Week 57: Happy Halloween!

  November 3, 2014

Friends & Family,

This week was GOOD.  It is so weird having holidays when you are away from home. It didn't even feel like Halloween happened. haha but whatever :) For Halloween, we had to be in at 6:15 to be safe. So we came home and carved pumpkins, and hung out. It was fun!!

FUNNY story: ME.. Locked  myself out of the bathroom. I was on the outside and couldn't get in... so I call the elders and ask them what I should do... they sat there and laughed for like 3 minutes.... NEVER CALLING THEM AGAIN. hahaha I had a blonde moment..... :/

This week the Spirit was VERY strong with me and my companion. haha! So we both felt like we shouldn't go to this house but we both didn't say a word to each other. SO WE DROVE 25 MINUTES...  and just kept going... and we got into the driveway... and it was pitch dark and we both looked at each other and I drove off really fast and left. We both don't know why we didn't feel right and we never will know, but we are so glad that we have the Spirit with us and we are directed by the Spirit. We both wished one of us would have said something before.. but we didn't. I am just so grateful for the Spirit and being in tune with the Spirit. I have learned so much about the Spirit on my mission. It is amazing. Yeah, we feel the Spirit but we HAVE to act on the feelings we get.

 Another note, again we felt the Spirit as we were teaching a lesson last night.. I felt very prompted to ask a  certain question.... an my companion is speaking and I was going to ask it after she was done.. but she asked him that exact question.. I thought I thought of that question all by myself. NOPE it was the Spirit.  I just love being a missionary and experiencing these things for myself. This gospel is so true, there is no doubt about it.

There was a scripture that I read this morning.. yeah I have read it 100 times but today it grabbed my attention and now is my favorite! Also it is in the Bible as well as in the Book of Mormon. I love finding scriptures that are in both because some people don't think we believe in the Bible  and that The Book or Mormon was "just added". So it is just a testimony builder to me that we believe in the Bible AND The Book of Mormon AND THAT THEY WORK HAND AND HAND!!   It is in the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 26:24, "He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he LOVETH the world, even that he LAYETH down his OWN life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation." The one in the Bible in John 3:16-17. I love these scriptures because Jesus Christ suffered everything for YOU personally. He loves you. He knows you. He has felt what you have felt or what you feel.

I love Jesus Christ and OUR LOVING Heavenly Father. We are so lucky to have someone love us so much!!

I love this gospel more than anything! I am so happy serving the Lord!!!

Have a great week!!! Love ya'll and miss ya'll!! :)

Hermana Brugman