Moms day was the Bomb! so
says every missionary in the whole world!! ;) But let’s be real here.. Who
doesn't love to see their family?! My family is probably the coolest family
though.. :D
It was so much fun to see how they are all growing up! Both
in the way of physically and spiritually! (my family is tall now, I am a shrimp)
It is amazing to see how much we all have grown through the difficult times we
have had! You can either take these terrible times and let them pull you apart,
or use them to grow and step closer to God. My family has definitely used them
to grow closer to God and I am sooo grateful for their example!
I love my new area! It is different! That is for sure! I am
getting use to all of this walking though! I am being healthy!! :D And I am
starting to figure out the buses all by myself! I feel like such a big sister
now!! The bus is interesting.. Many fun and interesting people. I know lots of
people smoke weed here.. cause I can smell it all the time.. but I didn’t think
someone would just whip out a joint and start smoking it on the bus! Now that
was fun!! :) I probably should have given him a mormon.org card.. Ill
find him again and give him one! I am also starting to get somewhat tan!! Still
super white, you know cause I am Sister Gillins, but a little tan!! :D You
would all be so proud of me!
This week we met this super cool guy from Africa !
He has been all over the world though! He met missionaries in Italy and had a Book of Mormon while in Africa that he left. We were able to meet with him this
week. He really wants his family to sit down and listen to our message.. which
is hard. They will sit down then get up and get something and just not really
care.. but it will work somehow!! We have been praying for a family to teach!!
So it was really cool when he said he wants his whole family to learn the
gospel! :) Prayers really do come true!! ;)
This morning in my studies I was reading from John (John is
like my most favorite apostle!) and I came across John
16:33 These things I have
spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace . In the world ye shall have
tribulation : but be of good cheer ; I have overcome the world. I love it!! I was able to understand it. Christ gives us
peace. That is why He left us with the Holy Ghost. The world, all it gives us
is tribulation. Sometimes it seems like it is too much to overcome sometimes!
We are thrown a lot of curve balls, but Christ, He overcame this world! He was
here, He went through it all. So He is someone we can look to when things get
hard, when we don’t feel we can take it anymore. We can be happy and have
peace. That is part of the gift Christ gave us!
I hope you all have a great week! I love
each of you so much!! Thank you for the prayers!!
-Sister Gillins
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