Sister McBride's letter for the week! She is growing so much! I got an attachment that I will post later.
Hiya!
We're actually at the church right now because
we wanted to watch the last session of general conference for p-day so
we're going to stay here, pop some popcorn and eat some strawberries and
cream. yum! C:This week I learned that we can't label ourselves. Example: If I were to label myself as a forgetful person because I kept loosing everything and I stuck to my label of myself then I wouldn't be able to become better. For instance when I get on a bus and I'm carrying an extra bag, instead of setting it at my feet or beside me, I make sure it's on my lap. I would always check for my wallet multiple times through out the day. Now I will not loose anything important! When we are trying to be better at something like being more patient, more diligent etc. we are given opportunities to improve in that attribute! Often known as trials. (Sometimes we're not particularly trying to work on it but the Lord gives us chances to work on it anyway.) Those trials are never fun or easy and often times they're embarrassing, but if we are humble and allow ourselves to learn and don't let the experience overwhelm us then we can learn and improve so much more! If I was working on patience and was given a trial that tested that attribute there would come a point where I would need to choose. Either I would say "This is hard but I can try it and do my best" or "It's too hard, I don't know if I'll be able accomplish it. I guess I'm just an impatient person" NO! If you are trying to change and become better. If you ask for the Lord's help you will always learn something from it! Will I never get upset again or never ever forget anything important? No, but you'll will be better at it than you might have been if you allowed that label for yourself to define who you you are. Anyway that was my insight for the week.
I
went on exchanges to Dunfermline with Sister Montgomery. It was fun
She's timid and more quite like me. Also we met this man who shared with us a
scripture in Hebrews (I think. Ch 1) that says something like if you're
not preaching the word of God and are leading souls away from Him then
you will be thrust into heck. He kept asking us if it scared us and was
trying to bible bash with us.... I don't mind that other people have
their beliefs, it's just when they're trying to force theirs on you,
disprove your sentence before you even finish it and then try and scare
you with a scripture that it gets hard to talk to them. We just said
'well nice talking to you we have to go' and walked away. I think he
actually took one of our cards though.
We
met a lady just a bit older than us named Hannah. She is a single mom
with a boy thats about 2. She asked a lot of good questions about life
and God and the church. When we left both Sister Wilkinson and I felt
that she would love coming to church and that she would just fit right
in and make so many friends! We have high hopes for her C:
Marks
baptism is this Friday! The day after your birthday Dad! Happy
Birthday!! :DD Bishop Brown (pres. son) is going to baptize him.
Mark has grown so much. The other day he told us how he was really
unsure about baptism at first but now he really wants it and desires it.
I was just thinking about the many scriptures that talk about if you've
brought just one soul to Christ how great should be your joy! And I am
so happy that I can be apart of that and that I have chosen to do this
with my life right now.
I
am also so thankful for the sacrament and that I can repent every week!
How wonderful to know that I can become clean and feel Christs
atonement every week!
Tell the family that I loved the letters they sent in the Easter package!
Lots of Love,
Sister McBride
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