Another One Bites The Dust

Hello! 

Did you know i'm the 4th oldest (soon to be 3rd oldest) Hermana in the mission? And my comp goes home in like 2 transfers (and I leave the transfer after). So to translate my mission language I was just using, i'm an old missionary and time is flying fast. Me and my comp are pretty trunky, but it's a pretty normal thing. She hits double digits (so under 100 days left) tomorrow until she goes home. 

So we didn't have any lessons this week So we've been walking out in the sun. The weather is now in the 90's (last year it was well around 110s ish) and my comp is from Alaska So it's not an easy time, but who said it was going to be easy? Lol 

We did have this extra zone conference about the new Preach my Gospel. It's so great! I am struggling a bit in my personal studies because we are only allowed to do 30 minutes of the Book of Mormon and 30 minutes of preach my gospel. I can't read talks or anything ouside of those resources for that hour and I don't feel like I can deep dive into personal questions that I used to. But thanks to the new PMG I can put a band-aid on that. 

We went proselyting on the 4th of July and then got to see the fireworks outside the window. It was really pretty! Hyrum's big thing is 4th of July and their fireworks show. We could see it from miles away. 

Ok 2 spiritual thoughts:

1. The Lord truly shows you his tender mercies if you are willing to look for them. For my entire year on the mission I have wanted to go to buffalo wild wings so bad. And for district lunch we got to go as a district! (Woooooo) and then our member dropped off pizza on Saturday (something else I was craving!) And then on Sunday we had another member meal and I got some rasberry jam as a gift. It was a sign to me that the Lord is saying "Good job my faithful servant, keep going." And it's beautiful. 

2. There are some points in Christ's teachings that weigh heavier than others and the one that is of most importance is his atonement. Without his atonement, we can't progress. We can't be healed, we can't find the strength to overcome trials in this world. There would be no hope for us to come back into God's kingdom. We wouldn't care about ourselves. I am here, alive, striving to do my best because of his Atonement. I want everyone to know about this truth. I want them to experiment on this particle of faith. 

Hermana Vestel