little girl, and Sister Manns and I love her a lot. Her Baptism went
really well. It was funny because Myannas only request was that the
water be warm. And the water was FREEZING! haha... but she was a good
sport and got baptized anyway. Lesson learned...When you want a Job
done right you got to do it yourself
haha.
This week we were teaching our investigator Kim Smith. She came to
church last Sunday and enjoyed it. We had a lesson on the Plan of
Salvation. When we started talking about our life here on earth I
shared the scripture, Alma 34:32. This is the time to prepare to meet
God. She had so many questions and one of her main ones being, "Why do
bad things happen to good people." This reminded me of a talk that I
had read that morning by Elder Evan A. Schmutz. I shared it with her.
It read...
" As part of our Heavenly Father’s plan, He allowed sorrow
to be woven into our mortal experience. While it seems that painful
trials fall unevenly on us, we can be assured that to one degree or
another, we all suffer and struggle. It is my prayer that the Holy
Spirit will guide us to a greater understanding why this must be so.
When we view the difficult experiences of life through the lens of
faith in Christ, we are able to see that there can be godly purpose in
our suffering. The faithful can experience the truth of Peter’s
seemingly contradictory counsel. He wrote, “If ye suffer for
righteousness’ sake, happy are ye.” As we apply our “hearts to
understanding,” we can increase in our ability to both endure our
trials well and learn from--and be refined by--them. Such
understanding provides an answer to the ageless question “Why do bad
things happen to good people?”"
It was perfect for her! The spirit was
so strong. We also shared a few other scriptures like Alma 31:30-31
that talk about praying for strength to endure your trials. It was
such a powerful lesson. I love being a missionary!
Sister Manns and I are best friends! (Don't worry Mariah, you ain't
replaced;)) I love her so much! We have similar personalities and we
get a long really well.... I couldn't have asked for a better
companion.
Missions are SO HARD, but well worth it!
Keep on keeping on.
1. ✂️
2.Dunked
3.Sister Manns be cute. Fly.
4.Tryna be artsy
5. Zone
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