Happy one year mark to us!! June 22
This last week Sister Benson and I were SO blessed. We found so many new investigators we barley have a enough time to meet with all of them! We also should be having a baptism in a couple weeks! We are so happy because our area is being blessed! In my last two areas I have been in them for three transfers and I love it because I get to see the area progress over time! For example, I have been able to see a lot of contacts that I have had with past companions end up getting baptized! SO COOL. This really is God's work and all his glory because without him all us missionaries would be soooo lost.
Speaking of lost...This is how we moved all our stuff... and somehow our rice cooker got lost in the move.... hmmmmm I wonder why.... hahha
Our "moving van" & crew
Our view/ area
I did an exchange last week with two Vietnamese Sisters! My BYU roommate, Sister Graviet would be proud because I learned how to contact in Vietnamese!! Though, it's a little rough and I'm probably saying all of it wrong......but I went on an exchange with a Sister from Vietnam! She knows a ton of English and I am obsessed with her!! She is the most dedicated missionaries I have ever seen and is not afriad of anything! We were biking on the street and she is contacting everyone she can see! By the end of the exchange that evening I was exhausted! I asked her how she was so fearless in everything she does and she told me that she knows God trusts her and as long as she just tries, God will be proud of her! She is amazing. We ended up going and seeing Mac Yay and she also knows Vietnamese. We taught a lesson about Joseph Smith and I spoke Khmer to her and SIster Trinh spoke Vietnamese to her and then Sister Trinh and I would talk to each other in English. HOW COOL IS THAT? I am so grateful for the privilege to learn a language on my mission. During that lesson I was just blown away that we were able to have a discussion about Joseph Smith in three languages all testifying that he is a prophet of God and Restored the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints upon the earth again.
One of our investigators is having a really hard time right now. Her parents are trying to force her to get an arranged marriage. Its pretty common here. I cannot imagine. She just broke down to us about how she doesn't love this man and if she doesn't accept the proposal she will be going against her parents wishes. There is nothing in my life even close to that I could relate to her with. The only thing I could promise her that could help her is Jesus Christ and His Atonement. For me to assure her of this means that I really need to believe in it myself, and I do. There are so many different trials everyone goes through. It can feel like there is no one in the world who understands our circumstance perfectly but I can promise everyone that Jesus Christ is fully aware of how you feel because he has been there. I know this to be true. There are so many times in my mission where memebers or investigators have shared their trials and I have been able to offer comfort and strength by teaching them about the Atonement. It is pretty amazing.
I love this gospel and I love my mission. Thank you for all the support! HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! Have fun in MCcall!
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