Moroni 7:45

"Hi pals! I am probably the happiest that I have ever been my whole mission. I have learned so much all before and have been very happy but I am just so happy right now. Here is a list of why I am so happy:

-So weird times. I have been out the longest out of all the Sisters in my zone and so the zone always turns to me as the experienced older sister missionary. Last month our mission focused on the Christ like attribute of humility. Wednesday night I get a call at 8:30 pm from my Zone Leaders asking me if I would do a training the very next morning on the mission Christlike attribute for the next month. They said they prayed and I was the only name that came to mind. I was so flattered and beyond humbled because the mission Christlike attribute for May is charity! I was really, really humbled. So I studied, and prayed, and studied. Somewhere along the way I decided to train 20 other missionaries about how charity is an action learned through the life of Christ. So I talked about the attributes explained in Moroni 7:45, and shared an example from Christ's life. I think I am so happy because I get to be the biggest church nerd as a missionary and it's finally acceptable.

-I am so happy because I love my companion. One night she went to bed early and I was wide awake so I decided to decorate the area above her desks because there was not a picture hanging up and that's boring. So I wrote out all the attributes that I admire about her, stuck them up, and put up a picture of Christ. Little did I know she was super sad the next morning and that made her day. I love that if we are willing to do something a little selfless the Lord makes it the perfect thing to help. 

- I am beyond happy because we are receiving so many answers to our prayers. Coming into a new area we don't know anyone at all so all we can do is pray about what to do and Heavenly Father is giving us exactly what to say, or do to help His children. I am loving coming to this new area, because it's teaching me to rely solely on the Lord. Also He's being a pal and giving me a lot of answers for my personal life. 

- We are talking to so many nice people. Most people we talk to don't keep their return appointments but they are so nice to us when we talk to them. We had four people talk to us about the gospel in the store today! That never happens but people kept coming up to us and saying "So are you the Mormons?" A man even asked me for a Book of Mormon. It's so sad because everyone in this are is so chill about their eternal potential but they are nice to us. 

-My Canadian investigator got baptized! At his baptism his 9 year old son said the opening prayer and in tears he kept saying "Thank you so much that my Dad can get baptized." The Spirit was so strong! 

- I think I am so happy because I am being so humbled. At interviews during the training from our Mission President's wife we were talking about prayers and she had me explain to the group how I pray and how I receive revelation. So I explained how I am so weird and how I pray with a pen so I can write down all revelation and that I pray out loud so I know what I am saying are my thoughts and the thoughts that come into my mind are the Lord. I explained how I pray over my planner so I don't forget anything and how sometimes I just bare my testimony when I pray because I know that will insistently bring in the Spirit and will help me pray better. I felt like a big weirdo but then after she said "Thank you so much! The reason I wanted you to share is because a sister told me how she went on exchanges with you and from learning about prayer and revelation from you she'll be changed forever." Wow, humbling. 

I just love being a missionary!"