I probably should have prepared better for my last email... I actually didn´t think about how this would probably be my last one. This week went by way too fast! Does anyone else realize that I get home on the 10th? I don´t even think I realize it yet, but all the other missionaries keep asking how I feel haha
I just want to testify that I know God loves us. That he has a plan for every single one of us and that he gives us so many opportunities to try again and he never gives up on us. There was a quote that impacted me a lot that President shared with us on Tuesday when we went to Managua for Consejos de Lideres. The quote talks about how we need to pray more sincerely, accept and apply the atonement more, and listen to the Spirit. God is trying to speak to us, but we aren´t listening.
It is interesting that Heavenly Father doesn´t promise us that we aren´t going to pass through trials. What he does promise us is that if we trust in him and have faith, he will support and strengthen us. I know that real happiness come when we live the gospel of Christ. I have passed through some of the hardest things I ever have, but I am also just so happy.
I know that Christ has given us the best example. Thanks to him, it is possible that we can live with God again and live with our families for forever. We just need to do our part. We need to have faith, repent, get baptized, recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end. I have such a strong testimony that if we do the small and simple things, such as pray and read the scriptures daily and go to church every week, God is going to guide us and show us the way. When we put God first, everything will work out in the end. We really just need to focus on the simple things. The things of God are so simple and so beautiful.
I know that Heavenly Father is a God of order and his authority is on the earth today! I know that Jesus Christ is guiding and directing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If we kneel down and ask Him what is the truth or what we should do, He will answer us. Even though we maybe don´t understand everything in this moment or don´t know what is going to happen we just need keep going with faith in Christ. In my mission I have seen so much that Satan does everything he can to hurt people and make them fall, but I have also seen the hand of God and know that He wants us by His side so that he can bless us.
If anyone is actually reading this to the end... Thanks! haha I could write so many more things, but I'll leave it at that for now. Just know that I love you all so much and that I love this gospel so much! Have a good week!
Hermana Lee
P.s. On church on Sunday in one of the classes we were talking about the faith and I really liked this scripture that´s in Alma 37:33-34
33 Preach unto them repentance, and faith on the Lord Jesus Christ; teach them to humble themselves and to be meek and lowly in heart; teach them to withstand every temptation of the devil, with their faith on the Lord Jesus Christ.
34 Teach them to never be weary of good works, but to be meek and lowly in heart; for such shall find rest to their souls.
Here are some fun pics from pday and we played a game where everyone tried to pop eachother´s balloons and we lost and when we went to Presidents house last week!
