Hello :) August
19, 2013
Transfers went well!
My new companion's name is Sister Crandall and she's from Idaho! She reminds me
so much of myself when I first got off that plane. She asks lots of the same
questions I had and has a lot of the same concerns. She does all she can to be
exactly obedient and has a real urgency to talk with everyone about the
restored gospel! The fact that we are companions builds my testimony that
President Scott is a man that makes decisions based on revelation. I love
Sister Crandall so much already and know that this is going to be a transfer of
miracles!
On Tuesday morning,
transfer day, we went to the mission home for the trainers meeting and to meet
our new companions. During our meeting, the new missionaries were downstairs
receiving instruction about the mission, and we were upstairs having a
discussion with the assistants about how we can be successful trainers. I'll be
honest, I was terrified. We discussed some of our concerns as trainers, but
that didn't bring peace to my heart. I just prayed throughout the whole meeting
that I would be the trainer, example, and missionary that this new sister
needed. I prayed for strength because I knew I would need strength beyond my
own. I prayed for my new companion. I prayed for the assurance that I was ready
to be a trainer. Once I met Sister Crandall, all of those prayers were
answered. She knows her purpose as a missionary, and she's ready to work hard!
Yesterday the Relief
Society lesson was on grace. It was a fantastic lesson! It reminded me of a
talk that Brad Wilcox gave called "His Grace is Sufficient." If you
haven't read that talk, GO READ IT! My favorite quote from it is, "The
miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can live after we die but that we
can live more abundantly. The miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can
be cleansed and consoled but that we can be transformed. Scriptures make it
clear that no unclean thing can dwell with God, but no unchanged thing will
even want to." That's why missions are hard. That's why life is
hard. Because change is hard. But once we understand the Atonement, we will
want to apply it and change our lives. We will want to become more Christlike
and align our will with our Heavenly Father's.
I am so grateful for
the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am grateful that I've had this knowledge
all my life. I am grateful to have a lifetime to show my Heavenly Father that
gratitude. That is one of my favorite questions to ask people on the street.
"What are you most grateful for?" Then I ask "How do you show
that gratitude to God?" I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that He is
our Redeemer and that only through the grace of His Atonement we can change to
become who God needs us to become. I love the Book of Mormon. It's true.
Have a fabulous week!
Love and Prayers, B
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