My oh so special most wonderful family!
How art thou? This week was a good one for me, thank
you for asking ;)! We got to stay out till 10:30 on the 4th watch a bunch
of illegal fireworks, and eat way too much as usual. It was fun. I
love celebrating freedom, and I love that God has given us freedom. Sometimes I
wonder how bad it hurts God to see so many of his children abandon His
commandments and watch them choose paths that lead them to get hurt. While it
is sad to think about it, it really does show God's love, that he loves us
enough to not stop all the bad from happening, but wants us to choose our own
destiny in a way. Of course God could step in every time we have a skinned knee
and save every bad thing from happening; but if we really think about it, it is
in those hard times; those times where we are humbled where we really come to
find God. It is in those times where we really need him, and we take the time
to remember that we can't go through this life alone. And it is through those
hard times where we can learn and grow the most. A lady came into the center who
had just buried her dad. The situation is so sad, but as hard as it
was it helped her become more grateful for the plan of salvation. For that
great plan that God has made for us, that if we just choose to follow Him,
which always leads to happiness, then we can have more blessings that are
eternal and that bind those family units together. We don't really know how
great that blessing is, until we have lost someone we love. I am grateful that
I get to choose the wrong every once in a while, and that because of that I
know how it feels to separate myself from God, so that I can be
reminded of how great Christ's way really is and gain that testimony that it
really is true. For everything that is good comes from God.
So we got to watch another Disney movie
today!! Why you ask.. well because our zone excelled the most in baptisms this
month. How many of those did I help with... none. And it is hard, it is hard to
see so many people have so much success and feel like I work so hard
but it just doesn't happen. But then I always am reminded that I am where the
Lord needs me to be, and I am doing what I can, so there
is definitely something that I am doing to help with Gods work. I was
reminded about that when we were sitting in church yesterday and we were talking
about missionary work. The whole lesson was on how we can help teach and bring
people to the church and all of that great stuff. But one lady raised her hand
and she said it is not that we are trying to get people to come into our
church, it is really that we want to help these people. We love the gospel
because it has helped us, we love it because it brings us more happiness and
comfort than anything else could. We love it because it is our one stable rock
we can build our foundation on. That is why it is important to share, not
because we want people to get baptized (even though that is a great step) it is
because we want people to know of the greatness of having God in
their lives is. Because I love my friends and I love the gospel, that is why I
want to share it! Oh.. but I also should just say that Jane and Lark (haha I
totally forgot their "code" names.. but they are the older couple
"my boyfriend" and his wife from my last area) are getting
baptized!!! I was so excited I almost died! I never would have thought that
they would be getting baptized, well I mean of course I did. I usually go into
meeting with someone saying "so when they are baptized" but with them
I really did wonder if would happen, and guess what, the Lord again works miracles
and they are getting baptized on August 11th! Right before Willis's birthday so
I guess that is how I will be celebrating :)!!!!!! YIPIIEE SKIPPY! Ha ha
I have one cool story I want to tell you. So me and
Sister Bothwell always get asked "so are the people usually nice to
you" we always respond "yes they are. They are not
always receptive but I think because we are girls we don't get doors
slammed or people chasing us down and what not" anyways karma or something
caught up to us because we were tracking and we get to a door and a
guy answers who seemed nice. Anyways after explaining who we are he literally
says "yes I know who you are and you are not welcome here" SLAM!
Ouch.. but it wasn't as awful as I thought it would be, I thought I would feel offended
and all but really I just felt sad, I was so sad that they were not able to
hear the message and so sad because I knew the blessings they were missing out
on. Anyways, instead of thinking "though crowd" we went
on tracing and later came to a door and nice lady answered. She
looked at us like she knew us and invited us in... turns out she just moved
there and she said she is "sort of" a member. Of course we loved
hearing that she needed some missionary help and made sure that we could come
back and meet with her and her cute little family. I just love how the Lord
directs His work. Because lets be honest.. I have no idea. Ha ha I see the wall
in front of my face, and he sees the end from the beginning. Which I am so
grateful for!
Well.. we are still working with a lot of people and
we are hoping some great things come from it. Work hard and keep moving
forward! I love you,
Love,
Sister Poulson
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