Hello wonderfuls!! I hope that you all had a wonderful week and that things are going just splendid! You are in my prayers, and I know that Heavenly Father loves each one of you so much! :)
This week was absolutely spectacular! This week we started a new Book of Mormon Challenge! It is to get a clean copy of The Book of Mormon, read 5 pages a day, mark all of the names/references of Christ, and evidences of His mercy... and THEN... to give the Book of Mormon to someone when the challenge ends, which if we read 5 pages a day, will be on CHRISTMAS!! It will be our present to an Investigator/someone who needs it, and our present to the Lord on the day we celebrate His birth! If you want to join us, today we are on page 30! You can read and catch up, so just read an extra page for the next month, or speed read until page 30... or just start and read extra pages here an
d there whenever you need to. Regardless, I know that as we do what Moroni suggests and remember "how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men" (Moroni 10:3), that we will see miracles that never cease.. in our lives and the lives of those that we love. I invite you all to join us.. if you would like! :)
An amazing experience that happened this week was with Hannah, our Chinese speaking Investigator. So, we were really worried with how we were going to teach her in Chinese because she doesn't speak English super well. Well, we felt impressed to teach her about the Gift of Tongues and that if she read The Book of Mormon in English, she would be able to learn much better. Well, during the lesson, we had her read a scripture that we were using in Chinese and then the same one in English. We also taught her about Atonement and Repentance by using the Chinese and English pamphlets. The Spirit was so strong! At the end of the lesson, we asked her to say the prayer. She said, "Chinese? Yes. English? No." We assured her that she could say the prayer in Chinese, and then when we kneel down she says, "Dear Heavenly Father, thank you...." ... and then she gasps and says, "Me speak in English!?" .. then she finished the prayer in English. It was so powerful and such an evidence of the power of the Lord and His love for Hannah! Later, she explained to me that she was going to drop us because she didn't think she'd be able to learn in English, but that she learned a lot and was excited to learn more.
I also was studying this morning about Patience, and it was such an awesome experience! I definitely need to develop more of this attribute! Here were some awesome quotes that really touched my heart! :)
“Patience is a willingness, in a sense, to watch the unfolding purposes of God with a sense of wonder and awe, rather than pacing up and down within the cell of our circumstance. Put another way, too much anxious opening of the oven door and the cake falls instead of rising. So it is with us. If we are always selfishly taking our temperature to see if we are happy, we will not be."
I realized that the Lord wanted me to develop patience because it’s a vital characteristic. Patience refines us. Patience helps us become more like the Savior. I did have important responsibilities as a full-time missionary, but I realized that when it comes to serving the Lord, He cares just as much about the instrument as He does the task at hand. The Lord was teaching me patience so that I could be a better and more effective missionary in those final months of my mission.
Happy, right!? :) Well, I love you all so much and hope that you have the best week! My time is up, but I hope that you remember how much you are loved and always stay strong in Faith and Patience! :)
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