Cavity Filled With Joy (August 24 2014)

Well Hello!

What a lovely week it has been.   Truly the Lord's hand has been evident in our work.  These are just a few of the ways that I've seen him this week:

-leaving the perfect commitment with less actives, different than what we had planned to leave.

-a less active returned to church this week and committed himself to stay active!

-we were able to see a noticeable change in the atmosphere's of every room in which we testified or talked of Jesus Christ.

-we overcame the natural man desires (to give up or be slothful) by getting on our knees and asking for divine help and then standing up and showing our faith.

-concerns that investigators have, have been revealed to us so we can now move forward to help them.

-we testified in a room of 20-30 people not of our faith that Christ is real, that his promises are sure and that if we trust him there are better days ahead.

Sister Vinck and I were listening to a talk by Elder Maxwell last night while we were making dinner.  I loved what he said about trials and sorrow.

 

 " If it is also true (in some way we don't understand) that the cavity which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be the receptacle of joy, how infinitely greater Jesus' capacity for joy, when he said, after his resurrection, “Behold, my joy is full.” How very, very full, indeed, his joy must have been! "

 

 The joy that I feel when someone gets baptized, especially after I have felt so much anxiety and sorrow over the welfare of their souls is sinexpressible.  Just as Jesus Christ was able to say to the repentant nephites in 3 Nephi "my joy is full" that is how I feel.  When I think of trials creating room for me to have greater joy it helps me keep that eternal persective.

Jacky is doing wonderfully! We are going to be having a family home evening tonight at the elder quorum's president's house and be teaching the word of wisdom. Faithfully, all will go well.

I love my mission.  I'm so grateful for the things that I have whitnessed, for how I have changed, and for the JOY that I feel every day.  I'm so excited for Rylee to feel the same in just a few months.

xoxo

Sister Wyatt