Until in Heaven We Meet

Hey!

So I don't have any time to write today.. Which is really sad, because we had a couple really great experiences. We met two girls on campus this week, who we were totally directed to speak to, and ended up teaching entire Restoration lessons on the spot because they were so prepared. Both accepted a Book of Mormon, and we plan to see again. I cherish those moments of being directed by the spirit. Don't have enough words for it right now. 

We received transfer news last night, and I am being transferred to a new area with a new comp for my last 6 weeks on the mission. I kind of expected it, because I got so much time in the Tuscaloosa YSA, but I did not anticipate how heart broken I would be! These students have become my people, I've met some of my closest friends out here! 

Our meeting with Elder Anderson was incredible. I had a very sweet experience as I prayed for my mind and heart to be open to the direction the Lord had for me, I was surprised by the direction my prayer took. I know it was lead by the spirit. I found myself saying to my Father in Heaven that I had never seen him or my Savior, but that I had faith that they were really there. As I looked around me at so many people that I love, I said to him that though I couldn't see him, I could see these people, and I could hug them and love them, and that the love I have for them feels like a gift from Him. So I would continue to love and serve them, and I would soon go home to love and serve my friends and family there, with hope and faith that by doing so I would gain a firm knowledge of Him and of my Brother and Savior, Jesus Christ. Again, this surprised me, because I do feel that I have a testimony of them. But it's true, I haven't seen them. I have felt them, and I have felt what it's like to be used and directed by the Holy Spirit..

One of the most tender experiences followed that prayer, as I listened to an Apostle of the Lord give us direction of how to gain, and maintain a knowledge of the Savior, Jesus Christ. He told us that we were to record the experiences we have, and "seal them in our hearts." Because there WILL come a time in each of our lives when we will have to ask, "Do I know the Savior?" He gave us so much beautiful counsel, and I am so grateful for the confirmation I received through the Spirit, that he is indeed a Living Apostle of God. 

I have so much more to say, but will have to close for now. 

I will let you know as soon as I find out where I'm going. My time here in Tuscaloosa truly has been sacred, and I will seal it in my heart forever.

I love you

Love Teirs

University of Alabama Alma Mater

Alabama, listen, Mother,
To our vows of love,
To thyself and to each other, Faithful friends we'll prove.

Faithful, loyal, firm and true,
Heart bound to heart will beat.
Year by year, the ages through
Until in Heaven we meet.
College days are swiftly fleeting,
Soon we'll leave their halls
Ne'er to join another meeting
'Neath their hallowed walls.



Faithful, loyal, firm and true Heart bound to heart will beat
Year by year, the ages through
Until in Heaven we meet.

So, farewell, dear Alma Mater
May thy name, we pray,
Be rev'renced ever, pure and stainless
As it is today.

Faithful, loyal, firm and true
Heart bound to heart will beat
Year by year, the ages through
Until in Heaven we meet.