October 14

This week was SUCH a roller coaster!  Full of getting almost dropped by our most solid investigators, having an AMAZING zone conference by my absolutely phenomenal mission president, President Alba and his wife, getting thrown into the real world, and spiders.

So many spiders.

So let's start off.

My piece of wisdom today is to trust in the Lord.

Nothing is more frustrating as a missionary than seeing somebody get so close, and then the second something goes wrong, drop it all.

That is so upsetting.

There is an amazing promise in the Book of Mormon.

" And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and ^ahappy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are ^bblessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out ^cfaithful to the end they are received into ^dheaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it"

Those who keep the commandments are blessed in all things BOTH spiritual and temporal.

I know that this is true!

I know it with all of my heart!

Okay...  let's think.  I love my mission president so much!  He is really one of the most amazing and inspired men that I have ever met.  The mission that I am in is just a little different because we have all these tools.  Basically what that means is that we are being watched SO carefully in how we use these tools.  Having iPads and being able to teach anyone all over the world is definitely new.  We are pioneering this, so we are having to live be that much more obedient.

I cannot believe or even begin to try to understand the amount of pressure that would put on a mission president.  Seriously, though.  Pray for the mission President's in your area.  Because they are doing amazing things.

So the other day we went to dinner with our branch president, President Mejia.  Oh man, he is a funny funny soul.

But what cracked me up is that he wanted to go to the food court in the mall so that we could all eat what we wanted.  Holy cow.

Talk about being thrown into the real world!  With real music, and seeing what movies were coming out...

basically it was an overload for me haha 

It was too funny.  

It was definitely like a solid battle between the natural man and the missionary mind. Man, oh man.  Being a missionary is funny.

Spiders.

I hate spiders.

But I love letters! 

And I love all of you!  I am who I am because of every single one of you, and I am so so grateful for that.

Love,

Sister Bryant