His Grace Is Sufficient

HEY 

Another great week doing the Lords work in Marshall Michigan!

We have a few friends preparing to be baptized this month! One friend we're teaching is from Haiti and he's AMAZING. His name is Jeff and we just love him! Teaching him has been a unique experience for both Sister Messick and I. We have an inactive member join our lessons with him and that has really helped re-kindle his flame from when he served his mission, many years ago in Washington! We're also teaching the Lord family. They are somethin special! I don't think I've ever experienced more charity in my life then I have when being around the Lords. They have taught me so much. 

Sundays are probably the most stressful days
Making sure everyone has rides to church
Making sure our friends get fellowships
Wondering what our friends are thinking while the speakers are talking
As stressful as this all may be
I have come to be even more grateful for the sacred time of the sacrament
The time I have to not think about those worries
And just to focus on my Savior
His sacrifice
His love
His grace
And my personal relationship with Him
I love the sacrament and the renewal of my baptismal covenant and the opportunity I have to be made clean each and every week.

Knocking in Michigan has got to be one of the greatest privileges of my mission. It's beautiful and I have such a deep love for the people here. Michiganders will just talk your hear off about their whole life story haha and what a perfect opportunity to represent & resemble Jesus Christ in our countenance. I love when our Prophet said, "One of the easiest ways to identify a true follower of Jesus Christ is how compassionately that person treats other people." 

"Our Heavenly Father and Savior see you. They know your heart. They care about what you care about, including those you love.

The Savior can redeem that which was lost, including broken and fractured relationships. He has made a way for all that is fallen to be redeemed—to breathe life into that which feels dead and hopeless."

- Sister Kristen M Yee

Gethsemane- 
He felt all that was sad, wicked, or bad, all the pain we would ever know. 
While His friends were asleep, He fought to keep His promise made long ago.
 Gethsemane! Jesus loves me, So He went willingly to Gethsemane. 
 The hardest thing that ever was done, The greatest pain that ever was known, The biggest battle that ever was won— This was done by Jesus! The fight was won by Jesus!

- Sister Clanton 






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