Connecticut is oh so wonderful and I love being here!
Here's some random thoughts brought to you by Sister Bain:
- GENERAL CONFERENCE 2016 IS ON GOSPEL LIBRARY!! #Blessed
- I'm so happy and excited for Garrett!! I hope he had an amazing temple experience! It's almost time for him to be in the mission field!! Those lucky, luck people- Elder Sirrine x2 blessing the people of Washington! HOW COOL. Dallin better come to the east coast haha
- HOW IN THE WORLD IS IT ALREADY TIME FOR ELDER PRYOR TO COME HOME??? It's been 2 seconds, not 2 years! (I'm sure Bryan and Shirley might disagree with me on that one...ha!)
- I didn't even know there was a hurricane happening. It's rained a ton the last week, but that's normal CT weather! :-)
- Don't just read the scriptures, STUDY THE SCRIPTURES.
It's been a long week! We uh got yelled at a ton this past week....so.....happy 1 week to my new companion, Sister Larsen hahaha she legit thinks that all we do as missionaries is get yelled at. But we've had some cool miracles this week. We had all our investigators drop us at the same time (not a cool miracle) but every day this past week we've been able to testify of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and give 1 copy to someone each day! #ScripturePower Heavenly Father has been so good to us this past week. It would have been so easy for us to get discouraged, but we've worked real hard! I know God's plan is real and that everyone has a "time and a season." Not everyone is ready right now. And that's okay. But we still need to continue to work hard and be obedient despite the bumps in the road along the way. I know Heavenly Father blesses the diligent and faithful. ♡
In Relief Society on Sunday, Sister Wright gave a really good lesson about being fully committed to God. She touched on the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. I started thinking about the Veggie Tales version of that story. (That movie is 10/10 I would definitely recommend) Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were being pressured to eat the big chocolate bunny that that king said everyone should worship. But Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego had already made the commitment to follow God, not the chocolate bunny. But they saw everyone else who were going around eating all the chocolate they wanted and getting sick.
There are a lot of things I learned from this story:
- Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were quietly obedient.
They weren't obedient to get attention. They knew what was right.
- We need to have simple and pure faith in our Heavenly Father.
- Make the commitment TODAY to be 100% committed to following God's commandments.
- Our Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ are fully committed to US so why wouldn't we choose to be fully committed to them??
- Put your Savior first.
- PUT YOUR BELIEFS TO ACTION!
- When we don't do what we know we should be doing we get spiritually sick- just like the people did when they ate all the chocolate.
So, what are YOU going to do this week to show your Heavenly Father that you are fully committed to following Him and His son, Jesus Christ?
Genesis 31:16 "...whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do." ♡♡♡♡
I hope you're all having a good week!!
I love you!! #BainTrainForever
President Russell M. Nelson: The prophet Lehi taught a principle for spiritual survival. First, consider his circumstances: He had been persecuted for preaching truth in Jerusalem and had been commanded by the Lord to leave his possessions and flee with his family into the wilderness. He had lived in a tent and survived on what food could be found on the way to an unknown destination, and he had watched two of his sons, Laman and Lemuel, rebel against the teachings of the Lord and attack their brothers Nephi and Sam. Clearly, Lehi knew opposition, anxiety, heartache, pain, disappointment, and sorrow. Yet he declared boldly and without reservation a principle as revealed by the Lord: “Men are, that they might have joy.” Imagine! Of all the words he could have used to describe the nature and purpose of our lives here in mortality, he chose the word joy! Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us. Yet we are here to have joy? Yes! The answer is a resounding yes! The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.
Sister Keauna Bain ♡
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