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| Last time with Sister Wilson :-( |
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| With Sister Gaston (her trainer) |
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| Sister Navarro and Sister Lacey @ the Idaho Falls Temple |
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| Sister Lacey and Sister Navarro sporting their new mission shirts! |
(First off, sorry if this is a long email, just a lot has happened) Guess who is finally in Idaho and who is freezing... That's right this missionary! I do not think it has been over 55 degrees very much since I have been here but nonetheless I seriously love Idaho so much!
So
on Wednesday we took a shuttle to Idaho Falls and it was a tender mercy of the
Lord because I was able to travel with most of my district, even the ones in
the Pocatello Mission! It was sad to say bye to them but I was ready to get to
my mission. We got to the mission office and met my mission president and wife
and I love them so much! President Nelson and Sister Nelson are so in tune with
the spirit and they lead this mission as the Savior would want it to be led.
I
was able to stay at the mission home Wednesday night and get to know the new
missionaries I did not already know and I was able to get to know President and
his wife better and guess what?? They got sealed in the Manti temple!! I was so
happy when I heard that!! We were also told that night who our trainer would be
and where we were serving and I am serving in Salmon, Idaho and my trainer is
Sister Gaston!!!
On
Thursday morning I finally met Sister Gaston and she is the best! We have like
everything in common and she has such fire for missionary work! I was excited
to get to our area but my companion is a Sister Training Leader and they were
having a leadership conference on Friday morning and Salmon is too for to go to
and then come back so we stayed in Idaho Falls that night in the mission home
as well. We were able to eat dinner with President and his wife, which was a
lot of fun!
So
we live with two other sisters, and you would never guessed this but they are
serving Spanish speaking. I am telling you, I cannot get away from Spanish! I
love them so much though! Sister Navarro is new to the field just like me and
she is already fluent in Spanish so she tries teaching me some and I guess I am
sassy when I speak Spanish. Anyways, we spent Friday morning together because
our trainers were in the conference and we tried to get some warm clothes and
we were able to go to the temple! It is so beautiful there! I was also feeling
a little overwhelmed and the temple just gave me the peace that I needed!
So
that night we were finally able to make it to Salmon and let me tell you, it is
one of the most beautiful places I have ever been! We live in a trailer on the
Stake Presidents ranch and it is awesome! I can look out our kitchen window and
see cows! It has seriously been my dream to live on a ranch and now I am! The
Lord knew that I would love it here!
So
that night when we got into town we got to work! The first house we were able
to get in were two kids that my companion had been teaching. They have a really
hard life and during the lesson I realized that these are real people and not
just people who are getting paid to be our investigators. I was too quite
during the lesson and did not trust myself or have enough courage to say things
that the spirit wanted me to say. After we got out of that lesson I just
started to cry. The boy, who is 13 years old, is just so unhappy and his little
sister is so willing to follow Christ but her mom will not let her or him, she
is 9. I pulled myself together and we went to go see if we can meet this family
that my companion had been teaching. Well she had been teaching the kids but
has not been able to meet the father yet but we were able to meet him! We even
taught him a lesson and he started reading the Book of Mormon! He and his son
are now just trying to pray and ask if the Book of Mormon is true. During that
lesson I tried harder to say what the Holy Ghost wanted me to say and open my
mouth and it was amazing. He gave me the words that I needed to say at the very
moment I needed to say them!
So
on Saturday we had a baptism!! I was not able to teach her the lessons but I am
glad I get to teach her the new member lessons and hopefully go with her to the
temple! She is 12 years old and also has a hard life but she is the sweetest! I
am excited to get to know her more!
On
Sunday I was able to meet a lot of the ward members and they are great! They
love missionary work and give us so much referrals! We probably get more than 3
a day! I do not know if that is a lot or not but we are busy so I think it is!
We also get fed every night by members and it is amazing food! I can see why
they say you gain 40 pounds on this mission... That being said I am being
running more with my companion so hopefully I will be good!
I
love this gospel so much and I love the people of Idaho already! I testify to
you that this is the Savior's work and he is the head of this church! I love
being a missionary and getting to know so many new people! My companion is
amazing and has built an amazing relationship with the 2 wards that we serve in
and I hope I will work hard so that they trust me as well! I want to close with
a scripture in Doctrine and Covenants 100: 4-6
4 Therefore, I, the Lord, have suffered you to come unto this place; for thus it was expedient in me for the salvation of souls.
5 Therefore, verily I say unto you, lift up your voices unto this people; speak the thoughts that I
shall put into your hearts, and you shall not be confounded before men;
6 For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very moment, what ye shall say.
I can tell you that I know that I was
called to Idaho for a reason and the Lord does give me what to say in the very
moment I need to say it! I love you all!
~Sister Lacey
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