Hello amazing family!!
Ahh, what a great week... The snow is melting, it's 40* today, it's been downpouring for the last 12 hours and so the Olentangy river is flooding parts of our little town of Galion. No doubt this will produce some good service opportunities for Sister Vaasili and myself. The flooding river is actually quite appropriate for how I'm feeling right now. My heart is overflowing with gratitude for the good work that is going on here, the wonderful people we have the opportunity to work with in this great Clearfork ward, and for the exciting news I just received about my acceptance into BYU as a transfer student for this fall. Truly I am so blessed. I know that the Lord is in charge and he has given me the means to bless others and return to live with him eventually-- I know I am having experiences now so that I can serve and strengthen those around me for the rest of my life; I'm grateful for them... The good ones and the "refiner's fire" ones too :)
So we had a few interesting experiences this week beginning Monday when we went to Brother and Sister Rondon's home for dinner... It was snowing quite heavily so they came and picked us up from our apartment. Well fast-forward three hours and it was STILL snowing heavily and since they live out in the country a bit, are an elderly couple, and there was 8 inches of unplowed snow on the roads, it wasn't a great idea to attempt the 20 minute drive home. They said we would just have to spend the night, and after informing our mission president and receiving permission from him, we had a 'slumber party' at the Rondon's home... It was like a mini vacation at a bread and breakfast. Kind of fun!
Thursday we went to check on a member referral we had been trying to contact for a month. They live in a small town that we only make it out to about once a week, and they never seemed to be home when we were in town! Brandon is a less active member whose records we don't have in our ward and his girlfriend, Amber isn't a member. She has two darling daughters (6 and 4) and they are so dang cute! Anywho, we knocked on their door Thursday night and Amber answered the door! She invited us right in after we told her who we were and that the Anderson's from the Mansfield ward said we should come and get to know them. We sat down and spoke with her for about 30 minutes. Brandon was out of town for the weekend, but she says he faithfully reads his book of Mormon. She also told us that they are engaged to be married in May and that they are looking for a church where they will learn things as opposed to the church they are currently attending only because Brandon was volunteered by her grandpa to play the base guitar in the church band. We have an appointment with them this Thursday and I just feel like the Lord has been preparing this cute couple to join (and become active in) His church! This is evidence of the great power that exists in member missionary work! Pray about who the Lord is preparing to receive the gospel in your life and the invite them to be taught by the full-time missionaries in your home! If you want to make a friend for life, share your time-- If you want to make a friend for this life and the next, share your time and the gospel!
This gospel is so true. Jesus is the Christ; He is our savior, and it is only through Him that we will be able to return to live with our Heavenly Father. This is the true and restored gospel of Jesus Christ. The priesthood is on the earth again. We have a living prophet, even Thomas S. Monson who is the mouthpiece of the Lord today. The Book of Mormon is true. Life is good. We are to be happy and have joy.
I love you so so much.
Love,
Sister Chelsea LeSueur
Go Cougars!
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