Hello!
So this week has been so crazy busy!
haha It's been wonderful! :) But nothing too crazy and of note to really write
about, at least nothing about Ramsters or prayer beads :) But it was a way good
week! it went by so fast! So last week I got my...TRUNKY PAPERS dun dun dun
haha that's what they're called. But it didn't make me trunky :) It basically
just tells me what to write in my final report and to send stuff home! So I'm
doing that :) It was pretty funny though :) I am very grateful that God is
protecting me from becoming trunky! haha Stevens has killed 4 other sisters and
out of all of them she says I'm the least trunky! so I'm grateful for that :) I
just don't have any desire to be any different now than I have been the rest of
my mission :) I LOVE it here in Yelm! and I love the people! God of course is
making it really hard for me to leave...Sister Stevens and I are still best
friends :) we still talk and laugh all the time and way too much and
we still work super hard. I am really super grateful for Sister
Stevens. On Thursday night after praying I just started to cry, I
don't know why still! hahaha but Sister Stevens said a prayer with me and made
me feel a TON better. And that's just how it is, every day. We are there for
each other and it's really great. I love having companions like this!!! :) haha
Especially ones who like to be obedient! :) We have seen many miracles this
week and it's been amazing! :) We had 9 people at church on Sunday! How awesome
is that?! :) We were so sincerely excited! I want to tell you about some
of them...First of all Mary bird. She’s on date for the 23rd! She is
the sweetest old lady! She has one son and I think he lives in Idaho and he
just got baptized into the church as well as her granddaughter! So that
REALLY softened her heart, she lives on what we call "the bird
compound" because she took in all these foster children and they
all take care of each other. The foster children are like 60 now so Mary
takes care of the Grandchildren and great Grandchildren. She has SUCH a big
heart, and the greatest thing was the smile on her face when she came to
church!!! :) She is ADORABLE! ha-ha she just walks in with her yellow outfit
and oxygen tank and HUGE smile and she was singing all the hymns! It was
precious! another person who came to church was a UBC named Miriya, her dad has
been less active for years, and they came to church yesterday and he bore his
testimony and it was amazing!!! Then he told us that he wants his daughter to
be baptized! This morning though, we got a call and he told us that his wife
would not be supportive :( Ren is a member also, but she feels that she's
learned everything that she needs to learn about the church. So we are praying
hard for her. Ethan was also there! our 11 year old UBC that loves marshmallows!
:) haha he is SO close! He just has to decide that he wants to be baptized, and
then he will :) haha so we'll see! It's been really cool because our whole ward
council came up with a goal of having 6 baptisms this month. And everyone
fasted for it and is praying for it and searching for people who are prepared!
Seriously! I am in missionary heaven! :) haha I love it here! and I love my
companion! What could be better?! Another person we are working with is a lady
named Kay, she is friends with a bunch of members and was a referral from them,
she is so ready and she knows it's true but she's not so keen on taking a leap
of faith, her husband passed away about a year ago and her daughter moved away
to college, she is so lonely and I know the gospel with help her! but, she's
not quite there yet, so we are praying REALLY hard for these people, something
that I learned more about this week was the power of prayer, last night during
mighty prayer, I prayed that an investigator would answer our messages and as
SOON as I said "Amen" we got a text from him! :) I know that God
listens to and answers our prayers. He is always there to comfort us and help
us. :) I am so grateful that the most powerful all-knowing being allows me to
converse with Him as my Father. :) This next week is going to be the BEST! :)
We are going to the Temple with Papa Rich on Saturday! I AM PUMPED!!! :) haha I
can't even tell you! :) I love the temple and I love papa Rich! I have been
thinking about my time in Steilacoom as I have started thinking about my final
report, and it was such a sacred time for me. I am grateful for the lessons I
learned there and all the people, there and in all my areas! This morning I was
reading in Alma 26 again, I just love that chapter, and that just happened to
be where I'm at in the book of Mormon right now. It's all about how much Ammon
loves missionary work! haha And I love missionary work! :) I am seriously SO
grateful for my mission and I’m grateful that I still have time left to serve
the people here in Washington. I am focused and I am cherishing every moment! I
just can't even tell you the smallest part of what I feel. But I love it! :)
haha Yelm is such a great place still :) constant excitement! :) I am seriously
grateful to my Heavenly Father that He sent me here with Sister Stevens for my
last transfer! It is such a wonderful experience and I love it so much! :) I
can't even express the joy that I feel as I ponder on my mission and as I work
hard to serve the Lord and His children. I have come closer to my Savior Jesus
Christ and have felt more of His love and Grace. It's amazing how much I have
learned in these last 2 weeks of this transfer. I have definitely had lots of
opportunity to ponder on the affect my mission is having on my life. It is CHANGING
me and most of all it is giving me substance. :) my theme scripture right now
that I've probably mentioned is D&C 123:17 "let us cheerfully do all
things that lie in our power and then may we stand still with the utmost
assurance to see the salvation of God and for His arm to be revealed" I am
trying my very best to cheerfully do ALL things that I can do to keep my eye
single to the glory of God and help Him with His work. I am grateful for your
continual support and love. Especially your support in these last weeks of my
mission to help me be the best missionary I can be! :) All of you are in my
prayers and I hope you know that I truly love each of you so much! :) Keep
reading the Book of Mormon! and also especially, pray! It's such a wonderful
tool that God has given us! :) I Love you!
Love always
Sister Wilkins :)
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