For those of you who are keeping track, transfers are this week! And guess what?! I have the privilege of continuing on in Zilker Park! This area has been so great and I've truly come to love all the people I've been able to work with! Sister Gagon is moving on to a new area and becoming a sister training leader. I'm not going to lie, that's been a little tough to swallow. I'm going to miss my trainer! She's taught me so much, and I've come to really love her!
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| Dyeing eggs because who doesn't love a good colored egg?! :) |
We had a LOT of things happen this week. I'll summarize: Michael and Matthew are just great! We're working with their mom to get a date set for their baptism, and she's so excited, too! Michael is so smart and knows so much already! Sometimes it feels like he's teaching me! Geoff is still super great! Just great! Rosemary asked us to start coming over even more, so we're hoping to get her on track pretty soon! :) We did lots of service this week as well. That's my favorite! The time seems to fly by and it's over too soon!
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| Brother Krueger's Baptism |
Brother Krueger was baptized and confirmed this weekend! His testimony is so sweet! He just says he's happy! He's been coming to church with his wife pretty consistently since she was baptized about 3 years ago. When we first invited him to be baptized, he just said "Well... yes!" and I remember feeling that he would have been baptized if someone had just asked him! It's been a wonder to me to watch him learn so much in the past three weeks and just declare "It just makes sense!!" to every question we'd ask him. I got to watch him grow more excited each time we visited with new and exciting things to learn. It's been great. I'm so excited to see the Kruegers prepare to make more covenants together in the temple a year from now!
This week I was thinking about how I got to see Brother Krueger's testimony grow, and it left me wondering about my own. When was it that I gained a testimony of the Restored Gospel? I couldn't pin point a specific moment, and although I'd thought about and accepted that before, it started bothering me. Shouldn't I be able to remember an experience that helped me really, truly know for myself? I wasn't doubting my testimony, it just seemed odd to me that I hadn't ever had a big "A-ha!" moment. Then I read the words of Amulek to the people of Ammonihah in Alma 10. Amulek starts by giving some background on himself and his heritage, and then, almost in passing, says something that really hit home to me: "I never have known much of the ways of the Lord, and his mysteries and marvelous power. I said I never had known much of these things; but behold, I mistake, for I have seen much of his mysteries and his marvelous power; yea, even in the preservation of the lives of this people." Amulek had "mistaked" and believed that he had never seen the power of God, but then realized that he had... in the little things. That's how I gained my own testimony. By doing the little things. I read the scriptures-or at least tried to-everyday. I prayed often. I went to church. I kept the commandments. I did what my parents asked me to do. And in those little moments, I had received a witness for myself from the Holy Ghost that what I was doing was right. That the Restored Gospel was true. It was sort of like building a wall, brick by brick. Not everyone will have a big, exciting "A-ha!" moment, but that doesn't mean that they don't have a testimony. Look at all the little things you've been doing! It's there! Small and simple things are what bring great things to pass! Don't mistake!
Ah!!! Another transfer has already flown by! April is already almost half over! That's crazy!
Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Sister Waite
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| John Wayne billboard...because John Wayne. :) |
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