Hello Everyone!
Greetings from
march-madness-has-always-annoyed-the-livin-daylights-out-of-me-Colorado!!!
I know I'm going to get rotten tomatoes thrown at me through the computer
screen as I send that, but it's always how I've felt. Everyone is talking about
it and I know nothing... it's ok... I won't player hate.
What a week it has
been!!! I'm so grateful! I have had some tough experiences, but A LOT of
miracles!!! Heavenly Father is so good and He is really allowing me to
grow and become through the goods and the bads.
The missionaries in the
Aurora Stake were asked to sing in for stake conference on Saturday
so that was really fun. We sang "We'll Bring the World His
Truth" with the youth of the stake. The girls sang the 2nd verse by
ourselves and it was soo powerful. We sang so loud: "We have been saved
for these latter-days, to build the kingdom in righteous ways..." I
was so overcome I was crying... I know I know shocker. But really... if I
had been born 2 or 3 years before I was, who knows if I would've gone on a
mission, with the timing of being 21.? When President Monson changed the
age to 19, I was 19 and it felt like in that moment he looked me straight in
the eye and said "Makinzie, you can serve now." I felt the
Spirit confirm that the Lord really had saved me for this day and that He has a
specific plan for me and things He wants me to become and accomplish. It
was incredible!!! And honestly, you have been saved for these days too... you
may not be on a mission right now, but Heavenly Father saved you for these days
because He knew you would be able to handle this hard world we live in and be
able to rely on Him to make it back home. He trusts you and loves you...
so don't let Satan tell you that you don't matter because that is a lie.
Yesterday we had 6 or 7
moments when we were in the right place at JUST the right time... like pulling
up to a 4 way stop at THE SAME MOMENT a member did. She flagged us down
and we went over to her house and shared a message with her & her husband
who has strayed a little who was surprisingly home! It was
incredible. There are NO coincidences in the work of the Lord.
I wanted to tell you
all that it is NEVER too late to gain a testimony, and to be converted
to the Savior. There was a less active woman in Tallyn's Reach that
everyone in the ward LOVED. We went over to see her and she said that
she loved the church but that she couldn't believe that the Book of
Mormon was true. She had been given some anti-Mormon literature
and "arguments" against the Book of Mormon and she could not get
those doubts out of her mind. - Is it good to ask questions and have
doubts? YES! God wants us to struggle and study and pray and fast and
LEARN. Have you ever obtained something after WORKING your tail off for
it? You appreciate it a lot more than things just given, right? Same
goes for our testimony of Christ, and of His restored Gospel. But
ask in faith, not in fear. Doubt your doubts before you doubt your
faith.
Sis Carps and I worked
with that sweet lady week after week and had incredible spiritual experiences
with her. (they were some of my favorite lessons I've taught) And months
after fasting and praying and studying the Book of Mormon she GAINED a testimony.
She knows it is true. She told Sis Carps she wants to get up first thing
in church and bear her testimony that she FINALLY KNOWS that this is
true. It is never too late for you to have that sweet experience too. I
invite everyone to come closer to Heavenly Father this week by really ASKING
Him questions. Come closer to Christ. It is NEVER too late, and His arms
are ALWAYS outstretched to us.
I love you and miss the
daylights out of you... but all is well in Zion. ;)
Onward Christian
Soldiers!
From me to you, Kinzie
Lou
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