VALLEYS//ABIDING IN HIS LOVE | 2.25.19

this week was pretty schweet

Luis and Andrea Medina were able to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost on Sunday!! It was very special and I was able to feel the spirit so strongly as this happened.

Missionary work is pretty hard sometimes and it is difficult mentally a lot of times. I have been having a little bit of a hard time with anxiety sometimes and it just has got me thinking about how much opposition there is in this work! It is special to see that, even in the hardest days (even when they are hard, and I don't even know why), I can always rely on the love that Heavenly Father has for me in every moment. 
I am grateful for my companion, and all of the members here in Mount Pleasant who show so much love for the missionaries. 

3 Nephi 22: 11-12
"For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted! Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires."
I really loved this scripture... sometimes it can feel like God puts mountains in our path, and they can feel almost impossible to overcome. But I promise that, as we press forward with consistent faith in Jesus Christ, He will turn our stumbling blocks, or those things we struggle with, into beautiful and growth-propelling gems. 

Love you guys so much!!! 
I am very grateful to be a missionary and for the chance I have to understand Jesus Christ better every day. 

xoxoxo besossss

hermana rasmussen

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