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ing in lessons and feeling how strongly the spirit testifies during moments of silence i went from being a greenie that taught everything way too fast to a missionary that thrived off short and powerful statements followed by moments of silence throughout my mission i have also witnessed many answered prayers this has led me to completely trust the lord because i know he will not fail me i also have been changed as i have feasted daily upon the words of christ words cannot express my love for the book of mormon i know without a doubt that it is the word of god and another testament of jesus christ i also know that its young translator joseph smith is a true prophet that was called in these latter days to restore his church as i recently completed reading the standard works my testimony has been strengthened that the fullness of the gospel has been restored i have also been able to meet so many amazing people with diverse lives that have changed me for the better from members investigators less actives and street contacts to my companions flat mates and other sisters i was privileged to serve with through all of this there has been one experience in particular that caused me to stretch myself and exercise more faith after a special meeting we had with an area seventy he approached my companion and i and told us specifically no more just planting seeds you both are harvesters i felt like he was looking into my soul especially with those last four words my whole mission up until this point was focused on the small miracles the tender mercies and the seeds i was planting in my eyes i felt very competent and successful with the label i had given myself as just a seed planter yet that day i learned i was limiting my vision and lacked the faith to harvest shortly after i was able to witness a precious soul enter the waters of baptism memorable spiritual experiences i feel so blessed to have had so many spiritual experiences on my mission that i will always treasure even if they are difficult to put down in words the first time an investigator told me she got an answer that the book of mormon was true meeting a less active for the first time and instantly seeing him as he could become watching a stubborn part member atheist have their heart softened the results of my first real and sincere fast that my progressing investigator s less active husband would be worthy to baptize her on the date she had prayerfully selected setting weekly goals in faith fasting to achieve them and all the miracles placed in our path as we worked extra hard on our sunday sprints teaching someone that spoke less than 10 words of english and then finding out once we had a translator that she understood everything seeing the overflow opened in a sacrament meeting in a ward i had served in for nearly 8 months this included less active members that hadn t come to church in decades recently ordained melchizedek priesthood holders and a former less active with his call to serve a full time mission inviting someone to read the book of mormon who was then brought to tears because it had been the bible she had found comfort in since her nan s funeral reinstating hope to one who thought it was too late to see the promises of her patriarchal blessing fulfilled when she randomly opened to alma 55 28 and read that she could again become victorious and reclaim her rights and privileges the impact of my mission on the rest of my life i never knew such a short period of time could have such a profound impact on my eternal progression but it has before my mission i had a lot of good priorities and i felt like god was a part of each of them but he himself was not my first priority as i have done my best to serve the lord with all my heart might mind and strength he has now become my first priority and the umbrella over every part of my life i am determined that as elder jeffrey r holland states my mission will be forever i can t wait to continue to reach out to less actives as a visiting teacher to share the gospel through social media and to be a friend and help find people for the missionaries to teach i have loved the precious time i have been given to study i know the love i have for the scriptures and the knowledge i ve gained will continue to grow throughout the years all of the experiences of my mission have come from the most valuable lesson i have learned the ability to recognize the promptings of the holy ghost i will also return home with the conviction that god lives and answers my prayers that jesus christ is my savior that his church and the fullness of the gospel have been restored to this earth today no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest letter to companions and mission friends dear companions flat mates sisters friends before i finish this wonderful experience otherwise known as a mission i just wanted to let each of you know how grateful i am for you and thank each of you for being an influential part of my life whether i got to bug you 24 7 as your companion or just in the flat or those 24 hours on an exchange thank you for putting up with me i literally cannot imagine my life without my mission i once heard someone say serving a mission is like running a marathon not like i can relate to running or anything but i really like the idea of this so bear with me you get really tired and sometimes you just want the race to end already yet when you finish you feel like you are on top of the world unless you are sis rushing who is currently in denial that she is finishing in just a few days before the mission everyone always told me that missions are the hardest and best thing you could ever do i really struggled to see how it could be both until i arrived in the mission field i soon realized that missions are hard 6 30 everyday for 18 months that is hard talking to random people that think you are crazy that is hard giving up yourself and a lot of who you are to serve the lord with all your heart might mind and strength that is hard not fitting into any of your skirts because of the ridiculous amount of weight you put on in a relatively short amount of time that is hard each of us struggle more with different aspects than others but no matter how strong or near to being translated we may be missions are hard yet at the same time missions are great seeing the spirit in someone s eyes that is great slowly but surely becoming more of a scriptorian that is great finding a golden new investigator that is great someone coming to church on sunday that is great surviving 3 huge feeds in one day that is great seeing a less active come back into the fold that is great finding friends from the pre mortal existence that is great seeing someone enter the waters of baptism that is great becoming your own biggest convert that is great no matter how hard times may be no one can deny that missions are great and now as i look back on my mission i only see the tops of the roses not all the thorns of trials that lie underneath by no means am i trying to say that i am perfect and have learned all the ropes of missionary life nor am i saying i have always done all of the following 100 but i thought i would share some of the so called pearls of wisdom that i have learned throughout my mission you might also notice that most if not all of these pearls came from each of you especially my companions lucky for me though i got to be companions with many of you even if it was just for 24 hours i always learned something from each of you that i could then apply to myself and also share with others i cannot thank each of you enough for each of the lessons you have taught me the examples you have been and for the spirit i have felt when you testify you have each helped me feel like i have finished on top i hope that in this impossible attempt of a comprehensive list i included something that can help each of you in your work it is my biggest hope for each of you to have the best 18 months and finish running each of your marathons feeling on top of the world love you all heaps ofa atu sister kennedy rushing xx no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest down under denial hey yous we set up a christmas tree last p day but christmas is still months away right i should be eating healthy and losing weight but i have a few months before i need to worry about that too right it will be good seeing my family again but that is still months away right it is going to kill me to leave my family in australia but luckily that is still months away right unfortunately though that is all just a week away it really hasn t hit me even if it rained all week to prepare me for the northwest before the quick shift to the provo cold that i am so not ready for i am not ready to go some moments i do think it hits me and then i feel like i did when i went to get a shot when i was younger you know the pain is coming and you just wanna hurry and get it over with haha rip off the band aid per say then of course there is the whole tangled analogy of skipping excited to leave the tower and then nec minute sitting on a rock crying wishing you never left the tower so with all the different possible emotions i can experience i just chose denial it isn t happening right i guess the only way i can describe it is in these lyrics of a song from the brown hymn book in dedicated to my love of the polynesian cultures lord i can t believe it s finally happening to me the day is come and now i m coming home so soon have i done all that i could along the way and acted just as he would months gone by so fast will these feelings last throughout my life please keep me near to thee time is on my side oh i help me to make it through somehow i need thee now help me to walk thy ways and live to show them how these two years have been the best of my life now its time to move on in this journey of mine but we had a wonderful wonderful week we went tracting a whole day with our new senior couple how great are they and we had a lot of success we found a whopping 2 new investigators angelica who turns out has a brother that joined the church and is now a bishop and she can tell the change in his countenance and then trish mackenzie very grandmotherly and very nice we love the small country towns south of narooma we have our return appointments with both of them tomorrow we had a great lesson with daphne who came to the relief society activity this saturday and loved it she stayed an hour and a half longer than planned didn t come to church the next day but is helping the young women make cards tomorrow night said goodbye to maxine my 90 year old poetry friend we had a great lesson with a lot of inspired questions and read the poems pres monson quotes in his talks together she is the only member of the church in her family and has never been to the temple i have never felt such an urge to do the work for the other side of the veil before as i did that day with her kathy the less active recent convert who i just adore is still very sensitive to the gospel but we had a wonderful lesson with her and now are to the point where we can slowly go through all the lessons again with her to help resolve the true concerns the pickups had us over for dinner more second hand smoke and got to eat in a castle literally stone walls glass windows and spiderwebs everywhere haha oh and waiting like an hour for the very upset lexy to pick us out the perfect outfit for us from her closest haha they are the couple where she has brain damage and her husband has cared for her over the last 30 years since lets see what else we got to phone in to my last zone training to save us 8 hours from traveling we have been having to drive to nowra like every week for something we feel like including district conference this weekend oh and then i have been diving back into jesus the christ which i started at the beginning of my mission i was feeling super optimistic about finishing it before i went home but i think i will be more realistic and say christmas or new years haha and i packed already so i don t have to worry about anything this week and just work and be a missionary i feel like my life has been full of change yet this change is so different i am now asking myself my own plan of salvation questions who was i before who am i now who do i want to be and keep reminding myself to trust in the lord you know just the two main things i have taught the last 18 months but easily summed up i am still me i think haha but now with the right priorities and perspective before my mission i felt like i had a lot of good priorities and god was part of all of them but he himself was not the first now he is he is the umbrella over any other priority i could possibly have as we are promised in 3 nephi 13 when we first seek the kingdom of god and his righteousness first everything else will be added unto us i am so grateful to have been set apart and trusted to not only wear his name but to represent my savior and my best friend i am so happy that along this journey i was also able to find many more of my friends and as i helped them on the covenant path back home i in turn was strengthened i really do believe that i won t go a day without thinking about my mission it has been the greatest decision i have ever made i have no regrets i only have a heart full of gratitude i can t wait to continue to apply everything i have learned and gained to the rest of my life i hope i can load up this springboard as much as possible this next week and then spring forward thank you everyone for being a part of this journey with me i love my father in heaven i know he answers prayers i know it is only through his son jesus christ that we can return to live with him again i also know that it is his grace that picks us up not at the very end of the race but it is what carries us day to day the holy ghost is indeed real it comforts us and testifies of truth it is my guide i also know that the day of revelation and miracles is not over his gospel has been restored in its entirety faith leads to action and i know that as we act and do the things necessary to come unto christ we truly can be perfected in him lots of love and a full heart from down unda sister rushing p s i do promise i am excited to see you all too to some extent haha just kidding maybe you ll never know no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest finding phoebe hey yous god is so great can i just say that having to recover all of last week was so worth some amazing experiences i got to be a part of this week so lets just name a few sis carter i just adore her a sweet older lady that doesn t come to church because of her back but through later visits we discovered her true concern she is just genuinely afraid of people and has kept pushing back getting a new temple recommend because of her fear of 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