Monday, August 4, 2014

Dont Just Follow...Follow Through

well hello my dear Family and friends!
How are you all?! Things are going great here in Valenzuela! :) I am learning lots and starting to see success!! ... So before I get to the good stuff I have a funny story...
I went to the bathroom the other day and as I turned around to flush the toilet the little basket that holds our soap and stuff fell off the back and into the toilet...well... this all happened while the toilet was flushing!... and one of the bottles of body wash actually made it down...well as we could all guess the toilet got plugged... but just plunging it didn't do anything! So we asked the zone leaders (who live one floor below us) to see if they could do anything!... nope! Nothing! We were just told to clean our bathroom! haha So we had to call in the big guns!...Elder Bown and Elder Ence!...Poor guy had to come on his p-day to come fix our nasty toilet! When he walked in he cringed because the toilet was cemented to the floor,which meant he couldn't just unbolt it had make it easier! But he truly was a super hero and he got it all fixed up! and I could use the bathroom again! ... you know, clumsy ol' me! Somethings never change! :)

So... This last week has taught me a lot about personal revelation through the scriptures, the reality of prayer,and the power of Holy places. So... to make the long story short this week has had some distractions and I wasn't the most focused... we worked and were still obedient but I could have been more focused! and throughout the week we kept saying that we probably would have baptisms but within a few transfers some other missionaries will harvest the area...  SO I was sitting in sacrament meeting having a conversation with my Heavenly Father about this and my scriptures opened up to John 4:34-35...You should read it.. but lets just say Heavenly Father was chastising me for not being optimistic! Verse 35 talks about needing to look up for the field truly is white, all ready to harvest!...So...i have started to look up and we now have 4 new investigators and they are both families! yay!!
The other one was today while I was at the temple.I was sitting there just pondering and i was prompted to read Doctrine and Covenants 127. When I opened it up it was about baptism for the dead and I though that was weird but the first few versus are about Joseph smith and what he had to say about his trials... One thing that stuck out to me is that he said that they had become almost as second nature but that he had learned to rejoice in them!... Sometimes in life it seems like it never ends! And no matter how bad we want something and no matter how much we pray for it, it seems to never come! BUT!... We can learn to rejoice in our trials!
As we humble ourselves and realize that we need His help we will realize just how close he truly is to us!... Occasions like this don't happen often.I Only remember one other time that a prayer was answered so directly and so quickly. But our Heavenly Father or God is real. He is a living being who loves us and wants us to be happy! He is willing to bless us if we follow him. But another thing that I have learned is that we must follow the promptings to the very end. We shouldn't stop after we take a step or two. To see the full blessings we must follow. If I don't act upon the answers I have received they will become just another good message! SO don't just follow, follow through!
I love you all so much!! May peace be with each of you as you face your daily battles!!
-XOXO-
Sister Hawkins

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