Hello Family and Friends!
Its been such an interesting week becasue.... We are in a tri now! One of our sisters in the Zone got sick and had to go home. So we have her companion with us, Sister Mumford. We are covering our YSA area and a ward in Langley, which is about 30 minutes from Abbotsford so life has been crazy! But its been a whole lot of fun and laughter! :) One of my highlights of the week as starting up Gospel Conversations with people in a store just by holding a pink cat umbrella. Meow!
We were able to teach Jasper at the church again. It was another spirit packed lesson. We taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jasper is such a champ! He explained what convenants were and what enduring to the end was before we even explained it! He was also just so excited to come to church again. And we got him hooked on Tim Horton's white hot chocolate! So he is doing good on the Word of Wisdom and is still set for his baptism at the end of the month. It still amazes me to see some one that has grown up with no beliefs at all, grow faith through prayer and study. Ory is also still doing well. We taught him at a Rugby game this week so that was interesting. He is having hard time recognizing answers from the sprit and trusting the feelings that he gets. So we taught about how you have to act on the thoughts and the impressions you get to see if they turn out good. Its like a little experiement. :) He came to church but is still having Word of Wisdom problems.
This week was my 1st Zone Meeting as a Sister Training Leader. I did a training on the talk "What Lack I Yet?" from Conference and I was excited because that was one of my favorites. A central purpose to our lives is progession. We didnt come to earth to become worse. As we are humble and teachable the Holy Ghost will tell us things we can improve on. As we are faithful, we actually do those things and we lay the foundation of prefection while we are here on earth. Yep, that's the doctrine of Christ. being perfected through him. We need to realized that Heavenly Father knows what we can become, he knows our divine potential. Do we?? Do we really understand that He is our Father and that we have the potiental of becoming like him one day? I have realized that a mission is like a mini life. Me and my companions were walking the other day and were talking about how much we have changed for the better. When I first came out I was lazy, grumpy, and I would never talk in meetings. But through Christ I have been able to overcome my weaknesses and that is one way I know that he is there. I am so thankful for my mission. I'm not perfect I have had my doubts. "It is the faithful life thatrequires moral strength, dedication, and courage. Satan, our adversary, wants us to fail. He spreads lies as part of his effort to destroy our belief. He slyly suggests that thedoubter, the skeptic, the cynic is sophisticated and intelligent, while those who have faith in God and His miracles are naive, blind, or brainwashed. Satan will advocate that it iscool to doubt spiritual gifts and the teachings of true prophets. I wish I could help everyone to understand this one simple fact: we believe in God because of things we know with our heart and mind, not because of things we do not know. Our spiritual experiences are sometimes too sacred to explain in worldly terms, but that doesn’t mean theyare not real." I know that God is there. That he is our Father. That he wants us to be happy and that is why he sent his Son. that is why he Restored his Gospel. I am more sure of these things are than I am sure that I am typing on a computer right now. Spiritual truths come stronger than seeing. If you have doubts, then ask questions. Ask, seek, knock. Seek for real understanding. God will answer as we are humble and open. I am grateful for the lessons I have learned on my mission. I am grateful for how my testimony has been strenghthen. If you can't rely on ours right now, then rely on mine for a bit. I love you all so much. Living the Gospel as brought so much joy into my life. I hope you all have a great week!
Love,
Sister Lofthouse
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