Trust In God!!

This week has been a GREAT week!  I have learned so many things, but the greatest thing I learned is that I need to trust in God, and he will bless me with things I can't even imagine.  I thought that training would be hard, that it would be this big task that I wasn't up for, I thought it was a mistake I was called to train, but never doubt God and his revelations.  Being a trainer is the greatest thing that ever could have happened to me.  It has made me realize how much I have been able to grow and change in the last 5 months....yeah, 5 months guys.....not exactly, but as of the 9th it will be! CRAZY!  Anyway, I have grown as a person more than I ever could have imagined!

The last transfers I have really held myself back.  I knew that my companions knew as much if not more than me so I had that ablility to do that, but having a brand new missionary I can't hold myself back, and I don't want to anymore!  I have to be an example to her and help her grow into a great representive of God, and that's very important.  I was lucky to get an amazing baby girl though. 

Her name is Sister Rebecca Downs.  She is 20 and from Glen Rock, Wyoming.  She is a visa waiter, which means she'll be in the Tacoma mission until she gets her Visa, and then she is off to Brazil!  Since she has to learn Portegues...I don't know how you spell that, we don't leave the house until noon!! Its crazy, we have

8-9: Personal Study

9-10: Companion Study

10-11: 12-Week Program (training program for the first 12 weeks)

11-12: Language Study (aka more personal study for me)

I think its a real blessing from God, because it gives me a little time to rest while I'm still getting over being sick and being in pain.  It's a little blessing that I know will help me be able to complete the full 18 months of my mission!

So the Parkland ward is incredible! They are so excited to have sister missionaries, and we sent around our food calendar one sunday, and the month is almost completely FULL! Which is both a blessing and a curse, blessing because we need food, but a curse because I've already somehow gained 20 lbs......I gotta change that! :)

The big miracle for this week is that we were able to get a referal from the Bishop.  It's a LA family named the Smith's.  She is in the military and a single mother, and she wants to come back to church now that she isn't being deployed all the time, she has a year off because of surgery.  She has 4 kids who are 14, 11, 9, and 8.  The 8 and 9 year old aren't baptized and they want to learn and be baptized, especially the 8 year old, so we get to go over and teach them!  We're excited!  They are so cute, and they all just want to come back to church soooo bad.  I know they will be a great addition to the ward. 

I love being in wards where I'm able to not only go out to find new people to teach and baptize, but also being able to teach those that have already been baptized that have lost their path and are searching to come back, but they just don't know how they are going to.  I love working with the less actives, and helping them remember the happiness and joy that comes from reading the Book of Mormon and praying, and coming to church to renew those promises we made at baptism, where we're able to have a fresh start each week. 

I challenge you all, if your not already to read the Book of Mormon and pray about it.  You WILL feel peace, and you WILL know that it is the word of God. I can promise you that, but you must do it sincerely, with an open heart. 

I want you all to know just how much I love this gospel!  I wouldn't be here today if I didn't have my Savior Jesus Christ, and if he didn't support me in all my hard times.  I was lost, I was in a dark abyss, and through the example of my family and my Savior Jesus Christ, I was able to come up out of the dark and into the light.  I don't ever want to leave the light again.  I feel so much peace and comfort in my life knowing that God is always with me, that I have picked the winning team, and with God, I can come off conquerer of Satan.

I love you all so much!! I hope you all have a great week! I pray for you daily and want you to know truly how much I love you! Be Safe, Be Happy, and Have FUN!

I love you!

Sister Brittany Thomas