hello dear family!
thank you for everything, the positive words and
encouragement are much appreciated. :) great job on the whole freezing a bunch
of stuff thing. i am so glad you got to talk to steve westover. he is the one
that always called me "lanican skywalker". we got to talk a little
bit when i went to get my stake president interview. it sure was a joy. that
guy is great. i hope he is happy these days.
so. the whole normal companionship
thing rocks. s mayle talks way more, is much sillier, we get things done faster
now, we are both happier, it is just great. 3 is just no good when it comes to
missionaries.
so last monday, we were teaching a woman named kathy and a
man named jeff. kathy has lots of questions about god and the gospel and all
that. i have only seen jeff a few times, but he is sweet and sincere. half way
though the lesson, jeff chimes in and starts teaching her! he bore his
testimony about the book of mormon. he laid down the law and told her she has
to read it every day so that god can answer her prayers. i didnt even know he
had a testimony of the book of mormon. but he does! he told us about his
prayers being answered after straying from the lord for years and that the book
of mormon can change you and help you come out of a slump of a bad day. it was
wonderful. the whole time he was talking, i kept thinking "why hasnt he
told us all this? he wants to be a member! he really does!" so when there
was a pause in the conversation, i stopped him and asked "when do you want
to be baptized?" i dont think anyone had ever invited him to be baptized
before. he thought for a minute and then decided that november 3rd was the day
he wants to work towards. ah! it was grand. i really hope he remembers that
lesson we had with him and that he really commits himself to this. i know he
wants it and needs it. i know this will be huge for him, and i also know he has
a lot of potential to influence a lot of other people around him. he is such a
champ!
ok do you remember sister creed? she was the one that made
sure i had a birthday party and cake and all that. well she did the same for
sister mayle the next week for her birthday. on sunday we told her that s
herrick was leaving us. she was so sad. she just kept on saying "no! no!
please come over one more time! just one more time! no! when can you come over?!
please!" oh it was adorable. i just knew she had something brewing in her
mind. so we went over again the next night. we sat down for a few minutes and
what do you know! she snuck away for a minute and came back with a lovely
personalized cake with 21 candles on it. we sung to s herrick. and had a lovely
time. hahahaha s creed just wanted to badly to make sure we all got a good
birthday, even though s herricks isnt until february. hahahaha oh it was cute.
you had better believe it was cute. oh my :)
on sunday we went to a quaker church meeting with our
friends ginny and mark barker. it was a great time. they were all kind and
friendly. their meeting was like testimony meeting, but with much more silence.
it was interesting. at the end, we all held hands for a minute. then they
passed the mic around for everyone to introduce themselves and share something
if they wanted to. when it came to me i said my name and then i told them that
something that has been on my mind recently is that when we truly trust the lord,
that is when he can trust us, whether it is with information, opportunities, or
even feelings. i left it at that. but really. that has been on my mind a lot
recently. i think a lot of blessings and opportunities are available to us
under the condition that we first trust the lord. why would he trust us with
something we were going to misuse or neglect? when we really allow him to be
our guides, and we truly trust his will, he then steps in and makes life great
because he can trust us with his plans. but it is all up to us. he is
trustworthy no matter what. are we trustworthy to him? i need to think about
that idea a little more and then maybe someday i can write it out or say it in
a more eloquent way. but for now, i hope you can understand what i am trying to
explain.
i gotta go. i love you lots! stay righteous!
love, sister buxton :)
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