November 12, 2012

Hi family!

So..................it snowed :(.  It was horribly freezing outside on Saturday night.  Of course I wasn't prepared because good ol' colorado is unpredictable. It was a good 65 degrees during the day then bam after our 5 o'clock appointment, theres a foot of snow on the floor. Not cool when your car is parked far or when you drive it looks like you're going into space like star wars so it makes you go cross eyed when you drive haha BUT on to good news this past week we had to drive to Montrose, which is about an hour and a half away from Grand Junction, to go to zone conference!  I LOVED it. It was definitely my favorite one I've had on my mission. But let's be real, I probably said that about the other ones too haha.  The theme was "What does God expect of you?" He told us the changes that will be happening to our mission within the next year.  Right now we have about 170 missionaries. Within less than a year, we'll have 250.  We have 22 sisters right now, that number will go up to 70!! Around the world, theres about 55,000 missionaries...it will become 90,000. Isn't that insane?  So what does God expect of us? Bottom line, alot.  "All through the ages the prophets have looked down through the corridors of time to our day.  Billions of the deceased and thos eyet to be born have their eyes on us.  Make no mistake about it- you are a marked generation.  There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short period of time as there is of us.  Never before on the face of this Earth have the forces of evil and the forces of good have been as well organized.  Now is the great day of the Devil's power...but now is also the great day of the Lord's power..." - Ezra Taft Benson.

  So we are sons and daughters of the most powerful being in the universe.  We have so much potential.  I know theres great evil in the world today but I know Satan's power decreases when we choose to be righteous.  Choose the right. You're giving less power to Satan. Be that light.  I know it's hard when theres so many temptations but God's given us everything we need to be sucessful in this life and in the eternities.  It's a time of testing and proving but its also a time where great and marvelous works are happening within the church! It's exciting. I love being a missionary.  I'm really excited for this week. We have our branch thanksgiving dinner, alot of good appointments and Yazmin's baptism!! Pray for her. She'll need it. I love you all! Be righteous and God will bless you.