Week 52

In the mission 1 year!

Hello Mommy,

First of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I know it's a week early, but I wanted to tell you while I was on a computer and remembered :) I hope you have such an amazing day!!! Is The Yellow Daisy Festival this week? Are you going? If it is, get your self something lovely on me ;) hahah that's a joke because I have no money! But for real, I do hope you have the most amazing birthday ever! You are such an amazing mother, and I'm so glad I have you as an example of how a righteous woman should be! I love you!!!! :) 

One year ago...leaving for a mission!

Also, what the heck!?!? Where on earth did the time go!???!?!?! One year ago I was coming out on a mission...I honestly never thought I would make it this long, but here I am loving life. It's been the best year of my life! So many amazing memories, hard times, great time, but mostly times where I was able to come closer to my savior Jesus Christ! I am forever grateful for this year I have spent serving the Lord, and the growth that I have seen in my self!! Heavenly Father has truly blessed me beyond anything  I could imagine!! 

I am loving my time with Sister Gregson! We have made some good goals this transfer, and I'd like to share one of them with you. One of our spiritual goals is to make sure we are centered on Christ in everything we do. So, our finding, teaching, studies, pretty much our whole day is centered on Christ. It has been the most eye opening week of my mission. I have always tried to be Christ focused, but to have everything you do point to Christ in some way has been incredible! We came closer together as a companionship, our testimonies were powerful, our invitations were bold and we had the Spirit guide us in every thing we said. I truly have a testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ and the power and strength we all have access to when we rely on Him in our lives! I invite y'all to make an effort this week to find something you can do, even if it's small, to have a more Christ centered week! I know that as you do this you will be able to feel more connected to your Savior, and you will be able to feel his presence in your life even more! You will find a happiness and peace that can sometimes be missing from our crazy lives.

Miracle of the week:  We GQed this guy named Max. Max is from Brazil and doesn't speak much English (nothing new) but he saw my badge and got really excited so we obviously set up a time to meet with him. We then met with Max on Friday and he  opens up about everything that has happened in his life! He told us how he was leaving the gym thinking about how he needed to come back to church and to god, and right as he was thinking about that I stopped him! He is so humble right now, and so willing to learn! I'm excited to be able to continue to teach him and help him progress.  

I love y'all tons!! I hope you have the most fantastic week ever!! 

Sister Kotter :)