Hi everyone!
This week has been so good! I feel like I say that every week, but good things just keep happening! Every day in my journal starts out, "today was good." Haha, I must admit, Sunday was more than good, it was AMAZING! :)
This week has been so good! I feel like I say that every week, but good things just keep happening! Every day in my journal starts out, "today was good." Haha, I must admit, Sunday was more than good, it was AMAZING! :)
We said goodbye to 3 members of our district this week, but we're got 2 other great missionaries. Our district also happens to be our ward, so here's all the missionaries that were in Temple Terrace. :)
This is Grace!! She is the young lady in England we've been teaching over Skype! We just love her! We've skyped a few times this week and she's so eager to learn! She just learned the word of wisdom this week and though she said it was too much to ask for an English person to give up tea, she did so on Sunday, along with coffee and energy drinks! Were so proud of her! She is so prepared for the gospel! She has a 2 year old son and she's engaged to get married. Her fiancé is in another part of England and they were skyping this week and she said, "I've got something to tell you...I'm meeting with the Mormons." He says, "No way, me too!" Can you believe it
?!??!?! We couldn't, but it sounds like it's true! He wants to baptize her after he gets baptized! The gospel is true and God is so good! The Book of Mormon changes lives! I think many of us can relate, that when really good things happen, often there are really hard trials that go along with it. Grace isn't alone in this, so please keep her in your prayers. Her little boy collapsed this week and he will be hospitalized for the next few months receiving treatment. He's stable right now, but it's hard for little ones to fight everything. Thank you! We know the Lord will bless this family as they learn the truth! 
This is Helen! She is a new convert! She is moving to Cali this week and we are super sad, but it is in her best interests. She has grown so much and just grown to be a part of the ward. She is always the first one to greet you and give you a big hug! She bore such a beautiful testimony yesterday of her the gospel has blessed her life and how she's sharing it with her family. It was amazing. We hope and pray that she will be blessed to continue to grow in California.
This is such a beautiful powerful video about eternal families. I know there are prophets on the earth today!
Let me tell you, this week has been one of miracles! I alluded to the fact that Sunday was amazing and it truly was. So many people that we as missionaries have been teaching and finding were able to come to church. The ward really reached out and blessed their lives. I love these people! It's amazing how much you can love people in such a short time! Testimony meeting was filled with the spirit. I love hearing testimonies of the Savior and how the gospel has been a blessing. One testimony that stuck out to me was about how much service Briggs blesses. One member said that the more inconvenient the service is, the more blessings come. When we are not just checking off a box, but serving with our hearts the Lord blesses us and those we help so much! I want to apply that this week. To look for little things I can do to stretch and help make a difference.
The Lord loves us, He knows us, this is His church. He suffered and died for us so we can be clean! It's been raining a lot so I've been thinking, "I like to look for rainbows, whenever there is rain, and ponder on the beauty of an earth made clean again. I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain. I want to be the best I can and live with God again."
Love you,
Sister Gessel
P.s. Will you join me this week and look for little ways to serve above and beyond?
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