Happy belated 4th of july! Also happy homecoming to D.J. Belnap!
I had a dream a couple of nights ago that I had to go home early but I was still a missionary because they hadn't released me yet. In the dream I was riding in a car with some friends and realized I didn't have my badge on. I immediately freaked out and started searching frantically while my friends looked at me like I was crazy and told me to calm down. Don't worry, I found a spare tag and put it on;) Needless to say I caught a glimpse of the pain all the recently returned missionaries are experiencing. Hang in there!
I hate most holidays as a missionary due to the lack of interest in meeting with us but I love holidays because they make for the most interesting personal studies in the morning! I read 1 Nephi 13 (in the Book of Mormon) which prophecies of Christopher columbus being wrought upon by the spirit and finding the americas. How could Nephi have known that all those years ago? He must have been a prophet of God! We went around singing the 3 patriotic hymns we have minus God Save the King to a bunch of widows and shut ins and shared different scriptures about freedom and liberty. I read a quote a while ago and I don't remember who said it but it was along the lines of "we need to stop worrying about human rights and worry more about human responsibilities". Amen to that! If we cared half as much about how we treated other people as we do about how others treat us this wold would be a happier and more peaceful place. It's sad to see the downturn in morality the world has Only the gospel can save us! Only through Christ's atonement can we change into the people God needs us to be to bring His children safely back to Him.
We started teaching the man I talked about last week who received the priesthood blessing. He is reading the book of mormon and came to church but just doesn't feel like he is getting answers. I know that he will, it just takes time and diligence! It's more typical that God's answers come as the slow sunrise in the morning rather than the quick flood of light that comes when you flip a switch. In the end, it's worth the wait and the faith it takes to get you to that point is necessary to endure to the end.
I dare you all to get as bad of a farmer tan as I got this week. Isn't the missionary life the best??? :)
Love,
Sister Pearson
Pretend there is a snazzy picture my flash drive wasn't working this week!
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