Not much new things have happened this week with our investigators, hopefully we will have more updates next week. Tieroll did come to our family home evening this week. We had a fire in the Milstead's back yard and roasted some s'mores. He seemed to enjoy everyone in the group. He was not able to come to church because he had to work this Sunday, but he has become really good friends with the Milsteads nephews, which is good. They will be helpful in his conversion process.
Being here on Nantucket is teaching me a lot about really loving those around you. Sister Vaai and I only get to see other missionaries once a week when we go off island for Zone Meeting. When we are both used to seeing other missionaries twice a week, and in my first area I saw other missionaries almost every day. And we have a lot of time where we are alone to ourselves. We are alone during a lot of the service that we do, and when we are walking to places. I don't know if I have every spent so much time with one person. And it has really taught us to rely on each other. And I am grateful for the time that we get to spend together.
I am also learning a lot about how our Savior judges our success based on our efforts. We were able to sit down this week and set some goals for all of our investigators. I am gaining a testimony about setting goals no matter how small the goal is. Nantucket is really teaching me how all the small steps lead to big things. And I am grateful that I am starting to see the vision of it all.
I feel that this week I have been constantly reminded of all the many things that I have to be grateful for. It is a blessing to be a missionary and to try and share the gospel of Jesus Christ and his redeeming message with others. It is a blessing to be put in a situation when I am constantly trying to have the spirit with me. It is a blessing to have been born as a member of this church and taught to love it since I was a little girl. It is a blessing to have been taught who I am, that I am a daughter of God. And because I am a daughter of God I can know that my life is being guided by him. It is a blessing to have been taught standards that keep me safe from the things of the world. It is a blessing to know that God lives and the purpose of this life is to return to him. It is a blessing to have been born into families that are all members of the church and continue to live their faith. My life is a blessing. I am grateful for all the wonderful people that I have been blessed to meet and know. I am grateful to see the faith of all of the members here on Nantucket. They are so strong and have such tender testimonies of the gospel. They are all very much living examples of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And they sacrifice a lot for it. They are learning what it means to sometimes stand alone and to stick up for what they believe in. I am grateful to know each of them. I am grateful to know that God loves all of his children and he is very aware of the individual.
This Sunday I was studying about how to align my will with Heavenly Fathers. And I looked up Prayer in the bible dictionary and it says that first we need to recognize the true relationship between the Father and Man and then prayer becomes easy, and then through prayer our will becomes aligned with our Heavenly Fathers. I learned that prayer does not change the will of God but it secures us blessings. And most blessing will not come until you ask for them. It says that prayer is a form of work and is the appointed means for obtaining the highest blessings. Prayer is such a beautiful thing.
I hope that everyone has a wonderful week. I love you all very much and I hope that everyone is doing well. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the Lord's very church on the earth today and that he stands at the head of it. I know that we will indeed get to see Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father again. I love you all. Have a great day:)
Love Sister Abbey Lou Rushton
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