Sacrifice

So this week has been AWESOME!! 

This week I have learned a lot about the Law of Sacrifice. As you may have read in my last letter things were beginning to become a little mundane and the work was at a stand still for us. Hermana Schmit and I were tying to figure out,, "why are we not seeing success in our work."  We are being obedient, we have a great companionship, we are following the council of our mission leaders and Preach my Gospel.  So what is the deal?  When we felt as if we had hit a pretty emotional low after being rejected time and time again and all of our appointments fell through for the whole week, yikes right, we felt as if there was absolutely nothing for us to do but ride our bikes aimlessly in the cold dark night.  Well we decided to regroup and make a new plan.

That night we sat down and decided that we needed to recommit ourselves to the Lord, even though we were doing what had been asked of us by the white handbook, Preach my Gospel, and the mission president. We made a list of things that we could do to show Heavenly Father that we are 100% committed to his work. We set some goals and committed to giving up some things that we felt would push us to a new level, even though we knew it would be very hard. We also fasted to ask Heavenly Father for him to help us accomplish the new goals we had set.

The next day was a Preparation Day and we had a lesson set that afternoon with a family that can't meet with us except for Monday afternoons. In that lesson we committed this family to live the Word of Wisdom and it went fantastic!! We left the lesson with their coffee machine and all the tea they had in their house!! They were not even hesitant!! The father of the family went cold turkey off his coffee from drinking 3 pots of coffee a day to none.

Then later that night we had a lesson with a family that are members of the Church of Christ. Oh man that lesson was awesome, but pretty hard too. We had some deep questions coming our way and a lot of bible action happening. Good thing I've been studying up on my stuff in the Bible. The lesson got pretty intense too, the couple said,  "so are we or are we not saved?" After a little re-explaining of priesthood authority and 3 degrees of Heaven, we answered their question. At the end the wife said, "well I just want to do whatever it takes to get to the Celestial kingdom, because I am living with God when I die." The people of the South are amazing, they are some of the most Christian people you will ever meet and they go to church every Sunday, Bible study every Wednesday and they study and read their bible like crazy. It takes getting past the harsh rumors and stereotypes of Mormonism that are so strong in the South, and once that happens our message rings true to them and the holy ghost does the rest!!

The rest of the week went really well and we had investigators come to church and some more people commit to baptism!!!

All in all, I learned that Heavenly Father will bless you as you give him your all.  As we give God our all, without fail, he will never let us down!!

Love ya'll, and have a great week.

Love

Hermana Ayre!!!