HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST DAD IN THE ENTIRE WORLD (on
Friday haha) I hope you have the best day ever, Dad. I sure love you 💕
It sounds like FHE went well 😂 I'm glad Bryson
understands that swearing is the lack of verbal skills 😂
that made me laugh so hard. What would we do without Bryson? 😂
Also, Happy (late) Memorial Day! I'm glad you all had a fun time. Memorial Day
was a regular day for us. We actually forgot it was Memorial Day until 9:00
when we came home and our neighbors were having a BBQ and playing beer pong. But ANYWAY.
This week was good! We had a lot to do. We get about 10 new members
in our ward a week with all the interns and summer coming. So we spent a lot of
time contacting all our new members and meeting with them! Ps. We went to
Sister Stauffer's apartment last night and guess what. SHE WAS IN MAKAIL'S WARD
AT UVU. Hahaha she also knows KC and said he's chill 😂
another sister we visited last night is related to the Anderl family who use to
be in our stake. Small world. Anywayyyyyy.
This week I was so tired- physically
and spiritually. Something that I've struggled with this week is faith. (This
story has a happy ending so don't panic.) There are things that I really desire
as a missionary that I haven't really seen happen yet and there are things that
I plead for each night. This week was the last straw as I was praying and
praying and praying and I felt like I was being ignored by God. I was kneeling
down next to my bed just sobbing because I was basically mad at God for not
giving me what I wanted. After my little tantrum (😂)
I got into bed questioning whether God really answered prayers. I knew He
answered everyone else's prayers, but not mine. So I went the next day just
pouting because I was mad (haha don't do that.) But here's the happy part.
Yesterday we had interviews with President Smith. Interview days are the best
days. I am so so grateful for President Smith. I expressed some of my
frustrations to him and asked for his help. He gave me a lot of really good
advice and counsel that I'm very grateful for. I told him that I was struggling
with seeing God's hand in my life and it was sooooo annoying. I know He blesses
me, I just didn't know HOW. President told me that when he came to the chapel
that morning he intended on doing interviews in the chapel like he usually
does. But when he sat down in the chapel he had the prompting to sit in the
Young Women's room. He didn't know why, but he moved to the Young Women's room.
As he knelt down to pray before his first interview, a voice came into his head
that said "you are going to use the Young Women theme today." He
prayed and asked for the guidance of the spirit to know who needed the Young
Women theme that day. I'm sure you can guess, it was Sister Bain that needed
the reminder that she's a daughter of God WHO LOVES HER. I just sat there
crying because that was the first time in a couple of weeks that I recognized
His love for ME. It was His hand that guided President Smith to sit in that
room so that I could look at the Young Women theme that I had memorized and
recited every week on Sundays. I was reminded of a couple of things yesterday.
1. GOD LOVES ME. He is aware of ME and He knows exactly what I need. And 2. God
never abandons us. We are the ones that make everything about us and are
prideful and WE turn our backs on HIM. So don't do that, okay? Lastly, I am so
grateful for the opportunity that I had to attend Young Women's. I realized
yesterday just how much it has blessed my life. I was reminded of the basics.
God IS our loving Heavenly Father. I know that AND I believe that. And I hope
that you do too. I hope all the Young Women in the 5th ward really study the
Young Women theme. It will bless them more than they know. Well since I'm
crying now...
I hope you have a wonderful week full of miracles and tender
mercies that help you feel God's love. This week I forgot those spiritual
experiences that I've had in my life that showed me God's love so take the time
to write down those miracles you see and show your gratitude for those tender
mercies you're given. As we show our gratitude for those things, He will bless
us with more.
I love you all so much and I am so grateful for you!!
Love always,
Sister Bain 🍍
Cough drop wrapper encouragement. I have a sore throat.
Please give me the same sympathy you gave dad when he was sick 😂😂😂😂
Halls - A pep talk in every drop.
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