Hello my lovely friends and family!!!
First off, I love you all. Please know that ❤🙂
I
think this week was the first time I prayed for my mission to pass by
slower. The weeks are flying by, and I am starting to freak out a
little bit. Because I only have 11 more months..........
But this week was QUITE the adventure. Let me tell yall about it!
Long
story short, on Tuesday my companion was in a lot of pain, and she
fainted! Thankfully I caught her 💪 okay wow, my mom always told me
that if someone tried to kidnap me, then I should go limp, because
you´re heavier when you are limp. NOW I know this is 1000% true.
#NeverGoingToStopDoingPushups No, but really it was a miracle.
Because we were walking down the stairs, and she started to get really
weak, but she didn´t faint until we reached the bottom. I don´t know
what I would´ve done if she had fainted on the stairs!
There´s
a book series that I LOVE. It´s called the Muirwood series. It was
written by a member of my church and has a lot of similarities. (YALL
NEED TO READ IT ASAP, it´s soooooo good) But this week I basically told
my companion the whole story of what happens in the series, and that was
really fun for me! But let me tell you, it was so hard to remember
haha. Man I think that I have forgotten SO many things from before the
mission! I´m not sure if that is good or bad? (mom, wanna help my
memory out with the books??)
So
as missionaries we are always trying to find new people to teach, but
we also teach people who are "less active" in the church. And the area
that I am in right now, was recently divided, so we have been having a
hard time finding "less actives." BUT Heavenly Father is so good, and
this week we found TWO families!!! How neat is that?? I was really
grateful :)
What
else? Oh yeah! Okay so you guys know the game MASH?? It´s a funny game
that young girls play to see what their destiny will be. Well this
week, we were at the church with an investigator while her mom was
meeting with other missionaries, and we played that game for her! It was
really funny, because I didn´t think that they had this game in Brasil,
but I was wrong!
So
this week I have been studying a talk called "the Fourth Missionary."
IT IS FANTASTIC. I´ve read it before, but I figured it was time to
read it again. It´s specifically for missionaries, but you all should
read it as well!!!!
This
talk talks a lot about how we are in control of who we want to become.
It explains how we arent born with one "set in stone" set of
personalities and characteristics. It explains how we have the blessing
to change.
"The purpose and
central blessing of life is change. It is to be changed to become more
like Jesus Christ. It is to incorporate into your character the
qualities of His character. It is to move from one degree of
intelligence and capacity to the next, and from there to the next, until
you see God face to face and know Him as He knows you."
Isn´t that so wonderful???
IT GETS BETTER
The
auther, Lawrence E. Corbridge then explains that we literally have the
power to choose what we want. He shared the scripture Alma 29:4-5,
"for I know that he (God) granteth unto men according to their desire, whether
it be unto death or unto life; yea, I know that he alloweth unto men,
yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable, according to their will whether they be unto salvation or unto destruction.. he that knoweth good and evil, to him it is given according to his desires, whether he desireth good or evil, life or death, joy or remorse of conscience."
When
I read that scripture I knew that it was true. It is SO true. It says
three times that we have the ability to choose how we want to be. And,
if our "desires" are the same as God´s, then He will bless us with what
we want.
Looking back on my life now, I
recognize that this has happened a lot to me- I can see now which
desires I had that were the same as God´s desires for me, based on the
blessings I´ve rece3ived in my life.
I really
like what Lawrence Corbridge says about all of this, "if you want a
'mess of pottage' then that is all you will get. If you want light,
intelligence, strength, capacity, peace, contentment, grace, knowledge,
power, happiness, mercy, joy, and every other good thing, then you may
have those too. It is up to you. Whatever you want."
So. I invite you all to think about THAT this week, AND, to read this talk!
xo Sister Councill
ps wow sorry this letter is SUPER long
pps sorry last week my flash drive wasn´t working, but here are some pictures from the last few weeks!!
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