Hey everybody! This was a pretty good week. Honestly not too many updates with those we are teaching, everyone is canceling because of the holidays:// I hope you are all enjoying Light the World and the Christmas season so far!
Things to know:
- Last P-day we went to Coeur d'Alene and got some Gooey's (the huge ice creams) and hung out with our STL's and their district so I got to see some of my pals!
- I sang in a choir of missionaries for a Christmas Devotional our mission is filming, and I got to see Sister Bowman and a bunch of my old friends there!
- We had a youth named Sarah come out with us, and it was such a fun time. We even had these two random guys ask us to carol for them.
- My mom's birthday was this week so I got to call and talk to her! And my brother Braxton's birthday is tomorrow so happy birthdays all around.
Stories of the week:
- Had a cool miracle when Sarah came with us, we met this lady named Elizabeth who was a pastor's wife. She invited us into her home and she is super knowledgeable of the scriptures, we taught her the Restoration and she said everything made sense! We also gave her a Book of Mormon and she said she had always wanted one! It was so cool. She texted us and said she has already been reading it and enjoying it!
- Funny story of the week was while we were helping with a drive-by Nativity one of the stakes put on, my companions and I got to direct traffic and talk to cars waiting to go through. I got to hold a red baton and it looked like a lightsaber. A bunch of the families were calling me "Sister Vader" and I loved it. Lets just say I took the nickname a little too far and may or may not have reenacted the Obi-Wan and Anakin fight scene after the Nativity was over with my zone leader hahaha.
Spiritual thought:
Lately I've been thinking about how the only difference in where we are now and where we want to be is our thoughts. Once our thoughts improve, so do our actions. I read this scripture in Alma 60 that went along with it pretty well. It says: "Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also". I loved that! We have to be pure in our thoughts if we want our actions to be pure. If you want to have more charity towards others, start with your thoughts towards others. If you want to have more confidence in yourself, start with the way you think about yourself. It's not easy to change our thoughts, but I know that it is possible because the Atonement of Jesus Christ allows any change; whether of mind or heart! I hope everyone who reads this will try and be a little kinder in their thoughts towards themselves and others this week, & know I'll be doing it with ya!
I love you all so so much! I hope ya'll have the best week ever, let me know if there's anything I can pray for!
(P.S. If you ever want to be taken off of this email you can email me with a "remove" and I will not be offended. I know how it is to have an inbox full of missionaries weeklies!)
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