Let Us All Press On

Dear Family,

I am going to be honest with you, this week was probably the hardest week of my mission, but at the same time, the most growth I have had so far.

On Monday we did divisions with new sister missionaries and I had to leave my food that I had purchased for the week in the church- over night. When I came back the following morning (early for a district meeting) My food had been taken- all that was left was my oatmeal. That same day the elders told me that they had forgotten my package on a bus. I am sorry mom, but I don't think I will be recieving your package. I was pretty bummed to recieve the news.

This week, we contacted every person that we and also the other Hermanas had contacted in the street and tried to have new investigators. Every single person on our list of more than thirty either weren't home, didn't want to hear, or didn't have time. Our numbers decreased dramatically.

We visited J, our investigator of 94 years and that was baptized but not confirmed, this week and were shocked to find to missionaries of Testigo Jehovah (I can't remember the name in English...) in her house. We introduced ourselves but couldn't share a message with J because the spirit would leave the minute the other missionaries began to try to prove us wrong. We were shocked and I was clueless of how I should respond.

I am not trying to depress you guys by telling you this, but I learned something extremely valuable because of these events. This work is sacred and is the work of God and because it is, we are going to face the Adversary MANY times like a brick to the face. Everytime something bad happened I had a comforting thought: Because we are going through this hard trial, we are going to do something BIG (spiritually, of course).

We are going to do something BIG. 

Satan knows that we are rapidly bringing forth the work of the Lord and he knows our potential. He tries to break us by giving us moments or in this case weeks of difficulty to discourage us and try to distract us from our potential.

So WATCH OUT, SATAN- Hna Beardall and Hna Noh are going to do something BIG.

This week I have been learning a lot about having the Spirit in our hearts at all times and how to ask inspired questions. We can't ask inspired questions without being in tune to the spirit. When we have a prayer in our heart, we are in tune with the spirit, the questions begin to flow. And when the questions begin to flow, I realize that it isn't me teaching the lessons anymore, it is the Spirit. The lessons where the Spirit is most definitely present, I can see what seems like a physical change in the person and when I begin to see this, I can't help but smiling. :)

Quiero testificar que se que esta iglesia es verdadero. Se que Dios nos ama muchísimo, y por eso, envió su hijo Jesucristo. Se que José Smith fue llamado a Dios para restaurar la verdad. Se que el Libro de Mormón es verdadero y mediante el, podemos saber por nuestro mismos que tenemos la verdad completamente y estamos en el camino para recibir muchas bendiciones, todos las bendiciones que Dios tiene para cada uno de sus hijos. Se que podemos vivir con nuestro familia para siempre. Tenemos la verdad. Estamos feliz porque tenemos la verdad.

I hope that all of you can find a way to strengthen your testimony this week. Devour the scriptures. Open and pour your heart out in sincere prayer. Know for yourself that God loves you and through your faith and your obedience and your desire to know, you will know. I can promise you this.

I hope you have a wonderful summer break and that graduation was a BLAST!! I am bummed I missed it but I am EXTREMELY grateful for the photos! 

McKayla, can you send me your grad invitation through email? I didn't get the chance to see your beautiful and hard work!!

Les amo muchísimo!!

Until next Monday,

Hermana Beardall

 Somos 4 en nuestra casa- Look! Another American! NEW!! Se llama Hna G

Yo y mi compañera :)