This
week was wonderful! The Lord is with us here in Kabankalan! Transfers
are today and great news! Sister Aguda and I are staying together! A
dream come true!! We're still seeing miracles every single day. The
church is true. I checked this morning :)
Yesterday
on our long walk from Flora to Ayucotan a beautiful analogy was born.
So I always lead the way on that particular walk because it's ALWAYS
muddy and I always wear my little rainboots. I go first because I can
find the solid places to walk that won't get Sister Aguda's shoes
wrecked with mud. Yesterday I said that the real leader on our walk was
the Holy Ghost and the ward missionary that was with us said "you're our
Holy Ghost so we won't get muddy". I'm not actually the Holy Ghost but
it was a pretty profound statement! In life we need to follow the
leader! The Holy Ghost! So that he can show us the solid places to step
so we won't get muddy! He can see far ahead and he can see the places
where we might sink. I know that we can be protected spiritually and
physically by following the leadership and guidance of the Holy Ghost!
Yesterday
was really fun. We started the day in the Primary. We got to tell the
primary kids what missionaries do everyday and then we had a Q&A
with them and they were so attentive and their questions were so
serious. They wanted to know why it was important that we share the
gospel. I love their sweet spirits. Later in the evening we had a lesson
with Dindo and Daniel and Candido and all the primary kids that live by
them came along to the lesson! It was so special. We taught the Plan of
Salvation and they helped answer our questions. The Gospel really is
simple. We need to be more like the Primary kids and open our hearts to
receive it and stop over-complicating it :)
A
few weeks ago I told a story about Hermenia- she's the sweet less active
member that really wants to be be able to go to the temple but things
out of her control have been keeping her from coming to church. Well!
Miracles! She got to come to church yesterday!!! It filled my heart so
much to see her there. It was a huge testimony builder to me that what
we promised her was true- that if she did her part God would provide a
way for her to come to church!
We had zone
conference this week and it was marvelous! I
got an opportunity to speak
on the Power of the Book of Mormon in confirming the message of the
Restoration. I love the Book of Mormon so much. I just finished my Power
of Prayer topic. :D Anyways the spirit was so strong at zone
conference. Some of our senior couples are going home now and they bore
their testimonies to us. Sister Bell talked about how all God wants to
know is if He can have your heart. I know that's true.
3 Nephi 9:19 And ye shall offer up unto me no more the
shedding of blood; yea, your sacrifices and your burnt offerings shall
be done away, for I will accept none of your sacrifices and your burnt
offerings.
20 And
ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite
spirit. And whoso cometh unto me with a broken heart and a contrite
spirit, him will I baptize with fire and with the Holy Ghost, even as
the Lamanites, because of their faith in me at the time of their
conversion, were baptized with fire and with the Holy Ghost, and they
knew it not.
The
only thing we have to sacrifice- to make holy- to give to the Lord- is
our broken heart and a contrite spirit. That's all he asks for. The rest
has been taken care of by our Savior. He just wants to know if he can
have your heart!
Anywho.
I want you to know that I know that God loves you :) Look for him in
your life. Show him that he can have your heart through your actions.
Find opportunities to serve the people God has put in your life. Pray
and ask with a sincere heart if what you learned from conference is from
God. Don't just brush it off or accept it without a thought. Really
pray and ask- and God will let you know. And then have an action plan
for what you'll do when you know it's true.
Do a dance. Play with Legos. Ask a primary kid for life advice. Be happy.
I love your stinking guts all of you.
Sister Zollinger
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