Greetings from there-are-absolutely-no-such-things-as-coincidences-Colorado!
I got transferred,,,, again! That was such a quick 6 weeks, but it was so wonderful! I'm now serving in Parker with SISTER ELWELL from BEAVER UTAH!!! I played soccer against her in high school (and i loved her then. she was the sweetest girl on that team) and I loved her at Utah State too... we had a lot of common friends up there and when she got her call to go to the mission I was going to I thought "no way! I'll have to be her companion!" Sure enough.... here we are. It is soo crazy. Heavenly Father is soo in charge of this work (Pres Mendenhall has NO idea that we knew each other before!) She is seriously one of the kindest people I've ever met in my life and I'm so excited to learn from her and just have a wonderful transfer together! Can't wait!!!
I just have to say that I'm grateful for the way Heavenly Father teaches us through nature... bear with me, I'll sound like a hippie for a bit. Always after a storm, even if it is brutal with gray skies that may seem like they will never be blue again, they are. And then comes a rainbow and a crispness in the air that is so refreshing to take a deep breath of. Anyways, what I'm getting at is that a new day will always come. The storms always will end. It can always be better.
Now I've not been depressed or anything like that, but last week was a tough week for sure. (You all know that I'm an open book) One of the hardest of my mission, BUT I'm so grateful for it. I felt so much love from Heavenly Father and learned a little more about His plan for me, and I learned about His expectations. I also learned about how crucial it is to have wonderful people in my life that give me so much love and support. Sister Johnson was there for me, and on other days I had to be there for her, but that's the beauty of friendship. In many times of my life, I have been able to know that God loves me because I've had great friends who love me.... so grateful.
I love the words of the hymn Come Come Ye Saints.
Come, come ye saints
no toil nor labor fear.
But with joy, wend your way
Though hard to you
this journey may appear
Grace shall be as your day
Tis better far for us to strive
our useless cares from us to drive
Do this and joy, your hearts will swell
All is well. All is well.
I interpret that as:
Because of Jesus Christ, we really have no reason to fear. If we trust in Him, and do our best, He will always make us ok. Even if the journey seems hard, His grace and strength is there just like a new day, IT ALWAYS COMES. I'm grateful that I have chances to "strive" and struggle and little and pray a little bit harder because Heavenly Father is just helping me to eliminate some of those "useless cares" .... just a little more fine tuning. If we trust in Christ, no matter what surrounds us our hearts can swell with His love and joy and truly all is well in Zion. I soooo know that is true, because I've witnessed it firsthand this week. He is alive and well and still saving. I love my Savior.
I love all of you and hope that you have a wonderful week! My invitation to you is to identify your favorite hymn. Write down or type up (hmmm never thought about those phrases before,,,, weird) the lyrics to it and read it just as words, without thinking of the tune. It's amazing - the doctrine in the green hymn book.
I pray for you and miss you, but know that really, all is well in Zion. I wouldn't mind getting another letter from you all hearing how you are doing and how you have seen your testimonies grow over the past year or so. I love hearing from you. (did that sound desperate? sorry.... haha)
Onward Christian Soldiers!
From me to you, Sister Kinzie Lou
pics:
my fave family, the Distefanos.... both RMs. they taught me how I want my future family to be.... incredible. they just loooove the gospel and their little girls already are soo solid. amazing.
spider. ok... i'm not afraid of spiders usually but this was the biggest spider I've ever seen with my own eyes.... in the window RIGHT NEXT TO MY BED... don't know how i feel about it.. yes I do.... NOT GOOD!
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