Dear friends and family,
What a great week, but an even better weekend!!! Along with all the fun stuff that happened, we saw so many little miracles with our less-active families, investigators and new people we met!
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| Down at the river |
This weekend we had all of the sisters who have been assigned to the site come up for the weekend to be trained and practice. SO MUCH FUN! Old and brand-new faces all working and learning together. We took tours, role played, sang, and were super busy... it was like having everyone back together again! Thinking about leaving the site has been hard, but there were many instances that reconfirmed to me that Heavenly Father calls His missionaries exactly when and where He needs them. When I was able to hear 11 other voices singing with me, or a million "Good mornings!" and hugs at the start of the day, and lots and lots of laughter, it was like it had been with the previous sisters to serve here, but these sisters' testimonies shined through their personalities. My testimony of the restored gospel, and particularly what took place at the Priesthood Restoration Site, was strengthened because of them. More than half our sisters have been out less than 2 transfers, but their testimonies are powerful.
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| A proud momma and her daughters! |
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| PRS weekend with the Randalls -- Sister Mayer is a serious selfie master! |
For Sister Anderson and I, this was our last big goodbye, as many of the sisters would be returning to their proselyting areas out in other parts of the mission. There were lots of tears, but happy tears too. President and Sister Randall came up for a part of the morning as we were ending our weekend, and Sister Randall made the comment that while we may cry because it is sad that things will never be the same, what a blessing it is that at the Priesthood Restoration Site we are so tight knit; it would be worse if we weren't sad to see people go. So we began to cry not because we were sad, but because we were happy that it happened.
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| I love those crazy Slaters!! |
We may be weak, prideful, or feel inadequate, but if we trust that the Atonement of Jesus Christ can change us and make us stronger, He can help us. Our Savior is with us
through the ups and downs, and everything in between, always lending a helping hand. Recently while reading in Alma the story of the 2,000 Stripling Warriors, I came across a verse that I love. This is what these men told their captain, "Father, behold our God is with us, and He will not suffer that we should fall; then let us go forth..."
We can do all things with Christ beside us. Hurrah for Israel!
Love,
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