Hello family and friends,
First to clarify, for those of you who have seen me on Facebook. I am not home....still have 13 more months till that happens....but my mission is now using Facebook for a teaching tool! Super exciting, it's been pretty trippy to get on but it will be a great tool to have out here!!
To start out my week I drove all over West Texas to help out with transfers. Drove for about 9 hours helping move all the missionaries to their new areas! There were lots of changes this transfer so i had some good company in the car rides....thank goodness cause the driving in West Texas is the most boring thing you will ever do!! After getting all the other missionaries taken care of we were asked to help take care of the departing missionaries also!! So I got to hang out with Elder Brower (my trainer), Elder Chicoski, and Elder Guild! They stayed the night at our apartment. It was super fun to be able catch up with them and reminisce with Elder Brower and Chicoski about the first 3 months of my mission since I was serving with them!! The only down part about that was we stayed up till about 1....and had to get up at 4:15 to drop them off at the mission home to get ready to head out for their flight! It was with it though..... nothing like running on 9 hours of sleep over the course of 2 days!
This week we had quite a bit of success. A.B has committed to live the Law of Chastity and get married on July 7th. And him and his son Amoni are still praying for a baptismal date, but it won't be long after A.B. is married!
And Brenda has committed to be baptized on July 7th. We had a really good lesson with her this week. She is literally getting a new job just so she can come to church. She is also moving because after 47 years of marriage her and her husband are splitting up. If y'all could pray for A.B and Brenda for those things that would be awesome!!
This week I also had the opportunity to bear my testimony of the church and also give a book of Mormon to an old classmate. It was pretty crazy how it all happened. But while talking it made me realize how important it is that us as members of the gospel live up to the standards and expectations that are set for us, because there are people who look up to us, and how we live our lives.
This week we also had MLC. It was really good, and honestly probably one of the best meetings I have had on my mission so far we talked a lot about the mission and improving certain things, but there was also an instruction on the Savior. The spirit felt was undeniable. It made me so grateful for the knowledge that I have of my Savior and what he went through for me. They asked us to think back on times that the Savior has helped us over the course of our missions. And looking back I realized that he has been there for me through it all. Through the frustrations, sadness, homesickness and much much more. But there hasn't been a moment when he didn't have my back and didn't help me back up when life was rough. The Savior is capable of doing much more than we give him credit to. He didn't just suffer for our sins, but he suffered for our trials, sicknesses and our sorrows also. I have a testimony that he lives and guides this church. I know that this church is the true and is the restored church that Jesus Christ established when he was on the earth. I know that as we are obedient to the commandments of God and live like Christ lived, we will see the blessing come from being obedient to what we are expected to live. People say this to us missionaries all the time..."keep on keeping on." Life is rough sometimes but has we have a faith and realize the bigger purpose to doing what we are doing, it is easier to treasure the little moments that we have in life.
Matthew 21: 21-22
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Love y'all and hope you have a great week!!
-Elder Rose🌷
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