Week 72

  February 16, 2015

Friends & Family,

This week was a very good week. God really does bless us every day. Something that we started to do, was everyday find a miracle in that day. Because every day there are miracles, sometimes we just don't see them. 

After all the hard, long, cold days we went knocking  on peoples doors to find investigators... WE FOUND 2 NEW INVESTIGATORS!!!!! :) It was such an amazing day!!! 

Hermana Nyre & Hermana Brugman :)

This week all the sisters in the mission got together for a conference, it was the BEST. I just love all the sisters in the mission. Seeing sisters that I haven't seen since the beginning of my mission. It is kind of sad because I will not see these sisters again.. because I leave in 6 weeks... but... It was so fun and so spiritual.  Something that stuck out to me during this conference was how much Heavenly Father is really there for you. Even when times are hard, sad, or stressful. He is always there. There is a scripture in Revelations 3:20 it says, Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I WILL come into Him, and WILL sup with him, and he with me." This scripture is so powerful. HE is waiting for us to open the door, to let him in. Sometimes I feel like we think we can do things on our own. But I know that if we humble ourselves and let Him in, our lives will be SO much better. Sometimes it's hard, but it's SO worth it. We need Him in our lives. WE CANT DO IT ALONE. So I thought and asked myself, what am I doing to let Him in my life? What more can I do, to let HIM in? 

Something else that I studied a lot this week was PRAYER. Sometimes I look back at my life and think.. WHY didn't I pray as much as I should? I knew it was important but I guess I didn't fully understand. My knowledge isn't perfect about it but it has definitely increased. Prayer is so essential. WE need it every day, multiple times a day. Its hard but once you get in the habit of it, it will become easier. A lot of the times you don't feel worthy, or maybe you aren't living the way you want... WHO CARES? Your Father in Heaven wants to hear from you. He loves you. He misses you. HE doesn't care, you are still his child. That is Satan telling you, "oh no, I don't deserve it, or you don't need to pray I can do it." Never give in to the idea that you are not worthy to pray. Don't listen to Satan, YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD!!!  A quote that I love so much is, "If you do not feel like praying, pray until you do feel like praying."  <3 

I gave my first talk in Spanish, it was GREAT. It went really well. I actually liked it. It was super nice, our branch president came up to me and said "I wish I could speak English as good as you speak Spanish." He is so nice!! I seriously love everyone here so much!!! :) 

ITS FREEZING COLD HERE.... Right now as I speak it is 16 degrees with WILD WIND. I feel like I'm going to blow away.. NO joke. haha. It is a little too cold for me... but oh well.. :) haha 

Well we didn't get transfer calls, so I will be staying in Virginia Beach to finish my mission, with Hermana Nyre. I am very excited. I really love this Spanish branch and all the people here!! I told the branch I will end my mission here and they said oh wow, Yay... we are going to throw a party! haha so I am excited for that.. :) Well, see you in 6 weeks... 

Have a great week, 

I love and miss ya'll! :) 

Hermana Brugman 

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