Hello beautiful people! This week has been amazing and has absolutely flown by! As I have said before, I'm scared that these next two years will be a blur and I'll be home before I know it.
I had a much better week than last week with being able to actually contribute to the lessons we have taught and become more comfortable with talking to the people we contact on campus. We have one girl named Mary who has a baptismal date and is progressing wonderfully, but is still waiting on an answer. I'malmost positive that she has already received it, but doesn't know that it was her answer.
Another investigator named Laverne has been having a rough week and said she is going through some depression, so please keep these two ladies in your prayers! I have a very strong testimony of the power of prayer and know that Heavenly Father will answer our prayers and give everyone help who needs it if we pray!
A really cool experience we had with prayer this week was with a guy named Tim who is a member of "Smoker's Square" (where we do a lot of proselyting, ironically) and he had become homeless. He asked us to pray for him, and we did that night, and the next morning he let us know that he had found a place to stay. It might sound coincidental, but I promise that was an answer to our prayers. Prayer is our two-way communication with Heavenly Father and I promise He hears AND responds! Be patient and He will give you exactly what you need.
Anyway, life is great and I couldn't be more proud to be a missionary. Yesterday wewere on campus (campus is dead on Fridays...) and there were several preachers there talking to students about the Bible and stuff. I wasn't offended by them being there and was actually glad to see them concerned for the welfare of these students because there is a TON of help needed at TCC. But when we walked past them, they started preaching to people that we worship the devil and that they should never talk to us. That's when I just felt offended. Haha except a couple of kids thought they were being ridiculous, so they came up and talked to us anyways and told us they were talking smack about us and asked us questions. We all agreed that with the name "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", we most certainly do NOT worship the devil... Anyway, they helped us out a lot more than they hurt us, so who's on the Lord's side, who? WE ARE!
I'm sorry if this is coming off as kind of an angry email, I promise I love everyone even if they talk smack about me :)
So, we played sand volleyball last night (which was freezing cold because we have had a cold front come through) and I've been dubbed as the best diver in our District. I'm proud of this honor and I will admit I had some pretty sweet diving plays!
Other than that, we had "ramwiches" which is ramen boiled just enough so you can unfold it, then you mix the seasoning with an egg and fry it into the ramen, then add meat and cheese, then throw some bread on both sides and its a great meal! SO GOOD! I highly recommend all you college students to try it because it’s cheap and very filling.
Anyway, I love you all so much and I hope life is going absolutely amazing! Remember that obedience is the first law of heaven and we will be blessed when we are obedient. I know that Jesus Christ died for our sins so that we can repent and be forgiven of them and receive His mercy. I love my Savior for this wonderful gift! I know the Book of Mormon is another testament of Christ and you willcome closer to Him through reading it. It truly brings happiness and I praythat you all read it daily! I love this Church with all my heart! I love you all and miss you! Be loving and charitable!
Love,
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