For memorial day we did something pretty neat! Our mission
president encouraged us to go the cemeteries and talk to people, so we did! We
saw this one girl and she was putting pennies on the graves and we were like
uhhh what are you doing? haha she explained it was a tradition so we jumped in
and helped her! She was really nice and we got the opportunity to talk about the
gospel and what we do. We even showed her the because of him video, she really
liked it. got her facebook info and we plan to keep in contact and share the
gospel to her! After that we went over to a couple who were sitting together and
comforting one another. I was alittle nervous to go up and talk to them since
they obviously were dealing with some personal things..but we went up anyways
and started talking to them. and let me tell you....the SPIRIT was so STRONG as
we talked amongst ourselves. He opened up alot about the person he was mourning
for and me and sister cox were able to powerfully bear testimony of heavenly
fathers PLAN for
every.
single.
one.
of.
us.
Welllllllllllllllll I've been out for
Very special and spiritual for all of us. Got
their names and added them on facebook too! I love being able to use facebook.
people are more willing to add us as friends then give us their numbers. Then we
met another women whose parents died and we gave her a book of mormon!
I love being a missionary. I say that
everyday!!!!
We had stake conference. Super great *spiritual
high*
Someone made a comment quoting the scripture: "ye
are the salt of the earth" and when it looses it's savor its good for
nothing...yeah yeah yeah, we all know that scripture and that meaning, but she
shared some more incite which really struck a cord in me!
Back in the dayyyy...
The hebrews would use SALT to help BRIGHTEN the
lights/flame in their lamps (probs some chemical reaction??idk..) so cool
huh?
WE ARE THE SALT
we help others people's lights burn brighter as we
share our testimony about the gospel to them.
And it ties perfectly to the "ye are the light of
the world" scripture. Shining brightly for others.
SALTY LIGHTS! clever huh? (;
Mathew
5:13-16
13 ¶Ye
are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall
it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be
trodden under foot of men.
There is this awesome scripture in D&C 123:13
telling us to "waste and WEAR OUT of lives" in sharing the gospel. love
that.
Me and Sister cox have been focusing on
p.r.a.y.e.r.s
I read the word prayer in the bible dictionary and
this really stood out to me:
"As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward
God (namely, God is our Father, and we are His children), then at once
prayer becomes natural and instinctive
on our part (Matt.
7:7–11).
Many of the so-called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting this
relationship. Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of
the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer
is not to change the will of God but to secure for ourselves and for others
blessings that God is already willing to grant but that are made conditional on
our asking for them. Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we
can obtain them. Prayer is a form of work and is an appointed means for
obtaining the highest of all blessings."
Uhh i
couldn't have said it better.
Prayer becomes
natural and instinctive ONCE we understand who God is to
us.
He is our father!
We are His children and He
WANTS to hear from
us.
Welllllllllllllllll I've been out for
9
months
h.a.l.f.w.a.y
I guess you can
say I've learned a couple of things since serving as a
missionary
K..here I
go
(in no particular
order...just whatever popped into my head lol)
1. I need to be
reading out of the book of mormon every. single. day.
2. I
can turn and rely on my Heavenly Father literally in
every situation
3.
Hard work + Faith = Miracles (faith without works is dead James
2:17)
4. Learned
to always follow the spiritual promptings I get. #norandomthoughts Thoughts come
into our minds for a reason..go find out why.
5.Learned
that i truely enjoy reading and spending hours in the
scriptures!!
6. You
cannot teach without the spirit. REGARDLESS of how well you think you know your
stuff. People listen to us with their ears, but the Spirit is the one who can
help bring what we say into their hearts.
7. Missions
are HARD. very hard. But because of how difficult it is..you just grow grow
grow! I've said this before but I mean it. I have felt like my mission has been
like an all-you-can-eat buffet of spiritual strength. Constantly filling me
up(:
8.Everything
always works out! and NEVER the way you want it too. haha. Heavenly Father's
will overrides our own, because this His work. Not sister manson's. That took me
awhile to figure out..that I can't do everything my way all the time...heavenly
father's way!
9. Learned
to not stress out or worry when things fall through. Heavenly Father wanted us
to do something else that day.
10.
#NOCOINCIDENCES
11. Learned
to love and care about soooooooooo many people
12. The book
of mormon is true.
13. And that
this is Christ's church in reality restored back to the
earth!!
14. Learned
things are going to get rough..people reject us all the time, but I am still not
ashamed of the gospel and my testimony
15. I am
constantly perfection and tuning my STALKING SKILLZ. on the streets. facebook.
texting. calling. yeah..we're pros at finding YOU.
16. Quoting
James E. Talmage from his book "Jesus the Christ"
I have learned
"the reality of His death and
physical Resurrection..
the
literalness of the Atonement..
the
certainty of His return"
17. Learned
i can and like to quote scriptures
18. Firm
believer of KNEELING prayers
19. I have a
better understanding of Christ's role in my life, and heavenly fathers plan for
me!
20. Learned
what type of family I want to have
21. Learned
I have a lot of weaknesses...but they can be turned into strenths! (Ether
12:27)
22.Heavenly
Father loves ALL of his children
23. I love
being called Sister Manson. I probs will refuse to answer to anything else when
I get back home..for at least a couple days.....uh Christy? who dat?
idk.
24.I learned
that i can be really really AWKWARD. But I just go with
it
25. Learned
how much I truly love running
26. Learned that seriously Sister Steadman is my
OTHER HALF.
27. Just like heavenly father, satan too knows us
very well and knows exactly what to do to throw me off! Don't listen.
28. Learned I'm obsessed with the apostle Peter.
probs naming a son after him..or my dog
29. Learned that the gospel truly makes me so
HAPPY
30. Gratitude changes our attitudes
31. We become who/what we think about
32. Learned i can go a couple months without any
DP and live. (dr. pepper)
33. So much more important things that the stuff i
used to care about and put so much effort into.
34. reality of the priesthood!
35. Learned how much I took the temple for
granted...I miss going and seeing it!
36. How lucky I was to have been raised in the
Church, thanks to the missionaries who taught my parents
37. Learned to be patient...with myself and
others
38. Learned to stop looking back
39. Learned how glad I am to be speaking
ENGLISH
40. Learned this is exactly where i need to be
right now in my life.
41. Learned my musical talents have not yet
developed....waiting on kelly and sister cox to
help me out!
42. Learned everyone deserves to hear about the
gospel
43. The struggle is real!!!!!
44. How much I actually love old people..they used
to scare me.
45. Learned just how literal heavenly father has
been guiding and directing me to where i am today.
46. Learned people just dont get it!! They do not
realized how much MORE happier they could be if they had the gospel
47. Some people out there just h/a/t/e on the
church..I don't get it
48. FILLS ME
49. Fasting really works
50. Learned that there are more people rooting for
us on the other side of the veil.
51. learned I love family history!!!!!
52. "in every change, He faithful will
remain"
53. learned I'm obsessed with C.S. Lewis! He was a
mormon but just didn't know it.
54. Learned to keep my knees down and my chin
up
55. I love applesauce
56. Heavenly Father KNOWS me
57. Elder Holland, Christofferson, and Corbridge
are my favorites.
58. I treasure the tender mercies from the Lord!
(the other day we were in a store and my all time favorite song in the whole
entire world came on!!! "Let Her Go" by Passenger. Literally made me so
happy
59. I can be a bit prideful at times...whenever I
100% think I'm right...I'm 100% wrong!...I'm working on it.
60. The type of mom i want to be
61. What heavenly father thinks of me FAR
OUTWEIGHS what is popular in the world today
62. I can do hard things
63. I am a finisher
64. I've never been as happy as I am RIGHT now
then in my entire life. (2nd place goes to taking marriage prep instead of
mission prep in college. lol. #rebel)
65. I love Jesus Christ
66. I'm a scripture nerd. Sometimes I like to
think back to my pre-mission life...hahahah I knew SQUAT about the book of
Mormon and the bible scriptures. Now in lessons I'm quoting them! Or a verse
will just randomly pop into my head and I know exactly where it is at in the
scriptures. #SPIRIT
67.I love my mission
68. Learned to stop thinking about myself
cool. I'm done...for now
What have you learned by being a member and
living the gospel?
I wanna know!
All of y'all reading this..
email me with your answers
Adios and I love you all
sistermanson
p.s. I'm growing sunflowers!!
lets see how long they last before I end up
killing them haha #blackthumb
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