Family and Friends!
Hey!! Well I have to say that this past week was filled with Miracles!! I wish I could write down everything I learned this week.. but knowing me. I'm a little retarded and don't really know how to expresses myself in words.. so if this email sucks.. I'm sorry:)
This week we had the opportunity to have President and Sister Porters here for a mission tour. They are the President of the area. We had a fireside with them on Wednesday and then a conference for the missionaries on Thursday. The days before they came I was just praying and praying to HF to answer my prayers with some of the things I was struggling with. I will tell you that he answered literally every single prayer I had that day at the Conference. I truly feel like that conference was specifically for me. President Borders went first and he talked about our Willingness to Follow the Savior. What am I lacking? What things do I need to give up to truly become a concecrated missionary. And when we find what we are lacking we receive a blessing of power! But the only way to get that power is by putting off distractions.. Which I'm not going to lie I get distracted really easy.. But when I got back to our apartment that night I got rid of all my distractions so that I can truly focus on my work and receive that "power" he was talking about. After he went Sister Porters gave a talk. AHH it was soooo good!!! Lately I've been feeling so stressed and have all this weight on my shoulders of everything I'm dealing with and facing. But what she talked about is as missionaries we carry all these burdens, but Who should be carrying those burdens? The savior? Now when she said that I was kinda like man I can't do that?? I don't want Christ to carry all my problems because he already has to carry everyone elses.. But he's already done it!! Which made my heart ache even more, but yet I was so grateful knowing that he can take these burdens away from us! If you read Moses 1:39 it talks about how this is gods work. This is his plan. Why should we have to feel the stress and burden of other peoples problems or even our problems.. when in the end it's his work. Our role is D&C 12:8- Assist, D&C 138:53- To take part, Mosiah 23:10- and to be an instrument in his hands. We are his servants and we are here to help. Not to take it all upon ourselves and stressfully ask HF to help us with these burdens. Ask him to take them away and see what you can do to assist him in his work. And if we work hard and do all we can, we do our part, then at the end of the day we say well HF I did all I could to help your children today and have joy in that! Even if it's not exactly what you wanted!! I don't know if that makes any sense... But my favorite now was President Porter. He talked about a lot of different things.. But the thing that really hit me because it's something I've been wrestling with for awhile is how do I know if I'm a successful missionary? Especially now that my mission is slowly coming to the end.. like I feel like I really haven't done that much? But what he said was, the way to measure your success as a missionary is by your closeness to god. When I heard that I felt so peaceful. And now I know that I have fulfilled my mission. Obviously I'm not done yet and I still have a lot more to do. But I think about my mission and it's all been about coming close to my Heavenly Father and my Savior and understanding them. Pleading to them in prayer. Following the spirit. My mission has been focused on them!!!!! And in the end the lord will tell you in your hearts if you have been a successful missionary:) He also talked about the greatest thing we can learn on the mission is prayer. Which I think is something we all can work on!! Pray can become so easy to roll with the motions and say the same thing everyday. But when you truly learn how to pray. That's when you begin to see miracles. Well family I wish I could say a whole lot more... but haha yeah:) Maybe next week:) Anyways I love you all! have a great week!!
Mum!!! Hi:) I miss you:) how are you? How was your week? Seems like a good week because it's a long letter? But will see I guess!! So um first off my trip to latvia was pretty normal? Honestly nothing to exciting happened. The way there there was no one on the plane so I just slept haha and on the way back this senior couple was talking to me. We got to go outside the airport for a sec but nothing to exciting.. sorry to bum you out;) haha this week was good though! When I went into Moscow I got to see Natasha? The one in the Wheelchair haha she was so cute, shes like I miss you mom!! haha I guess I talked about you all the time;) But yeah she wants to call you sometime so will see if that ever happens. I love her so much!! It was sooo good to see her!! This week the area president is coming to voronezh to do a mission tour so that should be good. Other then that nothing to exciting. It's not as cold recently which is great, but still not much happening here!! I have to tell you though a couple weeks ago a member called me and was like I need your help!! Can you teach me how to put on Makeup haha so I gave her a big old make over kinda;) Thought you would be proud.. Also I received a call about my flights home.. AHH so weird?? But you should be getting that soon I think? They said I'll be home May 1st. So yeah haha so nuts!! Um other then that yeah.. For the package all I would say is the CTR rings, Prenatil pills(for my hair) and possibly another homemade calendar:) If not it's ok.. But other then that I don't need anything!! Maybe reeses for my comp. She loves them!! But don't worry about sending hand warmers. I still have all mine from last year.. haha anyways I love you mom!! have so much fun in Vegas:):) Love yoU!!!
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