Hellllllo
family&friends! another super awe$ome week here in salem, il! It always
amazes me how much the Lord helps us out on a daily basis. and let me tell you,
he helps me out more than just once a day. I have been pretty darn happy while
being a missionary, but there are still times when i murmur. and every time i
do, the Lord helps me out. over and over.
Our
investigators are doing super great with the investigating part! We just have
to continue to help them with the progressing part! The gospel is so great and
so full of blessings, but those blessings only come when you apply God's
commandments to your life. Helping people feel the spirit to realize that is a
challenge. But that's something that we work on everyday, we are getting better
at it!
So this
weekend was pretty eventful! Saturday morning our ward did a boyscout merit
badge fair day thingy. over 550 boyscouts came! I have never been in a room
with so many 10-15 year old boys in my life (duh). and they ate over $1200 in
pizza!what the crap. Sister Huppi and I taught the physical fitness class, well
i was more of an assitant actually. But it was still super fun! we got to wear
normal clothes and meet awesome people and ate awesome pizza and soaked up
eachothers awesomeness. After the bmbfdt (boyscout merit badge fair day thingy)
we had the saturday session of stake conference! holy smokes! I love missionary
work! Basically every talk was on missionary work on this earth and beyond the
veil! It made me think of all of the blessings that have come to my life from
the gospel! to reference my favorite hymn, I stood all amazed at the love Jesus
has offered me. Sunday morning we had another session of stake conference and
it was just as good! another missionary was called on to bear her testimony. she
shared this quote from pres. eyring and I have read it over and over and i
cannot get over how much i love it.
"I
am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The dye has been cast. I have
stepped over the line. The decision has been made; I am a disciple of Jesus
Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow down, or be still. My past is redeemed,
my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low
living, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tinted visions, worldly
talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence,
positions, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first
recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His
presence, walk with patience, am lifted up in prayer, and labor with power. My
face is set, my goal is heaven. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my
companions few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought,
compromised, detoured, lured away, divided or delayed, will not flinch in the
face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary, negotiate at the
table with the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze
of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, or let up until I have stayed up,
stored up, and paid up for the case of Christ. I must go till He comes, give
till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. When He returns
for His own He will have no problem recognizing me, my banner is clear”
-henry b eyring
amazing,
isn't it?! I have adopted it as my mission motto.
So as a
missionary you eat. and you eat a lot. and you definitely don't tell members
that you've "had enough" or that you're "full" (you
probably could, but i just haven't). but anyways. I have had some pretty
awesome meals here but the best happened last tuesday. at a place I LOVE to
call Chick-Fil-A. I know, i cried of happiness too! we had to drive over 100
miles to get it (i'm totally serious) but it was worth it (only because we were
already out by it).
I have
discovered something amazing. it's called cornbread cake (cornbread with some
frosting). I kind of made it up last night, but its probably one of the best
ideas that i've had (besides coming on a mission).
so yes, as
the scripture says "...my soul delight in fatness" and the sciptures
are true.
i love you
and so does Jesus
sister
oberfield
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