October 28, 2013 -Sister Gillett
Hey Family!!!
It was so good to hear from all of you today! Pdays are THE BEST!!!
I sent Flat Stanley home to you today with some letters. Sounds like it has been another week in the
real world for you guys. Good luck with football and everything. That
is so awesome that the Panguitch Cross Country team did so awesome again
this year.
Well, I agree with Jaelyn. This week has been amazing and so full
of miracles!! I guess that is what comes from attending the temple! The
day after we attended the temple we had a busy day ahead of us with 5
appointments lined up. Usually half of our appointments fall through and
we have to resort to our backup plans instead but that day NONE of our
appointments fell through! WOW!!! What an amazing blessing!! We were
able to teach all that we had prepared and it went really well. Our last
appointment was my first golden appointment and it was SO AMAZING!!!!
We had been teaching a lady named M and she has stage 4 liver
cancer. They did surgery on it but there is cancer by her artery so they
were not able to remove all of it. We went over to visit her while she
was recovering and we met her son and grandson who are both the same
age. As we shared Alma 26:11-12 with them we asked the boys if they
would like to learn more. They both agreed and we set up and appointment
for Wednesday.
As we began teaching them we asked them what their expectations were
for learning from us. They said that they just want to build a
relationship with God and find comfort in Him as they go through this
hard time with their family. Holy cow!! What teenager boys have the
desire to do that?!? I was so shocked and I knew that was an answer to
our prayers that we would be able to find the people that God has
prepared for us. What a tender mercy!! We are so excited to continue
teaching them and help them build that relationship with God because the
Gospel can really bring them so much comfort into their lives!! They
are so ready!
On friday
we had zone conference and Elder Ellis of the 70 came with his wife and
spoke to us. It was so powerful and so amazing. We talked a lot about
the different levels of faith and how we can increase our faith by
exercising it. We also watched a clip on the atonement that was so
powerful!! It talked a lot about how Jesus Christ was the only perfect
missionary that will ever walk upon the earth. Missionary work is not
easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Why should missionary
work be easy for us if it was hard for the Savior. The Savior was
rejected and despised of man and eventually killed to fulfill
the plan. He feels the pain we feel when we have to drop an investigator
that isn't progressing. He feels our pain when we get doors slammed in
our faces. He feels all of that because He experienced them all for
himself! However, he was diligent and faithful to the end. He drank the
bitter cup for us. They said in conference "in life when the bitter cup
comes and it does not pass, drink it."
I was asked to speak in church on Sunday
and I chose to speak on Christlike attributes and Missionary Work. The
only way that we can obtain the Christlike attributes is through the
grace of Christ. We all know that we can do better at being more
Christlike but we also realize that we will never be perfect at it. That
is where Christ's grace comes to fill in the gaps and help us to become
more like Him. What an amazing blessing the enabling power the atonement
of Jesus Christ is in our lives. I am so grateful for it and for the
opportunity that we have to strive to become more like Christ. I love my
Savior and his great sacrifice on behalf of all mankind. What a great
message of comfort and peace we have to share with His children that
through him all that is unfair about life will be made right!
Well I love all you guys and I hope this email finds you well!! Have a great week!! Love ya!!
Love, Sister Gillett :)
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