Hello, hello, hello!
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| It snowed this week! Twice! What?! |
All is well here in beautiful Columbia! Every day I’m growing more in love with missionary work, and every day I’m dreading having to leave Hermana Petersen at the end of the transfer. But I try not to think about that too much.
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| It was Hermana Petersen’s birthday! We celebrated with sugar-free treats and miniature sombreros. |
This week has truly passed by in a flash. As I’ve spent this P-Day thinking about what I wanted to talk about and share, I couldn’t really think of anything. Hermana Petersen and I were intensely busy, though, which is so awesome! We’re finally starting to see people progressing in our teaching pool. We have high hopes for a few of them. Hopefully by Saturday some of these wonderful souls will be invited to be baptized! There is so much joy in sharing the gospel with people. And even though you get many, many nos, that one yes is always worth it. I can’t even describe the happiness I share with Hermana Petersen when someone accepts any of our invitations.
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| Hermana Petersen and I have Tech Decks now, following the trend of many other missionaries. |
I think back to Monday night, when Hermana Petersen and I had just gotten hung up on/yelled at by a good dozen people. We decided to respond to people on Facebook, and through that, we found JD! We had a super out-of-order lesson with him, where Hermana Petersen gave the most Spirit-led invitation, and right after we ended the call, Hermana Petersen and I jumped out of our chairs and cheered with pure joy. It was the best feeling. Doctrine and Covenants 18 says:
15 And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!
16 And now, if your joy will be great with one soul that you have brought unto me into the kingdom of my Father, how great will be your joy if you should bring many souls unto me!
I’ve always viewed the one soul described in these verses as my own. It is so joyous to come unto Christ and the gospel. But the thing is that this message is a gift, and the point of it is that you share it. And that’s why being a missionary is so awesome! It is hard, and it is long. But wow, is my joy so great.
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| I made more rolls! Here I am posing with a Literal Perfect One. |
I love all you guys who are reading this, and I hope that me expressing my own joy has helped you gain some of your own!
— Find your happy,
Hermana Newton
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