Week 5

Hello all!! i've had an awesome week this week.. a failure of one.. 11 canceled appointments but such faith building experiences! My trust in His work is growing every single day! I had some great teaching experiences with an investigator that doesn't really have a sense of God. They were hard lessons but really neat to feel the spirit working through me. Sister Schwarze and I have grown a lot more, after a lesson we discussed how we are so opposite that we balance each other out and she shared some great information with me about how to become a great missionary and lose myself in the work. I am truly so excited to get to that point! I love this work, even knocking, I am loving it. The love I have experienced for these people here is so great! Puts such a smile on my face! Something I realized this week is the difference that the gospel can bring into a home! The difference the spirit makes is so large! The homes of the members we get to visit are so much happier and full of love, even when there is crazy stuff going on in the family, the spirit of the gospel and priesthood truly can be felt in the home! In my studies I've really focused on understanding why we "declare repentance to the nations" why our aim is baptism. It has been so amazing to truly come to understand and internalize my purpose here. Repentance is the changing of one's heart, it's more than simply making up for sins or mistakes it is taking on a fresh view of God and the world around you. That change of focus and understanding is what is necessary to become perfected in Christ. Baptism follows that change because we follow what God asks and to truly repent we must access the power of the atonement which can only be done through the ordinance of baptism AND the recieving the gift of the holy ghost. I hope that makes sense, there is so much I have learned this week it is hard to put into words and explain. I am so happy for the opportunity to learn and grow from serving my Savior. I get to be a representative of Christ! It is such a great responsibility but I am doing my best to do it as He wants me to. I hope that all is well back at home! Keep your eye on the larger prize, the bigger picture.. the rod is there to hold onto it just takes our effort to actually grab on and hold on. So hold on!!!! I love you all and stay happy! :)

 

with love sister camarella