Loving the Work! Happiness!
Date: July 9, 2012
Area: Brooklyn
Companions - Sister Delong, Sister Cahill
This was another wonderful week :) I can not believe that we are in JULY already....where is the year going? I remember celebrating new years in Brentwood! Well Familia I hope that you all had a wonderful week :) Well I know that you just heard from me so there is not much to report on....Wednesday night we were able to go and eat at the Familia Jimenez ( they are Dominican which makes them ten times cooler) Hermanas son named Jeffrey is getting ready do go on his mission in about a week so we were able to talk to him about the mission and Preach My Gospel. He is so excited! It is so neat to be to be able to see the fruits of missionary work. It all started by a missionary talking to her and then it lead to her and her family being baptized. Now her son is going to go and serve a mission for the lord, for 2 years. I love the quote from President Monson....Someone onced asked "How do you get all of these young people to go on missions? To which he replied..."We just ask them." Serving a mission for my savior has been BY FAR the MOST rewarding thing that I have ever done. Really I feel SO honored and blessed to be able to be serving a mission for this short time. It was really neat to be able to talk to him about his mission. He is SO excited! I remember when I first got my call and I wanted to tell the WHOLE World :) I could not WAIT to get out to teach the humble souls of NY. I am so happy to hear that Megynn Caffall is on a mission. Megynn you are going to have the time of you life I love you! :)
This Saturday we were able to go and meet Maria Jose and her family. Maria Jose just moved here from Ecuador and she is a recent Convert. She is the ONLY member in her family. We were able to go and teach her mom. It was a wonderful lesson and the spirit was so strong. I love the scripture in Doctrine and Covenants that talks about if the spirit is there, that both the learner and the teacher are both edified. The Spirit is EVERYTHING. With the spirit there miracles happen. The spirit is the one who brings the message to their hearts. It was so neat to be able to see the fruits once again of missionary work. Maria Jose loves the gospel of Jesus Christ and you can really see how she truly has been converted. You can see as President Calderwood says, "That the doctrine of Christ has truly sunk deep into their hearts." We are truly converted when the doctrine of Christ sinks deep into our hearts. He also told us to not go home until we are TRULY Converted! I love this, because that is what we ourselves as missionary's need to convert ourselves. Sister Nelson would always say often your greatest convert will be yourself! I feel that I have changed a TON on my mission through our savior Jesus Christ. I know that it is only through our savior Jesus Christ that we can change. I am so thankful that our Savior Jesus Christ died for us and made it possible to make changes in our lives to become more and more like him. I am thankful that he can forgive us through the atonement Jesus Christ. I am FAR from perfect, however I know that I can be made perfect through our savior. He loves us. He wants nothing more than for us to return to live with him again. That is why he has been so merciful to give us this PLAN. The plan of Salvation. It is the PERFECT plan. It just makes sense. I love the plan and am so thankful for it. I can not express my gratitude for my savior. I love him.
Well we are off. But I just want you to all know that I know that I know that My Savior Lives. I know that he loves us . I know that the Book of Mormon is truly the Word of God and that when we read from it everyday we will be safe. The Book of Mormon has helped Me SO much in my life and I know that we can turn to our Father in Heaven for guidance and that he can answer us. I know that he hears and answers our prayers. Prayer is real. He is waiting, to hear from us. I love this gospel more than anything! This is the lords work.
I love you!!
Keep being amazing! Always remember how special you are in the sight of the lord :) Never ever forget that!
Love
Hermana Gray
“Though the storm clouds may gather, though the rains may pour down upon us, our knowledge of the gospel and our love of our Heavenly Father and of our Savior will comfort and sustain us and bring joy to our hearts as we walk uprightly and keep the commandments,” he encourages. “There will be nothing in this world that can defeat us. My beloved brothers and sisters, fear not. Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith.” ~ President Monson
This Saturday we were able to go and meet Maria Jose and her family. Maria Jose just moved here from Ecuador and she is a recent Convert. She is the ONLY member in her family. We were able to go and teach her mom. It was a wonderful lesson and the spirit was so strong. I love the scripture in Doctrine and Covenants that talks about if the spirit is there, that both the learner and the teacher are both edified. The Spirit is EVERYTHING. With the spirit there miracles happen. The spirit is the one who brings the message to their hearts. It was so neat to be able to see the fruits once again of missionary work. Maria Jose loves the gospel of Jesus Christ and you can really see how she truly has been converted. You can see as President Calderwood says, "That the doctrine of Christ has truly sunk deep into their hearts." We are truly converted when the doctrine of Christ sinks deep into our hearts. He also told us to not go home until we are TRULY Converted! I love this, because that is what we ourselves as missionary's need to convert ourselves. Sister Nelson would always say often your greatest convert will be yourself! I feel that I have changed a TON on my mission through our savior Jesus Christ. I know that it is only through our savior Jesus Christ that we can change. I am so thankful that our Savior Jesus Christ died for us and made it possible to make changes in our lives to become more and more like him. I am thankful that he can forgive us through the atonement Jesus Christ. I am FAR from perfect, however I know that I can be made perfect through our savior. He loves us. He wants nothing more than for us to return to live with him again. That is why he has been so merciful to give us this PLAN. The plan of Salvation. It is the PERFECT plan. It just makes sense. I love the plan and am so thankful for it. I can not express my gratitude for my savior. I love him.
Well we are off. But I just want you to all know that I know that I know that My Savior Lives. I know that he loves us . I know that the Book of Mormon is truly the Word of God and that when we read from it everyday we will be safe. The Book of Mormon has helped Me SO much in my life and I know that we can turn to our Father in Heaven for guidance and that he can answer us. I know that he hears and answers our prayers. Prayer is real. He is waiting, to hear from us. I love this gospel more than anything! This is the lords work.
I love you!!
Keep being amazing! Always remember how special you are in the sight of the lord :) Never ever forget that!
Love
Hermana Gray
“Though the storm clouds may gather, though the rains may pour down upon us, our knowledge of the gospel and our love of our Heavenly Father and of our Savior will comfort and sustain us and bring joy to our hearts as we walk uprightly and keep the commandments,” he encourages. “There will be nothing in this world that can defeat us. My beloved brothers and sisters, fear not. Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith.” ~ President Monson
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