Hello everyone!!
Anthony
I hope you took pictures. I'm sorry it was so painful but i
still
want to see your face lol I hope you feel better by tomorrow.
i cant
believe Ebens home already crazy tell him to right me I want to
know
what his mission was like and all the cool things he did as a
missionary.
well
this week has been pretty slow not to much has happened. We
tracked
into this really nice lady a few weeks ago and we had a lesson
with
her and gave her a Book of Mormon and she said she would read it.
We
were so excited and we went back yesterday to see how she was doing
and
she said it was the weirdest thing right after we stopped by she
was
visited by old pastors she hasn’t seen in years and she asked them
about
the mormons and the book of mormon. they told her that we dont
believe
that Jesus Christ is our savior and that we worship Joseph
Smith
and a whole bunch of stuff and she said that when she was
reading
the book of mormon she didnt feel right about it. so to say
the
lest she doesnt want to learn more. but she was super nice about
it and
we tried to clear some things up for her and we had a lovely
conversation.
and something she said i just wanted to do a face palm
because
its true and if she would take her own advise. she said that
the
devil knows who Jesus Christ is and he knows the truth. and that
the
devil is very clever and he wont come out and tell us something
but he
will put some truth in what he is saying.
Anthony
and for all you future missionaries go and read 2 Nephi chapter
29 and
when you get out on the mission you will see how true that is.
The
Book of Mormon is the word of God and so is the Bible but we cant
just
read one and not the other all the books we have are words of God
and we
will be judged on how well we read them and more importantly is
UNDERSTANDING
what they say. So if you want a testimony of the Book of
Mormon
read it with the intention of finding out of its true and then
AFTER
you have done your part go and ask God if these things are true.
The
beauty of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is that
you
dont have to take anyones words for it go find out for yourself.
In the
scriptures is tells us to find out for ourselves. So please go
read
the Book of Mormon with real intent and pray read the Bible the
stories
in the Bible our so much fun those people in the old testiments
are
crazy lol go read the love storys you will see what i mean lol
And
know that when you start to read and test these things out for
yourself
you are going to have 10001 reasons not to pray and to not
read
because the devil knows how strong you will become and he knows
that
once you start coming closer to God and Christ the harder he is
going
to work so remember what Brigam young said if you dont feel like
praying
get down on your knees and pray till you want to pray and then
keep
praying ( i dont really know if those are his exact words but
close
enough lol ) and this can apply to all parts of the Gospel you
dont
want to read the Book of Mormon read till you want to. you dont
want
to go home teaching do it till you want to you think your too
busy
for the temple make time. God has given us everything we have he
gave
us time it self and how selfish of us to think that we dont have
time
to do the things that really matter. There are so many families i
have
seen here that are just suffering and its because they arent
having
family prayer and scripture study together. they arent eating
together
as a family. Mom i want to thank you so much for making us
sit
down as a family and eat as a family even when we were tired or
busy
we still ate together and you know what thats is what i miss more
than
anything is being able to sit with you guys and talk about weird
things
lol or quote movies. So make time for the Lord and when you put
Him
first you will have time for other things and everything else will
just
fall into place.
I love
the Lord and I love Jesus Christ.He is my best friend when I am
sad or
feeling alone He knows how I feel. He suffered for me and there
is
nothing i can do to repay him he owns me and all he wants from me
is to
follow Him and to love those around me who are lost and alone. I
commited
to him in the temple that all my time and energy is going to
be for
him even after my mission. my mission is like the MTC for the
rest
of my life and when i get off the plane my misson wont stop. It
started
when i was baptized. i said i would be a missionary and i
wasnt
a very good one before now but let me tell you what i am going
to try
to make that up here on my mission and for the rest of my life.
something
that i finally had my eyes opened to this week is that i
have
been set apart from the world from sin form all light mindedness
and i
have been given authority to preach repentance and to be baptized
and i
have the same obligation to the members but instead of baptism i
have
to remind them of the promises they made at baptism we all
promised
to be full time missionaries. The Gospel is apart of us just
how i
have brown hair and brown eyes i am a member of The Church of
Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints. We as members Glow with the light
of
Christ and with a world that is going deeper and deeper into
darkness
we are going to stand out even more so stand tall be proud of
who
you are We are all children of God so we must Act like it!!! you
dont
have to be wearing a name tag to be a missionary just be you!!
i
love you all and i love this gospel so much and i am so proud to
come
from such an amazing family and am proud so say i am a Whetten
and i
have the Coolest MOM in the world and the Sweetest DAD in the
world!!!
And i just have to say that my brothers and sister are all
pretty
good looking too!!! Everyone i show pictures too agrees lol
well
stand tall and know that God loves you have a great week
everyone!!!!
Love
Sister Diana Marie Whetten
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