April 25, 2016

Hey family and friends!!

This week has been so good :) The weather has been super nice and it
helps a lot with finding because there are a lot of people out. It was
a pretty busy week!

Our lesson with Jacob this week so so good!!! Jacob is golden, he has
been reading from the Book of Mormon , praying, and coming to church! He has such a great desire to know the truth. In our lesson we talked about him talking to his family about meeting with us. I never really thought about having to tell my family about the church. It is such a blessing to be able to have parents who are so strong in the gospel
and have raised me in it. Jacob is progressing really well and is such
a great example of diligence and humility. He comes to lessons with
questions and things he wants to know more about. It's so awesome! We are so excited for Jacob and how far he has come.

I am still learning how to teach super simple to those who don't have
a religious background. Yesterday we had lessons with some new
investigators of ours and they have no background in religion and
don't know who God is. It was a little ruff to start but it helped me
realize, again how important it is to let the spirit teach and not to
ignore Him. The spirit is key in conversion and if we don't let Him
guide and direct then who is going to help the person really learn for
themselves? Not me and not my companion. We need the spirit!!! It is
so cool to be able to see someone who has never had a belief in
anything have their eyes open to the gospel. The smile that's on their
face when we tell them how much God and Jesus Christ love them and are there for them all the time is priceless! It reaffirms my testimony of
gods power :) It's amazing!!!!!

On Saturday we had the opportunity to go to our Stake Woman's day. We talked about refugees and doing service for them. It was based on the women's general conference session. It was really good :) We put some stuffed hearts together then we had some workshops. They weren't about refugees, we learned about healthy relationships. They talked a lot about marriage but we were able to apply it to a missionary
companionship. It was really good information!! Healthy relationships
are good. Haha

Times sure is flying by, going too quickly... Sister Chuah is going
back to temple square next Monday. I am sad to say goodbye to her. We have gotten along so well. She has taught me so much by just being a great example. She is so humble and I hope to be able to be like her in that aspect some day. She is truly amazing and I love her so much! I will miss her!!

I am loving it here in state college. The trees are blooming and the
people are booming :) I wouldn't want to be any where else at this
time. Missionary work is the best, I love it soooo much! I am so
grateful for the things I have learned in the past 15 1/2 months here
in Pennsylvania. I have made eternal friendships and have gained a
rock solid testimony. I hope all of you will have a great week! I love
you all so much, to the moon and back!!! Keep on keeping on :)

With love,
Sister Wadsworth