So...General Conference was great! It was so simple! And I loved that,
because the gospel is simple! It was a great reminder of the small and simple things The Lord asks of us. I was touched by the messages,
especially Elder Cooks about family history and temples! I want to get back to that so badly! I will have more freedom with that after my mission :) Oh, I hit my year mark by the way! Woohoo!
Things have been going VERY well this week! Sister Steele has seemed to transform this past week. She is doing most everything that she wasn't before, and she is doing it with a smile on her face and
optimism in her personality. I am so grateful for her humility and diligence, forgiveness and love! We have seen success this week in reaching less actives we have never been able to reach before. One
family called us up at 7:40 am this week to tell us they wanted to come back to church! We were so excited!
We have also been able to find more potential investigators this week,
which has been an answer to prayer! One of the greatest blessings this week though, was to have about five different people reach out to us
and ask us for help. They asked us to help them get ready to put their house on the market, help in reaching out to someone they met at the store, help in cheering up a sick companion through homemade cookies,
help in healing a wounded heart after an argument with her mother, help in comforting a woman after her husband passed away, etc. It has been an inspiring feeling knowing that these people trust us. They
love us and want us to help. They believed in our sincere offer to help that they reached out to us for it, even weeks after we had seen them. That was a beautiful feeling. God is blessing us so much! It has
been wonderful to see the changes and transformations in myself, my companion, these people, and of course in the season! I feel at times that a literal "spring" is budding in my very soul! I feel like I am
coming alive and beginning to blossom again. What a great feeling that is!
I hope that your soul is at peace right now yourself. One thing I have
learned as a missionary is that everyone has their problems and their hard times...almost consistently. No one is exempt. So, I assume you
are struggling right now with one thing or another. Turn to God. Pray. Love Him and others. Find the desire to do the things you are not currently doing that you should be doing. Let the Spirit teach you. Be
humble. Be willing. Do your best and God will do the rest! I testify that is true! I love you!
Love Always,
Sister Weyandt
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