Sister Jessie Louder: Just LOVE

Hiiiii

I miss you all and hope life is treating you well these days:) sorry I've been so bad at replying to your emails and messages but just know that I will eventually because I just love you all to bits.

This week was OUTSTANDING... mostly because I am overly joyful about my companion, this area, and our amazing members!!!! My appreciation and respect for them grew x5. We have been cracking down on having our members at lessons and I just can't even express how grateful I am for members. To tell ya the truth, the Heartlake ward is the BEST hahaha! Our interactions with our friends have become more member centered, missionary supported- what a blessing!

I am also surrounded by some of the most Christ-like missionaries!! In the most recent General Conference Elder Whiting said, "As we begin to know more of Him, we will see His attributes reflected in others. This will encourage us on our own quest, for if others can attain in some measure His attributes, so can we." They have truly showed me what it means to be charitable and how to seriously care! There examples help me understand the Christ-like attributes can be achieved! They've taught me that love is the best motivator and every single day we should have a list of people to love!

A short miracle about this: our friend Mary went MIA for a good 2 months because during our first lesson with her someone came up to us and started Bible bashing (big oof) but we didn't give up on her! We stopped by this week and brought her some treats and we got to have a video call with her over the weekend with our member Midge. While on video call for the first time they both agreed that they felt like they knew each other in Heaven. Mary then told us she was sorry for ignoring us for a few months. She said most people she meets on the internet usually talk for a bit and then go but she said she was grateful because we actually cared about her. This love and care moved her to meet with us more and allowed us to start teaching the POS! Love is the answer everyone!!!!

On another note, if there is one thing I'm sure of, it is that the Lord is hastening His work. Our schedule has picked up speed x100 to the point where we literally have back to back video calls with people ALL day! How amazing is that??? But by the end of this week all the screen time/sitting took a toll on me and I just physically hurt. Before going to church yesterday I prayed that I would receive something to give me the strength to go through another week of this screen time because I love missionary work and it is a blessing to see how the Lord is working today! We went to church and the Sister who gave the opening prayer prayed specifically for those who were physically hurting that they would healed:) at that moment I could feel the heavy weight shift from my back to Christ's. From this experience I am again reminded of the power of Christ's Atonement. He can heal us, spiritually but also physically to help us accomplish His great work!

I'm just so happy and well and pray that you all are too. I know God loves you. I LOVE you! Keep loving. Keep caring. This world needs it.

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