Hi Family and Friends. (:
So this week was way rough but definitely a growing week. Change
equals repentance. We had some great spiritually uplifting meetings on Sunday so
I am looking forward to starting a fresh week.
I am so grateful to have a
loving Heavenly Father who literally councils with us and guides what to do and
what to say and where to go. He is so real.
This week our stake revised its boundaries. I had no idea
how attached I was to the people we are working with until we lost like half of
them to another ward. It was like transfers all over again! ha ha But the
spirit there was so strong and I know this is an opportunity for improvement
and growth. We went from 11 investigators to 4 and lost most of our less active
members who we have gotten really close to. :( I know that being sad by
change is not a bad thing because it means we put our heart into something or
someone. The harder thing is having an open mind and an open heart to embrace
the change and make miracles happen. I loved what a member of the stake
presidency said: "If next week all you change is your building and the
time you meet, then you have missed the message." What a blessing it was
for me to look inside myself and realize what changes need to occur in order to
submit my will to the Lord and accomplish His work, not mine.
Eric Lidel has committed to
baptism for this month which was a huge miracle! We committed him to the 16th
and he was very nervous about it. We prayed with him and he said he was going
to need to pray some more. A couple of days later he texted us and said he knows
it is right but is very nervous. He doesn't feel ready but knows he can be. He
fell off date for the 16th because of scheduling conflicts and now isn't sure
what will work. He feels overwhelmed but he knows this is right. Please keep
him in your prayers.
Sister Hill and I have prayed
and know that God has prepared 3 people this month to be baptized. We just need
to find the other 2. We are excited to find them and have been praying super
hard! More prayers would be greatly appreciated. I know you all are praying for
me. When things get hard I think of all the prayers on my behalf and I get
immediate strength. So, thank you.
So, I turn 21 this month. The time I have been here seems so
short and yet how crazy is it that I left as 19-year-old and I have been doing
missionary work all the way until my 21st year!? Crazy. But I was really
excited to share that verse with you all ;)
Looking back some years down
the road, this is the time I imagined myself leaving for a mission. Now if am
almost done and feel so very blessed for the person God has helped me, and
continues to help me, to become. He knows best. I love Him with my whole soul
and wouldn't trade the relationship I have with Him and my Savior for anything
else. I love being a missionary. (:
Have a good week and a cake for me.
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XOXO,
Sister Hatch
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