I will be staying here in Greeley! Yay! I will be in another trio! Me and Sister Zitting will be training a new missionary together! I think it will be a blast! There's a party!
This week was super good! Our mission has been exceeding our goals lately and it has been super inspiring to me! I think the rest of the summer is going to be great!
Last Wednesday, we went to see Fran. The first thing she said to us was "I don't think you girls know anything about the priesthood." Right then, my heart sank and I knew we needed to leave. She rambled and bashed for a good 20 minutes, but finally we told her that we didn't come to debate with her. We bore our testimony that she can tell us what she believes, but we know that our church is true because of the feelings we have felt in our hearts. I am thankful for the promise in Moroni 10:4-5
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things
I know this church is true, because I have prayed about it. I have felt confirmation from the spirit that this gospel is the way to peace and happiness.
On Thursday we had a lesson with Kelly! I talked about her a little while back. She is an atheist. We showed her the talk "Am I a Child of God?" By Elder Brian Taylor! It was my favorite talk from the last General Conference! I would invite all of you to watch or read it! She had read the chapters we had assigned her in the Book of Mormon and she liked them! She said it was comforting to know that her husband wasn't doomed just because he was an atheist when he died. The whole lesson you could tell the spirit was working super hard on her! When we showed her the conference talk she was teary eyed. She is amazing and I think she will slowly, but surely come around.
All transfer long we have been doing everything we can to get investigators to church, and every week, hardly anyone comes! This week we had 2 investigators there! Yay! Unfortunately, neither of them liked church. Both of them said that they didn't feel like we talked enough about God. It was ward conference that day and the theme was forgiveness. I thought it was a really amazing sacrament meeting. I think that they were missing the point. Yes we go to church to learn about God and Jesus Christ, but more importantly, we learn how we can become more like them! Dallin H. Oaks has said "In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to know something, the Plan of Salvation and the gospel of Jesus Christ challenge us to become something." I know that going to church and applying the teachings we learn there helps us become more like our Savior!
Yesterday, we said goodbye to Sister Bishop! I love her and I am so proud of the missionary that she is! She will do wonderful things in Australia! I will miss Hermana Lee, but I know she will continue to do amazing things in our mission! I have learned so much from her! She always has great advice for me! She's like the big sister I never had! After we dropped Sister Bishop off we were about to go tracting. President McMurray called us and asked what our daily finding goals were. We had planned to pass out 2 Book of Mormons and get 4 return appointments. He then asked if he could say a prayer with us and then offered a sweet prayer that we would reach our goals! Despite our best efforts, we didn't reach them, but I was still so touched that President McMurray ministered to us! I was running low on motivation that day and it gave me the extra boost that I needed!
I just want to end with a quote from the talk "The Master Healer." It is in the October 2016 General conference. Sister Stephens shares a quote by Richard G Scott that I just love.
"Hope and healing are not found in the dark abyss of secrecy but in the light and love of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Elder Richard G. Scott counseled: “If you are free [from] serious sin yourself, don’t suffer needlessly the consequences of another’s sins. … You can feel compassion. … Yet you should not take upon yourself a feeling of responsibility. … When you have done what is reasonable to help one you love, lay the burden at the feet of the Savior. … As you so act, not only will you find peace but will demonstrate your faith in the power of the Savior to lift the burden of sin from a loved one through his repentance. Complete healing will come through your faith in Jesus Christ and His power and capacity, through His Atonement, to heal the scars of that which is unjust and undeserved.”
If I have learned anything on my mission, it's that you cannot control every little thing! Sometimes that is extremely and utterly frustrating. I am thankful for my Savior! I have learned to rely on Him more and more as I continue to lay my burdens at His feet! He truly is the master Healer! She ends her talk by saying "He would do anything to take [your burdens] from you, in fact, He already has."
What can you lay at the Savior's feet? I love you all!
Sister Gish
Sister Gish at the Ft Collins Colorado Temple
Sister Gish, Sister Bishop, and Hermana Lee
Sister Gish and Sister Blackmon
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