This week in Kempsville, Virginia...
Favorite sign of the week!
They caught a Firefly...
Made bread...
Got to stay out past their curfew, until 10:30 to watch
4th of July Fireworks with the Hermana's!
Went to East Beach. SUPER
NICE
Learned how to go crabbing...
Ya just tie a chicken wing on a string, and tie it to
your leg and wade out and they come right up to it!
We just did it in shallow water because we can't get in...
Happy Monday Y'all!
Last week for P-day we spent the day at the oceanfront with
the Hermanas! It was super fun we just went and wandered around all the little
beach shops. The rest of our week went really well! We have been given a lot of
good opportunities to teach lately that we are super grateful for! It has just
been so hot here. The humidity makes me feel like I am breathing through a wet
cloth. But other than that.....ha, ha!!! I'm good!!
The Fourth of July was fun,
but so hard. Satan did not want us to do missionary work that day! Every plan
we made just didn't work out...we started visiting members and even they were
on their way our the door to do family stuff or go to the beach. Sometimes I
forget that people have lives and families and they aren't just waiting for us to
knock on their door and change their lives.
My studies this week have been
particularly amazing. One night I was saying my prayers, and ya know how
sometimes when you are praying, the spirit just pops things into your head and
you don't even really have to think about it? Well that happened and I had this
really strong desire to just absolutely 100% know that God was listening to my
prayers and that he was really there and that he really cared. Then next
morning I woke up and started reading just my daily reading of the Book of
Mormon and I "just so happened" to read 2 Nephi 32:8-9: "For if
ye would hearken unto the spirit which teacheth a man to pray, ye would know
that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teacheth not a man to pray, but teacheth
him that he must not pray. but behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always
and not faint; that ye must not perform anything unto the Lord save in the
first place ye shall pray unto the father in the name of Christ, that he will
consecrate they performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the
welfare of thy soul." So basically the spirit just rebuked me. I just sat
there like wooooahhhhhh. Prayer is real. And so is God. and THEN I was reading
"Defenders of the Family Proclamation" and it just sums up my life so
I thought I would share it with ya. :)
"Each of us has a part to play in the plan, and each of
us is equally valued in the eyes of the Lord. A loving Heavenly Father is aware
of our righteous desires and will honor his promises to us that nothing will be
withheld from those who keep their covenants. He has a plan, but He also has
his own timetable. One of the hardest challenges in this life is to have faith
to accept the Lord's timing. It's a good idea to have an alternative plan in
mind, which helps us to be covenant keeping, charitable, righteous women, who
build the kingdom of God no matter how our lives go."
With love, Sista C
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