Haha Isn't being able to hear from God's Prophets and Apostles the biggest blessing ever? I know that I had a lot of my questions answered and I truly felt the spirit testify to me that Thomas S. Monson is called of God and that he holds that Priesthood Authority that authorizes him to speak and act in His name. I also know that the three new apostles were called of God.
I really loved all the insight from Conference. One thing I am trying to do to help me to "Stay in the Ship" Is recognize the Spirit more in my day! That is something I have noticed that takes people from the church. The common response I get is "I just don't feel it." How can we feel it? Well it takes practice and effort.
The Spirit speaks to us in a still small voice. Which means we cannot have a million things distracting us. Eliminate the mind set of "I am multi- tasking" Haha the Spirit deserves ALL of your attention. Even when you may have a crazy day I promise you that God's hand was in your day you just have to look for it.
LOOK FOR IT! haha I had to take my own advice. So I made a goal to recognize God's hand in every day!
MIRACLES! It is everywhere!!
As we were walking on campus we had a girl stop us and she was like HEY where is the church at. We were like in shock because no one comes up to us haha. Turns out she is a member and hasn't been to church in a long time and wants to come. As we looked at this experience the timing was PERFECT! Everything lined up so that we could be in the same spot she was at the same time.
Talking about God's perfect timing some times things happen that don't make sense to us at this moment. For example we were teaching this guy who was so Solid!! He was asking the best questions. He is Chinese and they don't grow up learning about God. Most the time when we bring up Jesus Christ with them , they laugh because that is not something that is talked about among their people. So as we were teaching him he was taking it all in. He said that he realized that to enter God's kingdom you have to be humble so then he asks, "How can I be more humble?" WHAT?? Who is this guy?
the last lesson we had with him he informed us that he can no longer meet because his parents would dis own him. He was so hurt. I just wanted to cry for him. He didn't understand how his own parents could do that to their own son. My heart was breaking. He was embarrassed and very hurt. He thanked us for teaching him about God and how to pray. He said that he was going to continue reading the Book of Mormon and hopefully one day his parents hearts would be softened.
This lesson was one of the saddest lessons I have been apart of. I have always grown up with believing in God and Jesus Christ. These people are spiritually starving and they want this knowledge. They love how it makes them feel and they want more. This is something I really take for granted. It is something that I have been given freely.
God's timing is interesting. Sometimes seeds just need planted so that they may grow and flourish later. You never know the end of the story in the beginning. You have to keep reading. I can't wait to see how this story unfolds. I know it will include lots of miracles.
I am loving serving on Campus! People are so kind! We went out in the weird rain/humid/ cold stuff haha it was a weird weather you only experience in Michigan! The main thing is that it was cold. People still stopped and talked to us for a good 10-15 minutes! We just put our umbrella over them and we had good conversations. I was impressed!
It is really like serving a foreign mission without having to learn a language haha. I have talked to people from Brazil, China, Japan, France, Mexico, and of course the U.S. haha it is really interesting to learn more about different beliefs in different countries. I know that God is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever! He is our loving Heavenly Father and he wants all his Children to hear the gospel!
I hope you all have a fabulous week and know that I love you and appreciate all you do for me!!
SAIL ON!
