Be Grateful

Dear family and friends,

 

This week has been fabulous! On Tuesday we visited Rhonda, Jeff, and Nicholas and thoroughly explained the Plan of Salvation. Now they have all the pieces to the puzzle rather than the scattered few we shared with them after Rhonda's mother died. We also discussed Alma 22. She brought up some questions she had after reading it and we were able to explain more fully the background as well as the context. The whole family continues to read the Book of Mormon. Rhonda talked about how we're all at different stages on the pathway of life. We invited her to read about Lehi's dream in 1 Nephi 8. All of their questions started to lead into the Restoration but we had already been at their house for awhile so we invited them to a church tour and they accepted this time! It was scheduled for Friday. However, when we showed up to the church with a member, no one was there :( We were sad until we found a note taped to the door from them! They couldn't find our number to tell us that something had come up. They gave a legitimate excuse. We'll have the church tour this week for sure. We're planning to go to their house tonight to teach them what Family Home Evening is :)

We also had a great teaching appointment with one of our investigator Lisa. We brought a member from our ward with us--he's a convert and was able to relate really well to her and her situation. Because of his 'wise yet harmless' (Alma 18:22) questions, we were able to obtain some much needed information on her and where her family stands towards the church. We invited her to pray specifically for a question she wants answered. We'll keep praying for her and especially her husband. He is not open at all to the church. It's very sad because he has such a great relationship with Jesus Christ!

This week I was attacked by a large dog! We were at a less active members house (outside) and his dog came charging at us! I took the hit and he nearly knocked me over! He was pretty harmless though, thankfully :) I walked away with saliva on me is all, haha. It felt like a bad dream. He lives near the Relief Society president. Speaking of her, she and her presidency put together a 72-hour kit for us! How sweet :) I know that'll make you happy, mom ;) We're kind of spoiled up here! Brother Aanderud (the ward mission leader in Cedar Creek ward) encouraged us to make an appointment at his dental practice :) Many of his patients are mormon and he always gives missionaries free teeth cleaning :) There's also a chiropractor in our ward so he adjusts our necks and backs when we have dinner at their house. Okay, I'll stop bragging now. ;) I just wanted to express my gratitude for the ward and area I'm in.

 

This week we got a new phone! Our old one was pretty beat up and was glitching frequently; it would send blank messages to people randomly! We're also due for a new car pretty soon because ours has almost hit 50,000 miles.

 

We had a great ward council meeting yesterday! Our ward is really coming together regarding missionary work. I love our ward mission leader and his family. He is really diligent and puts a lot of time into his calling. Hopefully we get some more ward missionaries soon though, recently many have been released. I am so grateful to be a missionary! I wish I would have brought my study journal with me to the library :( It has all the neat insights I've learned this week. What I do remember though is the portion of the talk on faith from the Ensign that grandma sent me last week; it was phenomenal! It really made me want to study faith more in depth. We also had a wonderful lesson in Relief Society yesterday on Faith, Hope, and Charity. The teacher talked about how they are the foundational elements of a celestial character. We truly are to walk by faith here on earth, and we hang on to that hope of the gospel--that abiding trust in God. I know that when I lack faith, I bind His hands and He is no longer able to help me. If I exercise even a tiny portion, He can work with it and produce miracles. Even though I stand in the way sometimes, even I can't stop this wonderful work from progressing :) I believe, hope, and know that this church is true!

 

Love you all!

 

Love,
Sister King