January 13, 2014
Hello Hello!
All i can say is New Hampshire is weird. One day it was negative 15, and then it was pouring and flooding one day, then we all were ice skating, and now its in the 50's and SUNNY. But hey, PEOPLE ARE OUT ON THE STREETS so i cant complain!
Well, this week has been a whirlwind. It's been hard. It's been exhausting and spiritually exhausting too! But yet i am still so happy. I have no idea where i will be next week, home or here. who knows. But i do know that i trust my Heavenly Father and no matter what the doctors say, or president, or other people, all i have to do is find a sacred place and i will feel peace. All i have to do is turn to Him, and all will be well. Abide with me tis even tide has been a favorite this week. I need my Savior so much. I need Him every moment. I have to say i respect the JW's so much for going out and proselyting without having the spirit. We are promised the gift of the Holy Ghost! I am promised that if i just open my mouth, i will be laden with sheaves (converts) and i will know what to say! I am promised comfort, protection, guidance. All because i am one of His called ministers. This gospel means the world to me. It really does. I know that Heavenly Father is overjoyed that i accepted His call to serve. I know that He is overjoyed that i am spiritually in tune, and am following His will and being led in every moment. To all of you who keep asking when im coming home, it doesnt matter. I dont even know. But what matters is that in every moment i turn my will over to Him. And every moment i will. I promise you all, i have a 100% set apart heart. I know that what i am doing is what He wants me to. I am learning that every little mite we give, means more than gold to Him. I don't understand how, but i do know why. I wish i were as grateful as my Father and Savior are. I wish i didnt expect more sometimes. If what i give to them is enough, what others give so selflessly to me and to others should be enough too. I'm working on that.
So, tomorrow my beloved sister frampton goes home to get surgery and i will be receiving two new sisters to area train and show the ropes. There good ones, im not suppose to know who they are but since i do and since you asked who they are mom, might as well tell ya! Sister Waite and Sister Smith! I still cant believe i'll be on my 8th companion in 7 transfers and the only companion i had for more than 6 weeks was the one i trained. It must be a record. But i have been so blessed to have had so many different lives touch me. I know ive been entrusted with so many great spirits! Companions are sure awesome. Hard, but so so awesome. I heard marriage is even better, cause then you get to pick you who your with.
We picked up a couple new investigators who are solid and prepared. Pray for Fran and Mady!
Tomorrow i am going to Vermont to the Joseph Smith Memorial with the group that is returning home since the Boston Temple is closed for cleaning. I'm in need of a lot of inspiration and revelation, and what a blessing it is that tomorrow, i will be in a grove of trees where Joseph has prayed! Where he was born.... and where he was prepared much for his own calling in life. I feel like the most blessed missionary in the world. I am. I really am.
The other day we were at a members whose husband has recently become sober and just got the priesthood. She has had so many battles and hard times in her life that still continue. As we sat and listened to her, i had one of the most cherished moments ever. I looked at her hands, and i saw my moms hands. I saw skinny, bony hands that were hard working hands. I saw hands that have lifted so many spirits, who have held on to hopeless spirits, who have patted so many despaired spirits, and who have comforted so many spirits. I saw My Saviors hands, who are constantly stretched out before mine. I saw His hands, embracing me. The spirit was so pure. I wish everyone in the world could feel what i felt. Once again, i just love this gospel.
May we all come to see the hands that are outstretched before us, and may we all reach out to those who need lifting.
I love and pray for you all, and i feel your prayers right back.
Sister Cloward
elder robison! he had my heart the minute i met him on the plane. just an hour earlier, i saw him kneeling down with president in prayer, after his final interview before he heads off to brazil. he has changed my life.
they call us the manchfam.
dr reinfurt!
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