Dearest family,
What a wonderful time to be alive. Spring is just around the corner, it stays light 'till about 8:00 now, and the gospel is true. We are a wonderfully blessed people with so many tender mercies around us-- we must take time to notice them and thank our Father in Heaven for all His love!
It's been a great week-- we spent quite a bit of time looking up former investigators and less active members here in Galion and in Shelby. There was a woman we looked up, Nikki, in Galion and we knew from the teaching record that she had only been taught once. She has a little girl and the elders wrote on the record that she was currently going through a separation from her husband. We knocked on her door and when she answered it, she had two little girls right at her feet. We explained who we are and told her that we are the new missionaries in the area and that we would love to just get to know her a little better. She told us how she has no time because she runs a daycare out of her home and has kids there all the time, both during the day and during the night. With great enthusiasm, I told her how much I admired her for that. I explained that I am going to school to become a preschool teacher and told her how much I love little ones! She softened, and invited us in. When we got inside, she told us that she was going through a rough divorce, and mentioned a few of the other difficult things going on in her life. We talked for about ten minutes and asked if there was another time when we could come back to talk more-- she told us Wednesdays are her least busy days and that between noon and 2:00 is when quiet time is... Well, this is where we really see the hand of the Lord come into play-- Usually we have district/zone meetings Wednesday mornings and we don't usually return to our area until 2:00/2:30... BUT this week, we have our mission tour where Elder C. Scott Grow of the seventy (who I saw at a devotional in the MTC) is coming to speak to us this Saturday-- so our Wednesday this week was free for Nikki! We will be going to her home again at 12:30 on Wednesday to get to know her better and have the opportunity to teach her about how the gospel can bless her life. I'm really excited for this, I know she needs it, and I know the Lord was present in helping is get to her at this specific time! He is so wonderful!
Our Relief Society lesson yesterday was on the Word of Wisdom, and I'm so grateful for this wonderful Law of Health the Lord has given us for our bodies. Truly, living this law will help us be whom the Lord knows we are capable of becoming. It keeps us free from things which will limit our abilities to serve and bless the lives of others (by refraining from drinking alcohol and other addictive substances), it helps us to know the things we must put into our bodies to keep them running right (fruits, veggies, and whole grains), and it shows the love and concern the Lord has for us. Just as parents won't let their kids eat all their Halloween candy the night they bring it home because the parents understand that too much candy brings tummy aches and cavities, out loving Heavenly father wants us to feel healthy and happy, so he advises us as to the things we should and should not take into ourselves! What a wonderful blessing!
I know our Father in Heaven lives. I know He loves us. I know Christ is our Savior and that He knows each of us personally and intimately. He wants us to come to him so he might relieve us from our struggles and pains... but we must CHOOSE faith. The gospel is true. The Book of Mormon is the word of God and it supports the Bible in testifying of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Families can be together forever :)
I love you all bunches! Go spread the gospel!
Love,
Sister Chelsea LeSueur
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