HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MOMMY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!
happy birthday!!!!
How was it? I'm sorry I didnt email you last week to congratulate you!
What did you do?
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First, I didn't get the contacts. That customs charge was for the shirts. So I don't have the contacts and card yet. We shall see soon. Dont worry about it though!
i got my new retainer. its a thin transparent plastic kind and I like it a lot! It isn't a correcting/straightening retainer but it will keep my teeth from shifting even more, and they're not that bad, they're better than before at least. All good things-
This week, is 'celestial week'. President has done a week where we all were really trying to consecrate the week...but this week its our choice. We're going all in. We are all in. Our goal for lessons this week is 25---that's a lot. Standard of Excellence says 15...we can do 25. We have taught 7 already, 2 more tonight, and the rest of the week is packed. We are going to do it because we need to improve the area, help others to know the truth, and finish the transfer with a bang. Its good all around.
I even did some finding! I talked to people, I just went up and asked them a gospel based question and it felt good. We had been praying and fasting and that help really did it. I'm not going to try to do anything on my own anymore; it doesn't work that way. It shouldn't work that way. After all, it isn't my work. I'm learning that now. I'm doing it now!
Its been good.
So, I am really glad that you got the email from Sorella Fava. I love her so much. She offered to have you all spend a night or two here when you come. What do you think? There is a best western or something, we could do half and half. I think you'll want to spend a few days here in Genova. I know I might want to show you a few things.
What other things have you thought of?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FIXING MY CARD! It is soo great because I think I can pick up the platter today! I'll try at least. Then next week, if you want, I can send a picture. or you can wait til you come, I dont know.
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There isn't much else to say. I am so excited for General Conference. I feel like it means so much more as a missionary because I'm in it, I'm doing it. I'm so much more involved. I want to continue that when I go home. Almost 11 months. Transfer are next week. I have no idea what will happen, I just know that I want to keep going and that is what counts.
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Thank you so much for your email.
Last week you sent me a little picture that says, start each day with a grateful heart and Ive been trying that too-
I do something I like to call grateful prayers, when I just pray only expressing grattitude, just to show that there are so many things God has done for me, and that I see His hand and am grateful.
Thank you for the excerpt about ebeneezers.- it is so true. I cant even think about how different of a person I am. I am truly changed.
Mommy, please don't be hurt for the things of the past. Don't be sad for the things that I have experienced. I am not sad. I am better because of them.
I was talking to Sorella Harward on the bus as we often do, and she said sometimes God lets us do something once and completely mess it up so that when we do it the next time we know how to do it right. Elder Holland backs that up to with this Mormon message. ...
http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=2714780496001
With my life, for example, when I was engaged, it was a disaster. I was a complete mess thinking that I knew everything and I would be ok. It turned out to be one of the most awful experiences ever....BUT, there is hope!
Because I have done it before, because I messed up, because I was prepared (slightly) for that kind of commitment, I can do it again. Some of the things...beh...all of the things in my life have prepared me to do the right things when the RIGHT MOMENT COMES!
Like Elder Holland says, sometimes we have to do the wrong thing so that we dont doubt when we're on the right road. He wants us to get on the right road and be sure!!!
I know this is true and real. The Spirit testified this to me. Do not be sad for my life. It set me on the right path and now I know with the utmost certainty that it is the right road.
You said that the good things of my life dont cancel out the bad, but they do! I am clean. Those moments are gone and they have not only disappeared, but they have been for MY GOOD. I am pure and clean and new and good and whole. That is the promise of the Gospel, of the Plan. I know it is true. I am living it and teaching it. I am a good missionary. I am not perfect, but I am trying to be better every day. I am a good person.
I love you all. You are my support and my strength. I love your letters. They sustain me and keep me going. I miss you...but only because I just want to tell you all of these great things and share these experiences with you. You can't be here physically yet, but I'll see you soon enough. Too soon, I think ha ha. I'm not so sure I wouldn't extend if they changed that too....
You are special children of God and He answers my prayers for you and your prayers as well. Keep going. Keep seeking Him in your lives. He knows you and wants to help you.
I love you and I know that we are an eternal family.
Don't give up. We can do this. We can do this together...from opposite sides of the world.
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