“And his countenance did smile upon them,
and the light of his countenance did shine upon them”
3 Nephi 19:25
This week was great! But as one of our sister training leaders said..."Every day is a great day to be a missionary!" and how right she is!
This week we were able to have a first lesson with a man named Pat. He is a single man who is so funny! The first time that Sister X and I knocked into him he saw who we were and then said... "You know my dog told me this morning that she is Mormon!" He likes making jokes and making us laugh. So back to the lesson.... so because we he is a single man we cannot go into his house without another sister. So one of my FAVORITE sisters came with us. She is absolutely amazing! (I'll tell you more about her later) we read the intro to the book of Mormon with him because he only had a few minutes. We invited him to read the Book of Mormon. He said he would when he is done with his taxes in a few days. He told us that he only had a little bit of time to get them done so he needed to do that first. So a thought came to me... "promise him that if he will read first that he will get his taxes done faster." so I said "Pat what if I told you that if you would read first that you would be able to get your taxes done faster. Would you try it?" He thought for a minute and then said "yeah." So then with the missionary power that I love I promised him as a representative of Jesus Christ that if he would that he would get them done faster!
So now you can see that being a missionary is THE BEST! We get to be vessels for the Lords light to shine through and we get to bring people to repentance! The BOMB!
Okay so here is a brief on Sister Haglund! She is the sister that came to the lesson with us. So she is amazing in every way! Her spirit is AMAZING!!! Like seriously. I want to be like her someday! She would never do anything contrary to Gods will, EVER and she bears her testimony all the time. When you are around her you want to be a better person. You always want to be around her because of her spirit and you just love her instantly. But its because she loves with Christs love. I don't know how she does it yet, but I'm going to figure it out!
So Mothers day and Christmas are the two best holidays! I don't care what anyone else says because I'm right! And my mom would agree, with every other missionary mom, therefore we win!
So my mind is all over the place and I am almost out of time... but every week our mission president sends us an email with awesome quotes! They are inspired every week and seem to always be what I need! So if they are what I need I believe that they are also what someone else might need. So I am going to share some of them with you!
“It is impossible for us to fail when we do our best when we are on the Lord’s errand…There is no greater joy in life than being anxiously engaged in the service of the Lord.
The thing that I love about this quote is that is applies to everyone. When Elder Nelson came to our mission he spoke to the bishops as well. They told us that at one point he asked for all the full time missionaries to stand. There were a few stake missionaries that stood. He had them sit and then went on to say that all member are the full time missionaries. That the "full time missionaries" meaning me... are actually the part time missionaries. We get moved and will eventually go home but the member are always there to love, support and teach! So now all of you know that you are a full time missionary of our Lord and Savior. (look at 3 nephi 5:13)
I know that God is preparing people for all of us to teach and help. Pray and ask him to help you find them because I can promise you as his representative that He will! Then go an do!
I love you! Keep on keeping on in the salvation of souls!
Love Sister Kate Draney!
“It isn’t enough simply to listen if we don’t learn…It’s not enough to wish, it’s not enough to dream, it’s not enough to promise. We must do.”
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