Two months already?

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

This week has been really great! It's been amazing to see the miracles that come from hard work and diligent obedience! From the minute my new companion stepped in the car with us to come back to Pasco, the miracles have been flowing. Sister Tuigamala is a hard worker and she is so Christlike. I am continually inspired by her example.

We had the privilege to meet with a part-member family. Cameron, their 9-year-old son, accepted the invitation to be baptized and we're diligently trying to get in with him to teach him before May 30. Please keep him in your prayers. Though we may have to bump the baptism back, and maybe we won't, I know that our faith can help us accomplish the Lord's will for him. He is so excited to be baptized and he just eats up everything we teach him. His mother is so supportive of him, and we pray to be able to teach him all he needs to know before he makes this commitment to the Lord.

I'm so grateful that Sister Tuigamala is so committed to the work. It's an adjustment for me, for sure, to keep up with her and her confidence in talking to EVERYONE (and I mean everyone) we see, but it has also been a blessing. I know there is no growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone. I know also that the Savior's grace will guide me to becoming the missionary he needs me to be, and loving the people genuinely with a love that only he perfected.

My studies yesterday, took me to 1 Nephi 3:7. It was so inspiring for me to think that the Lord will provide a way for all of the things he commands us to do, if we are faithful. Faith has the power to do so much, and this is something I talked about in last week's letter, and it's something that continues to impress me. The Lord has prepared a way for me to accomplish His work, and I know that as I have faith in that promise, I can see miracles.

I'm so grateful to be a missionary. I'm so grateful for the work.

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"The Gospel's True, Folks!"
Sister Melanie Nielsen