Hello!!!
This week was such an amazing week! We have been able to have a lot of amazing experiences this week! So this past week we were able to teach a ton of people! It was amazing! There are so much potential here it is crazy! We also had a combined district meeting where each district leader in our zone gave a small training on something they had learned from our specialized training meeting! IT WAS AMAZING! The spirit was so strong and each district leader was able to train on something different! I was able to learn so much more about how trials and weaknesses help us understand the Atonement more fully and how we continually need them in our lives so we can grow. Sometimes i think that we are given specific weaknesses so the more we work on them they will eventually become our greatest strengths! We also talked about having more confidence in our message and truly showing the people why we are here and who we represent! We are each here for a reason and we need to make sure we let everyone know we are truly representatives of Jesus Christ and making all of our actions decisions and words match exactly what we believe and know to be true becasue you never know who is watching! I also sent all of you an amazing quote that we talked about in our meetin gas well! It is so good and really uplifting! It truly helped me to understand my purpose as not only a missionary but as a member of the church!
We also had an awesome miracle happens this past week! We had an appointment with a woman we met a little bit ago and went back to see her but it was actually her friend that was home but the first thing she said was i was praying that you would come back and let us right in! We taught her the first lesson about the Restoration and she wants to learn more! It was amazing!
I seriously can't believe it is already February! I swear January just started! Time has just flown by! I hit my 8 month mark last week! And at the end of this month i will be half way done with my mission! I am so grateful for my mission and the things that i have been able to learn! This mission has truly blessed my life even though it is hard it is exactly what i need to reach the potential Heavenly Father has for me! We got bible bashed for about 20 minutes last week. This guy just continued to tell us that we worship joseph smith and not Jesus Christ! It was awful at the time but as i continued to bear my testimony to him i was able to really feel the spirit then i quickly told him we had to leave and as we left i just felt this amazing spirit come over me as if my Savior was hugging me and telling me that everything i just said is true and he was there with me the whole time! It was an amazing experience and made me think of the scripture D&C 84:88 "And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up." He is always with us and truly cares and loves each of us!
I love you all and miss you so much!
Love,
Sister Heaton
Had an amazing combined district meeting this week and one of the sisters repeated this quote! It is absolutely amazing and helped me so much!
The Fellowship of the Unashamed:
"I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The dye has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made; I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow down, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tinted visions, worldly talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence, positions, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His presence, walk with patience, am lifted up in prayer, and labor with power. My face is set, my goal is heaven. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, divided or delayed, will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary, negotiate at the table with the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, or let up until I have stayed up, stored up, and paid up for the case of Christ. I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. When He returns for His own He will have no problem recognizing me, my banner is clear”.
This week was such an amazing week! We have been able to have a lot of amazing experiences this week! So this past week we were able to teach a ton of people! It was amazing! There are so much potential here it is crazy! We also had a combined district meeting where each district leader in our zone gave a small training on something they had learned from our specialized training meeting! IT WAS AMAZING! The spirit was so strong and each district leader was able to train on something different! I was able to learn so much more about how trials and weaknesses help us understand the Atonement more fully and how we continually need them in our lives so we can grow. Sometimes i think that we are given specific weaknesses so the more we work on them they will eventually become our greatest strengths! We also talked about having more confidence in our message and truly showing the people why we are here and who we represent! We are each here for a reason and we need to make sure we let everyone know we are truly representatives of Jesus Christ and making all of our actions decisions and words match exactly what we believe and know to be true becasue you never know who is watching! I also sent all of you an amazing quote that we talked about in our meetin gas well! It is so good and really uplifting! It truly helped me to understand my purpose as not only a missionary but as a member of the church!
We also had an awesome miracle happens this past week! We had an appointment with a woman we met a little bit ago and went back to see her but it was actually her friend that was home but the first thing she said was i was praying that you would come back and let us right in! We taught her the first lesson about the Restoration and she wants to learn more! It was amazing!
I seriously can't believe it is already February! I swear January just started! Time has just flown by! I hit my 8 month mark last week! And at the end of this month i will be half way done with my mission! I am so grateful for my mission and the things that i have been able to learn! This mission has truly blessed my life even though it is hard it is exactly what i need to reach the potential Heavenly Father has for me! We got bible bashed for about 20 minutes last week. This guy just continued to tell us that we worship joseph smith and not Jesus Christ! It was awful at the time but as i continued to bear my testimony to him i was able to really feel the spirit then i quickly told him we had to leave and as we left i just felt this amazing spirit come over me as if my Savior was hugging me and telling me that everything i just said is true and he was there with me the whole time! It was an amazing experience and made me think of the scripture D&C 84:88 "And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up." He is always with us and truly cares and loves each of us!
I love you all and miss you so much!
Love,
Sister Heaton
Had an amazing combined district meeting this week and one of the sisters repeated this quote! It is absolutely amazing and helped me so much!
The Fellowship of the Unashamed:
"I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The dye has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made; I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow down, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, and my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tinted visions, worldly talking, cheap giving, and dwarfed goals. I no longer need pre-eminence, positions, promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first recognized, praised, regarded, or rewarded. I now live by faith, lean on His presence, walk with patience, am lifted up in prayer, and labor with power. My face is set, my goal is heaven. My road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, divided or delayed, will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of the adversary, negotiate at the table with the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity. I won't give up, shut up, or let up until I have stayed up, stored up, and paid up for the case of Christ. I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. When He returns for His own He will have no problem recognizing me, my banner is clear”.