Yes, i know that my emails have been super lame lately, for that i am sorry! i just haven't had any crazy "email worthy" stories lately. Not that my life is boring, things here are going amazing!! But typing out stories just does not do that story justice!
So this week it has been raining.... non stop. Sooo fun. But every once in a while it stops raining for an hour or two and when that happens me and Sister Pitcher run outside and do some street contacting so that we don't get stuck inside all the time. And i don't know what i am doing differently this week but for some reason, almost every one i have talked to is SO CRAZY. There was one guy who walked up to me and was like "you watch movies?" "uh... no, we are missionaries and..." "well crap. Well here. take this movie anyways." and he hands me a Planet Of the Apes movie. Its the legit movie, bought from a store. And he walked away after... so now i have a planet of the apes movie in our apartement... i don't know if thats apostate or not but i love the movie so im thinking of just keeping it in my suit case for when i go home...
We are teaching this girl who is a student at UNB and SO ELECT. She is loving the lessons and said to us this week "I can honestly say that since I have met with you guys, my life has been so much better. I have never been so happy in my entire life and i know that is not a coincidence" WOOHOO. But here is the porblem... she is moving to Ontario... next week. And hasn't been to church enough times to get baptized. So now we are prepping her to get baptized in Ontario!!!
I feel so blessed to have the key that brings happiness into the lives of so many people. And to have the technology to stay in contact with these people to continue to help them grow and become better.
I was studying this morning about our pre-earth life. As we come to know more about our existence and experiences before this life, the more we understand our purpose here.
I was reading in Section 93 of the Docterine and Covenants and its says:
24 And truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come;
So we learned about Gods plan before we came to the earth, and we continue to learn as we grow and gain experience on the earth. We continue to gain truth.
27 And no man receiveth a fulness unless he keepeth his commandments.
As we are obedient we can gain more and more truth, and it talks in this section about how truth = light.
Now keeping this in mind, i thought of a less-active we visited this week. She has not been active since she was a teenager (she is in her late 40's now) but she stayed very spiritual still. The rest of her family is active and so she has always had contact with the church. As we got to know her in our meeting she expressed to us her testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. She told us of some concerns that were small and can easily be resolved and a concern that she has forgotten a lot about the teachings and has lost a lot of knowledge over the years. We asked if she would be willing to take the missionary lessons. She thought about it for a minute and then declined. Confused, i asked her why and she said "Because i know that what you will teach me will bring me closer to God, which is great. But i also know that I am doing some things in my life that God does not want me to do. I know that as i come closer to God those things will become more apparent. And i like my life right now. I just dont want to change."
John 3:19
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
We have the truth of the gospel. We have that light. But what i learned this week is that many times people do not have a problem with what we teach. They have just grown too familiar with darkness that they are not willing to make the changes necessary to find that light. They are scared to become accountable, to take ownership of there sins and mistakes; not realizing how much this is hindering their progression.
The story told this last Conference by Elder Clayton talks of a little girl trying to find her way to the light and he said "She saw a light in the distance and fought her way to it" Sometimes obtaining light is a struggle, it takes effort. But we do not want to become like this less active, content sitting in darkness. We know better. Light is worth the fight!
What a blessing it is to share this light with others, to constantly be searching for those who are willing to make the changes needed to obtain that light, that glory, and that joy that our Heavenly Father offers us.
I hope everyone has had a wonderful week! Mothers day is coming up and i am excited to see my family! I love you all, i hope all is well, thank you for your love and support :)
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