HE FELLOWSHIP OF THE UNASHAMED

"I AM PART OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE UNASHAMED. THE DYE HAS BEEN CAST! i HAVE STEPPED OVER THE LINDE. THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE; I AM A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST. I WON'T LOOK BACK, LET UP SLOW DOWN OR BE STILL. MY PAST IS REDEEMED, MY PRESENT MAKES SENSE, AND MY FUTURE IS SECURE. I'M FINISHED AND DONE WITH LOW LIVING, SMALL PLANNING, SMOOTH KNEES, COLORLESS DREAMS, TAINTED VISIONS, WORLDLY TALKING CHEAP GIVING AND DWARFED GOALS. I NO LONGER NEED PRE-EMINENCE, POSITION, PROMOTIONS, PLAUDITS OR POPULARITY. I NOE LIVE BY FAITH, LEAN ON HIS PRESENCE, WALK WITH PATIENCE, AM UPLIFTED BY PRAYER, AND LABOR WITH POWER. MY FACE IS SET, MY GAIT IS FAST, AND MY GOAL IS HEAVEN. MY ROAD IS NARROW, MY WAY IS ROUGH, MY COMPANIONS ARE FEW, MY GUIDE IS RELIABLE, MY MISSION IS CLEAR! I CANNOT BE BOUGHT, COMPROMISED, DETOURED, LURED AWAY, DIVIDED OR DELAYED. I WILL NOT FLINCH IN THE FACE OF SACRIFICE, HESITATE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ADVERSARY, NEGOTIATE AT THE TABLE OF THE ENEMY, PONDER AT THE POOL OF POPULARITY, OR MEANDER IN THE MAZE OF MEDIOCRITY. I WON'T GIVE UP, SHUT UP, OR LET UP, UNTIL I HAVE STAYED UP STORED UP, AND PAID UP OF THE CAUSE OF CHRIST. I MUST GO TILL HE COMES, GIVE TILL I DROP, PREACH TIL I KNOW, AND WORK TILL HE STOPS ME. AND WHEN HE RETURNS FOR HIS OWN, HE WILL HAVE NOT PROBLEM RECOGNIZING ME. MY BANNER WILL BE CLEAR." Henry B. Eyring

 

 This is my war cry this week. Times get hard but guess what? We get stronger. And when we get stronger satan gets crushed. When we get stronger we get closer to our goal of heaven. Eternal life with our families in the presence of our Father. So this week I gave it up. Every time it got hard instead of getting frustrated or upset or sad, I said a prayer of gratitude for the opportunity to grow and asked for strength and guidance on the path. I realized that I was my biggest problem and that 'I' needed to take 'i' out of it. Thinking about others is so much easier then thinking about yourself! I love that Heavenly Father makes the right so much easier to do, once you decideddo it!

 

So there is my spiritual shpeal for the day! So on to the crazy awesome week!!

 

First off I need to make the biggest shot out to all those you made my week with letters and packages! I felt so very loved and now my comp and I are going to get so very fat from all the goodies that I got! This reminds me of a talk I read this week as I studied charity this week. It was President Monsons talk from this last conference. In it he gives a little poem about kindness and how you my regret not doing something, but you will never regret being a little to kind. What a true statement. Its really the little things that mean the most. Like out here I have learned that leaving a little note on a sticky for my comps makes their days as it does mine. I love taking random times thought the week making a compilation of notes of love and encouragement for them and them sticky attacking thier dest while they are in the shower! I have found that when I make the little effort of doing these little acts of love that the day always goes better. So in princess bride with the little man says.... "LOVE, TRUE LOVE, IS WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER TODAY!" He knows what he's talking about. It is that ture love that brings us together and really unites us today.

 

When we have love and charity we have the spirit. When we have the spirit we see miracles. Here is one I had this week. So preface.... One of my goals this transfer is to recognize and follow the spirit exactly! So I am trying, by trial and error, to do so. Friday as we were driving to see someone we had to go on a street that a LA lives on. As we were getting near their house I got a thought to just drop by and say hi! So we did. But they were in the middle of dinner and asked if we could try back another time. Yes I know there is no miracle there, just wait for it. So I was a little bummed but just kept going. So later that night we were walking on a street and I got the same impression to stop at one imparticular house. So we did. The young couple were so cute and had just had a baby. Perfect missionary opportunity. We talked to them for a while and they were so sweet! But in the end they were not interested. Another bummer right. When you follow the spirit you always see miracle right? Haha wrong. But I kept going with high spirits! As we are heading back to the car it happens again and so we go and knock on this random house. A woman answers. We start to talk to her but she tells us that she does not live her and tells us to wait while she gets the owner of the house. He comes and we talk for 15 minutes. He tells us about how he has always loved how the members of our chruch are so polite and kind to everyone. He loves our morals and the service that we give. We love this to and talk about the gospel and asked if we can come back and teach him more about Christs chruch. AND HE AGREES!!!! not only that but he told us that he will get his nephew to be there because he could use some guidance too! Martin is our new investigator! So please pray for him!

 

The Lord will never give us more then we can handle, but to be purified as silver we have to undergo the heat. We have been promised blessings and as we live worthy of them we know that we will receive them, but in the Lords time. I have learned that His time is ALWAYS better then my timing. I am so grateful for a Father who loves me so much. I know that He loves me and you. I want to consecrate my life to Him and His service.

 

"CONSECRATION IS THE ONLY SURRENDER WHICH IS ALSO A VICTORY."

 

So stand tall and remember that you are a child of God. ("A MAN NEVER STANDS TALLER THEN WHEN HE IS ON HIS KNEES.")

 

If you want to study charity this week with me I would love that! If you do please tell me what you learn as you pray for experiences that will help you not ohly learn about this attribute but develop it too. I love you all! Keep on keeping on in the work of the Lord.

 

Love Sister Dreamy