Week 40 - Short on time...AGAIN!!

Gosh Dang, I had so many happy things I wanted to write about to day, but
we're out of time now.

Here's an excerpt from my letter to President.

I'm so grateful for this last week. I don't know what it is, but something
finally clicked in my heart and mind. Perhaps it's just a renewed zeal, due
to hard news from home. I want to do everything I can to allow Heavenly
Father to bless my family in the ways they need right now. Whatever it is,
I'm grateful. I believe I finally understand how to gain a passion and joy
in striving for obedience, rather than enduring. I've been so frustrated
for so long, I just didn't understand how to make obedience my strive, when
I didn't feel the conviction of my calling. Certain things just weren't a
big deal to me, and I didn't know how to make myself care about things I
just didn't feel in my heart. As I've focussed more on increasing the light
of Christ in my life, rather than just staying away from darkness ("best
way to overcome darkness is an increase of light.."), I've come to better
understand the love and charity talked about in Moroni 7. I've felt that
"joy" that has been so talked about my whole mission, that only comes from
being obedient. When we start to feel the strength and LOVE that comes from
allowing the Atonement of Jesus Christ to change our natures, obedience
begins to be our strive. We crave it, because we start to feel spiritual
growth. It's not that I was striving for disobedience before, I just didn't
feel happy about following the little rules (headphones, music, etc.) that
didn't make sense to me. Though I was following them begrudgingly. This
week I craved my scriptures, and I didn't mind the little things. I felt
GROWTH, for the first time in a long time. I started to understand the law
of consecration.

I absolutely loved zone conference, and have felt a greater understanding
of my role here as one of the Lord's missionaries. I have feared less, and
been more confident in the message we share. I have heard the words, that
our message is the most important thing these people will ever hear, but
now I feel it in my heart.

Our current progressing investigators are Allison, Shemithia, Natoya, and
Emma. We hope to have the last three on bap. date very soon. We had a cool
experience the other night. It was about 7:30, and we were walking back to
our car. We stopped and offered to help three women unloading a moving van,
and they actually let us! We were able to have lots of friendly
conversation. They offered to take us out to dinner after, where we were
able to share the Book of Mormon with them, and talk to them about why we
were out here. It was really neat! We are going to take each of them a Book
of Mormon this week, and plan to share the first lesson.

Use your judgement as far as what goes out in the weekly/blog. I'm not sure
if any of it makes sense, but it really was a good week. :)

I love you both so much.
Love Teirs