MY JOY IS FULL!

Olivia, one of her best friends from home!

Hola mi familia!

I just want to start off by saying that I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is God's one and only true gospel found on the earth!  I have been so blessed to be able to be His missionary for the last 18 1/2 months! This is so bitter sweet right now. My mission has gone by so quickly and I so grateful for every moment of it! 

This past week has been the best! Last weekend I was feeling down but after talking with my family I was ready to go! I was able to go to the temple for the departing temple trip and it was so good! I am so grateful for the temple and how it gives us an eternal perspective!

We were able to start teaching this guy this week! It was a really cool experience! I am grateful for the experience I had to do that! God is so good! 

I wish I could express to you all everything I have learned on my mission! I am so sorry that I am so bad at writing my email but I am just going to bare my testimony!

I know that Heavenly Father loves me! I know that He is aware of me and wants what is best for me! I know that Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer of the world! I know that He was our perfect example! I know that it is an amazing privilege for us to be members of His restored gospel! I love my Savior and I know that He lives! I love you all so much! Thank you for supporting me during my mission! This has been the best/ hardest thing I have ever done! I am so grateful for it! I love y'all and I will see you in a few days! 

Love,

Sister Lacey 

Exact obedience brings miracles!

 

Hello!

I want to start off by saying how grateful I am to be a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! This is God's Church! He is the head of it and it's amazing that I get to preach and teach that everyday! Now a days I get a little weepy knowing that it is all coming close to an end but I am so joyful and happy for the time that I do have! There really is no other greater work than to share the gospel! I am so grateful that I can always be a missionary!

Sister Dummer and I have seen so many miracles this week. God is literally leading and guiding every single one of our steps. There have been so many instances this week to show that to us! I cannot think of too many now of course now that I'm under pressure haha but He does!

One example: We were taking out lunch break and put phone was on quiet. We didn't see that someone that we were teaching finally responded back. Anyways, it's hard to explain but we were still able to teach her and she is so ready and excited to be baptized! It is so great to see!

I also want to bare testimony of fasting! God really does hear and want to help us! God is so good and loves each and everyone of you so much! Thank you for your love and support!

Love, 

Sister Lacey 

Tropical Desert!

Hey!

Sorry this will be short this week but it has been an amazing week! Full of miracles and revelation! I am so grateful for a Father in Heaven that wants to speak to us and tell us truth! Lately we have really been trying to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost and trying our best to reach the key indicators. We can always improve but I know God is blessing us for our efforts! We were able to go to the temple today and the spirit in there is like no other! I truly know that it is the house of God! Oh and the weather has been wild this week! Lots of snow and wind and to try and be positive, I calm it a tropical desert... Yeah it doesn't make sense but it kinda makes me feel better haha! Anyways, I love you all so much and thank you for your support! God is good and Jesus is the Christ! Have a great week and share the gospel with EVERYONE!

LOVE, 

Sister Lacey 

FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!!

Olivia!!!

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Sister Gaston!!

Hey Y'all!!!

This has been one of the most wildest weeks ever!! It's the best!!! I am not even sure where to start!!

So last Monday we were able to go sledding as a Zone and that was pretty awesome! A little scary because the Elders were doing so crazy stuff but we survived!! We got a call from our mission president that night as well and he said that he wanted us at the mission office the next morning at 9:45. All I could think of, "Are we in trouble?" and, "Are we having an emergency transfer??" But luckily it was none of those! Brother Littlefield (from the missionary department) came to our mission and wanted to talk to some of the missionaries! So that's what we did! I was grateful for the opportunity to do that because I felt like I am still able to influence the mission even though I am leaving soon! #IdahoFalls #BestMission

On Wednesday I had my last Zone Conference and it was amazing! It is always so great to be able to see all of my missionary friends! What makes it even better are the trainings! Brother Littlefield told us that our mission is doing well but we could be doing better! I am excited to see where his thoughts and training will lead our mission! I was also able to bare my testimony (since it was my last one) and that was a good experience. I cried haha! Afterwards, President Nelson just gave me a handshake and said that he loved me! Ah! I love that man!

On Friday we were able to find 3 new people to teach! It was awesome! God is so kind and is blessing us so much! Two of them are a couple and a member invited them to meet with us! They are from Cali and do not have a very big religious background. They are so amazing and I am so glad that we are able to teach them! We were able to give them something we call a "tabbed Book of Mormon" which is basically an awesome copy of the Book of Mormon! It is easier for people to read when they do not know much about the Book of Mormon! The other was a super cute girl! She is 11 years old and is so excited about the gospel! I love it!

Also, the First Presidency announced that we can now talk to our families! We think that it is so inspired from God! It will help families be closer and help everyone do more missionary work! 

On Saturday was one of the best days of my life! We were able to go to the temple with someone we taught and baptized back in Salmon! We were able to see them be sealed as a family for all time and eternity and that right there made everything worth it! Leaving my family for almost 19 months, all of the tears, sicknesses, heartache, everything so worth it to see that! God is so good! Oh and to put a cherry on top I was able to see Sister Gaston!!! 

This is God's church! I am so happy and honored to be a missionary for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! 

Love,

Sister Lacey 

To act or to be acted upon?

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FAMILIA!

How are you?? I am so excited to tell you about this week! It has been so crazy but so good at the same time! Sister Dummer and I are just loving serving together! She is such a hard worker and she encourages me and helps me to want to be a better person! I love her so much! 

So to give you a brief summery of what happened this week! 

-2 people we were teaching passed away

-We talked to 137 new people this week

-Tracting in 9 degree weather.... and I still have all my toes!

-people fell from the sky to be taught

-tracting on BYU I men's housing... that was interesting but found 2 potentials for the sisters on campus!

We have been trying really hard to talk to 20 new people a day and the blessings/ miracles are just coming in! We got a few potential people from the 137 that we talked to but the others are just miracles from God! 

The 2 people who passed away were really good men! One we had just started teaching and the other I have known since I got here. I am so grateful for the God's plan of happiness!

So we got a text from one of our bishops that he would like us at Ward Council yesterday and we went. They did their normal Ward Council things and then got into missionary work! So there is a girl that wants to get baptized in their ward and we spent like 20 minutes correlating how we can help this young woman and who's houses she can be taught at and who can be her fellowshipper and everything! It was amazing to be in there! It is such a great ward! It is also exciting because it is Sister Dummer's and I goal to find someone to teach in each ward and this ward hadn't had one yet! We should start teaching her tomorrow! 

Another miracle was that Sister Johnson and Sister Mackay called us and some members up on campus had been working with this none member family and they invited the sisters to come teach them! Well it went super well and it ends up that they are in our area! So we get to hopefully start teaching them this week as well! 

I am kind of mad at myself that it has been so hard for me most of my mission to talk to 20 new people a day but I am glad that my stubbornness has left and I am able to do it now! It is hard but it so worth it! The Lord is so willing to help us find people to teach! We just need to put in the work!

Oh and a miracle we saw from the Yes List (the area authority gave us a list of ways we can find more people to teach)! We asked one of our recent converts yesterday if he knew of anyone that we could teach and he said yes! He set up a time and we taught his friend yesterday and got a return appointment for next Sunday! It was awesome! We just need to figure things out because she doesn't live in our area, but we will!

Well things are going amazing up here in the "Burg"! Haha I love it here and I love being a missionary! Thank y'all for your love and support! Have a great week! I love y'all!! 

Love,

Sister Lacey

The hands of the Savior!

Hola Familia! 

How are all of you guys?! I miss all of you guys so much but life is so good! 

So we had transfers last week and now I am with Sister Dummer and oh my goodness she is AMAZING! I am so blessed to have her as my last companion for my last little bit as a full-time missionary!

Can I just start by saying how merciful God is? I know that He knows us each individually and I can promise each and everyone of you that He guides your life each day! He cares for you and wants what is best for you! 

This week I got sick but the Lord always strengthens us! We are trying something called "Project SAPO" in our zone! We are striving to talk to 20 new people a day and we are doing it! We got 18 one day but then we made up for it the next day! It has been amazing meeting and getting to know so many amazing people! Here in Rexburg we are able to meet people from all around the world and I ABSOLUTELY love it! 

The people we are teaching are doing so good as well! I am trying to focus more on them and studying more for them and it truly is a blessing! Sister Dummer and I are able to have some amazing talks about how we can help them and it just strengthens my testimony! 

I know I have only been with Sister Dummer for a couple of days but I have learned so much from her! She is a perfect example of someone who is striving for consecration, humility, and charity! I am so glad that I get to learn from her! I want to be like her! 

Something that I have been able to learn and something I want to continue to do in my life is be the Savior's hands. This week, with the help of the Spirit, we were lead to this man who was in the hospital. I have known this man since I have gotten into the area and I love him so much! Right before we went in the room, we could overhear him talking to someone and he was not very happy. We walked in and talked with him and prayed with him and he changed. I truly felt that was something the Savior would do. I was so glad that Heavenly Father trusts me enough to let me do things like that! I want to always be worthy of His trust! 

My mission is going amazing and I want to say how grateful I am for each of you! My heart is so full of joy today! God is amazing! I want to share his gospel with everyone! I would like to challenge all of you to reflect and ponder how the gospel has blessed you and then let that motivate you to share it with someone TODAY! I love you all! I pray for you! Be safe! 

Love,

Sister Lacey 

Last Leg!

 

Hey y'all!

This has been a week haha! I am not even sure where to start! It consisted of: a sisters meeting, 3 exchanges, 2 trips down to Idaho Falls, miracles, a baptism, entering into my last transfer and to top if off we got transfer calls! 

I am staying in Rexburg for my last transfer! Sister Rose is leaving me though :( She is heading down to Idaho Falls! I know she will do great things down there! I bummed to see her leaving though! 

So on Tuesday we were able to have a Sisters Meeting where all of the sisters get together and it was the best! We were able to learn some amazing things and be uplifted! It was super funny because at the end President Nelson walked in the room and all of us started waving at him and getting excited! He just waved back and put his finger to his lips like a parent would to his kids haha! I do feel like he is my dad haha! I love him so much! 

So Tuesday night was a pretty rough night. I won't give all details but this just helped strengthen my testimony of the Priesthood and following the promptings of the Holy Ghost. I was able to talk to Sister Rose for awhile and I was pretty emotional and then we got to meet with one of our Bishops. We talked about the needs of his ward and I think he could tell something was wrong. He then proceeded to ask us how we were doing and the Spirit was very clear and told me to ask for a Priesthood blessing. So I did and he asked me what was going on and I explained and then he gave me a blessing. It was an amazing experience and gave me a lot of comfort! 

On Wednesday it was Sister Rose's birthday and it was a lot of fun! I hope she enjoyed it! She is finally an adult! 

On Thursday I went on exchanges with Sister Naumann and Sister Johnson! That was a fun exchange! We were able to meet some awesome people they are teaching and got tract some student apartments! I realized that I am an awkward duck when it comes to college students so post mission is going to be interesting haha! For example: We knocked on this guys door and started making small talk and asked him what he was going to school for. He said something that was complicated and so I asked him to elaborate haha. He said that basically he takes information from something and then makes a decision from there. So I said, "Oh! So like revelation?!" He just did a sympathetic laugh haha! Pray for me yall! 

On Friday we had a meeting down in Idaho Falls and it was super good! I got to see some of my friends and President so it was the best! I was able to talk to President Nelson after as well and he gave me some good advice for my future life! 

Then on Saturday I was able to go on exchanges with Sister Bergoc and that was the best! She bad me some Brazilian food! She taught me a lot that day as well! She is so real with people! I am glad I was able to learn that from her! 

Sunday was super busy but so good! It ended with transfer calls and Elder Lewis (my former Zone Leader and now Assistant to the President) called and we were the second to last people to be called.... It was killing me! And then when he called he kept stalling to mess with us! Haha we told him that he was lucky he was down in Idaho Falls or we would come find him haha!

Well I love you all and hope that y'all have a great week! Thank you for the love and support that you give me and to the missionaries that are serving around you! They need all the love they can get! Love y'all!

Love,

Sister Lacey