Okay so first off, lets just have a moment of silence about how awesome conference was. Woo. I just loved it, and get this, one of my favorite things was the Women's Conference. Wow, I have never been so proud to be a woman and a member of such a large sisterhood. Truly, women are so wonderful and have something so special to offer. I loved the contrast of black and white suits...then you get to the Women's Conference and it is soooo full of color. That is perfect. I just felt so....good about who am in God's eyes. We are all precious children. I thought that two interesting themes were that God always acts out of love for us and that we need to watch out for building our foundation on material things. Truly, the only things that can't be destroyed in seconds are who we are and our relationships. It is a great thing to remember in this busy, materialistic world.
Okay, so this week was really interesting, but great! A can get baptized!!!! Her parents finally are letting her! What a miracle. It was such a great test of patience for A but she passed and now she can finally start on the wonderful journey that God has prepared for her with the guidance of the Holy Ghost at her side. L...yeah....well we saw her, but she is just so discouraged by the opposition of her parents and has more or less given up. She has stopped praying because she is ashamed to face God. She feels like she is just not strong enough to change, and it was so hard to look into her face and see that she knows it's all true. She knows she could be happy but doesn't have that last bit of courage. Sometimes Satan just really stinks.
But R is reading the BoM and loving it and loving church...and Luc still wants to get married! All miracles. The work is progressing, but it's not about numbers, folks. My purpose, especially as a woman, is to nurture people and share the love of our Savior with others. I am trying my hardest to listen to the Spirit and stop to talk to those who need to feel it tooo. This week, a member was having a hard time, and I could tell, so I told her to stop the car during divisions, and we just talked. She cried, and we read some scriptures, and it was great. At the end, she told me very few missionaries in her life had impacted her like I had. Wow, that was all I needed to hear to feel fulfilled. I think missionaries often forget that we are representatives of Jesus Christ for members too.
So, this week we were both injured; My comp blasted her tendon in her knee and I got an infection in my toe. It looked like a big purple grape and hurt soooo bad. I finally understood those National Geographic episodes on Africa that show the animal that gets a tiny bit injured and they're like...Oh its all over. We have been limping around and its pretty funny, but also is impeding the work again. I'm excited to be able to visit my people again.
Nothing changed in transfers!!! Wahooo. I love our house of four sisters. We always have fun and laugh a lot and nooooo drama. YAY. I'm really happy and am so happy to be a daughter of a loving Heavenly Father. I am working to have a spirit of gratitude in all situations, just as Uchtdorf advised.
Women, you are awesome and beautiful and wonderful. There is nothing more valuable than family. Nothing. Men, you guys are super awesome. Live up to the potential that God has for you. Be worthy of the power he has offered you.
Love you all.
Sister Gimpy lol
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