Sister Jarvis did not write on her usual Monday P-Day, but on Wednesday of this week due to a mission conference.
Hi!
Thanks for your letters and emails!! I super, dee-duper loved them this week :) So yes, I am writing you today (Wednesday) because we had an amazing Mission Conference on Monday in Taizhong with Elder Watson, our Asia Area President, and Elder Evans, of the Seventy and one of the Directors of the Missionary Department. It was so, so good and so, so inspiring, especially that the entire mission could be there all together to hear from them.
The whole conference was really great! Their wives talked about the love of our Heavenly Father and the Lord and a lot was said about our relationship with our Mission President. They related a quote by one of the Brethren that these bonds with our Mission President were foreordained and we made covenants together in Heaven. Elder Evans also shared that often times when one of the Twelve is doing a mission call assignment, they first have an impression of which Mission President the missionary should go to. Elder Evans filled us in with all of the new number changes in missionaries and reviewed our full purpose (Doctrine of Christ) and that it was time to prepare for this rising generation to enter the field!
Well... Chinese New Year came and left super fast! I'm pretty sure I only gained a couple of pounds and considering all that I ate....that's pretty good! :D It was pretty fun though....eating with the members every day and eating lots of traditional, as well as Costco food ;) Here's just a small list of our eatings last week: traditional vegetables and meats, steak, hot pot, dumplings, sandwiches, cake, pasta, lettuce wraps and Costco muffins, more meats and vegetables, and more! The sad thing was that one of our Elders is trying to "diet" so when they would offer more food he would always tell them to give it to the Sisters, and usually Sister Cole was full, so that meant it came to me :) Some people wouldn't mind if you didn't eat anything, but others really wouldn't let you leave until you just about finished it all up! It was definitely an experience I will never forget. It was also a great experience to talk to a lot of members about their own conversion--one of my favorite things in the whole wide world to talk about :)
This week I received a very direct answer in the scriptures and I want to share it with you :) (P.S. Sister Cole is an awesome scripture studier!! I wish you could see her scriptures- she gets so much out of them and is such a great example to me!) I had been praying the night before just for help and comfort and then the next morning during Personal Study I was reading in Preach My Gospel about the Christlike Attribute of Patience. It directed me to the Sons of Mosiah's missionary experience and then to their own answer in Alma 26: 27:
"Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success."
I haven't had a verse of scripture touch me so deeply for awhile. It really felt like the Lord was speaking to me personally. This is the most amazing thing about the B of M, there is a verse of scripture that just seems to be written for us. I know that this scripture is true and that when times are hard or our heart is low, if we continue to serve our brothers and sisters with love and patience, the Lord WILL give us success....whatever it may be:) I'm also grateful that yesterday I was able to share this scripture with one of our investigators who is going through some tough marriage times. I love the scriptures!
I hope you all know how very, very much I love you!! I love being able to testify of the happiness this Gospel has brought to my family to people on the street. I know our Savior lives, He truly lives and loves us. I know this Gospel is true with all my heart and know that it isn't always easy, but salvation is so worth it. I know that repentance is real and the Spirit will always guide us if we are faithful. Have a wonderful week!
Love you! ai ni men!
Sister J.
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