It was good to see all of you as well. I wish we could have stayed on and talked a lot longer.
I am glad that I got to talk to her as well. I really missed her. I
am so proud of her strength and perseverance. I am also proud of my
little bro. ( who is not so little anymore:( ). They are both just
growing up so fast!!!!!
I am glad that you had a good mothers day!!!!!!!!! I wish I could have been there but seeing you was the next best thing.
I am happy that Grandma and Grandpa Tyne were able to be there. It
was really good to see them. It was good to see that they are doing alright.
This week has been crazy! We had the ward fireside which went
really well I think I am going to try and send you a copy of our ward
mission plan. I think it would be good for your ward. We had the Bishop,
the Stake President, and the Area Seventy there. I was so nervous but
it turned out really well. During the time when Sister Clawson and I
were talking I kept having this thought that what I was saying was meant
for a certain person in that room. That person is a member that we have
been working with. He is a YSA and he is 22. He doesn't feel like he has
a relationship with God and he doesn't know if the church is true. The
reason he is feeling this way is because he prayed and got an answer and
then ignored the answer because he was afraid to do it. The answer was
to go on a mission. He felt like he couldn't do it, that he could not
talk to people. So we challenged him to pray again and ask Heavenly
Father what He wanted him to do, and to be willing to act on it. Well
during the fireside I was saying that I didn't want to come on a
mission. It was not in my plans at all. Plus how could I teach the
Gospel. I had only read the Book of Mormon once and that was
because I had to. I didn't really gain anything from it. But then I
prayed and was told to come on a mission that there was someone here
that I needed to help. But since being here my Testimony has grown so
much, and that is because "Whom the Lord calls, He qualifies." He will
make it so that we can help those that need it. D&C 82:10 I the Lord
am Bound when ye do what I say. When ye do not what I say ye have no
promise. If we do what he asks of us. He will make it possible to do his
will. He is not going to ask us to do something and then make it
impossible to do. Well after the fireside as we were getting
refreshments. He told me that He was not happy. I asked him why? He said
that I knew why. I had to tell him 3 time that I had no clue why He was
not happy. He told me the reason. He said: I have to go on a mission.
He got his answer. And the best part is He got his answer at the exact
moment I was thinking that the Fireside was for him.
Then Elder Donaldson came up to Sister Clawson and I and asked us
if we would like to come to lunch at his home and have lunch with Him,
His wife and some general authorities. It was so amazing. The past few
weeks I have really felt like a missionary. During the Lunch he kept
telling them that he invited us because we continue to inspire him so he
thought it might be nice for us to be inspired by the others in the
room. What an amazing honor to be able to see that our hard work is
paying off. I love this area. I have come to realize that the areas I
love the most are the areas that I struggle personally the most in. And
that is because Heavenly Father knows me and He knows what, who, and
where I need to be.
I love this Gospel, and I love seeing the change it makes in
people. There is a Family that we are working with the parents are less
active and none of the Children are baptized. One wants to be baptized
as soon as possible. The parents names are Graham and Chez. They are so
kind and so funny!!!!!! We have been reteaching them and it has been an
absolute blast. They actually remind me of you and dad!!!!!
I want to thank you so much for everything you do for me!!!!!!!! I love you all so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until Next Week.
Love
Sister Ballantyne
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