I hope everyone has had a good week this week!! This week for Sister Smith and I has been a really great one!! We have continued to provide service on the weekends and have met a lot of great people!! On Saturday, members of the Jacksonville and Garner ward came to Lumberton to help with work orders!! It was really great getting to see some of the members again!!
This week, we have really begun to
see the fruits of our labors this week from all of our service
opportunities! We stopped by a lot of the people that other work groups
referred us to and they have all been more than willing to listen to our
message of the restored gospel!! On Saturday,
we helped a man clean out his house. While we were working, the lady
who rents the house to him came and was so grateful for our service!!
She ended up taking all of us to lunch to Cici's Pizza! At lunch, Elder
Brown, our senior missionary here, invited her to come to church on Sunday
and she came!! It was really neat!! She really seemed to enjoy
sacrament meeting and said that it was very refreshing! We will
hopefully get to go see her this week and begin teaching her the
lessons!
In my studies this week, I finished
The Book of Mormon for the second time on my mission. It has been such a
rewarding experience on my mission to have an hour to study from the
scriptures. Before my mission, I don't think I truly understood how
rewarding it really was to prayerfully study the scriptures. If I could
suggest one thing for all of you to do is to make more time to study!!
The Book of Mormon is by far the best tool that Heavenly Father has
given us today!! There is always such an incredible spirit to The Book
of Mormon. Each time I read it, I can't help but lose myself in the
stories and the teachings of the prophets. It truly is the word of God!!
I know that as we take the time to study the scriptures, especially The
Book of Mormon, a greater sense of peace and happiness will come into
our lives. Things go smoother as we study The Book of Mormon!! I know
with all of my heart that The Book of Mormon is true!! I testify to what
Joseph Smith said, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the
most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion,
and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by
any other book.” As I read The Book of Mormon every day, I can feel
myself coming closer to my Heavenly Father!!
I
hope you all have a great week this week!! Thank you for all of your
love and support!! My mission has been the best decision I ever made! I
love you all!!
Love,
Sister Paynter
Dear Sister Helpful,
ReplyDeleteIt is so fun to read your letters that tell how you are growing in the gospel and testimony. I love seeing that happen. 57 years I was going through the same thing, reading all I could get my hands on about the gospel--found out it was true too and still feel the same. How has the fires in N.C. affected you? Are they close at all? You are having an interesting mission and growing from it The Lord is all over in the world isn't he? I love you Meghan mine! Grandma Paynter