hello!
i am racking my brain to know what to
write you, because i feel like i was emailing just yesterday! haha i cant
believe another week has flown by. SO crazy.
What an incredible week! Wasnt
conference the most amazing thing EVER?! i KNOW that President Monson is a
prophet of God, and that he leads and guides this church with full confidence
from the Lord. I was so enveloped by the spirit this weekend listening to all
of the messages, and i cant get over how blessed i am to be a member of this
church. The church is true. If you dont know that it is, watch general
conference. The spirit will change your mind and heart.
I feel ultra blessed to have been able
to watch all 4 sessions of conference, and to be able to watch 3 of them at
President and Sister Weston's home. Sister Weston invited us over, along with
anyone we wanted to bring. so for each session we had a few investigators and
some less active members with us.. it was amazing. i loved being in their home
to feel of their spirit. We had a testimony meeting at the end of the last
session, which i guess is a tradition in the Weston family. it was amazing to
hear the testimonies of less active members, thanking their heavenly father for
the words spoken in conference, and to see their new commitment to follow
Christ. it was unforgettable, and strengthened my testimony of the reality of
the spirit. If we allow the spirit to "prick" our hearts, our lives
can be changed. i have seen it time and time again, and i never get sick of it!
this week has been a crazy one. i feel
as though satan was working REALLY hard this week, trying his very best to
discourage and thwart the spirit. but guess what, Satan ALWAYS loses. we had an
interesting experience on Sunday night, visiting a less active member. She is
going through a ton right now, and her life is truly falling apart. it breaks
my heart, because if only she would turn towards the savior rather than away
from Him, i KNOW her life would be better than it is right now. We were having
a lesson with her on Sunday, and she started to explain her deep hatred for
someone who has been hurting her... and i will never forget the feeling that
came into the room. it was disgusting. The spirit sprinted out and replacing it
was a dark, evil, skin-crawling feeling that makes me sick just thinking about
it. yuck. i felt as Joseph Smith did as he began praying in the sacred grove...
the adversary was trying his hardest to stop the most incredible experience from
happening... as filthy as that feeling was though, i am so grateful that i was
able to experience it. BECAUSE, i NEVER want to feel that way again. the spirit
is REAL... oh boy is it. i guess i have gotten so used to it that i forgot what
it felt like to be without it. i cant describe how thankful i am for the
spirit. SO grateful for the protection and safety and peace that it brings.
we had an amazing miracle happen this
week. we have been trying to contact this woman named Debbie for several weeks
now. she is a former investigator from several months ago, and everyone in the
ward is always asking us about her. we have been praying to be able to contact
her for weeks now. well, after dinner on sunday, we felt like we should try and
see her. We prayed, and my prayer was a lot more specific than usual. i prayed
for a miracle to occur and instantly i knew that we would have one. long story
short, we were finally able to meet Debbie.. and she is absolutely amazing. She
confided in us that she has been having dreams about the church, and that the
happiest she has ever been was when she was attending church. she KNOWS it is
true, and she continually thanked us for coming over, that we were an answer to
her prayers. it was awesome. she will be baptized.
fun
fact:
i took a group of cub scouts on
tour at the trail center last night, and it made my week. they were adorable
first grade boys, and i loved every minute of it. dad, it made think of you
(obviously) to talk with the boy scout leaders (who were not lds). it was a
tender mercy.
i just want to tell you all that i know
that this is the Lord's true and only church on the earth today. i know that
God lives. i know that Jesus is the son of God. the man that we are teaching
right now, Walt, doesnt believe that Christ is the savior. and let me tell you,
every time he says those words, the spirit instantly testifies into my heart
that He IS. i love Him, and i know that the only way we can successfully
survive this life is through Christ! (exclamation point!!) I loved Elder
Ballard inviting us to pray for one person, just ONE who we can share the
gospel with. I have total faith and confidence that if we do, we will see the
miracles that he professed. He is an apostle of the Lord, and so we need to
trust Him.
i hope that conference gave us the
motivation to do missionary work. President Monson, once again, declared that
NOW is the time for missionary work... how many times does he have to say it
before we listen? i hope our desire to participate in this work has been strengthened...
i know mine has!
i love you all! thank you for your
prayers/letters/packages/love!
Sister
Peterson
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