Happy New Years family!
I can't believe that my entire year of serving the Lord is over and its already 2011!
So . . . What do you get when you have a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead? The best trio ever!!! AkA, my new companionship. :D
We just had transfers and Sister Dickson and I got the addition of Sister Thurston. She was also trained by Sister Salazar, so we already have a close connection. Sister Salazar went home this last transfer and so we were lucky enough to have Sister Thurston come on over to join us. I love her so much. She is really funny, and she also loves basketball. She is from Idaho, and she has beautiful flaming red hair. I think that being in a trio is a lot of fun, so I'm really happy about it. Its good because Sister Dickson and I both are the kind of people that need someone to help us just laugh at life and lighten up, and Sister Thurston is that for both of us. We were taking pictures the other night and laughing so hard we were laying on the floor crying. It was so much much fun. We are also all really hard working and obedient, so it works out really nicely.
Our mission president gave us a challenge to read the entire Book of Mormon between thanksgiving and before the New Year and mark all of the references to Christ, and it was so amazing! My testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown so much. At first it was hard for me feeling like I wasn't going to be able to absorb anything reading it so fast, partly because I decided to read it in spanish, which i understand it all, it just takes a little longer. After a while I finally realized that you get an entirely different look of the Book of Mormon as a whole when you read it so fast, and when you are focused on reading it multiple times throughout the day. I had been dealing with some issues with stress and anxiety, and I really felt a very real sense of spiritual and emotional healing as I read the Book of Mormon and strengthened my relationship with the Savior and realized how much he is taking care of me. It was really incredible. i know that the Book of Mormon is true, and like President Benson says "there is a power in the book that will flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of it." It is so true! It gives you the strength to overcome temptation and helps you feel the love of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, and see their perfect and beautiful plan for each one of us.
We had a mission conference on New Years day where we talked about the mission's goals for the year, and a lot about www.mormon.org, the church's new website that is dedicated to helping people learn and understand more about who we are and what our beliefs are. We keep seeing huge billboards for "Big Love," and it is no wonder there are so many misconceptions of who we are and what we believe. They encouraged us to help every member put a profile on mormon.org. Your profile basically just has your picture and then you answer questions like why you are mormon, which gives you the opportunity to share your story and your testimony so others can see it. You can also link it to your facebook page so your facebook friends can read about why you are mormon and what you love about the church, and while they are at the site stop and look at our beliefs. it is really cool. They have an awesome article about it in the ensign this month that I would encourage you all to read, and also I would strongly encourage you to create a mormon.org profile! And then I can look at it and read your testimony and show it to the people that I'm teaching!
Well, I hope you are all having a wonderful New Year and setting lots of great resolutions that will bring you even closer to Christ. Have a great week!
Love,
Hermana Dansie
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