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This video is amazing. This week has been amazing! This weekend has been
amazing! One of the best of my life! The memories that are coming from my
mission are ones I will remember for the eternities! I have had so many amazing
experiences my heart is warm and full of love, appreciation and gratitude for
everything my Savoir has done for me and for ALL of us!!
This video is the best way that I can share with you my thoughts and
feelings but as well I am going to write you about this amazing week!
For the first time every I feel I have come to understand the true meaning
of Easter. Christmas and Easter on my mission are ones never to be forgotten. I
don't even know what my Easter was like in PEI last year... but this year I feel
I celebrated it remembering and coming to a greater appreciation for Jesus
Christ ... He is way to happiness, He is the light, everything good comes from
Him. My heart is just so full it truly brings me to tears pondering how without
the Savor Jesus Christ and everything He has done for me I would not be anywhere
close to here, all of these miracles in my life would cease to exist. If it
weren't for Jesus Christ we could never change, we could never overcome our sins
and be forgiven. This week was amazing.
Last night we we had the BYU Idaho Sinfonetta here, as they are travelling
and touring our mission and performing-a great missionary event! There was a
concert Sat night at the Rebecca Cohn theatre in Halifax but last night they had
a concert in our church in Cole Harbour for Easter. It was amazing, there was a
choir from all the wards and some missionaries were in it. Yesterday it was just
the highlight of my mission sitting in the concert listening to this beautiful
orchestra, the choir singing praises about our Lord our Redeemer! It really was
a reunion!! All my old companions were there Sis Thompson, Sis Aslett, Jordan
Comeau (convert-baptized in Kentville) was in the choir. I had Erica sitting to
my left, and Fergus (new Chinese investigator we picked up that day!) sitting to
my right, and Betty sitting infront of us, highlight of my night was standing up
and singing " He is Risen" and Fergus (Chinese gator) belting it out loud this
song he never has song about His Savoir Jesus Christ, and me belting out ...
looking around at my convert Jordan in the choir, looking around at the other
two gators there, then Sis Keeler, SIs Aslett and Sis Thompson, all the other
amazing missionaries I have grown to love and served around, all the members I
Had grown quite close with in Kentville ward were there.... it was amazing!!!
All of this in my life would not be here if it were not for Jesus Christ! Oh my
goodness like WOW I am just so blessed! like why me?! We are all so indebted to
Him!! And I don't say these things to rejoice in my self I rejoice in the glory
of my God and all He has done for me, it is a miracle and never in my life could
I comprehend that this type of joy exists! Like a rejoicing moment like this is
what the celestial kingdom will be, all us brothers and sisters singing
rejoicing with one another as we praise our God and return to Him. This is what
life is about and nothing else matters! The Gospel is true this is the Lords
work not mine. I Know He Lives He Is The Christ!
This week was amazing we had zone training, we had great lessons with Pam
she is still on board for May 10! We picked up 4 new investigators and were busy
handing out as many invites as we could to this BYU concert. We were able to
talk to many people this week but let me tell you about the highlights of this
week!
The Whalen family!! And Mom, Matt and Erica I taught them in Kentville ...
they moved then I got transferred. So we have been seeing miracles with the
Whalen's!! That is another thing never in my life would I think I would be
blessed to take part in teaching such an amazing family... and really its not me
or Sis Keeler teaching it truly has been the Spirit. When Sis T and I taught
them in the valley, recently we took a break from teaching them for about two
months here in Cole Harbour and during those two months Heavenly Father has been
answering the prayers of many missionaries. So two weeks ago Matt committed to
read the BOM daily, because he knew this gospel was what their family needs but
he just needed an answer that this is true. As well Sis keeler and I began
teaching them again we noticed how when we taught them their questions were
great and we could quickly shoot back an answer but it was a very logical
approach and wasn't by the Spirit our teaching was a from our minds.... and well
Heavenly Father knows what they need to hear and only we can know what that is
by being calm and relying on the Spirit to guide our words and direction of our
lessons. So every lesson Sis K and I would plead for the spirit for the gift of
discernment and plead to help us to be humble and patient and rely on the
Spirit. As we have taken that approach we have seen miracles in the Whalen
families lives!! It is unbelievable!! Matt is so happy, and he and Isaac will be
baptized together Sis K and I are hoping for May 17!!! It is unreal!! The gospel
is first for him right now it is a priority! It is amazing!! We started teaching
Erica's mom yesterday as well!! Looking back at everything I know this was
totally Gods plan, ... Ahh I could go on for hours! But we are teaching Erica at
home, Matt over skype, and her mother Kim and the elders of teaching Isaac! Are
lessons are amazing with them! So spiritual! Every time we leave Sis keeler and I
are just on a cloud and are like how?!? did this happen!?!? We are so blessed!!
This is an amazing Family!!
This week we drove a sister missionary to the airport who actually came out
just a week ago. She was home sick and went home... crazy and very sad I
couldn't imagine leaving behind all the experiences and learning a mission has.
Sad to see ...
OKAY so yesterday haha sooo funny let me tell you the story what happened
yesterday... so we taught Erica in the morning before church, and she invited us
for Easter dinner that night and we were like ok! Awesome Easter dinner with the
best family ever that we are teaching! So we go to church and Sis Belford is not
there so literally the minute after church we zoom out of the church to go see
Sis Belford. As we are walking on our way to her house we bump into this
Chinese guy we invite him to learn and turn back around to head to the church to
teach him! We had great first lesson with him, he actually lives in Halifax but
decided randomly to take the bus that day to go to Cole Harbour and walk around
Cole Harbour and BOOM he meets us right then and there in front of them temple
and we teach him about the true and real reason for the season of Easter! So he
is hilarious I love teaching Chinese people, takes me back to fond memories of
teaching Chinese people!! haha. So he actually came to the concert that night,
he is pretty great we have faith he will be baptised it is perfect because he
will be attending the YSA ward in Halifax and they actually just started a
chinese gospel principles class because there are alot of new Chinese members!!
So on Tues we will be teaching Fergus again at the Halifax church this time
where we will pass him over to Elders Prince and Evanson as they are the elders
in his area! Such a tender mercy of the day!! So after the lesson we hop back on
our journey to Sis Belfords and we get up to her apartment at 4 PM to see how
she is doing and why she wasn't there.... as she opened the door, little did we
know she did not come to church because she was busy laboring this fancy turckey
dinner for us!! We did not know but she was expecting us for 5PM but we had a
dinner with Erica already planned. We did not have the heart to tell her that
so we just acted like we arrived for "dinner" but really it was a blessing that
we whipped on over to her house to check up on her for not coming to church haha
oopsie! So sis keeler and I looked at one another and were like "oh boy this
will be rough lets gear up!" So we ate quickly as SiS belfords left her a
spiritual message and left in enough time to get to Erica's for a 2nd Easter
dinner haha yikes.... so yes dad we did get fed quite well! but truly was
hilarious and a memory Sis Keeler and I will have forever we both were
smirking at both dinners haha!!
This week was amazing we are seeing miracles here! The elders are having a
baptism this Weds for a part-member family, it is a miracle Brandon is being
baptised. Just like a Matt story the gospel has changed Brandon. He has be
resisting the gospel for 6 years and he said that the reason why he is now is
because before he was resisting the answer, but he finally let the wall down and
he is a complete different person soooo happy!! The gospel changes lives!!
Brandon is 24 a real "cool" guy ... The elders and sisters in the Cole harbour
ward are seeing miracles! And we have faith that as we work right obedient and
seek for the Spirit in all aspects the Lords work will continue to go
forward!!
Lesson I learnt this week is never be complacent always seek strive for
the Spirit... in all aspects of life, stop and ask yourself is this being
conducive to the spirit? Because the Spirit will teach us all things we need to
know. As members we can be casual with the spirit and just seeing the fire in
Matt and Brandon they have a firmer belief and understanding of the gospel than
most members do and that is because they are feasting and thriving for the
spirit in their lives. It was like when I first came back to church, but when we
are smooth sailing we forgot to continue to press froward and feast on the
truths that can be manifested through the spirit... it is my fear for those who
have never had to stand up for the testimony or never had it tried that they
will miss out on the amazing blessings of drastic changes in their life and
stepping out of their comfort zone because that is what the atonement is for and
this life it for continual progression as the spirit prompts us!! 3 Nephi
12:6.
It is my prayer for you that you will seek and strive to have the Spirit
guide you this week and see miracles in your own lives as well in your own
unique ways!
I love you all thanks for the support!
xoxo
Love Sister Pizzey :)
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