June 6, 2016
HEY Y'ALL. This last
week FLEW by. Things are good here in the south! It's getting HOT and HUMID. Whoa. It's hitting me in
the face and VERY smothering, like cheese on a burrito. MY HAIR IS
CRAY. And there is no point to makeup. Because it just melts off. And
grey shows sweat really bad so its not a good color right now. hahahaha
Sometimes life is rough
as a missionary because alot of people really don’t like you. Bashing on
bashing on bashing is what it seemed like this week! I feel as though I
am a pretty calm person but after a couple of these instances I was fed up! And
I learned that sometimes it’s hard to love everyone! Especially when they are
putting everything you know to be true and hold dear to your heart down in the
dirt like its trash. I was really trying to find what the Lord wanted me
to learn from these experiences. My thoughts turned to Alma chapter 26
where in verse 26 and 27 it talks about it. It says,
"But behold, my
beloved brethren, we came into the wilderness not with the intent to destroy
our brethren, but with the intent that perhaps we might save some few of their
souls. (27) Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn
back, behold the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren,
the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto
you success."
Then in 37 at the end
of the chapter " God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may
be in"
PATIENCE. I need
patience! God knows the effort we are putting in and knows what the outcome is
now. It was amazing to see the Lord blessing us in ways that we weren't
even thinking of. As missionaries we put so much work into the
"X"category and then get blessed in "Y" category. For
example, we were with a member this past week when while we were on our
way to do some service we saw a lady walking on the side of the road with her
son. We stopped and asked if she needed anything. She told us she
was walking to the gas station to get gas for her car. The member was so
sweet and gave her a ride with us and even paid for her gas. This lady
was SO shocked by this generous act and was just in awe. By the end of
our interaction with her she was happy and smiling and had tears in her eyes.
We told her what church we were from and what we do as missionaries. She
gave us her number and we set up a time we could go meet with her and told us
she wants to come back to church and that this was her sign from God. GOD
IS SO GOOD YALL. This was just a small way that God showed us that he is there
and that he knows us! God knew exactly what this women needed right at
that specific time and we listened to the promptings of the Holy Ghost to help
her in need.
We had dinner with the
Hunters in the ward, the family that fed us goat and squirrel, and it was
awesome, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. They are the exact opposite of your average
mormon family and we had an awesome conversation with them about the Atonement
of Jesus Christ. Brother Hunter put a drop of oil on each of me and
Sister Anderson's finger and told us it was oil from an olive that was in the
Garden of Gethsemane, where Christ suffered for our sins. HOW COOL IS
THAT. It seeped into our skin and it was so cool! If Christ
suffered all that for each one of us what then can we do for HIM?
J**** our Yoga
obsessed grandma, bff, is doing well!! We taught her the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and she loved it. However she is not ready for baptism. She
HATES committing to things so she did not want to commit to baptism right
now. Especially now because she is overloaded with life and everything.
In the closing prayer she prayed and asked (screaming) "GOD PLEASE HELP ME
BE SUPERWOMAN AND TO READ THE BOOKA MORMON" hahaha We just testified to
her that as she continues to learn and read and come to church she will want to
make that decision and to have faith in her Heavenly Father as she prays
to know if that is the right path for her to follow. SO PRAY FOR JOANNA. To
recognize an answer and to have the faith to follow through!!!
My life lesson that I
learned is that we are making differences! That God is using us even when we
may feel useless. People's lives are changing. We just need to testify
and challenge boldly with the spirit. I love the Lord. I love this
work and I am in love with this gospel.
I love you all so much
and am so thankful for my life. My life rocks.
ROLL TIDE FRIENDS
Sis Molioni
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