Aloha! Happy November! Holy cow, can you believe it? I love fast and testimony meeting at church. I love taking the sacrament. Last week was stake conference, and I really missed taking the sacrament. It was kind of the highlight of my week! President committed all of us missionaries to bear our testimony at every testimony meeting. Sometimes it feels tedious, but sharing our testimonies has brought about much good. Not only does it strengthen the testimonies of others, but it also helps us strengthen our own testimonies. The Savior said Whosoever shall find his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life, for my sake, shall find it. How true that is! Let us always lose our life in the service of others, for them. As we resist the temptation to be a natural man to turn inward, and follow the Savior and turn outward instead, our lives will be blessed beyond compare! I know that is true! I am glad that Grandma and Pappy are getting their letters. I wasnt sure if they were. They mean so very much to me. I love them! So my little sister and brother are probably the cutest kids ever. It must kill the Sisters to not be able to hold them. There are a ton of cute kids here, and we get asked so often if we want to hold them. If only! It is truly the WORST RULE EVER! This week we had a Zone Conference in Grand Island. It was so great! There were sooooo many Sisters there! So many! It was a blast! President talked about how we should give inspired prayers after the manner that Christ prayed. My prayers have dramatically changed for the better! Then the APs, Elder H******* and Elder R******, gave this really great training on taking 100% responsibility for ourselves, our companion, and our area! It was so inspired and inspiring! This entire week I have been focused in my studies on how I can better use the Atonement to take 100% responsibility =D This week has been kind of rough. We really struggled to get lessons, which is super weird for this area. The investigator that we set for baptism is in an open rebellion at this point because we taught her about the law of chastity. Yesterday was a really long and hard day. I tried my hardest to focus outward...but I was massively stressing out. We had two ward council meetings, two sacrament meetings, and the rest of church in first ward, and ward correlation. All the stress made me sick- bad headache, upset stomach, shaky, weepy, the works. By ward correlation we had been at church for 7 hours, and we still had an hour to go. At one point my ward mission leader mentioned something about our investigator that is rebelling, and I started to cry. He asked me if I needed a blessing, I said yes. The blessing reminded me that this is the Lords work. It reminded me that some people take longer to receive the gospel. It reminded me that Im here for a reason. It reassured me that my hard work has been acceptable and that Heavenly Father is pleased with what I am doing. I am so grateful for the Priesthood. So, very, grateful. I hope that story didnt freak you out. Im feeling a lot better now. I am still working hard. I am still tuning and improving. Im not there yet. I probably never will be. But thats ok. This life is a time to be tried and tested. Without the fire, where would the refinement come from? I love you all. Thank you so much for all that you do! You are absolutely wonderful. I am grateful that I have a forever family! Time is so short. Have a great week. :) Much love and ALOHA! Sister Stiles
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 19:00:21 +0000
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