her first Book of Mormon. I was so proud of
her. :) We have been working really hard and striving to be exactly
obedient and we have seen miracles! I know that our Heavenly Father
provides us with miracles according to our faith and obedience.
One of those miracles was that last
Sunday a member gave us a referral. She had given a lady a ride home
from the store because she locked her keys in the car. Our member
told us that this woman had met with missionaries before when she
lived in Chickasha. She has been to church a few times since she has
been here. (I had no idea she ever came to our church before.) She is
even friends with a few other members in our ward and some in the 1st
ward. We went and saw her on Wednesday, but she was about to leave so
we didn't talk to her much.
Yesterday we hadn't planned to see her,
but we decided we needed to go see her. We went to her home and she
let us right in. We got to talking and she had met with Sister
missionaries 4 years ago before she moved here. She told us how she
doesn't understand why there are so many churches. She believes there
should only be one church because there is only one God. As she was
talking I felt the soft, quiet prompting that she needs to be invited
to be baptized. So Sister Cooper and I taught a 3 minute version of
the Restoration. We asked her if she would follow the example of
Jesus Christ by being baptized by somebody holding the priesthood
authority of God. She said she would! :D She didn't set a date to be
baptized, but she said she wants to be baptized. She talked about how
she was baptized as a baby, but it wasn't by immersion. She told us
that she felt she needed to be baptized by immersion. It was an
incredible experience! We are going back after Christmas to teach
her. She is so READY for this in her life! I am so excited to start
teaching her.
Yesterday Sister Cooper and I taught Sunday school. We read the Christmas story in Luke 2. As we read I had an insight that I have never had before. I can't tell you how many times I have heard this story. In Luke 2:15-17 it talks about the shepherds after the angel told them about the birth of Christ.
“15 And it came
to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the
shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and
see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known
unto us.
16 And they came
with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a
manger.
17 And when they
had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them
concerning this child.” (Luke 2:15-17)
What stood out to me was in verse 16 it
says that, "they came with haste". Once they knew about the
birth of Christ they quickly went to see him. Then in verse 17 they
shared what they knew with people after they saw Christ. As members
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we have the
fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My prayer is that each of us
quickly grab hold of that knowledge and then "make it known
abroad" concerning His Gospel. :)
Yup... missionary work is the best. A
hardworking missionary is a happy missionary. I have come to learn
this throughout my mission. Sister Cooper and I made a transfer goal
to come home every night exhausted. So far we are doing pretty good
with that goal. haha!
I hope everybody has a wonderful
Christmas! I love you!!
Love, Sister Record
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