This last week was wonderful! Hope you all enjoyed your Valentines Day! We enjoyed it greatly by "heart-attacking" 8 single ladies in our ward. The four of us sisters split up by asking a wonderful sister in the ward to help us out. We even heart-attacked her house by having the other two sisters do it while Sister Benjamin and I were out with her! It was so much fun! :) I hope you all felt loved that day, as that is what is truly important. Romance is good, but really it is a day of love, and we know that the greatest love of all that will not fail is charity. Elder Holland gave a good quote about that in this month's Ensign! You should read it!
We had a good week this week. There were tough times, but there were plenty of good times too. We had zone conference and I learned a lot about humility from the parable of the sower, particularly always searching to do the Lord's will, not yours. A phrase came to mind from that meeting: Being a missionary ends on release day; being a servant lasts for eternity. If we are searching to only be a good (insert your calling here), than we are missing the point, and when we are released we will go back to our old ways. We need to be striving to be good servants of the Lord, and then we will never fall because we will be built on Him.
I don't have a lot of time to write, but I did want to write about one more thing that I learned this morning. As I was writing down my feelings about the Savior's resurrection, I could feel the reality of being able to see Him again. This is what I wrote:
"I am so grateful that He rose from the dead, and I can't wait to see Him again. Watching "The Testaments" movie a little while ago brought it to life for me. I've seen that movie before, but for some reason it seemed so much more real and I could actually picture Christ coming and getting to see Him, embrace Him, and love Him. He is my Savior and my big brother. I'm so grateful He set an example for me to follow. I look up to Him so much and look forward to the day when I will see Him again and get to tell Him how grateful I am for Him.
"I think being on a mission has helped me feel and grasp the reality of Jesus Christ as my brother, and that I will get to see Him again - just like I will get to see my family again. My relationship and appreciation grows for Him as I am away here on Earth, just as my relationships and love for my family and loved ones grows while I am away on a mission. I love my family, and I love my brother, Jesus Christ, and my Father in Heaven."
I know that Jesus Christ is real. He lives and He is waiting for us to come home. I look forward to that day when I will see Him again, just as I look forward to the day that I will see all of you again. Trust the Lord and remember that He loves you. I love you all!
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