11/13/2013--Sick Week

Here's elder phung.... he's one of my favorite elders shhhh! this is our mug shot pic

Excerpts from Sister Brynne's email :

Spiritual wise, I'm trying to be more patient and trying to be more understanding of others. It's hard. Then again it wasn't easy for Christ, so then why should it be easy for me? It reminds me of the talk that Elder Holland gave a while ago. Also this past sunday's talk was on one of my most favorite subject: The Atonement. I seriously love this subject. I read a talk by President Uchtdorf about being able to rise again. He talked a lot about repentance and how those feelings of guilt that we carry should bring us to repentance, not turn away from it. We need to rely upon our Savior and how He truly is there for us as our brother, and that He cares and loves each and everyone of us. We also read in Mosiah 14. That chapter definitely pulls at the heart strings. To see how much Christ suffered for us, and only to turn away from Him and His love is the saddest thing ever! This is why I want to serve a mission! To share this glad message and let people know that there is someone out there that has been through what he/she has gone through and understands how he/she feels. We should never feel like we're alone. I also realized that I need to represent Christ more through my actions, because I don't want to be the one to turn away from Him by doing something idiotic. After all He's done for me... goodness I don't even know how to explain it! Ah!

We also heard from Elder Tom Perry and Sister Perry. They gave pretty good talks, about how God is mindful of you and they also mentioned companionships. Companionships are SO important, because instead of doing everything on your own, you have someone else that is there for you and helps give you a second perspective on things. Also companionship study is important because of how we should share what we've learned with each other so that there are two witnesses instead of just one. They also mentioned about how we should ALWAYS testify! Gah! Sister Perry also mentioned about how God knows each of our strengths and weaknesses, and we each have something to bring to the table. I need to hear that more in my life, because I often feel like.... I'm just there to make other people feel good about themselves. It's like one of the baseball teams that's just there to make other teams feel good by providing them their wins. But this is the natural man in me. It's not about me, but about the people I'm serving. I need to lose myself more in the work.

I surely do miss y'all and know that you're in my prayers. Seriously though.

Well know that I love you! Keep the Faith!

Love,

Sister Woodbury