May 5, 2014
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| Sister Jacobson and I - she was the "oldest" sister missionary meaning
has been out the longest... but in a few days it will be me because even
the sisters I came out with were not in the MTC when I started.. |
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| Sis Miller and I |
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| Karee, Sis Miller, and Sis Jacobson |
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| All the missionaries in Karee's zone |
So much is happening in the Cambridge 3rd branch!! There is no doubt that I am going to finish this with a sprint!
Saturday
evening Patricia got baptized and she was confirmed yesterday as a new
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She was just
beaming all day yesterday. We went over to the Young women's president's
house yesterday to discuss how we are going to get the young women more
involved in the lessons. It is going to be so much fun!
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| Hermana Garica and Karee |
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| Karee, Hermana Cruz, and Hermana Garcia |
Sad news,
Hermana Garcia is going to be leaving... She is getting transferred to Providence Rhode Island. I will be getting
Hermana Loudie Wednesday evening.
This
week was a week of faith. I have been thinking a lot about the people
we are teaching and more about what they need. I feel like sometimes I
know exactly what they need, but don't know how to help them find out
for themselves that they really need it.
The
other day, I was studying in Alma about the Atonement and felt the need
to look up the story about the father who took his son to Jesus to be
healed (Mark 9) along with the commentary given by Elder Talmage
in Jesus the Christ. I realized that I feel like sometimes I am the
father bringing the people I teach to the Savior. I don't always know
what they need nor how to help them, but I do know who can help them.
The Savior!
He
brought up a very interesting idea that the boy could not exercise his
own faith because of the devil that was in him. Sometimes the people we
are teaching don't know how to exercise their faith. In verse 22, it
says that the father pleads with Jesus "but if thou canst do any thing, have on us, and help us."
Elder Talmage
mentions that when he says "us" he is showing that he has taken the
case of his son and made it his own. His son's problems became the
father's problems. That is how I feel sometimes. I worry about the
things that the people I teach worry about. I take these problems to the
Lord, fast and pray. I have received promptings and answers that I know
are not my own. And lives are being changed.
14 And again, the angel said: Behold, the Lord hath a the prayers of his people, and also the b of his servant, Alma,who is thy father; for he has c with much faith concerning thee that thou mightest be brought to the d of the truth;therefore, for this purpose have I come to e thee of the power and authority of God, that the f of his servants might be answered according to their faith.
I
know that Heavenly Father has heard our prayers (both the missionaries
and those learning). I know that He loves his children and He sends
people to answer our prayers. How wonderful a blessing it is to be able
to act on faith and take others to the Savior. I know that each of us
can faithfully pray to know who may be lacking faith or is struggling
and how we might be able to help them with our faith.
I
challenge each of you that when you wake up in the morning to ask
Heavenly Father who you might be able to help and how you can do it.
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| Boston Harbor |
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| We went on a tour last week. There is SO MUCH HISTORY HERE! I really
liked this place. The whole thing was a play and we were involved... I
got to throw some tea off the boat. |
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| Paul Revere |
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| Stopped in the Bruin's Pro Shop. Didn't find much but had a few good pics |
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