Not much to say this week but I would feel really bad if I didnt send out an email.
We are enjoying life in Garner so much. This week we were on bikes and Heavenly Father blessed us with the most beautiful weather. We had a lot of rain but when it wasnt raining it was in the high 60's and 70's. We had to wear long sleeves one day because it was actually cold! This summer has been so good to us and we are very appreciative!
Our investigators are doing so well!!
M is just wonderful. Before she can be baptized she has to quit smoking. Now this is no easy task. She is 66 years old and has been smoking since she was a teenager. When we first met her she was smoking 8 cigarettes a day. This past week she only smoked 1 a day! She is making strides and we are hoping this week will be the final week and she will be able to quit smoking for good! We taught her a lesson about tithing this past week. Then we are sitting in sacrament meeting and Sister Treu elbows me and motions for me to look over at M. I look and she is filling out a tithing slip! She has such great faith and a desire to follow God. Its little moments like this that make everything worth it.
C is doing so well also! We had one of the best lessons with him this week. He remembered almost everything we taught him!! This is huge for him with his dimensia. We know that Heavenly Father is completely helping us know how to teach him and helping him remember the things we teach him. He always makes the comment that things in his room keep growing legs and disappearing (he says this in all serious not realizing that he just forgets where he puts things) but he knows that God is real and that he loves Him. That's what is important!
I was reading through an old general conference magazine this week and came across one of my favorite talks Mountains to Climb. This part stuck out to me especially..
You know how the Lord answered that question for the Prophet Joseph Smith in his prison cell:
“And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.
“The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?
“Therefore, hold on thy way, and the priesthood shall remain with thee; for their bounds are set, they cannot pass. Thy days are known, and thy years shall not be numbered less; therefore, fear not what man can do, for God shall be with you forever and ever.” -D&C 122:7-9
This scripture has been one of my favorites while being out here in the mission field. We must not fear what man can do because God is with us. We will all go through hard times and fear. But we must conquer that with faith. Always knowing and always believing that God knows all and we will win if we are on His side. Let His will be done.
Thanks for all your support!
Much love,
Sister Judd
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