This week I have had a bad cold. It has been really unfortunate. I was
running a fever of 100-101 for a couple days. So needless to say, it
was kinda a slow week. I have been really tired and drained but each
day we went out and did a little work so that was nice!! It only
started on Wednesday so Monday and Tuesday were good :)
So last Sunday we got a new Ward mission leader, Nate Hartung, and
Wednesday night we had our first meeting with him. He is gunna be
awesome!! He reminds me soooo much of Mike! (My cousin) He is only 27
so he remembers his mission pretty well and so he knows what he is
doing. We are have made some great plans for the work here in Butler!!
It was a pretty neat experience for me when he got called as our new
WML, when they said his name I knew that he was the one to be called
in this position. I had goosebumps from head to toe and I knew that
the spirit was testifying to me that it was the right thing. I am
going to miss Brother Firouzi (old WML), he was a great guy and he was
lots of fun. We sure are excited to work with Nate though :):) He
played football for BYU for a year. He also played in Arizona. HE
LIKES FOOTBALL!!!! Hahahaha
Thursday we did service almost all day, from 9:30am to about 6:00 pm.
It was fun, as always :) Our mission is starting to enroll the "Just
Serve" initiative and so we are trying to find more service
opportunities. We love doing service so it isn't a problem for us!!
Haha So on Thursday night we went and contacted a media referral we
had gotten on Wednesday and all the guy wanted to do was argue and try
to fight with us about our religion. He asked soooo many questions! It
was pretty interesting. He said that he would read and pray about the
Book of Mormon and I know that if he truly has a desire to know the
truth he will receive by reading and praying about the Book of Mormon.
This week in district meeting we talked about the Book of Mormon and
how important it is, especially in this day and age. I liked a comment
that someone said, they said that the Book of Mormon is not only the
keystone to our religion but also the keystone to our life. If we
read, ponder, and pray about it we will be guided throughout our
entire lives!! It was great and my testimony of the Book of Mormon was
defiantly strengthened :)
Yesterday we had the opportunity to go to a fireside up in Jamestown
New York!! I have been in four different states on my mission:
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and New York. The "missionary
choir" sang 3 songs for the fireside. It was all the missionaries in
the Jamestown stake and a couple other missionaries who are around
that stake. It was so awesome to be able to be there. It is a "Why I
Believe" fireside so President and Sister Johnson bore their
testimonies, a new member bore her testimony and why she believes, and
then the stake president bore his testimony. It was my second "Why I
Believe" fireside I have participated in. So our district and the AP's
drove up in a 12 passenger van, it was 2 sisters and 10 elders, that
sure was a fun ride hahahaha!!! ;) On the way back we got to know each
other a lot better though. We asked a couple of questions and we went
around and everyone gave their answer. Oh and we did spiritual
animals, I am a honey bear!! Hahahahahahaha I guess it fits pretty
well :):) It was fun!
I hope you all have a fantastic week and I love you all so very
much!!! I am praying for you all that Heavenly Father will be with you
and bless you in all that you do!!! Love you!!!
Love,
Sister Wadsworth
Oh I almost forgot to tell you all about the experience we had at
church on Sunday. So in fast and testimony we had someone go up to
the pulpit in street clothes and he tried to prove the church wrong by
using the Bible. He was about 10-15 minutes in and then one of the
members of the bishopric got up and told him that he needs to let
other people get a turn. So he said I bare my testimony not of this
church and he talked about how he doesn't believe that Joseph Smith
saw the angel Moroni. It was crazy! It turned out to be one of the
best testimony meetings I've been in. There were a lot of people who
got up and bore some pretty solid testimonies. The difference between
the spirit was amazing, when this kid was bearing his testimony I just
felt empty and you could feel the spirit leave but when others went up
and said that they knew that the church is true the spirit came back
even more powerful! It was a pretty amazing testimony builder for me
because I was a reaffirmed that I knew that the church was sure,
without a doubt I know it's true!!!! Love ya :)
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