Friends and Family,
Yesterday marked my 5 month
mark. I can't believe it!! Time is going by way to fast. I don't like
it one bit, but for now I am so excited to work with all my heart,
might, mind, and strength. This work is incredible and is such a
blessing in my life. So I am staying with Sister Graham, and she is
training. This is her last transfer so I will kill off another
companion. I seem to be getting really good at this. I guess Heavenly
Father needs me to be trained again ha! There is something really
important that I have to learn from this, and I am excited to be able to
change and grow. I just have to put my faith and my trust in him, and
know that he sees the big picture.
This week was really great. On Monday night we were
so lost at what we needed to be doing. All of our appointments fell
through, and the back ups that we had just didn't feel right. So we of
course prayed for guidance as to where we needed to go, and we got
nothing. I have never felt so lost in my life. Usually Heavenly Father
will tell one of us where we need to go, but for some reason neither of
us knew what to do. So we decided to go and try a less active family.
We pulled up to their house, and were planning on what we were going to
say when all of a sudden this truck from two houses down pulls out of
his driveway with his lights off and drives really slow past us. He was
so scary looking, and we made total eye contact. So we both just kept
going over what we felt the Smiths needed. Well then Sister Graham just
stops, and was like Sister he just turned around. So we both get kind
of nervous. He then pulls into the driveway that is closest to us. We
both were immediately filled with the worst feeling. We knew that we
needed to get out of there fast. I have never felt the spirit leave me
so fast before, and haven't felt so dark. He kept following us, and
finally Sister Graham turned, and we lost him. It was so scary, but I
am so grateful that we both were able to listen to the spirit, and know
where God needed us. So we prayed again to know where we needed to be
because that obviously wasn't where we needed to be. Again we got
nothing. It was around 7:45 so we both were like let's just go in. So
we were driving home, and I just didn't feel right about going in. I
have promised my Heavenly Father that I am going to be exactly obedient,
and we can't head in till 8:30. So I just prayed so hard and told
Heavenly Father to send us a text as to where we needed to go. Within
five minutes we got a text, with an address of a LA that we had asked
for a couple hours prior. We were right by the exit we needed to get
off. So we went to the house, and could hear them there, but nobody was
answering. I knew that Heavenly Father needed us somewhere. So we
tried the next house, and he wanted nothing to do with us. We started
walking to the car, and I was like NO we gotta try this next house. By
the look on Sister Graham's face I thought that she was going to kill
me. She was so mad haha, but hey we are here to do missionary work. So
we tried the next house, and nothing. She was terrified by us, and
just kept saying I can't talk to you I can't talk to you!! So we smiled,
and left. We then got in the car, and were driving down the street
when a man was walking to his door, and so I knew we needed to go and
talk with him, but then we couldn't park anywhere so we were driving
around, and saw this family. I jumped out of the car, and went and
talked with them. He was very nice, but so happy with where he was at.
So we left him with a Mormon.org card, and bore our testimonies. I got
in the car and was so confused. I felt so strongly that somebody
needed us tonight, and we got nothing, but then it hit me. Heavenly
Father was testing us tonight. He wanted to know if we were willing to
sacrifice everything that we had to be obedient, and to listen to the
promptings of the spirit. As frustrating as this experience was I am so
grateful for the opportunity I had to allow Heavenly Father to trust me
with his children tonight. I am grateful that he continues to teach me
every single day. Even if it isn't something that I necessarily want
to learn. I know that he loves me and is so aware of me personally.
We had a really powerful lesson with Jeff this week.
He was able to come to the trail center, and we watched the Joseph
Smith movie with him. The spirit was so powerful as I was watching the
movie. I was filled with such a powerful love for Joseph Smith. Where
would we all be without him? I know that he was a true prophet, and
that he restored this gospel to the earth today. I am so grateful for
all that he went through. He suffered so much, and he did it all for
the Lord. What an amazing example he is to us. After we watched the
movie Jeff had such a change of heart. He knew without a doubt that
Joseph Smith was a true prophet, and that the Book of Mormon is true.
We all were able to bare powerful testimonies of Joseph Smith and the
Restoration. It was so powerful, and the spirit was definitely there.
We then asked him to be baptized again, and he again freaked out. I
know that slowly but surely Jeff will realize that this is what he
needs. He will realize the Happiness that the gospel can bring to him,
but for now we have to just keep praying for him.
This Sunday I was able to play a duet in Sacrament
Meeting with Sister Bown. I am so grateful for the many talents that
Heavenly Father has blessed me with, and the opportunity that I had to
share them. The spirit was so powerful. We only had two days to
practice. We played it the best we ever had. Sister Bown just turned to
me, and said it is amazing what the spirit can do. We truly are so
blessed to be able to have the spirit with us to comfort us, strengthen
us, and to help us to know truth.
I hope you all know that I love you so much. I am
so grateful for the experiences that I am having here. I love it, and
will be forever grateful for it. This gospel is true! It is the only
way that we can have true happiness. I hope that you all are doing
well, and enjoying the snow. Go ski some runs for me!! Love you all
Sister Whitt
P.S HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!
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