Patience is a virtue!

This week has been a great week! A week very memorable, especially for how much patience I needed and had developed. I had the chance to go on exchanges to Petaluma with Sister Simnitt. The most memorable experience from this exchange was Thursday and Friday morning. Thursday was the most patient trying day. We had planned the night before to visit many Less-Active, Potential Investigators, and Investigators. As we started our day, house after house no one was home. We felt defeated! By 2:45 pm we were tired! We had found no one that we had planned to see! We wanted to badly to speak to someone! To teach a lesson! President Uchtdorf in the April 2010 Conference says on patience, "Patience—the ability to put our desires on hold for a time—is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant and, at times, bitter. Nevertheless, without patience, we cannot please God; we cannot become perfect. Indeed, patience is a purifying process that refines understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action, and offers hope for peace."
We must always be patient! I am not always patient and the Lord knew that I needed to learn this lesson. Things are not always going to go as planned. That day had not gone as planned. As we kept wondering why the Lord had not provided a way for us to see anyone that we had planned to see He had provided a way for us to see miracles, He was trying our patience to prepare us for the miracles we were to witness. Ether 12:6 in the Book of Mormon declares, "Wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye recieve no witness until after the trial of your faith." We must always be tried! How important then is developing patience? I am so grateful that I learned now! I know that I will keep learning about patience, I am not perfect but the Lord in his infinite mercy will help us develop and grow, if we ask in faith with a sincere heart to help us! He is always there.
Tracting on Thursday we saw miracles. The Lord had prepared us to talk to those whom we would come in contact with. We were able to find 3 potential investigators! We came in contact with a man that verbally attacked us and somehow we managed to stay patient and to stand strong for our values and the Church. The Lord prepares us each day for the hard lessons we have to learn. The wonderful thing about our Savior is that He never leaves us alone. He is always there, ready to help us!
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/continue-in-patience?lang=eng&query=continue+patience

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Miracles do happen!

This week has been an amazing week full of miracles! It is amazing to see the miracles that happen in our everday life! They really do happen! This week we met with an investigator for the Eureka 2 area Elders Carter and Mqueen, this man's name was Louis. He is from Mexico and I am the only bilingual sister in my zone and area at this time! So as Sister Tucker (my companion) and I drove to his apartment, I practiced my spanish and taught Sister Tucker the first lesson on the way there. Once we arrived, and met the Elders  We walked directly to his apartment. When he opened the door I immediatly loved Louis! He was so kind, nice and welcoming! He let us in and with in minutes we started to get to know him more, while I translated for the Elders any answers or questions both parties had. We started with a prayer as we finished, the Elders began by asking Louis about his friend who had said that he (Louis) wanted to know more about the Atonement. He agreed and the Elders began speaking and I began translating you could see Louis's eyes and how much he believed in the Atonement. He asked many question to understand but nevertheless the belief was there! He would tell us from time to time what he believed in and how his beliefs were in line with the Church's beliefs. This man had been prepared by the Lord for all of us who were in that room with him. We didn't teach him, he taught us. He then asked if he could pray (we talked about many more things that I don't have time to mention!) and said that he promised to become a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints if God gave him the job he had applied for in Somoa that very next day. As he prayed he made that covenant with God to be faithful and to be baptized. As we finished the lesson and as we all walked out we all felt we needed to pray. We we had all felt the spirit so strong and knew that our Heavenly Father would make it possible for him to get that job. That brought a Spirit of unity, a Spirit of love and a Spirit of Missionary work. Miracles do happen! Unseen to our own eyes at times, they do happen! Moroni a prophet in the Book of Mormon declares, "...My beloved breathern, have miracles ceased? Behold I say unto you, Nay; neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men." Miracles do happen! I have seen it in my life! I know that the Savior loves each of his children on this earth, he knows us each individually and loves us perfectly. I know that the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ and testifies of his people in the Ancient America's. I know that we have a Prophet: Thomas S. Monson, that leads and guides his church today under the direction of Jesus Christ. Love you!!

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We are all Enlisted

As the title says, We are all Enlisted! This is our time to give a year and a half to two years to the Lord. Is it possible to Enlist in the Army of God? Of course it is. This is a minor sacrifice to the infinite sacrifice our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has done for each of us.  Jeffrey R. Holland an Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint spoke during a world wide General Conference in October 2011, "Do I need to hum a few bars of “We Are All Enlisted”? You know, the line about “We are waiting now for soldiers; who’ll volunteer?” Of course, the great thing about this call to arms is that we ask not for volunteers to fire a rifle or throw a hand grenade. No, we want battalions who will take as their weapons “every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God.”  Although, I have been out for a month, it has been the greatest month of my life, the happiest month of my life. The Lord has blessed me in many ways that I still cannot comprhend. Serving the Lord will bless our life and the lives of those whom we serve! They will get the chance to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and be able to know a new way of coming unto Christ and having a way to return to him. I know that this is true. I have seen it in my life and I know that when we come unto Christ we can live a fuller and happier life!

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