Hey Hey y'all!! :)
It has been a terrific week!! :) SO many AWESOME miracles and answers to our prayers!!! :) We are sO grateful!! :) Heavenly Father is the best and he DEFINITELY LOVES HIS CHILDREN!!! :) (That's including YOU!!!! :) ) So first of all, this past week we had the "New Missionary/Trainer Meeting!" :) Which was wonderfuL!! :) I LOVE being around all the other missionaries and getting pumped up for missionary work! And of course being trained by Pres. Taylor! :) He asked all of us trainers to bear our testimonies and it was a really cool and great experience! :) I LOVE Sister Pfister!! She is seriously an INCREDIBLE missionary!!! I'm learning SO much from her!! and it's only been not even 3 weeks yet!! She has exceedingly GREAT faith!! Diligence, hard working, desire to do good, and such as sweet and POWERFUL testimony and love of the people!! :) It's so AMAZING and AWESOME to see and be companions with her!! :) What a blessing!!! :) Thank you AGAIN for ALL of your prayers!! :) They were DEFINITELY answered!! :) I can't thank you and Heavenly Father enough!! :)
So, some pretty cool things that happened this week.. on Thursday we usually see Ute (the german lady who prayed) with one of our members in our ward (who is AMAZING!!) But she wasn't home! :( So we drove around and tried like FIVE of our OTHER Investigators and NONE of them were home either!! We were a bit sad because we really wanted to see someone especially since our awesome member was with us! So we decided to knock on a few doors in the apartment complex we were at (trying to see our other investigators) and none answered.. so we were about to go home and I asked Sister Pfister if she felt we should knock on any others? And she thought for a minute and picked one! :) And of coures because she has sUCH AMAZING Faith.. a lady ANSWERED!! :) And LET US IN!! :) We talked with her for a little bit and taught her a little about the Restoration!! We prayed with her and set up a time she said we could come back!! :) AMAZING RIGHT??! Heavenly Father is INCREDIBLE!! :) And can and WILL work through ANYONE who is WILLING and WORTHY and has the FAITH that He can bring about His amazing MIRACLES among His children!! :) She was a really cool lady, her name is Cindy, and it was sO cool because you could SEE in her eyes/face that the things we were saying (about the Restoration and living prophet etc.) sounded familiar to her and her Spirit!! :) (because it IS TRUE!! :) ) She also told us that her and her husband were driving around last week and he said they should really find a Church to go to again :) because they haven't been for 5 years ever since they moved here! So crazy huh?! Coincidence?? nOPe!! Heavenly Father preparing His children and placing us in their paths?? YEP!!! :D I love it! :)
Another cool experience was.. Sister Pfister and I decided we just want to talk to EVERYONE!! :) and we prayed to really FIND the PREPARED!! :) Because we KNOW there are sOOO many!! And they are just WAITING and SEARCHING for the TRUTH!! :) (whether they truly know/realize it or not! :) ) So as we were walking out to our car go to an appointment we saw these 3 guys in the apt. complex parking lot and we thought.. we should go talk to them! so we did! :) And they were WAY cool!! :) They were really nice! And we told them a little bit about eternal families (2 of them were brothers) and asked if we could come teach them more?? And they said sure! So we are meeting with them today!! :) (say a prayer that their hearts have been prepared and will recieve our message!! :) ) We said a prayer with them (their names are Dillon, Kendyl, and Kyle and they are roommates and going to college and working) and then we all went on our ways :) it. was. sOOO. cOOL!! :) So then we just started talking to everyone!! and we love it!! :) hah we talked to this huge group of guys (teen boys) walking into a gas station (while we were getting gas for our car) and gave them all mormon.org cards etc.!! I love it!! :) You never know what simple and small acts of 'truth sharing' can do! :) i LOVE what Sister Pfister always says... "We are Happiness Deliverers!!" :D it's sO true!!! We have the TRUTH and the 'truth sets us free' and makes us HAPPY!! :) And we ALL have the blessing, privilege, and responsibility to SHARE it with others!! :) and i lOVE IT!!! :D What a great calling to have, work to be a part of, and blessings we get to bring to others and recieve!!! :D
Stephanie and Aubrey are both doing WONDERFULLY as well!! :) They are sOOO cute and receptive to all that we teach and share with them!! They are incredible examples to me of strength, testimony, and righteous desire, and FAITH!! :) I love it. I love the. The gospel is TRUE!! :)
We also have an exciting 'new member of our companionship'.. Brightly!! :) Our NEW UKULELE!!! :) We named her after our 'mission song' which is hymn #335 "Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy" :) We are SUPER excited!! We got a ukulele to share (for now until we can each get our own :) ) and play hymns and efy songs on in our apartment and for others etc. :) It's the only instrument allowed in our mission and i LOVE IT!! :) I've always wanted to learn how to play the ukulele! And Sister Pfister is musical so she's going to teach me!! :) I'm so excited!! :) it's very theraputic too! :) ha The "Dadio's" music store in Stillwater is where we got it from because they have cheap ones and the other Sisters went to Stillwater this past weekend for a baptism!! So we gave them money so they could get one for us! :) We are super grateful! :) And excited to develop a new talent! :)
Well, i think that about sums up some of the week's highlights!! :) The Church is true!! By living the RESTORED Gospel of Jesus Christ we can and WILL make it back to live with our Father in Heaven again!! :) He wants us ALL to succeed and return to live with Him in complet and never ending happiness!! :) He wants us to continue to LOVE and STRENGTHEN all those around US!! :) So we may return and live happily with our families for eternity!! :) :) :) What a wonderful, beautiful, and perfect plan He has blessed us with!! :) The gospel blesses families and strengthens them as we allow it to work in our individual lives and strive to shine the light it brings into our lives into the lives of our family members and ALL those around us!! :) Y'all are sUPER AMAZING!! :) Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ LOVE YOU and ONLY want what is BEST for YOU!! :) Trust in Him! He will NEVER lead you astray!! :) He will lead you and bless you with the BEST path that will help you, stregthen you, and ultimately EXALT you that you may become and inherit ALL that He has!! :) I love you all!! have a wonderful day and week!! :) Never forget who you are and that your loving Heavenly Father LOVES you with ALL of His heart!! :) "Don't pray away the trials that were put there to EXALT you!!" :) In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. :)
Love, Sister Carlini :)
ps. This week is going to be a crazy and amazing one!! :) We have a "Leadership Training Meeting" (LTM) this week for all those who are invited and it is FOUR DAYS LONG!! (Tuesday-Friday) from 9am- about 4 or 5pm everyday!! It's going to be intense!! :) Prayers would be a great blessing! :) ha So Sister Pfister will get 2 new companions for these 4 days and work in The Village with them while I'm at the training and then after the training I will be workin in the "OKC 1st Area" with Sis. Ellingson and Sis. Esau for the four days! :) It will be fuN! :) and crazy!! :) hah but in a good way :) So that's just a little 'sneak peak' of what will be going on in my life this week! :) ha I hope y'all have an INCREDIBLE day and week!! :) You are in my prayers always!! :) love you!! :)
pps. QofW: "As we diligently do the things that matter most, it will point us to the Savior of the World" -Pres. Uchtdorf :)
&... "We would do well to slow down a little, focus on the significant, lift up our eyes, and truly see the things that matter most." -Pres. Uchtdorf :) http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/mormon-messages?lang=eng&start=13&end=24#2011-06-012-moments-that-matter-most <<< I LOVE THIS ONE!!! :)
ppps. I LOVE this "Mormon Message" too!! :) http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/mormon-messages#2012-01-001-power-of-god
pppps. and this one too!! :) >>> http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/mormon-messages?lang=eng&start=37&end=48#2010-04-19-return-to-virtue
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