"Enjoy the heck out of it"

Salmon, Id Sisters!

Sister Gaston and Sister Lacey

Service with Sister Peterson

Snow already!!

Hello everyone!

It has been another great week here in Salmon, ID! 

First off, I have to tell you all... I tried Elk for the first time!! It is hunting season here in Idaho and I like it because I get Elk but then I do not like it because a lot of people are gone hunting and we want to teach them! That being said, Elk is awesome. I want to learn how to hunt so I can eat Elk the rest of my life!

Alright so I will explain my caption, "Enjoy the heck out of it". This week, Sister Gaston and I called President Nelson and while he was talking with us he told us to "Enjoy the heck out of it (our mission)" and that this is the time of our life! He is so right! Even when we have hard times, we always need to enjoy the heck out of it! We can always find the good in every situation! This week was good but we did do a lot of knocking and not a lot of finding which is frustrating as a missionary but as long as we keep working we will find people who are ready for the gospel.

One thing that I have learned on a mission and I think I have mentioned this before but there are a lot more people than we realized who are ready to learn more about Jesus Christ and want to follow His example and be baptized. 

Another thing that I have learned is to seek the seekers. There are a lot of people who will talk with us but they are not willing to seek to find their answers from God. Also, as missionaries we cannot force anyone to become a seeker. That being said, we can help people to know that they are a seeker. ;)

For example, this week we were trying to find people to teach and we saw a guy working on his car outside. Sister Gaston said that we should go talk to him. When we first started talking to him he was not interested at all and said that a church ruined his views on organized religion. Well when we he told us that we just would testify to him and we were finally able to teach him a quick version of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and we committed him to reading the Book of Mormon and asking God if it is the word of God. We are going to be visiting him soon and hope he kept his commitment!

I also talked about a family a few weeks ago that is so prepared and they still are! We were able to visit with them a little this week and I loved it because the dad said, "my next goal is to be apart of the Mormon church". We have only taught him one lesson but he just knows that this is what he needs to do and I think that is amazing! He is definitely a seeker!

Well, I want to encourage all of you to be missionaries! The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only light in a darkening world! So many of God's children are wondering in darkness and they need light! Help them find the light they are looking for! 

I love you all so much! Thank you for the support that you give me! Be safe all of you!

Love,

Sister Lacey