Hey everyone!
This week's title is from my dear companion, Sister Brown.
Yesterday as we were making lunch I remembered that we had gotten corn on
Monday. So I said something along the lines of, "Oh yeah, we have
corn." And she throws her arms up and says, "OH MY GOODNESS!!! I LOVE
CORN!!!!!" It was really funny because the fact that we had corn made her
day and she was a lot more awake the rest of the day.
Anyway, this week was really good. I had to spend a lot of
time working on the magazine and it made me feel really bad for Sister Brown.
Any time that we could have spent finding or talking to people we had to work
on the magazine. Even though we spent a lot of time on computers, I kept
praying that we would find people to teach. We ended up finding 3 new people to
teach even though we talked to half as many people as we normally do. It was a
tender mercy to me. It also was a testimony builder that Heavenly Father really
is preparing people to receive the gospel.
We had a kind of sad experience with some members this week.
There's an old less active couple that the missionaries have visited for years.
This week they told us that the reason they don't come back to church is
because no one cares about them. They haven't been to church for a lot of
years, and it's because no one from the church, besides the missionaries, have
come to visit them in all of those years. It made me think about all the people
whether they're a member or not feel unloved or like they don't matter and it
made me really sad. Everyone deserves to feel like and know that someone cares
for them. If nothing else, they need to know that Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ love them. I read a scripture this week that reminded me of this. 1
Nephi 21:14 "But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and
my Lord hath forgotten me- but he will show that he hath not." The chapter
goes on to say that the Savior hasn't and can't forget us because he has
"graven us on the palms of his hands." I know that no matter how
alone or forgotten you feel, there is someone who cares about you infinitely.
You matter. You are loved. That's why I'm on a mission. So that I can share
this message of Love with those who need to hear it.
God is good!
Sister Slade
pictures:
1. Random picture of sister brown during comp study. She loves comp study
2. We got ice cream at a gas station because it was a really
hot day.
3. Another puzzle that I did.
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