This
was a fantastic week! ULTIMATE HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK.... I got to witness 3
people I love choose to be baptized and make sacred covenants with God! It was
so wonderful! Each one was such a special experience. Rachael and Natalya from
my last area in Boise were both baptized this week and Nick who we recently
passed off to the YSA sisters was baptized. I was amazed with each of them.
Rachael is 9 months pregnant now and is due any day! I am so happy for each of
them!!! I know that taking this next step will bless their lives forever and
the lives of their families. We got to be there in person for Nick's baptism
and watched Rachael and Natalya over Zoom.
We also had exchanges this week and I got to spend a day in New
Plymouth with Sister Morgan. We were determined to find one new
person to teach. We decided to try calling a few people in their area book and
every person we called answered their phone!! We talked to one guy in
particular that wanted to meet with the missionaries but he was out of town and
wouldn't be back in town for a few weeks. Well...we were able to set up a video
call for the next day! I love technology!!
We also had some amazing experiences with Mary this week. She got
a blessing on Monday and it was so wonderful. She told us that her arm (which
she broke 4 days earlier) stopped hurting and that she was the calmest she has
ever been in a long time. She had a doctors appointment the next day and they
told her that she may not have to have surgery!! She was blown away. After such
a hard week this week she has been seeing so many blessings. Her mom also told
her that she has seen a big change in Mary since she has been meeting with us.
Mary was really surprised to hear that from her mom because she usually does
not talk about the church very highly.
Last but not least, we got to go to church for the first time in
5 months!!! Whooo!! It was so wonderful. It is definitely different than
before, but I was so grateful to see everyone. I was happy to see that we knew
quite a few people in the wards even though we have been confined to being
inside so much. Mary came with us and had a good experience.
I really loved this scripture this week! It applies to all of
us- I made a few edits to personalize it a little more :)
Moroni 9:6
"And now, my beloved son (or daughter), notwithstanding
their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we
should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in
this tabernacle of clay (house/apartment), that we may conquer the enemy of all
righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God."
Jesus Christ is mindful of us. We are all where he needs us to
be even though things are different than they used to be. Let us not cease to
labor because we still have so much to do! We really can defeat the enemy of
all righteousness! I know that we can do it and that as we continue to press
forward we will be given strength in every trial. There is something to be
learned in all of this!
I love you!
Love,
Sister Beutler
