Our investigators James and Ashley who we just started teaching are doing so well. Ashley is 11 and the cutest thing every. She is shy, but really wants to be a part of the ward. At church the prymary got up to sing on Sunday and she got up right with them! She had no idea what the song was (Having only gone to church 1 time before) but she was so darn cute. I am so excited to see their progression and happiness in their life that is coming.
I got a Christmas letter from Grandma and Grandpa Murray this week. 35 bucks from them too! YEssss. Today I go to payless to find some boots. (It is actually really really cold here. Like 50-60 at night and my feet freeze!) So I will buy a pair of boots for outside when I am at the VC or in the area late at night. The other night my feet were so cold I hopped off my bike and didn't feel them and fell on the ground. I laughed pretty hard as a car drove by and Sister Javed was freaking out that I was dead or something :) haha. Tell Grandma thanks for me!
So something I studied this week I wanted to share with you was the importance of giving our all to the Lord. This Christmas has been soooo fantastic because I am serving Him. I am not worried about worldly things, but rather doing his work. Elder Holland has a talk from last GC that I loved. The First Great Commandment. Its golden. Read it. He talks about how we are all disciples of Christ and how we need to devote ourselves to him. Some parts that touched me were when he took liberty and expressed what he thought Christ would have said.... "What I need, Peter, are disciples- and I need them forever. I need someone to feed my sheep and save my lambs. I need someone to preach my gospel and defend my faith. I need someonewho loves me, truly, truly, loves me, and loves what our Father in Heaven has commissioned me to do." HOW POWERFUL IS THAT! I know that we are all discipes of Christ and we are here to share what we know to be true. It is not just on my mission that I will be doing this, but for my whole life. I think about the Sons of Mosiah and how when they learned of the truth they went out and served him for 14 years! (and more). I also love the thought that as we devote ourselves "to be an instrunment in [his] hands to save and preserve the people" (Alma 2:30) we will be strengthened. We can not just pray for strength and give nothing back. I know as we pray for help to fight evil and bring the gospel to all we will be blessed. In Alma 2 it talks about the Laminates and Amlicites who are numerous so much that they are "As the sands of the sea" (vs 27) but the Nephites, who have "prayed mightily to the Lord" (28) are able to defeat them. We too have those who seek to destroy us Each Day. The influence of Satan is all around and we will become sucked in if we do not pray mightily for that strength and as we do so devote ourself to him. We are called to be disciples of the Lord, all of us. What a special calling that is. "In short, we have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord. We can't quit and we can't go back. After an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before" -Elder Holland.
I know that this work is true! I know that Christ lives and loves us. This season is about HIM. It is not about gifts, or lights, or crud like that. It is about serving others and bringing the light of Christ into the hearts of all men. I encourage all who have read this to go out and do something more! Go share your testimony to that person that may need it. As we do these things along with continually holding to the Church, reading or words of prophets and the scriptures, praying, and hearkening unto the spirit we will find happiness and be blessed!
Thank you all for the love and support I receive every day from you! I love you all and hope you are enjoying this holiday season. It is strange not to be home, but I love this work and would not change this for anything in the world!
Love,
Sister Brownell
I got a Christmas letter from Grandma and Grandpa Murray this week. 35 bucks from them too! YEssss. Today I go to payless to find some boots. (It is actually really really cold here. Like 50-60 at night and my feet freeze!) So I will buy a pair of boots for outside when I am at the VC or in the area late at night. The other night my feet were so cold I hopped off my bike and didn't feel them and fell on the ground. I laughed pretty hard as a car drove by and Sister Javed was freaking out that I was dead or something :) haha. Tell Grandma thanks for me!
So something I studied this week I wanted to share with you was the importance of giving our all to the Lord. This Christmas has been soooo fantastic because I am serving Him. I am not worried about worldly things, but rather doing his work. Elder Holland has a talk from last GC that I loved. The First Great Commandment. Its golden. Read it. He talks about how we are all disciples of Christ and how we need to devote ourselves to him. Some parts that touched me were when he took liberty and expressed what he thought Christ would have said.... "What I need, Peter, are disciples- and I need them forever. I need someone to feed my sheep and save my lambs. I need someone to preach my gospel and defend my faith. I need someonewho loves me, truly, truly, loves me, and loves what our Father in Heaven has commissioned me to do." HOW POWERFUL IS THAT! I know that we are all discipes of Christ and we are here to share what we know to be true. It is not just on my mission that I will be doing this, but for my whole life. I think about the Sons of Mosiah and how when they learned of the truth they went out and served him for 14 years! (and more). I also love the thought that as we devote ourselves "to be an instrunment in [his] hands to save and preserve the people" (Alma 2:30) we will be strengthened. We can not just pray for strength and give nothing back. I know as we pray for help to fight evil and bring the gospel to all we will be blessed. In Alma 2 it talks about the Laminates and Amlicites who are numerous so much that they are "As the sands of the sea" (vs 27) but the Nephites, who have "prayed mightily to the Lord" (28) are able to defeat them. We too have those who seek to destroy us Each Day. The influence of Satan is all around and we will become sucked in if we do not pray mightily for that strength and as we do so devote ourself to him. We are called to be disciples of the Lord, all of us. What a special calling that is. "In short, we have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord. We can't quit and we can't go back. After an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before" -Elder Holland.
I know that this work is true! I know that Christ lives and loves us. This season is about HIM. It is not about gifts, or lights, or crud like that. It is about serving others and bringing the light of Christ into the hearts of all men. I encourage all who have read this to go out and do something more! Go share your testimony to that person that may need it. As we do these things along with continually holding to the Church, reading or words of prophets and the scriptures, praying, and hearkening unto the spirit we will find happiness and be blessed!
Thank you all for the love and support I receive every day from you! I love you all and hope you are enjoying this holiday season. It is strange not to be home, but I love this work and would not change this for anything in the world!
Love,
Sister Brownell
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