I am onto week three at the MTC and I love it here, but I am getting antsy to leave. This past week was a good one. Tuesday's devotional was awesome. W. Craig Zwick spoke along with his wife. She said We have a choice. Give way to doubt and fear and let it control you or let your faith in Christ deepen. I liked that. Have faith. Do not Fear! Elder Zwick talked about Christ like attributes and how to develop them. He said "To become more Christ like I will..." I thought about it hard because i have everything to work on if I want to be like Christ. This past week though, I wanted to focus on Charity, which is the pure love of Christ. I think having the pure love of Christ is the most important thing to have, especially on a mission. When I can improve that, I will be able to love the French people and my companions easier. He went on to talk about how God would never give us a commandment we can not keep. Sometimes we go through trials. A lot of times we go through trials. But Heavenly Father would not give us commandments or ask us to do something we could not do. It's comforting. A mission is hard work, but He wouldn't have ask me to come if I couldn't do it. It's nice to know that all our trials can be overcome. We can turn our "trial into a triumph. Anyway, Wednesday 700+ missionaries came in. It was crowded.... And we had to eat outside so the new missionaries could eat dinner. I forgive them for making me eat outside. We have two new "investigators." Delphine and Raphael. I am still learning and working on teaching people not lessons and making the lessons personal which can be quite challenging in another language that you don't know too well. My teacher Brother M this week gave us a really nice little lecture. He told us to have confidence. We have the truth, don't hesitate if someone is afraid of hearing the truth. Go out and share it because we should not be ashamed of the gospel of Christ. Romans 1:16 scripture mastery. That was encouraging. Also sister W told me that when she was down, she would just focus on the people that were accepting the message and didn't think about the rejections. Sister Judd, another teacher said we must break the stereotypes of France. Those being: they are mean, all catholic, you'll only find success with Africans, and no one is married living together. She said the French love us. They are curious. The work is increasing. Now is the time to be a missionary! They don't see youth everyday wanting to share a message of Christ. If we have faith and have a good attitude saying that we can do this, we can. I can do this. Someone wants to hear my message. Someone is waiting to hear the truth. I was encouraged and now I just want to go to France! I started reading the Book of Mormon again from the beginning and it's taking forever because I am reading it so slow. I have marked so many scriptures, and I realized that it's soooooo much better to read the Book of Mormon slow and with a "sincere and serious study." Yesterday was a good fast Sunday. The meetings were awesome. We had mission conference and the speakers talked about a variety of things. Joseph Jenkins talked about our relationship with Christ and Heavenly Father. He said the our relationship with them is the most intimate and private relationship. We tell God things that no one will ever know. We tell Him our concerns our desires our weaknesses. I love that. Work on your relationships with Christ. Read the Scriptures. Pray to God in His name. They love us. Kristee Roash talked about the power of the Book of Mormon. READ IT. STUDY IT. PRAY ABOUT IT. I love that book. I know it is true and was written and translated for our day. It is a huge blessing to have. Take advantage of its words. President Nally talked about enduring to the end. We can't endure to the End without Faith. I am working on my faith. Beliving and exercising the beliefs that I have. And then that night, Ted Gibbons gave us a little role play of Willard Richards and told the story of Carthage. It was powerful. I know Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. I know he restored the Gospel to the Earth today and we have the Gospel of Jesus Christ in it's fullness. I love you all! I know that the Gospel is true.
Love,
Soeur (Sister) Roberts :)
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