ONLY TWO WEEKS left in the MTC, Sister Eastmond and I are very excited to get to Cambodia. My heart is already so full of love for these people I can't wait to meet them! We got our new name tags this week! They look so cool I will send pictures. We should be getting our flight plans sometime next week!! We got a lot of new missionaries this week which has been so fun!! The new sisters are so fun, Sister Eastmond and I have loved getting to know them better this past week.
Chinda is an amazing investigator, she reads the Book of Mormon everyday and she went to church with us this week. In our follow up lesson after church we asked her to share her testimony with her family who doesn't support the church. She came back to meet with us and said that she wanted to join the church! WAHOO we have a baptismal date set for a few weeks. Even though she isn't a real investigator it has been so fun teaching her and seeing how she has progressed and how much the Book of Mormon has blessed her life. The Book of Mormon is so powerful, I found it so interesting that so many people talked about the importance of the Book of Mormon in general conference and quoted President Monson's talk from last conference. I know that the Book of Mormon is very important and that as we read it everyday we get so much power in our lives and we are directed to the things we should do. Read the Book of Mormon everyday and I promise it will bring you so many blessings!!!
Funny lesson of the week: Sister Eastmond and I were teaching Lookpu Can and she was testifying of the Book of Mormon and she accidently said the Book of Mormon is the temptation of Jesus Christ instead of how it testifies of Jesus Christ. It was sooo funny to me I was dying I couldn't stop laughing and the investigator was trying so hard to not laugh. A lot of the words sound the same with a slightly different pronunciation but at least we won't make the same mistakes as we did in the MTC. Those lessons where we mess up are so fun though, gotta learn somehow.
I LOVE GENERAL CONFERENCE! It was a really cool experience to be able to watch in the MTC. I got a lot more out of it being so focused and coming with specific questions. My favorite talk was Bonnie Oscarson's talk about service. I thought it was so interesting that she said some of the greatest needs are those right in front of you. The Lord places people that need us the most, closest to us. I loved how a few other talks supported the fact that there are no coincidences in this life and that everything is by divine design. People are placed in your path for a reason and so always be looking out for others that you can serve and help because there are people placed in your path everyday that need your help. I loved the question she posed to pray for "Who needs me today?" I know that it is so important that we give our help to anyone who is trying to walk the road back to God like Elder Holland expressed. We are all in different spots on the way back to Christ but if we are all on the same path we need to reach out and help others as they too are striving to make it back to Christ.
I have also really come to have a deepened understanding of praying with real intent. I know that when we pray to Heavenly Father generally, he will answer in a general way. But when we are praying for specific things, He will provide us with specific answers. I have been so amazed as I have been trying to be more specific in my prayers that I have received answers in a way that I hadn't previously recognized. Prayer is so important and Heavenly Father always wants to hear from us. He loves us so much and will do anything for us, we just need to come unto Him and ask. Prayer is such a blessing, I don't know how anyone lives without it. I can't wait to be able to help people develop their own relationships with God.
LOVE LOVE YOU
Sister Stratford
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