I get emails from a sister missionary who served in our Ward. I love her emails. Here is one.
Hola! This week was long, no success, but awesome week of feeling the spirit! I was on a spiritual high! This will be long, but read it! I know something in this WILL touch your hearts!! Wednesday was awesome! We had zone conference that's when elder Maynes came and spoke to us! He's AWESOME!!! He's a basketball player and golfer and super funny haha, their just normal everyday people. He was great! Sister Berry said something I loved "the lord can't guide our footsteps if we don't move our feet." Wow, how true is that. We have to have the faith and press forward for Him to help us! Then she talked about how our mission is like a camera, "you focus on what's Important, capture the good times, develop from the negative, and take another picture if it doesn't turn out" I thought that was an awesome analogy! President Berry talked about happiness! Which I needed to hear, he had prepared this talk and the night before he said he changed the subject to happiness! He gave us 6 steps to what happy people are, that was awesome! Sister Maynes spoke about 3 things we can do to be better missionaries and a quote from president Monson she mention that I LOVE, was "the impact is everlasting, the work is demanding" and then elder Maynes spoke and talked about a lot of things! But one thing he talked to us about was staying connected to our purpose-ALWAYS. So we need to be connected to our purpose when we first wake up until the time we go to sleep, which was awesome, because I know that's something huge I need to work out, we ALWAYS need to be talking with EVERYONE! And inviting them to come closer to our savior! He also talked about the first Vision and how Joseph smith represents all investigators and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ represent the first companionship of missionaries in this dispensation! HOW COOL!! they literally showed us the way!! He also talked about how we are the ones who have control over everything, so we decide if we want to be happy, we decide if we want to wake up at 6:30. But he also said, Heavenly Father has high expectations of me, so why should I have lower expectations of myself, than He has in me? He is speaking in conference in April and that is the subject of his talk! Heavenly father has proved the way, we are asked to be perfect even as our father in heaven is perfect, but he has proved that was because we become perfected through Christ! He said to have more spiritual maturity is to know the doctrine and live it! Cause most of the time, we know it, but we don't always live it! He also talked about the plan of salvation and the celestial kingdom a bunch! It was amazing! But he talked about how we MUST live a celestial life, because whatever law we choose to live, that's the body will be resurrected in! WOW. I have to live a celestial life so I can have a celestial body!
Hola! This week was long, no success, but awesome week of feeling the spirit! I was on a spiritual high! This will be long, but read it! I know something in this WILL touch your hearts!! Wednesday was awesome! We had zone conference that's when elder Maynes came and spoke to us! He's AWESOME!!! He's a basketball player and golfer and super funny haha, their just normal everyday people. He was great! Sister Berry said something I loved "the lord can't guide our footsteps if we don't move our feet." Wow, how true is that. We have to have the faith and press forward for Him to help us! Then she talked about how our mission is like a camera, "you focus on what's Important, capture the good times, develop from the negative, and take another picture if it doesn't turn out" I thought that was an awesome analogy! President Berry talked about happiness! Which I needed to hear, he had prepared this talk and the night before he said he changed the subject to happiness! He gave us 6 steps to what happy people are, that was awesome! Sister Maynes spoke about 3 things we can do to be better missionaries and a quote from president Monson she mention that I LOVE, was "the impact is everlasting, the work is demanding" and then elder Maynes spoke and talked about a lot of things! But one thing he talked to us about was staying connected to our purpose-ALWAYS. So we need to be connected to our purpose when we first wake up until the time we go to sleep, which was awesome, because I know that's something huge I need to work out, we ALWAYS need to be talking with EVERYONE! And inviting them to come closer to our savior! He also talked about the first Vision and how Joseph smith represents all investigators and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ represent the first companionship of missionaries in this dispensation! HOW COOL!! they literally showed us the way!! He also talked about how we are the ones who have control over everything, so we decide if we want to be happy, we decide if we want to wake up at 6:30. But he also said, Heavenly Father has high expectations of me, so why should I have lower expectations of myself, than He has in me? He is speaking in conference in April and that is the subject of his talk! Heavenly father has proved the way, we are asked to be perfect even as our father in heaven is perfect, but he has proved that was because we become perfected through Christ! He said to have more spiritual maturity is to know the doctrine and live it! Cause most of the time, we know it, but we don't always live it! He also talked about the plan of salvation and the celestial kingdom a bunch! It was amazing! But he talked about how we MUST live a celestial life, because whatever law we choose to live, that's the body will be resurrected in! WOW. I have to live a celestial life so I can have a celestial body!
Sunday I then got to hear from 4 more general authorities, elder Clayton, sister reeves, elder Rasband, and elder hales, but my favorite talk was elder Rasband's, he talked about the temple!! This is a topic that has weighed heavenly on my mind lately and something I have studied every single day for the past two weeks! The first thing he says is "We live in perilous times, but the Lords has promised we are not alone" he goes on to talk about the temples, and how we MUST stand in holy places before the day of the Lord comes. He said "every time a cornerstone is put in, it lessens the power of Satan on the earth" WOAH, that is powerful right? So that tells us just how important temples really are!! We have 149 operating temples and will have 150 in March! We are SO blessed!!! The storms of life are coming, they are already here and our ONLY refuge and protection is the temple!! President Hinckley has told us "Go to the house of the lord more frequently, it is the greatest blessing to us in mortality" we are promised the blessing of heaven as we enter into the lords house and attend the temple! Who doesn't want blessing from heaven!!!?? I know I do!! President Uchtdorf has said "DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO HOLD A CURRENT TEMPLE RECOMMEND" I encourage each and everyone of you to do the same!! Fix what needs fixing, pay a full tithe, talk to your bishop, talk to your stake president, keep the commandments, if a temple is, and I KNOW IT IS, the only protection we have in mortality, isn't that something you want? Protection? Do everything you can to obtain a temple recommend and go to the temple!! I LOVE THE TEMPLE!!! I know just how important it is and the blessings that we will receive as we attend the temple. President Monson has said "You will be filled with confidence as you attend the temple frequently" so attend the temple, have confidence in the future, be protected, come closer to our savior. The storms CANNOT penetrate us as we attend the temple frequently! President Monson has also said, that as we attend the temple the adversary will have no power over us, and that WE WILL overcome temptation and trials! I challenge each of you, to get a temple recommend, be worthy of it! WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE PERFECT, WE JUST HAVE TO BE WORTHY! And I invite each of you to attend the temple twice a month if possible!! I PROMISE you will be blessed! You will see the blessing of heaven shower upon your heads and the power of the adversary will lessen in your lives! I love you all! Thanks for your love and support! Have a wonderful week! Love Sister Grover
