This was an amazing week literally everything that happened
this week was a miracle. :) It was honestly amazing.
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| Sick |
Tuesday night I started to
feel really sick and by the time we got home to the apartment that night I was
pretty miserable. I was really worried because we had a busy week planned and
had appointments that we were so excited about. :) I wanted to work so bad and
didn't want to stay home at all, so I prayed so hard that night that I would be
able to work as hard and as much and Heavenly Father needed me too. I woke up
Wednesday morning and felt like I had gotten hit by a train. :) haha so we sent
a text to our District leader and asked the elders if they would ever be
willing to give me a blessing before district meeting started, they said of
course. :) The blessing that Elder Errdman gave me was the most tender thing in
the whole world. It was one of the shortest blessings I have ever gotten and it
was only a few lines, but it was so powerful. All he said was that my heavenly
father loved me and that my sickness "wouldn't interfere with the
work." I was so grateful for that blessing and I have clung to that
promise all week. I was promised by God that I would be able to work, so we
trusted in him and we went to work. :) As we drove to our first appointment
after district meeting I wasn't feeling any better and was worried about my
ability to be a missionary, but when we went into our appointment i was 100%
able to do all the things that I needed to do. It was amazing. :) I could think
clearly, I wasn't distracted by me not feeling well, and it was a complete
miracle. After, when we got into the car when we were leaving I felt completely
sick again. But we went to the next appointment and the exact same thing
happened. :) It was amazing. That happened throughout the entire week. time and
time again. I am still not feeling 100% yet but throughout this whole week,
EVERY TIME we showed our faith and kept going to appointments I was able to do
everything that we needed to get done. I am so grateful for the tender and
humble blessing that I was able to receive because it was an absolute answer to
prayer. We were only able to do what we did this week because of the power of
the priesthood is so real. I felt so blessed to get to be a literal walking
miracle this week. :) It was incredible.
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| Addy and Molly Baptism |
A few weeks ago we got a call from one of our members
who was kind of in a panic. :) She told us how for some reason her daughter was
bound and determined to not get baptized until she turned 9 years old, so we
went over there and taught a family home evening lesson about how awesome
baptism was and how excited we were for her to be baptized. :) So. Her and her
cousin were baptized yesterday after church. :) It was such a cool baptism and
we were able to have two of our investigators there to see it. It was awesome!
So fun.
So we had kind of an interesting experience this week that I
have thought about like crazy. :) One of the girls that we are teaching came to
mutual on Wednesday night and was just so cute and excited about it. :) I was
wearing a cardigan that she really liked so I let her wear it throughout the
night. She was totally bummed to give it back to me, so I told her that when
she gets baptized I will let her keep my cardigan. :) She looked at me and said
"Sister Watts. I totally want to get baptized, but there is one problem. I
cant because I'm a christian." We were all totally shocked and right away
testified to her that we absolutely believe in Christ and that we love him with
everything that we are. We were then able to resolve some of her other concerns
and answer some more of her questions. But that has been something that has
been on my mind so much lately. About 3 or 4 times this week people have asked
us weather or not we believed in Jesus Christ. Luckily those questions have
lead to some really tender opportunities for us to testify of our savior and
talk about how much we love him. I love getting to wear a name tag every day
that has the name JESUS CHRIST right next to mine, and I love getting to read
the Book of Mormon which is another testament of JESUS CHRIST, I love being a
member of the church of JESUS CHRIST. I love being Christian. :) I love him so
much and I feel so blessed to serve as a missionary for and with him. We are
constantly seeing miracles because this is his work. I love it. :)
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| The District |
We taught a lesson this week that was probably the most
intense moment that I have had on my mission so far. We have been meeting with
this less active for a while now and we have started to have a really tender
and special relationship with her. She is having a really hard time right now
and is just struggling with a lot of things. She sat down and one of the first
things out of her mouth was "I don't think I want to meet with you sisters
anymore." we were shocked and asked her why. She went on to bash and mock
so many of our most cherished beliefs and shared with us some really hard
feelings that she has about certain things. She told us that she didn't want to
have a temple recommend ever again and that she didn't want to come back to
church. We were absolutely devastated. It was the most heartbreaking moment for
Sister Raccuia and I to listen to her wanting to throw away the blessings that
she has loved for so long. The feeling in that room was so heavy. We begged her
to not give up on the truths that are here. She kept telling us that we
"don't understand" because we are to young. SO we started to testify
to her of something that I am beginning to understand more every day. We
testified to her of the atonement of Jesus Christ. I told her with as much love
as I could muster that Jesus Christ absolutely understood her. That he loves
her and cares for her so much. We testified that he was aware of the pain and
confusion that she was feeling and he knew exactly how to help her. Instantly
the feeling in the room changed, the spirit came flooding in and we could start
to see some hope in her eyes. It was incredible. The difference was night and
day. The atonement heals all pain and we watched that happen. I don't think I
have ever been more excited to see someone at church than I was to see her at
church on Sunday. :) The atonement is real. And the blessings from our Saviors
sacrifice are absolutely incredible. :)
Thank you so much for everything that you are doing in your
own lives to be followers of Jesus Christ. :) I love you guys so much and I am
so grateful for your examples and for everything that you are doing for me and
for the work.
I LOVE YOU
Love, Sister Watts
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