Good morning Family!
Hope yall are had a great week last week! i Sure did! I
have also never been more tired. last week was a good one, we worked our
little missionary tails off and we saw some great miracles because of
it! It felt so good! I do truly know why missionaries are told to
work work work and loose ourselves in it, because it is when we do that, that
we truly see miracles!
I hope yall are still reading along with me! ive really
enjoyed it! This morning i read in Jacob 1. so we are out of nephi. look
at the progress we are making! isn't this fun!
Something i just loved that i read this week, was in
2nephi 31. Nephi has just finished telling us what the gosple of Jesus Chirst
is... Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Repentance, Baptism, receiving the
gift of the Holy Ghost and Enduring to the End... and in :21 he
says "and now, Behold, My beloved bretheren, this is the way; and there is none other way
nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the
kingdom of God..." Nephi tells us right there in plain text, easy to
understand... THIS IS THE WAY... if a man/woman wants to get closer
to God and recieve a place in his kingdom... then it is through the Gospel
of Jesus Christ that we can do that... I just marvled at how blessed we are to
have such a simple and plain doctrine.... here it is, no hidden messages, no
fine print, this is it.! Heavenly Father isn't trying to make us guess
what he wants from us and what we need to do to return to
live with him, he just gives it to us... why? because he loves us...
he wants us to have the greatest chances for success in this life. Now
once we know what Father requires of us... we must apply it... which is the
hard part, we stumble and fall and have to get back up again, but Father has so
lovingly provided The Savior so it is possible for us to continue
enduring... How great is the Fathers plan! I just love the Book of Mormon,
it just lays things out so plainly... because it is pure and nothing
has been added changed or taken from it... how blessed are we! I hope
yall will continue reading with me and sharing your insights on the
scriptures!
So some highlights from my week: we went on 2 more exchanges
this week with some sisters in our zones... we are slowly gaining the
trust of our sisters and we are able to help them work through some of their
problems. I am always amazed at how much we can do with love... love can
accomplish great things... the sisters have a greater desire to work hard and
love each other because we show love to them... and to each other as a
companionship... ive learned the value and importance of service, for those
around us, but also and sometimes more importantly our companions... as we
love and serve our companions we work together in better unity and the
work goes much more smoothly... and it's just plain fun! Sister Hamilton
and i are having so much fun together... she is so incredible, i learn so
much from her! But being able to serve these sisters ive learned so much
for myself... i love how that happens!
I don't know if this is a highlight, cuz it absoutely broke
my heart, but we taught one of our newest investigators that was a
referral from the stake president. she is a widow of 6 years and when we
went to teach her, she just flat out told us that she didn't believe what
we did and that she didn't believe that there was a god because if there
was, he wouldn't have taken her husband and she believes that the
only way that she can ever be happy is if she has her husband back... she
said if god can do anything.. then he can bring my husband back.... we could do
nothing but bare sincere testimony that we knew that the gospel
was true and that we knew that peace and joy could be found in the
knowledge that she can see her husband again... she asked us how we knew that
and we told her that we too have gone through things in our lives that have
required us to put to the test our knowledge of a loving God and our Savior
Jesus Christ... we haven't lost a spouse, but we have lost people close to
us, or delt with problems much bigger than us and we have had to rely on the
Savior and it is this that has brought peace... this lesson was very
uncomfortable... there was alot of long and at times awkward pauses as my
companion and i had to think about our responces to her questions... and the
whole time i am thnking... "we are promised that we won't be confounded
before men if we are doing the right things and being obedient... why is
this happening!!" But now as i think back on the whole situation, we
were not confounded, the spirit was there the entire time and we were able to
share things with her that i truly believe she needed to hear... and by
the end she was becoming less and less argumentitive and angry and she was
calm.... she is still very bitter and hurt my what happened... and i can't say
that i completely blame her... but we want to give her a way to be rid of all
that anger and hurt and embrace the life of joy that the savior wants to
give her. She agreed to have us back... she said "you won't change my mind
but you can come back if you want"... i think that is a cry
for help... she is lonely and wants someone to talk to... so she
isn't turning us away... we can work with that... we will just serve
her and show her love.
We began teaching this really neat young woman, she is
the bast friend of a member in the ward... she is so incredibley mature... she
askes the greatest questions and she said that she will have no problem
being baptized once she finds out that it's true for herself.... and once
she does she said that she whats to be baptized as soon as possible! How
wonderful is that...! i am really excited to work with her!
Yesterday, we were sitting in Gospel Principles and
about half way through, a brother from the ward walks in with a young man and
sists down... we imedietly identified him as a visitor since neither of
us had recognized him. after the lesson, the brother introduces the
young man and the class members on their way out all wecome him. Sister Hamilton
and i introduced ourselves as the missionaries and he said he has always wanted
to be a missionary... we talked with him a bit and introduced
the Book of Mormon to him and we found out that he was actually on his way
to a friends house when he saw the church and he decided to walk in and
see what it was all about... he wants to learn more and he gave us
his info and took a book of mormon and then the brother he walked in with
invited him to stay for priesthood so he did.. and then after that, one of the
members offered him a rid home... it was amazing to see the ward just step up
and make this young man feel so welcome! We are going to begin
teaching him this week!! WOW! ive never seen anything like thins happen..
ive only heard stories... but it ALWAYS seems that those that god prepares,
find us... i was just so thankful that heavenly father let us see such a great
miracle!
well family, i love yall so much and i want you all to know
how much i love this gospel! It has changed me! I LOVE my Heavenly Father
and his Son Jesus Christ! and i am having the time of my live serving them
both!
i love you all
LOVE
Sister Dannika Nielsen
Sister Dannika Nielsen
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