Oh, HI THERE (:
Are you having a good week? I hope so (: (: CAUSE WE DID!
The area is on FIRE!
Sister Rhodes has finally picked a date! It was an incredible experience to
watch her receive her witness that this is where God needs her to be!
Remember the last area where we just
worked for forever and got all of those referrals and now we have a solid family we are teaching and
Sister Bryant and Sister Taylor? Well, we decided we needed a new area to start
the process over again. We found it (: WE contacted many of the referrals we
ended up getting. We had a mom in particular that we made a return appointment
with. Well, we were in the area last night for an appointment with her neighbor
who didn't end up being home. We had a back up plan, but as I turned the corner
I saw her light on and felt we needed to go teach her. Sister Allen couldn't
decide, but she is a good companion and trusted me. WELL. WE taught her and
just before we started to teach about the first vision her 12 year old son
joined in. As we shared the picture of the restoration with him and told him
the account they both felt the spirit SO strong. WE asked him how he felt. He
said "shaky" but we dug more and he said it was a good shaky. I have
thought a lot about that! I feel that now the spirit seems so calm and
peaceful, but I remember being a teenager and not knowing for sure what I was
feeling. It was confusing at times. I liked that his explanation of the feeling
of the spirit wasn't all that glorious, but that the fruit of how he felt was
goodness!
Sister Campbell paid
tithing for the first time and she WAS PUMPED. I mean skipping out of church
pumped. I don't think I have ever looked like that while paying tithing, but
that will change (: -windows of heaven she told us. Also, she is doing the
challenge with the mission, but she is going way quicker because she just can't
stop! Haha, this woman is going to love the temple! She reminds me of the
lesson we had in church on being a living member of the church.
I went on exchanges with Sister Lee.-yes! My old companion from
Morgantown (: I never felt I was done learning from her. I wasn't. She is
amazing. She has this way of humbly helping me notice Satan and the way he
attempts to lead me away. She helped me notice something in particular- HE
DOES NOT want me to read the Book of Mormon with the mission. He hates it and
we fight every day. BUT I am conquering it one day at a time. I have never read
it all the way through, but I KNOW IT IS TRUE. I have felt its power and
witnessed the doctrines of Christ taught in it purify myself and others.
It is a weak link in my testimony. I have a testimony. But I pray for
conviction in it often because Satan gets me by telling me I don't have a
strong testimony in it because I haven't read it all the way through. He is
ruthless. When I heard about the challenge I KNEW it was for me. I felt
that God knew me and that this was his way of helping me do something I had
never been able to fight through on my own. At first I felt dumb that I would
need so much help! I felt prideful and ashamed that it took the mission doing
it together to get me to do it. BUT I felt God's love and his desire to
strengthen me. I work my but off to not be a weak link in the mission. I
want to have a positive effect. And I want to constantly help others do the
same. But I felt like a weak link in the mission because this was so hard for
me! I then remembered that weaknesses are to BUILD OUR FAITH, NOT BREAK US
DOWN. Done. Once I remembered that I could do hard things with faith it became
easier. Thanks to the love and support of the missionaries around me AND
me choosing to be humble and accept help, I am reading it and LOVING IT! I know
God doesn't want me to feel discouraged because of what I don't do. I have
weakness and that is okay!
The work is amazing
here. My challenge for you this week is to figure out how Satan is attempting
to lead you away to destruction. Don't be discouraged, ashamed, or prideful,
but remember that weaknesses are to BUILD OUR FAITH, NOT BREAK US DOWN.
I love you! I pray that each one of
you who reads this will be inspired by the spirit of repentance to CHANGE. Please don't
ever read my emails and walk away doing what you have always done! Take a
second to record what you want to improve in your life as a living member of
Christ’s church- and if you aren't a member I plead with you to consider why
you aren't giving yourself the opportunity to fully partake of the blessings
Christ offers us! None of us are perfect at living the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
Let's be better together (:
Love ya much!
--
Sister Justina Campbell
West Virginia Charleston
Mission
ps.
Have I mentioned I caught myself saying ya'll WAY too often?
Charleston Zone!
Exchanges with Sister Lee!
Hiking in Kanawha State Forest.
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