They´re GRRREEEEAAAAT!!! [Letter 39]

Hey Loved Ones,

It´s Hermana Petru again from the other side of the pond. Life is going good. We are working hard. People are changing, me being one of the first. The summer is just about over here. It is cooling off which is making the work more enjoyable. This last week we had the great privledge of hearing Elder Kent F. Richards speak. Oh my goodness. I learned so much about myself, my mission, and how I can help my investigators better. It was trully a spiritual feast. We also saw miracles with investigators, their progress, and their commitment to follow Christ. Definatley one of my favorite weeks of my mission. I would like to shard something that Elder Richards shared with us. We were speaking of our purpose as missionaries. And he told a story that came from one of the Twelve Apostles. "A man had a beautiful pearl. It was the most magnificant pearl ever seen. And he wanted to share this pearl with everyone he loved. But he want to present it in just that right way to magnify its beauty. so he carved a box. He took his time putting all this love for this pearl into his work. well the time finally came that the box was finished. He called all his friends, and relatives. But as people passed by the pearl he noticed that people paid more attention to the box. This made him sad." This story can be compared to us as missionaries. The pearl that we offer are convenants. Baptism is the first convenant that we enter into with our Father in Heaven. This is the most important thing we teach. This is our goal. Our focus. But sometimes we spend to much attention on the box. the box could be anything really that distracts us from our purpose. It is the same with members. Baptism is the door but there are many more opportunities after baptism. There are many more convenants that our Father and Heaven has offered us. And if we have partaken of these blessings we have the opportunity to keep our covenants and renew them. So what are you doing to obtain these blessing from the Lord? Are you progressing toward a goal? I know that as you do you will find a new light, purpose, and happiness in your life. Men are that they might have joy. This is the joy that we are here to find. I love you. And I pray that you will find this joy.

Also I would like to share with you Alma 37:33-37 and 40-46. Really read them. 33-37 is amazing advice for this life. It is a way to live in happiness and progress continually.
40-46 is also great. It is true that there is easiness in following Christ. I really like the cross reference in 46d Alma 25:16. It helps us skip the box and find the pearl.

I love you all.

Love,
Hermana Petru