Sept 15

I know I have been doing so bad at updating this thing. But here I am! Last time I talked about how amazing using Facebook is, and how I was blessed to have the opportunity to teach someone in Chile who was baptized.

I don't know the elders who baptized her, but The Lord is definitely hastening His work. And He is definitely getting His word to all the crevices of the earth. I am not sure if you are aware of the push for the use of social media, but our general authorities understand the impact it can have. So... I would encourage you to pray for a vision of how to use your social media to spread the gospel(:

Unfortunately, the a California Santa Rosa Mission is taking a break from online work. Dangers on the internet are real. Even for missionaries. So our mission is taking a break to "patch up the cracks", if you will, and re strengthen our defenses against the adversary. 

That means that Facebook just lost about 200 missionaries working online. So now it's your turn to keep the flood of uplifting messages going! How exciting is that??

I have a testimony of the tools we have to share the gospel. 

I also have a testimony of missionary work! This past week I had the amazing privilege to go back to Santa Rosa, one of my past areas, and see a family I taught there get baptized.

I taught them for about 2 transfers. When we first started teaching them, Carolina said there was so way she would be baptized any time soon. She said maybe in a few years after she had really learned everything. 

And now look!

There is nothing happier than seeing a family enter the waters of baptism. Those kids are going to go on missions. Their entire lives, their eternity, was changed because of this gospel(:

Words cannot even describe how happy I am. It is SO TRUE that the greatest joy comes from sharing this amazing gospel. Ahhh. I love being a missionary. I love it so much. 

But I want to add that it isn't easy. I was in Santa Rosa for almost 5 months and I didn't see one baptism while I was there. In fact, it has been like that in a lot of my areas. I do my best and then hand it to The Lord, and then after I leave, people enter the waters of baptism. Hopefully that doesn't say anything about me as a missionary haha... But what is really shows me is that we have to be patient. We plant a seed and it has to germinate and simmer for a while. But it will grow(:

So be patient in your efforts! You are planting seeds(: and one day, something will click. And their whole family will take the steps to become an eternal family!

So that is me! I hope you are all doing amazing. 

Just in case you were thinking,

"Wow, I haven't sent Sister Bryant any love in a while. I should definitely send her something so that she knows that we haven't forgotten her",

Here is my address(:

518 Greenbriar Circle

Petaluma, CA 94509