November 23, 2015

Hey family and friends!!

Well this week has been great here in Butler Pennsylvania!! We are in the process of finding an apartment because we are moving! Second move in the mission field!! I will be pro in moving by the time I am done :):) We have found on that is pretty nice but we are doing to look at 2 more tomorrow and we will have to make a decision by then because we have to move out of the apartment we have now by December 15 so if we don't find one we will be homeless like the Christ child was!!! Hahahahaha JK! If we don't have an apartment by then we will probably just move in with some members for a little bit :)

Sister Bills and I are doing SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!! We get along so well :) We are always having so much fun but still working super hard together!! When we saw each other at transfer meeting we ran at each other and hugged!! It was super fun :) Pretty much everyone has told us that we are going to have so much fun always but still work super hard!! And it is so true!! :) It is the best thing!! And I love Butler. It is a cute little town but ghetto!! :) It is the heroin capital of the states!! There are a ton of drug dealers and some of the apartments we have looked at have been in some super sketchy areas!! But hey it is great :) There are shoes hanging on the telephone wires (that means there is a drug dealer in the area!!), it's cool :) Hahaha!! But it is a cute town :) It reminds me a lot of Washington!!

We do a ton of service which I love :) Every Thursday we go to Katies Kitchen which is a place that feeds the homeless and needy. So we go and help them prepare the food and it's not your normal soup kitchen, they go all out!! Like they had roast beef and homemade mashed potatoes!! It is aweomse!! We were peeling potatoes and they were sooo small!! If we had Idaho potatoes we would have had to peel probably only half of what we did!! Hahaha :) Another service opportunity we did this week was on Saturday. We did therapeutic riding. It is a place where special needs people do riding lessons on horses. It is so awesome!! We helped William ride. I was on one side of the horse and Sister Bills was on the other and we would walk next to him holding his leg against the horse to help with safety!! :) It was sooo much fun!!! I loved it :)

We have an investigator who is preparing to be baptized. His name is Bill, he is preparing to be baptized on December 5. He has been reading the Book of Mormon for over 20 years!!! He has some word of wisdom issues that he has to get past. He has been struggling doing it but he will make it!!! He has a HUGE desire to be baptized!! :) He is so awesome!!! We helped him paint his apartment on Saturday and it was so fun!! :):) He comes to church every Sunday!!! We work with quite a few less-actives too!!! I am just so excited to serve here and I know that I am here for a reason!!!

I know that this church is true and that the Atonement of Jesus Christ is real and He loves each and every single person on the earth not matter what!! There are a lot of things going on in the world today and we need to make sure that we are doing the things we should and being prepared for anything!!!

I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!!!!!!! 

Have a great week :) 
Love Sister Kierra Wadsworth 

PS How are the Broncos doing?

November 16, 2015

Hey family and friends!!! 

So I am getting transferred!!! I am super excited because I get to serve with a Sister that I already know and am super close with!! I am going to be serving in Butler PA :) I am super sad to say goodbye, actually just a see you later, to Ephrata but am excited for a new adventure!! 

Well this week was pretty slow but on Wednesday we had a Zone Training about getting people to church. It was super good, they talked about how important it is to have members be the one who invites them to come to church and they gave us some suggestions to help us. It was super good!!! So we have been working on getting members to come out with us and invite people to come to church. We had members for lessons but most of our lessons cancelled so that was no bueno! But hey we had 13 less-actives at church on Sunday and an investigator :):) That was soooo awesome!!!!!! The Lord is truly amazing!!! :) 

We were suppose to go ice skating with a less-active member and we got there and they said that the open time to skate was going to be later and we had to be in by that time so we just stayed and watched the rest of a hockey game :) It was fun!!! 

So I am reading the Book of Mormon over again and looking for things that apply to faith and wow there is a lot!!! But it has been really good learning so much about faith!! Faith can be really hard to have and to exercise it but I know and the Book of Mormon tells us that if we have faith and exercise it that we will be blessed and that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will be on our left and on our right!! It has been so awesome to be able to study everyday and to learn more and to work on applying what we learn into our lives. I know that if we apply what we learn in our lives that things will all work out and that we will be blessed SO MUCH!!! I know this church is true with all my heart!!! If you are questioning anything or want to know something, get on your knees and ask God, He will tell you but you also need to remember that you need to ask with intent meaning that you will accept and act on anything you receive!! Also study His words it will help with any question you may have :) He knows us PERFECTLY!!! 

Well I love you to the moon and back!!!! :):) Have a fantastic week!!!

Love,

Sister Kierra Wadsworth

PS thanks for all the birthday wishes!!! I had a great birthday :):) Guess who's not a teenager any more :) ME!! Hahahah doesn't really change anything but still cool :) LOVE Y'ALL!! :) 

The Pilsners

Katie

Katie

Brother Myers

November 9, 2015

Hey family and friends!!! 

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, I appreciate it :) 

Well this week was good!!! The work has been kinda slow but we have been working with a lot of less-actives and doing a lot of service :) 

One of the lessons we had with a less-active went really weird! Have you ever heard that if the spirit isn't there the lesson doesn't matter? Well that happened this week!! We went to see Amanda, a LA, and she was in a really dark dark place.. We were trying to help her and the spirit was just not there! We would start talking and the spirit would be there and then mid sentence it would just be gone and we wouldn't know what to say!! It was really weird. She is on a medication that really does crazy things to her so hopefully when we see her this week it will be better :) It was just a huge testimony builder of how important the spirit is in EVERYTHING!!! Like literally if the spirit isn't with you there is no point!! That is why we always need to be worthy to have the spirit with us! And other peoples agency can affect it too... It was just a good growing experience to have :) 

At church yesterday we had the Burd family come!!! They have been less-active for ever and I have been working with them once a week for the past 6 months helping them come to church and they came!!! It was so amazing to see them there partaking of the special spirit that you feel at church. I was full of joy! That is what makes everything worth it, when you see someone make progression :) They are going to be there next week too, for the primary program :) 

This week I started a gratitude journal. It has helped me sooo much!!! Everyday I am looking for the things that I am grateful for and for the things that I have seen God's hand in my life. It has changed my outlook on things immensely!! If you are struggling of any kind, I invite you to start a gratitude journal. It will help you, I promise. Being and thinking positive is one of the best antidotes for someone who is struggling. I have been struggling with some things and I decided to figure things out and get better!! And this is one of the things mom told me to do and I have done it and it has helped me so much!!! And rely on the Lord, ask Him to help you find those good things. You CANNOT do it without Him. I have seen that. I was trying to do it all on my own and oh how I was wrong!! Rely on our Father in Heaven and His son Jesus Christ, They know us PERFECTLY and They know what we need!! You can do anything with Them by your side!!!! I KNOW THAT AND I PROMISE YOU THEY ARE THERE!!!!!!!!!! 

Well I love you all to the moon and back!!! Have a great week, you are in my thoughts and prayers :) 

Love Sister Kierra Wadsworth 

At the Nielsens

Ben and Megan's family

Ben and Megan's family

At Ben and Megan's house

This district

The Nielsens

November 2, 2015

Hey family and friends!!

So this week was pretty good we had interviews with our mission president and he told me that I am being transferred :( Transfers aren't for 2 1/2 weeks though so I still have time :):) My mission president is so in tune with the spirit. He knows exactly what I have been going through. I honestly haven't had the easiest past 4 transfers but I have grown so much and President Johnson helped me see some things that I had never recognized. He told me that I am doing a good job :) It was just bitter sweet!!! He also gave me a priesthood blessing that was so great. It helped me so much!! I love my mission president and his wife!! They are the best!! 

We had to stay in on Friday and Saturday night for trick or treating and Halloween so we had to go in at 6pm.. It was really werid.. haha :) This week I went on exchanges with Sister Landa and it was so fun!! I love her sooo much!! I really hope that we get to serve with each other again!!! 

So for the work this week, it was good :) We were able to get into a less-actives that the sisters haven't been able to get into for awhile!! It was good. She has a 4 year old son and a fiance who is a non-member, former investigator. Her son has been asking her when they were going to go back to church and she said that it was just the right timing that we came by to remind her of the covenants she has made. It was great and she said that they are going to really try to make it to church in the next couple of weeks :):) All this happened because we got a prompting from the spirit. I can testify that I know that when we commit to follow every single prompting that we receive we will be blessed from. One of the best feelings in the world is when you receive a prompting and it works out!!! And that is what happened!!! :) It was amazing :) 

So our investigator who went back to the hospital has not contacted us at all and there is no way to keep in contact with her and so that has been tough but I know that this is something that she has to go through to become stronger and truly rely on Christ. It is one of those trials that is truly going to strengthen her and her testimony especially!! It is hard to see her struggle so much but it is a blessing at the same time to be able to see the Atonement of Christ working in her life and getting a front row seat of it. It builds my testimony of the Saviors amazing grace He has for EVERYONE!!!! 

For the past couple of weeks I have been working really hard on relying on the Savior and applying His Atonement fully into my life. It has not been an easy journey being on a mission and going through all the ups and downs that happens but it truly does build my testimony of the Savior. I have really learned to rely on Him and have Him in my life at all times!!  Sometimes it is hard to truly believe that everything will work out but I have come to know that if I have just a little bit of faith and exercise that faith that Heavenly Father will help it grow so that it will become a solid belief with NO doubt that it will work out!! I am not going to lie, sometimes it is still hard to go on but I know that we have a Savior who will be there with opens arms to catch us when we fall and help us get right back up!! I am truly so grateful for this gospel and for the opportunity that I have to share it everyday!! I know that it is true and that it will bless anyone who accepts and lives it! I know my Savior is real and that He loves each and everyone of us no matter who we are He is there!!! Seek Him and look for Him in all things because He truly is there!! 

I love you all so much and hope you are all doing good :) Have a great week!!!

Love you to the moon and back!!

Love Sister Kierra Wadsworth