June
21st, 2015
Hi
to my favorite family :)
This week has flown by! The days
don't, but the weeks do. I figure most of life is like that right? Well, I am
still not over the green here! Hahaha. What I love about our area is that one
minute you're driving through shopping centers and busy roads and then 5
minutes later you're in these neighborhoods with gigantic green fields and
pretty houses.
The Batson family in our ward is from
Las Vegas and so I was laughing when I told them that I feel
"claustrophobic" because of all the trees! Haha you literally can't
see around them. #mountains4ever
So this week Sister Donehue and I got
to visit so many less active members! It was so awesome. I love getting the
opportunity to visit with people. I also love the members in the ward. We get
the opportunity to work with a lot of single sisters. They are so kind and
their hearts have so much love. I also love having the opportunity to perform
service whenever we get the chance.
No one can pronounce my name here at
all. Everyone says "Stol-diddy." So basically like P. Diddy, but
much, much cooler.
This week we had dinner with Sister
Kelly who is deaf and in the ward. She was Jade's visiting teacher! The first
thing she said to me was, "You look like Jade." And I told her that I
was her cousin! Haha. Also the Erekson's and Sheppards knew her too. How fun is
that? Those Stolworthy genes are great :)
If you could keep in your prayers all
off the recent converts and investigators in the ward that would be awesome :)
One of our investigators is leaving this summer :(
The weather here is getting crazy
crazy. It is so hot and humid, but then it will rain. And then comes the
afternoon thunderstorms which are pretty cool to me since I haven't really
experienced those much! You should see my hair mom. It is HUGE. Haha.
We share a lot of hastening the work
videos which I recommend you guys all watch! Also the new Mormon Message, Lift.
It is SO GOOD. It is so true that when we serve others we end up finding
ourselves. It is a really cool thing. Charity is the one thing that will never
fail or run out. We can always uplift, love, and serve. I've noticed that if my
heart is filled with charity than everything is so much easier to bear and I
have way more gratitude in my heart for those I am serving.
The most interesting street contact
this week was a man we found in one of our investigator’s neighborhoods. He's
becoming a minister, and both of his sons are ministers. Hahahaha. Talk about a
fun conversation. I'm not kidding when I say there are churches on every corner
here. At least they are filled on Sundays. Whenever we experience a lot of
rejection, or people aren't the nicest, I always think of Jeffrey R. Holland's
talk about missionary work and the Atonement. He said that we shouldn't expect
it to be easy for us when it was never easy for Him. "Salvation is not a
cheap experience." You know being a member of this gospel takes work on
our part, and it isn't going to always be easy. Life is going to give us
challenges, and we will experience heartache, rejection, and pain is this life.
But thankfully Christ suffered all that we might find peace when it gets hard.
No, life will never be easy, but if we follow the Savior it will become
bearable, and peace will flow into our lives. I know that to be true. I love
you all, have an amazing week!
Love,
Sister Stol-diddy
Also mom if you could send me all the family addresses,
birthdays, anniversaries, important dates that would be awesome!:)
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