December 19, 2017

hi mom :)

this week was good! transfers are insane i found out even though im still with my trainer its still so crazy! we all go to our zone leaders room and they read out who our new companions going to be and what assignment we have and where we will be moving to! I have West Gate this transfer which means im on the square and I get to sit at this lil cute warm booth at the west gate and i control the square lol sounds intense but really i just make sure that there are sisters at every assignment and desk and if there isnt then i have to find covers! it can get kinda stressful but i love it its fun:)

it was a little bit of a rougher week this week.... but also i realized that when i have rough days that my prayers are being answered in ways that i totally dont expect and im beyond grateful for that! it was also a really humbling week! i was reading a talk and in it a question was asked that hit me so hard. it said " What would Jesus Christ do with my opportunities?" and it made realize that I am literally representing Him, and everything I do, say, and think has to reflect that! I listened to "If the Savior Stood Beside Me" after and I was so happy and honoured to be a missionary and that has helped me all throughout this week! I was thinking... if I were to go home today... already I would be a completely different person because my love for Jesus Christ has grown soo much! seriously so much more than I ever thought it would. I am just sooo grateful this week

M Russel Ballard (ahhhh!!!) asked to speak to us this week in our sacrament meeting and it was sooo good!!! he was talking about how we should never complain (lol me) but he related it to the pioneers, and the the atonement, then he said "sisters.... you have no idea what hard is!" ahahah all of us were like ya true and now everytime I think I’m tired or have a headache I realize that it is nothing compared to what our Savior when through, or what the pioneers had to do to come here! man this week was good 

also one day I was studying in the new testament... which is my new favourite thing but i was reading in my fav book- Romans- and I was getting a lot of people this week asking where good scriptures were that explained how much God loves us. and when I came across Romans 8:35-39 I was sooo touched by how comforting this scripture is. 

 

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerorsthrough him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

seriously I love this scripture so much!!! it says that literally nothing can separate us from how much God loves us. After studying this I was given so many opportunities to share it this week, and I realized thats because so many people dont realize or understand how much God really does love them. no matter what! I meet so many people here that are antis and are so against what we believe, but I love talking to them because no matter what, whenever I share a scripture I always feel the spirit, and although they cant feel it, I know that these things are true and I just pray that one day they will accept it as well 

its weird thinking its christmas next week... it doesnt really feel like it though cause it still hasnt snowed (????!!!) but praying it will soon!!!! last year apparently it snowed on Christmas eve which is the cutest thing ive ever heard so im hoping it does that

big shoutout to Elder Karrens mom- Melissa!!!!!! thank u for the homeade cookies!!!!! my heart is full!!! (mostly cause I ate so many of ur cookies but also cause im so happy) so thank you i luv ya! :) 

have a good Christmas mom and fam and friends :) I miss you and I love you so much 

Sister Piepgrass:)