Are you prepared for Thanksgiving? Countless apostles have
taught the importance of being grateful. As a missionary, I have seen the
drastic difference in my work when I have had an attitude of gratitude verses
an attitude of self pity. We are commanded to be grateful. We should be grateful
before, during, and after both our trials and blessings. How incredible to be
as the one leper who returned to Christ to express his gratitude. In addition,
we should be grateful before the healing even comes. Gratitude is a state of
being. To be happier, start by being more grateful. Will you take the challenge
to find 100 things you are grateful for? Try thinking of subcategories such as
being grateful for certain living people, deceased people, gospel topics,
physical abilities, things in nature, places on earth, food, you name it! I'm
so grateful for this season!!
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| I couldn't remember if I've ever sent a picture of Sister Boyer and I. oops. Here's one. |
One of the new senior couples in the mission shared a neat
training on the Book of Mormon with us at Zone Conference this week. We tried
sharing it with one of our investigators and it went SO well! We were so happy
to see the power behind the Book of Mormon. When we share with our friends in a
simple way which they can understand, they will feel our love for the truths
found in this sacred record and the Holy Ghost will "prick" their
heart to learn more. Take the challenge to FIND someone to share your testimony
of the Book of Mormon with someone this week. Let me know how it goes!
**A neat side note--the husband in the senior couple had a
stroke 9 years ago that left him really bad off. It was amazing to see how far
he has come. He told us to encourage our investigator who had a few years back
to never give up and keep reading the Book of Mormon. He promised her that's
what would help her most. That's exactly what we've been doing with her.
AMAZING!**
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| Nikita and her family :) Such a fantastic lady! She's got so much spunk. She agreed to giving Sister Boyer a few braids sometime. Her daughters are SO sweet. The youngest came right up to us when we were helping out at a service project and gave us hugs in front of all her friends. |
One of the things I was most grateful for yesterday was to
see one of our part member families at church. Sister Boyer were saying hello
to people for about 10-15 minutes before the meeting. We were waiting for a few
investigators to show up, so we left the one investigator we were already
sitting with and told her we would be right back. We walked out in the foyer to
'get a drink' and our heads turned to the front doors at the same time. Guess
who was walking up? None other than the Lane family! I could feel sister
Boyer's face light up at the exact same time a huge grin broke across my face.
They looked so happy to be there! We could tell the spirit is working on them.
The daughter still wants to be baptized. The son will get there pretty soon.
We're not sure if their dad will join them or not. It's one of the hardest
things when the father is never home because of work. Work is important, but
it's one of the easiest ways for Satan to work his way in.
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| This one more accurately describes Sister Boyer ;) |
Friday night we had a fantastic lesson with a man who
recently got out of jail and his girlfriend. One of the most touching things
I've seen was the video of his little boys running up to him when he got home.
Even more than that though, was when the man had to leave the room to wipe the
tears from his eyes as he was reminded of the moment he got to see his children
again (about 6 months ago). As he said to us, he would never do something that
resulted in him being pulled away from his children again. He bore to us the
sweetest testimony of how he knows missionaries are representatives of Jesus
Christ and he will always tell his friends to listen to us when they see
missionaries. The spirit was strong that evening.
Love y'all! Have a blessed week!
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