Sister Gray's Mission: Bring your Swimming suit..... May 28, 2018

Happy Memorial day everyone!

I hope y'all enjoy this festive day. We don't celebrate holidays very often as missionaries but it is still a good holiday. I don't really have a lot of time today but it was such a good week!

This week an amazing experience happened. I am really grateful for our Heavenly Father. I LOVE that we have a chance to talk to Him daily. I have really used that this week. I have prayed so much over the past week. It's crazy. It's been incredible.

In Mosiah 18, it talked about sacrifice. Sacrifice, obedience, and faith brings forth the blessings of Heaven.

As a missionary you sacrifice soon much. Your time, your feelings, your everything. I didn't think I could do it. Sometimes you want to give up, but you can't. I read that scripture this week and realized that if I want to do something to help my investigators progress. I must sacrifice more. It didn't make a lot of sense but I decided to try it. I made a plan, set goals, and prayed for confirmation. I set 3 different sacrifices. A physical, mental and spiritual sacrifice. No soda, or snacks. A missionary mind all of the time. To read Jesus Christ everyday to learn more. As I began these sacrifices. It became harder and harder to keep them up. I feel like I had no support (even though I did). I have prayed harder and harder every day.

This week I saw the fruits of my labor. We had 3 less active families return to church, 3 investigators at church. We felt really blessed. During second hour, our investigator Donna, came up to me and said " looks like I'm going swimming." I was really confused but just agreed and said "man, I wish I could go swimming!" She laughed at me and said "no Sister Gray, I am gonna be baptized." I freaked out. It was crazy. I have been praying for that since I came to Decatur. I felt so much love from Heavenly Father when she told me that. Not love for me, but the love God has for Donna. I am so incredibly blessed to be here.

I'm thankful for y'all. I really am. I will talk to you soon.

Love y'all.
Sister Gray

Messing around at the museum
Baby frenchies
Cooper the frenchie.
Kim, our returning less active
Sunsetssssss