Week 45

Hola Hermosos! Como estan? This week was absolutely amazing! I absolutely loved our Zone Conference! President Gifford shared his miracle in his recovery, and how we need to focus on the miracles. And speak about miracles and think about miracles, and have faith that miracles will happen! I loved all of the trainings. One of my favorite quotes was one that Sister Gifford shared she said "She said she would so she did." And she talked about how that was integrity. I know that when I accepted my mission call i said that I would, and now I get to take that action, and have the integrity to live my mission to my fullest! This week I was reminded of a story in a letter that my dad sent me. He said " Their was once an African school teacher, and at the end of the year all of her students had a tradition to give her a gift. And she noticed one of these gifts was a big beautiful shell. This concerned her because she knew that the only place you could get these shells., is by taking a dangerous walk on the side of a cliff to this beach. So after school she stopped the kid that gave her this shell, and expressed her concern that he would go to all of that work for that shell. And the kid replied to her something she would never forget. he said "The treacherous walk was part of my gift." My dad continued to tell me that my gift to the Savior is not my baptisms and it is not any of my success, but my gift to the Savior is the whole entire journey. The good and the bad. I know that my gift to the savior hasn't always been easy to give, but I am so thankful for every experience that i have had and will continue to have. And I know that my Faith, obedience, and diligence, is a huge part of my gift to the savior. I am so thankful for the challenge we got in Zone Conference from President Gifford,  to study these attributes and to pray and ponder about how i can better apply them. As i have studied Faith, I found that the opposite of Faith is fear and doubt. 

   It is amazing to me how much Satan tries to use Doubt and fear as tools to discourage missionaries! I have always loved my whole mission the quote from the Riccardi letter, he would always wake up and get ready and stand in front of the mirror each morning and say "I fear no man! I know that when we have absolute Faith in the promises of God that we fear no man and we go forth with faith! You can never be too bold when you are bold with love! I also know that the only things we need to do to be a successful missionary is have Faith, Be obedient and diligent! I have seen that over and over again on my mission. That when we show the Savior our Faith and our Desire to do his will he blesses us more than we can imagine. So that is Something I have been working a lot on this week is applying those attributes to my life! 

  And we have seen amazing success this week, because of it! I want to start talking about my week by talking about our investigator Paige! I love that girl with all of my heart, and i know that our Heavenly Father loves her because of the choices she is making to come closer to him! She came to church for the third time this week, and she brought her usual notebook to take down notes, and she told us at her lesson this week that she is still in 2nd Nephi because she has re-read it 4 times. I didn't tell her this but I thought to myself "Good Luck, General authorities probably don't quite get all of 2nd nephi yet! hahah"  But she is amazing! And this weekend we are going with her to a road trip to the Sister in our districts baptism, I hope that this baptism can prepare her for her baptism! I know that the spirit is going to be so strong! BOTTOM LINE IS....I LOVE PAIGE!!!   

  We also had some great experiences finding this week! Our mission motto is " WE have faith that the lord is preparing people to receive us and the restored gospel. He will either lead us to them or them to us." And that is exactly what happened this week! We found a women who had just lost her son that week and needed to hear the Plan of Salvation, and we found a women who just had her trailer blow up on her and needed to move and know that her Heavenly Father loves her DESPITE the trials! I know with all of my heart, that Heavenly Father knows exactly where the Elect are in our areas! We just need to be worthy to be led by the spirit and find them! I am so thankful for my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, i know that this is their work and I am just an instrument in their hands! i hope and pray I can be better each and every day, and show my Savior how much I love him!

I LOVE you all so much! Thank you for all of your support! I hope that you are looking at your own personal faith, obedience, and diligence to the lord and looking for ways to improve! Have a great week! I love you all! 

Love, Hermana Tams💞🌻🌸💙

FOTOS:

1. Me getting to See Becky! It was so great seeing someone from home!

2. Beautiful Colorado River!

3. Some rock concert they were setting up at the park! We could here it all the way from our appartment going until 10!

4. Rocky mountains!~