God Knows ME Personally

Hey,

I hope everyone has had a fabulous week and has taken the opportunity to grow closer to our Father in Heaven! It will truly bless your life. I have seen it a lot over the past like month! I can't believe I have been out for almost a month! That is including being in the MTC! I feel like I have changed so much!

Some miracles have happened over the last week!

First off... I didn't die!

Once upon a time I had just finished making breakfast and I was doing the dishes and I looked over to my right and saw that the eggs were still sitting out and I had a thought that I should put them away real quick and I was like nah I will do it after I finish the dishes then I had a thought of just do it right now! I took ONE step towards the eggs and the light fixture above me crashed to the ground right were I had been standing! Yeah it scared the living day lights out of me! Sister Roberts rushed into the Kitchen and I was frozen in my spot! I said a little prayer thanking Heavenly Father that I was not laying on the ground bleeding from my head!!! 

The spirit does not talk through a megaphone. Sometimes it is stronger than others but sometimes it is just a gentle thought. LISTEN!! If it seems like a good idea DO IT!! When people say that missionaries are protected they mean it! Haha I always thought that they meant like I would be safe from people and dogs. I now know that also includes light fixtures in my kitchen! Watch out they are deadly!!

Miracle numero dose (Look I am learning Spanish too)

I GOT TO GO TO THE CHICAGO ILLINOIS TEMPLE!! You bet your bottom dollar I was so pumped! It was my third time going through the Endowment Session! The Kalamazoo stake went and since Three Rivers is apart of that we got permission to go!!! It was a 3 hour drive and worth every minute!!! There were 140 women from the stake that went! It made the endowment session very unique! there were only 2 men in the room! It was awesome! The spirit was SO strong! There were some woman who hadn't been able to go back for 9 plus years!! It was truly incredible and I am so blessed to be able to be apart of that!! The temple has kinda been my place of refuge and it has always helped me to get back on my feet and endure to the end. I was reading 1 Nephi 12 while I was waiting to go through and it was talking about seed and how if we do what is right our posterity will be blessed. Ok I had just walked past a sealing room right before reading this and I had this flash back of when I went through the Rexburg Open House and I got to go in a sealing room and look in the mirrors and see how far you can see in them! IT WAS AMAZING!! So i am thinking back to this as I am reading andit was cool to think about where I am at and how my decisions are going to bless my posterity and how it is so awesome that Skyler and I get this incredible opportunity to serve together and experience similar things. It was just so so so good! Haha I can't think of a powerful enough word right now to explain my feelings!! 

Miracle 3!

Before Church Sister Roberts and I were discussing who we think might be coming to church. I told her that Jessica (A less active) would be because when we told her we would save her a seat she said she would love that. Sister Roberts informed me that she never answered us but I was so determined that she did. (Note: My dreams have been crazily real lately like it is so weird) So we are sitting in sacrament and during the opening hymn in walks Jessica and her fiance Chad (Non-member)! Ok I compare a lot of things to Christmas and this was like Christmas!! My heart did this little happy dance and I could not stop smiling! She has not been to church in over 10 years!!! After Sacrament they were bombarded with members greeting them! It was the best sight to see! I just watched and smiled! The Sturgis ward is very small and we are trying are hardest to help it grow!! 

Miracle #4

Sister Roberts and I planned to find people after church at this park by where we live...then it rained...so there were no people! We didn't make any back up plans which was a big mistake on our part and we have repented and will not be doing that again. Heavenly Father had our backs! We decided to go sing to Sally Deams who is in a nursing home! She was so excited to see us and I loved singing to her! Singing is my way of sharing my testimony and I could have sang to her for hours.

 After that we went to see the Drumms. The Drumm family dynamics are different. We sang to sister Drumm then asked if we could get her granddaughters number. Adrienne ended up living there! She is 17 or 18 and is about to graduate high school. She is married to Chris who has a 2 year old daughter. He has been attending seminary and the seminary teacher said we should teach him but we have had the hardest time getting in contact with him. BUT guess what... HE LIVES THERE TOO!! It was perfect! we go to talk to the two of them and they are so easy to talk to! We found out that they have been praying together at night and we just had a really good talk and got to know them a lot better. We are going to be meeting with them again tomorrow! It was incredible!! I love how the Lord works.

Miracle FIVE

We got 4 new investigators!!! We were walking around the park and ran into one of them. His name is Shawn and he was so funny! We were talking to him and then all the sudden he stops talking and starts examining our name tags. Then he jumps back and goes "I KNOW THAT GUY, JESUS IS MY HOMEBOY!" It was so funny! Shouldn't Jesus be everyones homeboy? I am really excited to start teaching him he is ready to learn I can feel it. The only thing I am worried about is he goes to church in the Great and Spacious Building (Riverside Church-Biggest church in Three Rivers)

Something I am personally working on is Developing Christ-Like Attributes! If you have a Preach my Gospel i encourage you to read it but I would like to invite you to join me in this study! Here is a list to choose from:

-Faith

-Hope

-Charity

-Virtue

-Knowledge

-Patience

-Humility

-Dilligence

-Obedience

Pick one and then study it and identify ways that you can change! I am excited to see how I can grow! I would love to hear how this goes for everyone!!(:

You are all so incredible! I feel so blessed to have such amazing individuals in my life!! I love my mission and I am loving Michigan it is so pretty! It has been raining quite a bit! Rain=Green! Man it is so green here!! 

I hope you all have a fabulous week. Remember to trust in the Lord and let him help you!! He is there for you and he loves you very much!! 

I love you all!!!