Hello everyone!
Can't believe another week has already pasted and June is already here. Time really is a fleeting thing. Saturday
was my 16th month being a missionary. And I think these next few months
will be the best yet. So much is happening in this area and we can
hardly keep up!
When you hit your 16 month mark and you're really tired...
Everyone and their child (not
the expression, but for this circumstance it fits) came to church
yesterday and me and Sister Bolander were running around the whole three
hours. It was the first time at church for three of them, and we tried
to have members help us welcome them and show them where to go, but man
it was crazy. But so fun. We talked to most of them afterwards and they
said they loved it and wanted to come back. For the most part it was
mothers and their children who came, so that was more fun to see how the
kids liked it.
So to follow up from last
week, we went with Ryan to our dinner appointment at a local members
home and it was the best thing in the world. He loved it so much and the
members did so good at making him feel at home. He kept saying "this is
the second best meal I've ever had... and I haven't had the first one
yet!" He was just so happy to be there. It reminded me about how we all
have those feelings of wanting to belong and wanting to be loved, and
living in the hectic world it's hard to find either of those things
coupled with a good and wholesome environment. But I know there is a way
to have those feelings fulfilled, and it's through the gospel of Jesus
Christ and His church. That's what Nicole has kept telling us, she feels
so happy at church or whenever she is around church members because she
feels that she belongs, and she feels that she is loved and valued.
Church is where we have those feelings, we know we belong because we
realize we are all children of God, and we know we are loved because His
spirit is there in such abundance that it just gives you a bunch of
warm fuzzies. It has become a very happy place for many of the people we
care so much about here.
I get to feel warm
fuzzies whenever I get to help someone along their way back to God. I
get warm fuzzies when people feel happier and lighter after learning
more about the gospel. I get warm fuzzies when I get to share my
testimony about Jesus Christ. I love Him and I know that He loves all of
us perfectly.
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear...
We love him, because he first loved us." 1 John 4: 18-19
Our favorite French family in the ward, we love sharing the Restoration with members!!
I love you all!
Sister Thomas
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