Mother! Father!
Jordan! Cristy! Adri! Tyler! and Tuck!
I love each one of
you. Thank you for all you have done for me. I will be forever grateful for
you. Thank goodness for the eternities we will spend together.
The past couple weeks
have been overflowing with joy, repentance, excitement, progression, change and
so much more.
Elder Hamula of the
seventy came to visit our mission! He was just recently called to the seventy
earlier this year. It was just an honor to sit at the feet of a seventy and
hear his words from our Heavenly Father. We had a couple of opportunities to
ask questions. One of the most powerful lessons I am still allowing to sink in
is that every question can be answered by our Heavenly Father, and does not
have to come from the mouth of a companion, church leader, mission president or
apostle. It can come directly from our Heavenly Father to you. We can ask, we
can desire, we can listen and we can act. A lesson I will be learning every
day...how to be an ‘agent’.
My wonderful new
companion, Sister Dimatera, is an outstanding example of this. She strives and stretches
to reach the next level. She has a powerful knowledge that God loves her and
trusts her in this calling. I am so grateful to be her companion. I feel I
never want to leave her side and can never learn enough from her. She is
from Rizal, Phillippines and was serving on Temple Square. She has an
opportunity to serve 3 months in an "outbound" mission and she was
called to serve in the wonderful TSAM!
Trunk or Treat was an
outstanding evening! There were so many family and friends visiting! It was wonderful
for them to be inside our church building and meet so many members of the
church. WOW How incredible!
This week was full of
meeting families who are less-active who we had no idea about. Just about every
day we would either knock on a door, or approach someone on the street, or
receive a referral from a random neighbor and they would be a member of the
church! It is amazing to see that we "know not but what they will return
and repent."
Sister Peterson
attended church once again! She is so amazing and feels that this is good but
is not sure how to identify it. She is still shaky about meeting with us , but
we try to swing by the home and work through Brother Peterson quite a bit!
This past week Sister
Barrick was prompted to stop by a family who attended both a baptism and the
primary program but were not interested in learning more. I (fearing man) was a
bit shaky about it, but after a bit we stopped by and it was just what was
needed. She was so sweet and warm and welcoming. She mentioned in passing to
her daughter, 'we will have to attend church sometime again with Staci." A
wonderful family that will be sealed for time and all eternity!
Sister Dimatera is a
professional at speaking with everyone no matter what! (She reminds me of you,
mother.) We stopped to use the restroom at the local grocery store and Sister
Dimatera became instant friends with those in the restroom. We stopped to have
a quick dinner at a gas station and we spoke with two different individuals who
continued to ask questions. The power of opening our mouths, preaching by the
way and talking with everyone no matter what! This was re-enforced to us by the
visit we received from Elder and Sister Hamula. How grateful I am for all that
I am able to learn on an hourly basis.
I am so grateful to
serve. I am grateful for the blessings that continue to pour down on every
child of God every day. I am grateful to know that the church of Jesus Christ
has been restored.
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| New companion-S. Dimatera |
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MLC with Elder Hamula! |
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