Monday, March 5, 2018

Beth's Mission Feb 12 Week 21

What a blessing it is to have such a powerful and true resource to know that God still speaks to us and that He loves us and has given us the Gospel of Jesus Christ and everything for that matter so that we can one day return to live with Him! 

This week we stopped by a potential named Xinbo (pronounced Cimba) and we were able to talk about the Bible and the Book of Mormon and how blessed we are to have both! He had a really cool analogy that I just love! He related the Bible to a letter or an email. When we get an email or a letter from someone, like our dad, it is like they are right there speaking to us, guiding and counseling us, and telling us how much they love us. And that is how the Bible and the Book of Mormon are! They are literally the word of God! As we read them, it is as if Heavenly Father is right there with us, teaching us, guiding us, and telling us how much He loves us! And as we continue to read His word, we are coming closer to Him and coming to better know Him and our Savior Jesus Christ. How cool is that! We were blown away! He wasn't too interested, but said we were his heros haha and thanked us for stopping by. Heavenly Father definitely has a plan for all of us and I'm grateful that we met him if only to teach us more how we can come closer to God!

Yesterday we had Ward Conference in conjunction with Friend's Sunday!! We had four unplanned people just show up! It was such a great Sunday!! There was a lot of focus in Ward Council and Ward Conference all together on missionary work! It is such a blessing to have such strong Stake leaders who have put so much emphasis on missionary work!! 
We have been working so much on how we can get the members more involved and we are starting to see the momentum build!! It is so hard to reach out to people sometimes- we see that every day! It's hard for the members and it's hard for us! One thing we've talked about is that it will always be hard, but we just have to do it and trust in the Lord! We have the knowledge of the most important thing on earth! And we want all of our brothers and sisters to know about the peace that it brings and to know that they are loved so very much! 
Sister Bleak and I have talked a lot about what more we can do and how we can help the members recognize the many ways they can do that. It can be just Saying hello, smiling, waving, offering service or just a listening ear! Even through technology! Heavenly Father has given us this incredible tool so that we can reach all people across the globe! He truly is hastening His work in His time!
It's been cool to see how people are finding ways to reach out. There is a less active couple that we have been working with and right now they aren't planning on coming back to church anytime soon, but they gave us a referral and even went over and visited them and told us all about it! Everyone just needs to know that they are loved and that someone is there for them! What a blessing it is to help all those around us to feel that! And then as our build that trust and care, we are able to share the most precious gift from God who truly loves and is there for each and everyone of us! 

Alma 26:37
"Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth. Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever. Amen."

I am so grateful for you and for your love and support and incredible example that you are to me!! Thank you for everything!
I love you so much!!
I hope that all is well and that you have a wonderful week!!


Love,

Sister Broadbent


Pictures:


1. Happy Valentine's Day!! Love you!!


2. Sister Ferrell and I on exchanges this past week. It was an epic day and needed an epic picture haha



3. Sister Bleak and I biking in the freezing cold and our make-shift pants!!
Great BBQ!

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