MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :)
This week has been INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! INCREDIBLE! INCREDIBLE! INCREDIBLE!! :) I'm not even going to have enough time to write all about it but just know that it's been SUPER INCREDIBLE and i have LOVED IT!!! :) We have been blessed with SOOOO many INCREDIBLE experiences, lessons, and tender mercies!! :) I love it and I'm SOOOO grateful!! :) Heavenly Father is AMAZING!!!! :) And it's AMAZING how much we are each blessed as His children!!! :) Especially on a mission!! I feel like a mission blesses me WAY more than I bless anyone else!!! but I love how that's how Heavenly Father works!! :) Whenever He asks us to do something (especially for someone else) it comes back and blesses us in return!!! :) I love Heavenly Father and I'm SOOOOO grateful for Him and His perfect plan!! :) I am also SOOO grateful and LOVE my Savior Jesus Christ who is at the CENTER of His amazing, marvelous, merciful, and perfect plan!! :) I know without Him I am nothing!! But WITH Him I can TRULY do ALL things!!! :) And it has and is sOOO amazing to see that in my life!!! And notice it EVEN MORE on a mission!!! :) I'm SOOO grateful for EACH one of you and for ALL the great and wonderful things that you do to help encourage and support me through prayers letters packages and more!! And ESPECIALLY for aLLL that you do for your loving Heavenly Father!! :)He knows and LOVEs each one of YOU perfectly!!! :) always put your trust in Him and know that He willA LWAYS show you the way to go! He did NOT send you here to the earth to fail. Nor did he send his PERFECT Son to this earth for you not to rely on Him and USE His Atonement! :) He loves you and has provided a way, THE way, for you to be happy and make it back to live with Him again!! :) Seek it, live it, follow it and do all that He asks of you and you will not only be happy NOW but for ETERNITY!! :) I testify that these things are true! I love you all!! In the name of Jesus Christ, amen! :)
Have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! :) Always remember your Savior came to earth to atone for YOU!! :) He lOVES YOU INFINITELY and WANTS you to PUT YOUR TRUST IN HIM AND HIS ATONEMENT NO MATTER WHAT!! :) No matter how many times you 'make a mistake or mess up." He is there!! :) I testify this is true!! :) I've seen it in my own life and KNOW it works!! :)
Love, Sister Carlini :)
Okay, so I HAVE to write about his week!! It was just too amazing not too!! :) Some of the AMAZING things that happened are too sacred to email EVERYONE about but I will say what I can in more general terms so you can still get an idea of how the week was an how amazing it was!! :)
First, we had some special visitors this week that were able to come with us to a lesson and it was AMAZING!!! :) The spirit was SOOO strong as they and we testified of the POWER of PRAYER to our amazing investigator!! He is learning to build a relationship and connection with his Father in Heaven and it was AMAZING the Spirit we felt in that lesson! It was the most spiritual lesson we've had with him!! :) so THANK YOU SOOOO much 'special visitors!' :)
We were also blessed with SUPER SPIRITUAL lessons with our other investigator, Lorie!! :) She is AMAZING!!!! :) And hadn't been comfortable setting a baptismal date yet even though she really feels that this Church is true. We had 3 lessons in a row with her and EACH were incredibly powerful!! :) We were crying and it was amazing to see how the Spirit was able to work through each of us and help us know EXACTLY what she needed at the right place and time!! :) Sister Ewell and I were both prompted to do things in the lessons with her this week that we've NEVER done before in lessons with our investigators!! But we trusted in the Spirit and knew that even if it seemed 'crazy' or 'random' that Heavenly Father KNOWS her and her needs perfectly and if the Spirit prompts us like that, we do it! :) And we are SOOOOOOOO grateful we did!!! :) Both of the things we felt prompted to do in 2 different lessons were EXACTLY what she needed and what needed to happen!! :) IT. was. AMAZING!!!!! :) I LOVE the Spirit!!! :) I KNOW that the Church is TRUE!!! It can't NOT be true because there is NO way we would've EVER thought to do the things we did (that were SO specific to her needs) on our own!! I testify and KNOW that it was and is THROUGH the Holy Ghost that we can and WILL know "the truth of ALL things!!" (Moroni 10:5) And it is by that power that we knew to do what we did in those lessons. :) Powerful. I LOVE the Spirit!! :) There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I could do this WITHOUT the gift of the Holy Ghost :) What a blessing!! :) The Holy Ghost TRULY is a "GIFT!" :)
After we had these 3 lessons we were blessed to have a 4th on Saturday in the TEMPLE!!! :) ... We were able to ALL go up (us, Lorie, and her AMAZING member friend in our ward that introduced us to her!!) and go to the "Joy to the World" Christmas Concert that was up in Oklahoma City!! :) It was SOOO fun!! :) And guess who I saw there??! THE CRAIN'S!!! :) (one of my favorite families from my past area- the Village!!) I was SOOOO excited when I saw them!! I was literally jumping up and down!! haha It made our day!! :) Saturday was TRULY PACKED-FULL of Tender Mercies!!!! :) I'm SOOO grateful!!! :) What a blessing!! :) Another one of these tender mercies being.. when we went to the temple it had actually just CLOSED down for the day!! :( BUT we saw a temple worker in there who came out to talk to us and he went and asked the Temple President if we could come and have a lesson while they finished up with cleaning and things and he said YES!!! :) (Tender Mercy!! :) ) So were blessed to go in and have THE MOST POWERFUL and SPIRITUAL lessons I've EVER had with an investigator in the temple!! :) It. was. AMAZING!!! :) We all had tears in our eyes and the Spirit filled our hearts!! It was amazing!! :) The most powerful part being when we invited her to be baptized again and set a date.. we ALL knelt down in the temple and she prayed about a specific date she felt was right.. When she said the date tears filled my eyes and I KNEW this was going to be the right day for her to be baptized. When she finished the prayer we read a scripture found in Doctrine and Covenants 9:8 which says, "But, behold, I say unto you, that you must study it out in your mind; then you must ask me if it be right, and if it is right I will cause that your bosom shall burn within you; therefore, you shall feel that it is right" to which she responded, "OH! I FEEL IT!!" :) IT. was. AMAZING!!! :) She set the date for January 19th. :) We bore our testimonies, said a closing prayer, and walked out of the temple doors filled and 'overwhelmed with the Spirit of the Lord!" :) It was one of the most spiritual experiences ever!! I loved it!! And I am SOO grateful for being blessed to be a part of such an incredible experience in the House of the Lord!!: ) Where so many incredible experiences occur!! :) What a blessing! What a truly merciful tender mercy!! :) :)
I want you all to KNOW that I KNOW that this Church is true. The Church of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth through the Lord's prophet, Joseph Smith. I know the Book of Mormon is true and that through it we are able to get "nearer to God more than any other book!" There's a reason we are asked to read it and pray EVERY DAY!!! It is what will help us get through our trials and struggles we face in this life, it is what will IMPROVE the quality of our lives, DEFEND and PROTECT us against the attacks of the adversary, ENHANCE who we are, and INCREASE our understanding, testimony, and conversion to our Savior and His restored gospel!! :) I know this is true!! I LOVE it!!! I LIVE it!! And I KNOW IT!!! :) In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. :)
Love, Sister Carlini :)
ps. Enjoy this BEAUTIFUL musical video clip of "Oh Come, Emmanuel"!! :) ( I LOVE it!! :) ) And have a VERY Merry Christmas!! :) I KNOW my Savior LIVES!!! :) I love you!! :)
http://www.mormonchannel.org/more-videos?v=2008190983001
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