This week was really great. It involved a few days that seemed
slow and frustrating at times, but overall I can't believe how quickly
it's gone by.
This week we were really blessed to have Nancy be able to come to
church. She hasn't been able to because of her job, even though she's
wanted to be there, but this week she was able to come to all three
hours of block time! She's doing super well and is learning the gospel
so quickly. We've been going over the plan of salvation with her again
and it's so wonderful to see her understand and apply all of the
doctrines so well. She's been a little down because her family still
doesn't support her investigating the church. She's very decided on
being baptized, but hasn't invited her family to her baptismal service
yet because she doesn't think they'll react supportively. This week at
church a sister who served here earlier this year happened to be there
visiting. She has an amazing conversion story. She was kicked out of
her house at age 18 for deciding to be baptized and during her whole
mission never had any communication from her family because they didn't
support her decision to be a member of the church. She was able to
share some of her story and testimony with Nancy, which was a huge
blessing and hopefully will help Nancy have the strength and the faith
to move forward.
I feel so blessed to have been given the opportunity to grow up in
an environment that has been centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ.
I've never felt alone in my decision to live the gospel and I've never
felt alone in my decision to serve a mission. Of course Heavenly Father
supports those things and is literally beside each of His children as
they strive to live the gospel, but it's been such an amazing blessing
to have my family on earth support me too. There are so many people who
don't have that, and I hope I never take that blessing for granted in my
own life.
This week at church we also had a recent convert who has been
slowly slipping into inactivity, David, come to church as well! He
hasn't been to church the whole time I've been here--so over 3 months.
It was a relief for us, especially for Sister Osborn, who found him and
taught him from the beginning, to see him come to church and immediately
be welcomed by the ward. The YSA swarmed him right away, which was a
great sight to see.
I had a cool experience on exchanges with Sister Bram, my old
companion, in Daly City. That day all of their appointments had
canceled before I got there, so we had what was going to be a very long
and disappointing day ahead of us. But Hermana Bram is such a positive
person, and the Lord is so merciful to us, that we somehow got put in
the right place at the right time all night long and all day the next
day. We thought we'd have zero lessons during our 24 hours together,
but we ended up having 5 lessons, which is a lot for such a short amount
of time, especially in that area. It was a lesson in having faith that
the Lord will let us fulfill our purpose as long as we're patient and
diligent in working as hard as we can and following the Spirit. :)
Anyway, that's about it. I hope you all have a fantastic week with
lots of good experiences. I love you all! Stay safe and healthy. I
can't believe it's almost been a year! My mission birthday is coming
up.... Wear mourning clothes in my honor. :/
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