I'm really beginning to understand why missionaries say they don't want to
go home when their missions are ending! I've only been out like for 2 months but
it's so fun and I love it! haha I really don't want to go back home to the
world...I like not knowing what's going on in the world and just focusing on
preaching the gospel and serving the Lord..
My companion Sister Menlove said something really inspiring to me the other
day. She's going to write herself a letter to
open up after she gets home from her mission! She's a genius and I'm so happy
we're companions (: I decided to do that too! Except write one to open up every
6 months so I can keep reminding myself of the missionary I want to be and what
I expect of myself:
6 month mark.
1 year mark.
Last day of my mission.
And a month after I get home.
I raked leaves for the first time in my LIFE last week....we don't have
trees in Arizona....but it was fun, I like doing service and helping out
everyone I can. Mosiah 2:17
I've been thinking a lot lately about what I'm doing right now in my life.
I'm serving a mission...I'm a missionary! If I didn't make the choice to serve a
mission, I wouldn't have met all these people that I love and care for so much!
I've only been on my mission for 2 months...I can't even imagine getting to the
end of my mission and seeing all the people I've met and loved. It's such an
overwhelming feeling of happiness that I can't even contain!
We went to Philly yesterday. Ran up the Rocky steps....with a SKIRT on!!
#GoSisterMissionaries
Saw the "love" statue and saw the Philadelphia Temple site!! It's being
built (: It'll be finished around the middle/end of 2016.
We went and talked to the guy in the visitor trailer that's right next to
the temple site and he shared something pretty powerful that I would like to
share. He gave us each a piece of granite and then shared this story:
The Philadelphia temple's parking is all underground, so they had to dig 30
feet down to allow for that. About half way down they ran into solid layers of
granite. So they had to chip the granite it out for the rest of their way down.
So literally the new Philadelphia temple is being built
on a rock!! He says the granite goes down for hundreds of more feet,
and that the granite only is in the spot of where the soon to be Temple is being
built. How amazing is that? He then related the little piece of granite he gave
each of us to remind us to build our lives on the rock of Christ. Matthew 7:24-27
It's important to remember to
be constantly checking who and what our foundation is because if it's not our
rock, our Savior Jesus Christ, then we will fall.
We had a miracle happen to
us Saturday!
Okay so we had an appointment at the library but it was
in like 30 minutes and we were trying to figure out what we could do before
then. We were stopping by some less-actives in that area and we had one more
that we were going to do but it was out of the way so we weren't going to go.
But we were like we're here we might as well go. So we did. We get to the house
and a girl walks out and we're like "Oh hey!" haha we started talking and it
turns out she was looking for Mormon missionaries so she told us how happy she
was to see us! Her co-worker tells her all the time about Mormons and so she
wanted to learn more! Haha well we can help you with that! So we went inside and
taught her MOR (first lesson, the message of the restoration of the gospel) And
she started to cry! We gave her a Book of Mormon to read and we asked her what
her thoughts were, and she's like "Well the first thing I'm doing when you guys
leave is going out and getting me this book" we all laughed!! haha and told her
to keep the one we handed her. So first off we weren't even going to go over
there but we decided to just go do it. Second off...she doesn't even live
there!! She is house-sitting for the family we were going to stop by and was
only going to be there for 2 more days!! Like seriously? We were totally meant
to find her that day. We usually don't go in that part of our area because it's
far away and we have limited miles on our car, but we went Saturday And we have
a long list of names to go stop by and literally NO ONE answered the door or was
home...we were in that area just for her. I know it.
Keep all the people and the missionaries who are serving in Philippines in
your prayers!
love sister manson
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