Walk through it with Him :)

What a wonderful week it has been. :)  It's been crazy with much going on, but it has been so good. :)  We went on two exchanges this past week, including with the Minden sisters, Sister Boehula, Cottrell, and Harr.  It took a lot of pondering and praying to decide how we were supposed to conduct this exchange since Sister Giddins was just there as a companion to Sister Cottrell, Sister Boehula was just here as a companion to me, and Sister Harr hasn't been out of Minden in almost 4 transfers.  Also, my last exchange before being assigned an STL was with Sister Cottrell in Minden (she was an STL before this transfer).  What ended up feeling right was to have me go to Minden with Sister Cottrell and Boehula, and have Sister Harrr come to Shreveport with Sister Giddins.  It turned out wonderfully :)  I feel that it happened exactly how it was supposed to.  I was able to talk with Sister Cottrell and Sister Boehula for an hour each. I learned some powerful lessons as I worked with them and received guidance on suggestions to give and principles to teach.  It's amazing how you can learn just as much from what you teach as those that you are teaching. :)  I love the sisters here so much, and once again am so grateful to be learning from my Heavenly Father in this capacity of serving as a Sister Training Leader.  The spirit is so powerful.  He is a wonderful gift!  I'm so grateful that He is always assigned to be my companion.

[Our couple investigators] are doing well, but we need to get them progressing a little faster before Satan starts creating a lot of havic for them. :)  They are close to each other and have a future goal of marriage.  [The man] seems so much more happy, and I am happy for him.  We just need to help them along on the path to make it eternal!

[Our sweet female investigator] is also doing well.  She is so strong.  I love her spirit and her testimony.  She knows, despite opposition from family, that the Book of Mormon will help her.  I gave her the 12 days of Christ that my Mom sent me at Christmas time and she was so touched it brought her tears.  She just wants to know her Savior :)  I am so grateful that I have come to know my Savior so much better.  I know Him and my Father so much more and they are real to me.

As I was watching a video on Mormon Messages called "Daily Bread: Experience" by
Elder D. Todd Christofferson, a part of what he said I felt really related to how I feel about the experiences I have had on my mission, and the blessing my mission has been.  Talking about a hard time in his life he said,

"When this began happening in my life, my prayer was, 'Give me a miracle,' you know, 'Solve this problem.'  And it took a while to finally come to the point of saying, 'I'm content to get a daily help, and let it take what time it takes'... It's been a blessing to me ever since to have had that rather harrowing experience, because of what it meant for my relationship with Him.  Maybe the greater blessing for us is to have to walk through it with Him."

That has become my experience on my mission, to "walk through it with Him."  I know Him and my Father in Heaven because of that.  "Come unto Christ and be perfected IN Him." (Moroni 10:32)  One of the definitions in the dictionary for 'in' is 'with.'  "Come unto Christ and be perfected [with] Him." If you want to know how to walk with Christ, watch the video I quoted, dive into your scriptures, and ask your loving Father in Heavev.  He will let you know :)

I love my Savior!  I love my Heavenly Father!  I love the Holy Ghost!  I know that all three are living beings that love us and want the best for us.  Choose to walk through life with Christ, and you will come to know the Father and the Holy Ghost too.  Remember who you are - a child of God.  Keep smiling and laughing!  You are loved!