April 14, 2014
...as evidenced
by the CRAZY parties happening around campus right now. People are trying
to take advantage of the warmer weather by killing off their brain cells before
finals week--good thought, eh? My testimony of the word of wisdom has
never been so strong. It's one of the perks of serving on a college campus!
We had a
WONDERFUL week here. I know I say that every week, but it's true. I
am just amazed at how much Heavenly Father helps us in this work. I don't
have too many updates, but here are the major ones:
--Dymin
is getting baptized this Saturday now! So dad, we will have a baptism on
your birthday which is pretty cool! We are really excited for her. She was such a miracle to find and has been
progressing so well ever since. This last week we taught about tithing
and fasting and she is so excited to give her all to Heavenly Father. She
kind of zoned out when we were talking about fasting and she thought the whole
lesson that we fast every day, not once a month. So at the end of the lesson when we committed
her to live the law of the fast she was like "Ok! And let me make
sure I have this straight. I can only eat dinner every day, right?" We definitely clarified the law of the fast
BUT it was cool to see she was even willing to starve herself for Heavenly
Father! The bummer is she is going home for the summer (in only a few
weeks). That is happening with a ton of people in the ward so we are
working hard to make sure they will have lots of support wherever they end
up. But we are still SO excited for her!
--Thank you for all your prayers
for Alysha! Last Monday she still hadn't contacted us but we went home
that night and tried texting her again. She ended up texting us back and
saying her phone was broken all last week and when she got it fixed, she didn't
have our number anymore! She is willing to meet again as well. Lessons learned = persistence and the power of prayer! If we didn't
try again then we probably wouldn’t be in contact with
her again!
--Last
time I served at MSU, we taught an investigator named Steven. You might
remember him from my old letters. He stopped investigating a couple weeks
after I got transferred last time but then he called a few weeks ago randomly
and said he wanted to meet again. It's so cool I am here again and able
to teach him; he is progressing so well so we are really excited for him!
Another lesson of persistence! I know Heavenly Father is so patient
with us so we should be patient with others as well.
Many
other miracles are happening. It seems like my visa may be arriving soon
which is really crazy to me. I have been trying to work my hardest while
I still have time here! I have to make each and every day count. I
know there's still a possibility of me staying and I don't ever really know
what is going to happen, but the other night when I was saying my prayers I
poured my heart out in gratitude for all the people I have met here and the
experiences I have gained. The reality I might only have 3 weeks left in
Michigan and I might have to say goodbye to all of these people soon hit me
pretty hard and I started bawling. I LOVE the people here so much.
Heavenly Father has been too good to me!
At zone
training this week we talked about how to help our investigators to progress.
I pondered about progression for a long time and realized how truly
exciting it is to progress. I thought back to my first day in the mission
field and how awkward and nervous I felt and pictured how it would feel to be
that same missionary for every day of my mission--terrible. To me, one of the biggest miracles of the atonement
is the ability it gives us to change! I
am so so so grateful that we don’t have to be the same people we were yesterday
and that the atonement covers all of the imperfections and mistakes we
have. I invite you all to watch this
video and ponder the opportunities Christ has given you and what you will do to
make it up to Him! Happy Easter everyone :)
LOVE YOU!
Sister Dixon
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