Hello Family and Friends!
Sorry but I'm
kind of running out of time so bear with me, this email may be full of a
lot of spelling and grammatical errors. I just have so much to say
because so many amazing miracles happened this week!
The
other day we got a media referral who I will call Jessica. She goes to
trinity Western University and according to the missionaries who
referred her, she is golden. We met her and they were not lying, she is
pretty golden! She has been researching the church for the past few
months and just drinking everything in! She is a fourth of the way
through the Book of Mormon and loves it! Our first lesson with her was
such a miracle because she introduced us to 3 friends who are also now
reading the Book of Mormon! Then she brought 5 friends to church on
Sunday and to the devotional with President Nelson (spoiler alert- the
prophet came to Langley this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) It was so
amazing!!!!!!! It made me so happy! Teaching her is so much fun! We
teach her at her college dorm! The university is a Christian based
school so it feels a lot like BYU! I felt like I was back at BYU hanging
out with my roommates! It was so awesome! It really hits me when I see
someone just soak up the gospel so readily! It is also a miracle because
it's usually difficult to talk to people at Trinity Western because
they are usually pretty set in their beliefs and not too interested in
learning more.
This week was full of so many little
miracles! It was a pretty good week! Oh, transfer calls came and both me
and sister Robison are staying! I'm so happy! I love this area and
Sister Robison so much!!!!! I love the Abbotsford zone!!!!! It's my
home!
I got to help out at the BC food drive this Saturday
with the Brookswood and Willoughby ward! Guess what?? Exactly a year ago
I was also helping with the BC food drive in the Brookswood and
Willoughby ward!!!!! It made me SO HAPPY to be back! The food drive is
one of my favorite memories from last year so I was just overflowing
with happiness to be back! I got to see some more of the ward members
again too! Ah I am just so happy to be in this area!!!! Crossing my
fingers I get to stay in this area until I die so I can say I served in
Langley for a year!!! Haha! Really though, I will go wherever God sends
me because I love serving a mission so much and every area He sends me
to is amazing! I love BC! I love how God knows where we need to go more
than we do! He really has the best plan :)
But yep, President Nelson and Elder Eyring came this last Sunday!!!! All the missionaries from the Vancouver, Abbotsford, and Surrey zone got to go see the devotional in person!!! It was so cool to be in the same room as the prophet!!! I am so blessed to be here! His message was amazing! As I was spiritually preparing I just made the decision that I would do whatever it was he instructed us to do! I'm so excited to apply his counsel! It was all about making sure our children know the principles of the gospel. I feel like so much of what I'm learning is just training for my lifelong service in the church and my family! President Eyring's message especially hit me! It was about how keeping covenants enable us to keep more covenants and help us to be better ministers. I was also blown away by Sister Nelson. She is an incredible woman!
Wow, this
week has been such a good week!!!!!! While I was studying about the
restoration this week I was thinking about the pattern that God always
follows. Throughout history He has called prophets to reveal His gospel
to us. And throughout history people choose to listen to the message of
the prophets, but they also chose to reject the prophets message. When
the people reject the gospel that results in apostasy. That just means
that the gospel is not longer on the earth in its entirety. The gospel
was restored through Joseph Smith after a long period of apostasy. We
have been promised that this dispensation of the gospel is the last time
it will be restored because it will never be taken away from us again! I
thought about how that pattern is similar to the pattern of our life!
There are times where we listen to God and accept His guidance in our
life and times where we reject Him and are slow to live the principles
of the gospel. However, each of us can commit today to make their lives
be their own personal "final dispensation." We can chose now to serve
God for the rest of our lives, to never turn away, to never fall into
personal apostasy. This moment can be your final dispensation. One thing
my mission has instilled in me, is the importance of committing to
always live the gospel. I have made the decision that this is my final
dispensation.
Sorry if this makes no sense I typed it in
like 10 minutes! My email time was interrupted by trying to help a random
lady in the library. Anyways, have an amazing week!
Sister Bloomfield
