Happy February! it is a wonderful month :) sister GC and i have decided to celebrate everyday. we celebrated the beginning of Feb by eating subway. so good. for some reason, our celebrations always involve eating something delicious. haha oh well. being her companion is so amazing. i love my new area and i'm really excited for the next 5 weeks.
we had a week full of miracles. we set goals on friday for the month of february. we have so many wonderful investigators and less active members that we are working with and we really feel like we can help them progress to the next step in their progression. as we were praying about the goals that we made and wondering if it was God's will, our phone rang. when we called the number back, it was an investigator that sister GC has been trying to get in touch with fo forever. she told us that she wanted to get baptized before guonian. oh my goodness. i have never seen a person so prepared for baptism. the first time i met her was when she was getting ready for her baptismal interview. she had already heard all the lessons and had stopped meeting with the missionaries for a time. she took that time to completely change herself-quitting all her old habits and developing her relationship with God. she was truly prepared and she was baptized on Sunday. I have never seen someone glow like she did. she got to church early and we standing in front of the elevator (we have church on the 15th floor of a dalou) greeting everyone as they arrived for church. she couldn't stop smiling and it was wonderful. it was a real reminder that this is the Lord's work. i feel like i had no part in this sister's progression. God prepared her and i feel so lucky that i was able to be here. Our God is a God of tender mercies. this move call is a tender mercy. i love my companion so much. she is teaching me so much from her wonderful example and we have such a wonderful district.
we are working with the ward right now to do mormon.org. we helping everyone create profiles and it is so fun to talk with the members about their faith and make plans about how they are going to share it. i really feel like the spirit is directing our work. i am learning how important the spirit is and what a difference it makes in our lives. learning how to recognize the spirit is the work of a lifetime but it is the whole point of this life. i love being cleansed at sacrament meeting and striving to listen to the spirit. it can truly direct us in all things and bring all things to our remembrance. God is so interested in our lives. i wrote ont he front of my planner for this month the quote from president Uchtdorf- compared to God, man is nothing; yet we are everything to God. He loves us and will help us accomplish our desires. we just need to ask for His help. He is waiting to help us. I love it.
i told Heavenly Father about my desire to know the members of this ward by their full names and i really felt His help. I LOVE THIS WARD SO MUCH! it's amazing how fast you come to love those you serve. God's power is real and He wants to help us. He is so great- I am not amazed that He CAN help us but I am always amazed that He DOES.
I am so grateful for your support and love. you are all such examples to me. keep the faith
sister Newman
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