Because I Have Been Given Much...: Week 33-Oh you know, just another AMAZING WEEK in the life..‏

This week has been fairly fabulous y'all!

Drew is only getting, oh, I don't know BAPTIZED? Goodness, I know I told everyone that last week buuuut here. here we go. NEW news. We're moving it up to the 10th because she's just too prepared to wait!

I'm going to calm my horses though because I have a really funny story to share with all you loved ones.

So once upon a time (last night) we were able to go to a recent converts/less active's house last night that we've been trying to get into ever since I got here. We had a member take us out (Sister Tucker who's a champ AND a ward missionary who takes her calling very seriously) and it was quite a drive. We got there and Sister Franklin was able to experience her first "Okie" home. It was a super tiny trailer that had cockroaches running up and down the walls and then 11 cats inside...

So my dear companion is allergic to cats. She was such a trouper and didn't even say anything. We watched Finding Faith in Christ with them and it was a pretty great experience. So yeah, I thought she was doing just swell...until Sister Tucker dropped us off at our apartment at 9. I was walking ahead of her to unlock the apartment when all of a sudden I heard a gasp and huge inhale. I whipped (yes, whipped) around and saw my companion all puffy faced, eyes bugging out, sucking on an inhaler. My companion was dying. (not really) I ran over to her as she began making these weird noises. Turns out she was trying to laugh but couldn't breathe. It all turned out wonderful though once she actually got her breath. We were laughing pretty hard at just the image that she was right there..and even now as I'm typing this I'm realizing that it's not that funny. Scary actually. But hey. My companion's a trooper AND it's the little things as a missionary.

We have been so blessed with the investigators that we have down here. Ronnie and Jay are SO much fun to teach (just need to figure out how he's going to get baptized since he actually lives in Texas) and then having the opportunity to see Drew change and grow in her testimony of this gospel and her Savior. She came to church again on Sunday and everyone in the Ward is just growing to love her. She's the sweetest little old woman.

I've been thinking a lot about faith the past few weeks and how we really need to be continuing to grow our testimonies because if we aren't we might not notice it at first but all of a sudden one day, bam. We're going to realize how much we've lost. In the Bible Dictionary it says "Miracles do not produce faith but strong faith is developed by obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ." So, perhaps some doubt will come our way and when they do 1) take Elder Utchdorf's advice and "Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith" and then 2) continue to LIVE this gospel and be obedient. Testimony only comes through taking action and following Christ's example, not just by reading about it and believing that it's just some good stuff.

I encourage and implore all of you to continue to take action and really increase that faith every DAY, and then turn outwards and share that faith. It's only going to help them and in turn come back and bless you ten fold.

Love you family..and everyone else who hopefully reads this. Keep the faith and LIVE this gospel because it's only here to HELP.

Sister Call