" Life in Las Vegas is great as ever. It's also as hot as ever. I hit my 14 month mark tomorrow! That makes me feel nauseous and a little excited at the same time. Life is just so safe on the mission and it's so satisfying as well. I know that I'm not going to mess anything up because this is the Lord's work and each day I am helping people come unto Christ so I am just completely content everyday. It freaks me out to think I only have 4 months left but of course I miss my family, my friends, my family, sleeping, my family, and my family.
We had a magical, magical week. My companion and I get along so well and we are being so blessed for all our hard work. We were able to find plenty of new investigators and teach lots of lessons this week. One of the most magical moments was when we were trying to find a member to come to a lesson with us to teach our investigator who has stage 4 cancer. We asked so many people and finally just an hour before the lesson out of desperation we invited one more member and she said yes. So we go to the lesson and the member says "I think I know why the sisters invited me because cancer has a special place in my heart," and she goes on to explain how her son is a two time cancer survivor and that the gospel of Jesus Christ is how she got through it. I seriously wanted to start crying so hard right then and there because we had no idea. We had no idea that this member had plead with the Lord that morning for an opportunity to share her testimony.We had no idea her history with cancer. We had no idea that our investigator just needed someone who understood her struggle. We had no idea about anything but we just knew we needed a member. But Heavenly Father knew. He knows his children so perfectly. There has been so many times this past week that I just wanted to cry because I feel so overwhelmed with how perfectly Heavenly Father knows his children. We've just said one statement to someone and they ask us how we know that or we will share a random scripture and it just answers their question. At the beginning of my mission I was really worried about losing "myself", but now I see who really cares about yourself when you can be a shiny tool in the Lord's hands. I think that's when I've really loved my mission when I realized that hanging on to "myself" was just not cutting it anymore but when I literally gave everything over to the Lord I became my best self that I could be. So in short everything is great! I am so happy! The work is progressing at alarming speeds. My investigator who is 16 came to church. We found a family to teach and a family in my last area is getting baptized. It's like when I took off "myself" glasses I saw all the miracles that have been happening all around me. God is good, always."
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