All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience

Another week down! Where is the time going! This week has been one of the best and one of the hardest weeks so far on my mission! I definitely have seen the hand of our Loving Heavenly Father in my life this week. This week something that I feel like Heavenly Father has been trying to get me to focus on is the power of faith and what faith actually is. I was reading in one of my missionary training books, and there was a scripture in D&C 122: 7, 9. These verses hit me so hard! "All theses things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good... Therefore, hold on". Everything I am going through on my mission is for me to grow and to learn something, growing can be so hard... But something that Elder Uchtdorf said in his talk in the women's conference this past weekend really affirmed to me that Heavenly Father answers our prayers. "Faith means that we trust not only in God's wisdom, but that we trust in His love". I know that everything in the end is going to make sense. That even though I am going to go through hard times in my life, they are but a small moment in the grand scheme of eternity. And because God loves me and all of us, we have been given the chance to come here to earth and have experiences that will shape us for eternity... And I don't want to waste my experience here just going through the motions. Faith implies action. When we are seeking for faith And doing everything Heavenly Father asks of us, He PROMISES to always be with us. I know that God loves each and everyone of us, and that he has a plan for each and everyone of us. I know that when we step into the unknown and do things that are hard for us, that that is when we are showing our faith, and that is when we are going to TRULY feel God's love. All we must do is trust that God knows us better than we know ourselves. I love being a missionary, and seeing the change in peoples' lives. It is a feeling like no other, seeing people choose to come closer to Christ is miraculous, and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
Wednesday: our P-day was super busy! We had a lot to do!
Thursday: so many miracles... Kylee and Ben were married for time and all eternity! Before I came on my mission, when I new that they were going to get married while I was gone I was soooo sad! But today I really felt like angels were bearing me up. I honestly was just so happy for the two of them, I was sad I couldn't be there to support them. But I was there for you in spirit! :) Heavenly Father kept us really busy today!
Friday: today was the first time I went to Woolich.... And man oh man, I can't say that I really want to go back!! Haha don't get me wrong it's a nice place, but it is so busy! It's fun to see. Different place and to experience a different environment though! We went to Woolich because we were visiting a recent convert (P.C) she is from Thailand, so she made us Thai food! It was so spicy and we already know how I feel about Thai food haha! But I was able to connect with her because I told her about Uncle Aaron, and Aidan and Alex!
Saturday: today was the best day! We got to take some of our friends to the London temple! It was such a spiritual experience! I also got a letter from Daddy! And I got it just when my heart needed it the most! Thanks Pops! Getting real life mail haha is the best! Bexleyheath is starting to feel more like home for me, it's taken some time, and it will take more, but it's getting a lot better!
Sunday: today was great!! Haha Maureen came to church and told us that she has an interview with the bishop for a limited temple recommend. Words cannot express how happy I was! I never knew that I could feel so much joy for another persons choice! I am so proud of Maureen, she truly is amazing!
Monday: today was a rough day. We all tend to have days like that. I found myself on my knees praying a lot! But I also had a day of "change". I realized that I shouldn't take one minute on my mission for granted. I won't go into the details of what happened, but all I can say is that I love my Heavenly Father, I am grateful He doesn't take away these hard times, but that He helps us through them.
Tuesday: today I am grateful that I know the truth! I know that this is the only true church! I love in D&C 50:25, where it says that if we know the Truth, that we can chase the darkness away. I LOVE this when we know our Savior and we know the gospel.... We can chase the darkness away! :)
I want you all to know how happy I am. The gospel makes me the happiest, and how lucky am I to spend 18 months doing something that makes me happiest.