You are braver than you believe…        4/26/15                            

It’s going to be a little on the shorter and sweeter side today so I hope you all don’t mind.  It’s one of those times that I procrastinated the hour of writing my family email until the end and now I’m paying the price haha. Cause soon I’ll have to log off and the day will have come when no work can be performed. haha good times. And missionary humor.

Ok so this week was awesome because we had Sisters Day! Which is the best thing ever.  It’s just basically like a relief society activity and a chance for all of us sisters to relax and chat with other sisters and learn ways to improve the work.  I love, love, love that they allow us to have sisters day cause it’s true that sometimes us sisters need to have those kind of activities in order to keep us sane.  Poor Elders.  But yeah we had a good time. We got to do crafts and had a catered lunch. And the best part was Sister Tye talk for us. She talked about the quote from Winnie the Pooh that I attached at the bottom. She said that we just have to remember that there will be hard times and there will be times when we want to give up but to always stay strong and not melt under pressure. And remember that quote.

That was the main thing that happened this week. Not too much else. We got some referrals from our recent convert who are pretty awesome! We are getting excited for them because they are so interested in hearing the message. We are teaching one part member family and they are just so awesome. We asked the wife if she knew whether or not the Book of Mormon was true and she said "YES!" We were a little surprised at her enthusiasm but we asked why. And she just went on to tell us how she sometimes has problems with getting super nervous and she doesn’t know why. But whenever that happens she has started reading the Book of Mormon. And it just brings peace to her and she is able to relax and forget about the nervousness.  So that was a really cool testimony builder.

We also visited a newly contacted less active and asked her in the lesson if she knew whether or not the Book of Mormon was true.  Her answer was also a "YES!"  She went on to say that if it wasn’t true then she wouldn’t have joined the church and she wouldn’t have changed her life.  I loved her short little testimony because it’s something maybe we forget. That the Book of Mormon is true and therefore the church is true. It’s that simple. We shouldn’t stress about the little things cause it’s like I think Jeffery R Holland said... We already know the score of the game. We know who will win and who will lose. It’s up to us which jersey we will wear. So don’t stress the little things. Just be consistent and know that it is true. And that little testimony will carry you through.

That’s all for this week.

Love you all! See you in less than 100 days hahah.

XOXO from Trece

Sister Van Tassell