Ok, this week has been a long one. I mean LONG! My companion
and I kinda feel like we have been through the wringer. We have worked hard, but
things didn't quite pan out the way we wanted them to. But it's ok, because we are
going to apply the Doctrine of Christ, repent, and be better this week.
The guy we just baptized it a little nuts, and recently, he has
been making comments about Sis. Lewis that are not appropriate for our relationship
as teacher and learner. Nothing crude, just odd, like calling her the closest thing
to an angel he's ever met, and telling her that she is true teacher, and not the
Spirit. Needless to say, we passed him off to the Elders. We are not going to put
ourselves in that position where he can keep doing that, because it might escalate
and then we would get transferred out. Nope, not happening! Anyway, we feel it would
be better for the Elders to teach him. Our Ward Mission Leader also thinks it's
a good idea, so the transition should be easy.
The Sister's Conference! Wow!!!! Can you believe how powerful
it is? LOVED that it was focused on the temple. We must be attending the temple
as often as we can Sisters! I have gone almost 9 months without going, and it is
painful sometimes. There is no other place like it, and it should be a goal for
us to be there as often as we can, which means putting the books away, turning off
the TV, and getting rid of all other excuses to not go. I get to go in a couple
of weeks, and I am so excited! I am also so blessed. Anyway, I started crying right
as soon as that Sister started to pray! It was beautiful. I could really feel the
Spirit as they spoke and sang. To all my women family reading this, I would love
it if we could go to the April Women's conference together. And get ice-cream. J
I just want to add that there is a family here in the Eaton Ward
that are absolutely wonderful! They have 10 kids, 3 of which are biological (triplets).
All of the adopted kids have some kind of special need. There is a boy who is 10
named Evan. Evan has a genetic disease that affects the muscle growth in his body,
and because of that, he has almost no muscle and no joint movement in his arms and
legs. But is mind is sound. He is amazing, and I think we are going to be great
friends. He reminds me, personality wise, of my nephew Zachary. But all of the kids
are special. They have 2 5 year old downs boys, and they are so beautiful. I got
to go to their house, and the Spirit there is so thick, it's almost tangible. It's
the kind of home that one might say is a temple, and the kind of home that I want
mine to be like. Sure, things aren't perfect for them, but they are for sure on
the right path. I would pray that all our homes be temples, dedicated to the Lord
in the way we act in them. Also, this family is getting 3 more from Bulgaria. They
will be so blessed to live in this atmosphere.
I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior, and that through Faith,
Repentance, Baptism and Taking the Sacrament weekly, Having the Gift of the Holy
Ghost, and using it daily, and Enduring to the End we can be saved in the Kingdom
of our Father. I know this, and I say it in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love, Sister Worthen
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