Seeds of Faith
K y'all lots of miracles that could take up a mile long email happen every week but I'll just summarize two that happened on exchanges. Y'all just needa understand that they were some of the most amazing testimony builders for me of God's love and awareness and plan for all His children--especially His lost sheep that are hurt and struggling. There are soooo many little miracles that go into the two I'm about to share, but I'll keep them short.
Dead phone miracle: Basically we found a lady named Jena outside of our area at the beginning of my transfer here when both me and Daines' phones died. It turned out she was going to move into our area so that was cool that God led us to her but she gave us her number and mixed up the last 2 digits so we were never able to contact her again:( THEN fast forward to this week on my exchange with Rosy. (She lost her brother in a car accident 3 weeks ago--so utterly heartbreaking) She still felt like she needed to come back out for her last transfer--she's so strong and inspiring. Anyway HER phone died and so we accidentally ended up going to someone we weren't originally headed to that lived 20 min away instead of 10 haha, but they weren't home. Then we get the Bing to knock the house across the street and JENA MOORE answers the door y'all!!! An absolute miracle and sign to her from God that He is soooo aware of her as she is going through the loss of her fiancé to suicide. God knew Rosy needed to be there as she was going through her recent loss as well and a few people know I have experienced the effects of suicide in my life as well, so it was truly amazing that we were able to fulfill our baptismal promises to mourn with those that mourn and comfort those that need comfort. It was one of the most spiritual experiences of my life y'all and that's just the tip of the iceberg with that whole story. There's so much more if y'all wanna hear it all message me, because it's amazing. I never thought someone like me could experience miracles like that but God is SO REAL and as long as we do what we should and have faith, He will bless us with learning experiences rich with growth and joy in the pain:,)
Tender mercies box: So Rosy and I got back pretty late from a day FILLED with every single person we talked to having lost a loved one recently that Rosy was able to give comfort and hope to. We were both super hungry so I go toast us some bagels 'cuz bagels and cream cheese are FIRE--prove me wrong lol. Anyway as I was toasting them, I look up on the shelf above the toaster and see a little box I had never seen before during every single morning I have toasted bagels or made smoothies on that table. It was titled "Tender mercies for every latter day saints woman". I mindlessly just thought it was cute and set the ring I made for Rosy in the little tender mercy card box and put it on my bed. Later when I gave Rosy the ring I told her she could have the box of quotes as well and she was quiet for a long time. Finally, she said, "Wow this is crazy and God is good. I gave my talk at my brother's funeral on tender mercies and this is another one God is showing to me." I just about cried (more than I already had that day haha). God literally sent this box titled TENDER MERCIES for Rosy because He loved her so much and wanted her to have a daily reminder of His love. I asked Sister Daines when we got back together if she had ever seen that box the two transfers she had been in Sumter making smoothies every single morning in front of that shelf and she said she NEVER has. Wow. Even if that box had been there the whole time both of us were here, it's the fact that it was THAT night with Rosy that it was shown and used. GOD IS SO REAL and as long as we do what we should and have faith He will bless us with learning experiences rich with growth and joy in the pain:,)
Pockets of Fun
Had a Sid the Sloth moment: I ate a dandelion on my exchange with Sister Stevens (Stevee) because someone said they were really good for you lol. Fast Sunday does things to missionaries lemme tell ya lol, but they were *with a lisp* "shee lasht dandelionsh"
Got a hair cut today by the AMAZING Sister Garcia (CeCe) and got some curtain bangs. I love them so much!
Daines and I tried to take heal click pictures at 6:30 in the morning in the middle of the park parking lot baha! Didn't turn out quite how we wanted but A for Effort!!
Had a FIRE Zone Conference Meeting with the missionaries in our zone. I'm SO HYPED for this transfer! All of us are so motivated and excited to trust God and work hard and let the miracles come as He wills them and His children choose to come closer to Him:)
Also had an awesome Mission Conference. I learned a lot about High LOVE and High Expectations! Also gotta see a lot of besties there--love them so much!
Had another miracle Bing to visit a graveyard... that's another LONG story so just text me for the deets if you wanna know but that was a HUGE testimony builder as well. It answered a lot of questions from even before I came on my mission to now.
Celebrated Cinco De Mayo with Moe's (a Mexican place here that's better than Chipotle) at a pretty park and of course, I spilled my drink...
Since our boy Snoop Dog (the LEGENDARY recent convert) comes to so many lessons with us we made him his own missionary name tag!
Went on a flike (a flat hike lol) with the district. It was so fun. It was basically a swamp in some parts. It's another miracle I didn't get a ton of mud all over my shoes like everyone else lol. I won an Amber Redbull at the picnic afterward because I ate a ginormous part of my sandwich in two chews and two swallows baha! It wasn't my most graceful win but it was definitely a win none the less;)
Gratitude
The POWER of the Spirit!!! Just get moving y'all and if you are doing what you need to be doing you will be following the Spirit!
Elder Bednar explains following the spirit perfectly in his talk, "Quit Worrying About It, Holy Ghost or Me".
"Obey God with faith in Jesus Christ, be a good boy, be a good girl, honor your Covenants, and keep the Commandments and in the name of Jesus Christ I promise you your steps will be guided, as you open your mouth it will be filled, you will be in the right place at the right time and in most instances you will have no idea why or how you got there so QUIT WORRYING about it."
Southern Vocab
Flike: came up with it for the flat hikes here cuz that's all there is haha!
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