Dear Family,
Happy Thanksgiving!!!! I miss you! It turns out holidays aren't quite the same when you can't go home. BUT It's been a fantastic week, so I can condole myself with that. I really do have so much to be grateful for. A fantastic companion, a beautiful world, a supportive family, a Savior, a loving Heavenly Father, the Gospel, living prophets, and people to teach. It's a beautiful life! I love seeing what each day brings.
Ora is still doing super great! It's amazing to see the commitment she is already showing to the Lord. She receives and recognizes answers to her prayers all the time, and she acts upon those answers right away. She tells us all the time that once she is baptized, she will never miss a week! We just have to get her healthy enough to get there. We also were able to get another of our investigators, Tina, progressing in the gospel this week. She is West by gosh Virginian through and through, and so funny! We love to hear her stories, and helping her have those spiritual experiences that make all the difference. At stake conference yesterday, Elder Cardon, from the 70 spoke, and said something that I really liked- that "While knowing the gospel is important, we are all here because of the things we feel." That is so true! When you have a spiritual experience, it leaves a mark on your soul that surpasses anything you can see or hear. You are left with pure, simple knowledge, and it is the most real evidence of God's love that you ever experience. It is so cool to be a missionary, and help people find that.
We had some pretty funny things happen this week, too! Some Jehovah Witnesses knocked on our door during our study hour in the morning, and their eyes visibly widened when we opened the door and they saw our name tags. Haha they weren't expecting to hear about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the prophet Joseph Smith, but they did! After about 5 minutes, though, they told us they felt bad for keeping us in the cold, and that they'd "let us go." How kind. :)
Anyways, I hope you all have a great week, and a Happy Thanksgiving!
Love,
Sister Ward
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