Week 59 Trust in Him

Hello! 

Just like proselytizing missionaries have leaders and district leaders, they created a district and assigned leaders for our south missionaries. I got called as the first sister leader for the south side of the mission. I'm thankful for the opportunity to further God's work in this new way. 

During institute we discussed Luke 7:36-50. Jesus went to eat with a pharisee. A woman who was a sinner knew that was going to happen, so she brought an expensive oil and went to Him to clean His feet. She didn't have anything, so she used her hair and tears. The pharisee got confused. Christ explained that the woman had nothing and still came and cleaned his feet with her tears and hair, and the pharisee gave Christ no water. She did what she could. I liked that because Christ doesn't compare what we have to offer, he takes what we have and meets us there. 

Scripture:

Alma 36:27 And I have been supported under trials and troubles of every kind, yea, and in all manner of afflictions; yea, God has delivered me from prison, and from bonds, and from death; yea, and I do put my trust in him, and he will still deliver me.

I know He is always there to help us whether it is sickness, losing a loved one or a different struggle. The Lord knows them all. 

Happy Memorial Day! 

Sister Gill 

Week 58 The Lord Loves Effort

Hi again! 

If I haven't already shared, our mission has split again. We now are the Cache Valley North or South Service Missionaries. I'm part of South along with 11 other missionaries. 

A little from Come, Follow Me towards the end, "Even though they had repented of their sins, Alma and his people still found themselves in bondage. Their experience shows that trusting the Lord and living our covenants doesn't always prevent difficulties, but it does help us overcome them." 

This week I worked on patience in Preach My Gospel (Christ's attributes). This week I keep thinking about how in General Conference the prophet told the kids The Lord Loves Effort! I noticed as I was more patient with my family in different things, I felt more of His love. As I got frustrated with a puzzle I'm working on, I kept thinking the Lord loves effort, so as I really tried to be patient and look closer for them I found the pieces I was looking for. I'm thankful for His help throughout the week of trying to be better with patience and coming closer to Him. 

Scripture thought: 

Alma 32:37 And behold, as the tree beginneth to grow, ye will say: Let us nourish it with great care, that it may get root, that it may grow up, and bring forth fruit unto us. And now behold, if ye nourish it with much care it will get root, and grow up, and bring forth fruit. 38 But if ye neglect the tree, and take no thought for its nourishment, behold it will not get any root; and when the heat of the sun cometh and scorcheth it, because it hath no root it withers away, and ye pluck it up and cast it out.

Hope you all have a good week! 

Sister Gill 

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Week 57 The Lord Comforts Us

Hey everyone! 

Institute started back up so here's some notes: Jesus Christ had many roles during His 33 years. -The church is not a country club for Saints, but a hospital for sinners. Colin Douglas -All things center in, revolve around, are anchored to, and are built upon the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ. McConkie. 

Sisters shared: D&C 121:7 My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment;

My scripture:

Alma 26:27 Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success.

President Heber J. Grant, the seventh President of the Church, and his counselors, Presidents J. Reuben Clark Jr. and David O. McKay, declared:

"Motherhood, is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who honors its holy calling and service next to the angels." Happy Mothers Day weekend! 

Hope your all doing well! 

Sister Gill 

Week 56 Springs here

Hey everyone! 

This week we have been spring cleaning and finishing up most of the puzzles. 

We are getting new service mission leaders and our current leaders are getting released to work in the temple. A few notes from the short mission meeting Sunday evening: There is thousands of ways to serve. -Many are called, but few are chosen to wear His name tag in black. New mission leaders  -You are taking a less traveled road but it will make all the difference. Cherringtons I will miss them! 

Sisters scripture: 3rd Ne. 10:10..and their mourning was turned into joy, and their lamentations into the praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord Jesus Christ, their Redeemer. 

Scripture: 

Alma 22:15...What shall I do that I may have this eternal life of which thou hast spoken? Yea, what shall I do that I may be born of God, having this wicked spirit rooted out of my breast, and receive his Spirit, that I may be filled with joy, that I may not be cast off at the last day? Behold, said he, I will give up all that I possess, yea, I will forsake my kingdom, that I may receive this great joy. I know when we give things up to come closer to Him He recognizes our efforts and we will feel of His joy. 

Have a good week! 

Sister Gill 

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-With sister & friend 

-Face timing sisters

Week 55 The two greatest commandments

Hello all! 

Institute: This week we finished institute. "Undergirding all of this is our relentless hope for the greater devotion to the two greatest of all commandment to love God by keeping his counsel and to love our neighbors by showing kindness and compassion, patients and forgiveness..." We must continue to have hope through all things. Through the pain, through the suffering, through the sin, through the swallowing darkness. We must continue to believe in spite of every reason why we should not. "We did not come this far to only come this far...ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope and a love of God and all men..if ye shall saith the Father: ye shall have eternal life." Elder Holland 

Proselytizing sisters scripture: Enos 1:8 And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen. And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole.

Weekly scripture thought: 

Alma 14:26...How long shall we suffer these great afflictions, O Lord? O Lord, give us strength according to our faith which is in Christ, even unto deliverance. And they broke the cords with which they were bound; and when the people saw this, they began to flee, for the fear of destruction had come upon them.

Hope you are all doing well! 

Sister Gill 

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-One of the puzzles we did this week. 

-Duck in fountain last week. 

-Deer when walking near temple yesterday. 

Week 54 Puzzles galore

Hello again! This week we have been slowly working on more puzzles and I finished 1/3 institute classes. 

Notes from institute: 

1. Our faith in Jesus Christ builds upon itself, experience after experience, feeling after feeling, confirmation after confirmation. 
2. The Holy Ghost is often described as the still, small voice. The voice is something we feel more than a sound we hear. We cannot force the Spirit; we must await it's coming. We can however develop the climate that invites the Spirit. 

Mission meeting: We had our mission meeting Sunday night and we did testimonies through a video chat. I haven't shared my testimony since I was probably 17 when I earned my yw medallion. I shared how thankful I am for the priesthood in my home. To be able to have the sacrament at home and to feel of His Spirit during that. I'm thankful that I shared it even if it was just by voice rather then typing it out. 

Scripture: 

Alma 9:26 And not many days hence the Son of God shall come in his glory; and his glory shall be the glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of grace, equity, and truth, full of patience, mercy, and long-suffering, quick to hear the cries of his people and to answer their prayers.

Hope you all have a good day! 

Sister Gill 

Week 53 He Is Risen

Hello all! 

This week was walks, online institute and puzzles.  

When video calling the missionaries they shared: 2 Nephi 9:52 and 2 Nephi 2:24 But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. 25 Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy. He knew that COVID-19 would happen at this time, and that we would be stuck inside. He also knew that we could handle it. He knows how we feel, and as we turn to him we can find joy.

Spiritual thought: "No words in Christendom mean more to me than those spoken by the angel to the weeping Mary Magdalene and the other Mary as they approached the tomb to care for the body of their Lord: “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen.” (Luke 24:5–6.) With this pronouncement, the “lost battalion” of mankind—those who have lived and died, those who now live and one day will die, and those yet to be born and yet to die—this battalion of humanity lost had just been rescued. Of him who delivered each of us from endless death, I testify he is a teacher of truth—but he is more than a teacher. He is the exemplar of the perfect life—but he is more than an exemplar. He is the great physician—but he is more than a physician. He who rescued the “lost battalion” of mankind is the literal Savior of the world, the Son of God, the Prince of Peace, the Holy One of Israel, even the risen Lord, who declared, “I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father.” (D&C 110:4.)

(Lost Battalions, Thomas S Monson 1971)

Hope no one is dying of boredom! 

Sister Gill