Trust in the Lord

Hey y'ns!

Sorry for not writing yesterday.  We had a zone conference yesterday.... Or we were supposed to have one (it got postponed until Saturday because some areas in our zone were stuck in the snow.) So, P-day got moved to today.  

So this week has been awesome!  We got four new investigators.  It was the best!  

So, one of those investigators, Jen, we sat down and had the first lesson with, and usually there is some sort of objection to what we have to say, but she just thought all of it made so much sense, which it does, obviously, because it's the truth!  And she's excited to have us back.  Those lessons are always the best!  When Sister Murri and I got in the car after the lesson, we just freaked out because the lesson was so good!  

The very next day we went over to see Karen and Marie.  They're sisters, and they're the people who we "spiritually harvested" into a few weeks back, and we had the first lesson with them, too! Then at the very end of the lesson, James, Marie's ex husband, walked in and said how his daughter had just been baptized into the church three months ago, and then he went into his room and came out with her baptismal program!  It was so cool!  Then, yesterday we came back and saw them, and we read from 3 Nephi 11 with them about Jesus coming to the Americas.  As we were reading with them, we asked them if they'd all follow Christ's example and be baptized by someone holding the priesthood of God, and one by one, they all said that they would!  It was amazing!  There is no other work as satisfying as missionary work.  So there you go! They're set for March 19th!  

It was really just amazing though.  I remember at the end of the first lesson with Marie and Karen, we asked Marie how she felt, and her response was so simple, but straight from the heart.  She said, "Better." And it's true.  Things will be better for her now.  Things will be better for anyone who takes any step to come closer to Christ.  It may seem hard, or scary, but we just need to "Trust in the Lord with all [our] heart and lean not unto [our] own understanding.  In all [our] ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct [our] paths." (Psalms 3:5-6)  God knows what's best for us. Whether or not we want to admit it, we know exactly what it is we should be doing in our life; we just have to take that leap of faith and do it. Just like in the story of Nephi. Go and do the thing which the Lord has commanded, for he gives us no commandment save he prepares a way to accomplish it. So, go and do whatever it is you need to do right now because you have no excuses, and I promise you, it will make your life better.

Sincerely,

Sister Shelton

"You cannot have the art without the artist, you cannot have the artist without the art."



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