Actually
I'll start with Tuesday when we got to go on exchanges! I LOVE
exchanges - this time I got to go to Lacey with Sis Dunster! She was one
of the 3 Cambodian speaking missionaries in our mission and she went
English to be STL, and she is so awesome. I just love her and we had so
much fun, and while we were teaching one of their investigators they've
been working with, we were able to set a date for them to be baptized!
The lady cried when she said the closing prayer and it was just way
cool. Meanwhile back in Deschutes, Sis Harbaugh and Sis Smith had a
lesson with a new lady we started teaching, Dana! She is good friends
with the Jacksons and her son has been coming to scouts, and we knocked
into her a week or 2 ago. They taught the Resto at the Jacksons and Sis
Harbaugh said it went so well and was way powerful, and they are praying
about baptism! :) We are so excited for them. This month is way busy,
so we will be meeting with them again in a couple weeks. The lesson with
Randy went good too! He can't read or write, so we're trying to get him
a BoM on CD or something.
Jordan, who is way solid and
progressing just found out he's getting deployed :( He doesn't know when
or how long but he's the only really solid one in his family so we are
really bummed. Hopefully things work out though and we'll still do all
we can to help him before he leaves, but it's usually pretty short
notice.
The Goodchild family is awesome, and Tristan and
Rainy want to get baptized so bad, but their dad is just struggling. As
soon as he is ready they will get baptized, and I just adore them. They
are the sweetest kids ever. They give us notes and presents every time
we go over there, and everybody is just too busy to meet with us around
this time of year, so that's a bummer.
I have been thinking
this week what a blessing and privilege it is to be a missionary. God
doesn't need us to do this work - He is all powerful. It is His spirit
that converts, but He still allows us the chance to work with these
people and share our testimonies and learn and grow. Thinking about
everything I have already learned in the past 5 months blows me away. I
can't tell you how happy I am to be here (waiting a little while was
more than worth it). Being a missionary is the most amazing thing in the
world. God doesn't need us here, but He lets us because we grow and
learn because He LOVES us. God loves us so much! He loves us SO MUCH.
I've been able to feel a little bit of that love for these people and I
don't ever want to leave them - I have come to see how absolutely
amazing people are. Everyone is so different, and everyone is so
special. I love people. Everyone has their stories and they are so cool.
It's been kind of hard to not be super awkward around people haha, but I
really feel like I've grown a lot. When I'm doing my best and trusting
in God I feel I can do anything, and we can do anything when we're on
His side. We can because Christ did everything, and in Him we find real
strength. And we can read proof of it in the Book of Mormon - I mean how
many times did the little armies of the Nephites run down the massive
powers of the Lamanites? Over and over! Because they were "in the
strength of the Lord." In Him we can do all things. Trust in Him
and He will lead you. Everything will be ok :) I love you all so so much
and can't wait to see you next week for Christmas! Remember that Christ
is the gift and everybody watch that video because it gives me chills
every time and I love it. :) Have the best week ever!
Sister Wilson
also, MERRY CHRISTMAS from Sister Wilson and Sister Harbaugh
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