WEEK THREE

September 5, 2017

Hello Family, 

Week three here in the MTC. Sister Eastmond and I got called to be Sister Training Leaders this week, so we are excited about that! We are now the only sisters in the zone and we won't be getting more sisters for 3 or 4 weeks. All the Thai and Vietnamese districts left this week and I will miss them there are so many good people here I love making new friends! 

We started learning script this week, it is like a puzzle to try and read a sentence and they don't have any spaces between words, and so with my limited vocabulary its hard to figure out what different words are. BUT I read a whole verse in our script Book of Mormon, so I am way excited about that even though it took me 20 minutes to figure out a sentence, I have faith my reading will get better as I study harder this week. We started TRC this week, which was amazing I seriously love TRC. We get to teach members and so its a lot easier and it is so fun, my understanding of the language is coming along and I get so excited when I can understand what someone is asking me or sharing with me.

This week was our last week with Lookruu Garlick, he is headed to BYU for school and I will miss him. He was such a good teacher! My main takeaway from Him is to have Christ be the focus of everything we do in life. I know that as we do this, our lives will improve and we will become closer to Christ and we will want to do everything we can to become more like Him. 

This week I have had a deepened understanding of Christ's love for all of us and his willingness to help us through everything in life. He is always there with open arms and I know that he has a deep love and a desire for us to come unto Him and to be perfected in Him. I love Alma 36:3 especially where it says "I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day." I know that the Lord never gives up on us and I know that as we put all our trust in Him and as we go forth with faith we will be blessed. The Lord will always provide a way for us to do the things He asks us to do. He will direct our paths as we listen to promptings we receive and act on those. 

I also love D&C 84:88 " And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up." I know that my Redeemer lives and that with the Lord all things are possible. 

I love you all!!

Love Sister Stratford