Faith and Fejoas: We Can Be More Than Conquerors

You may feel inadequate but the work you do is enough :) So.. I didn't get transfered.. and the party flat is still together letts gooo tender mercy for real what would I do without these ones..? Lately I've been learning that our life can't both be faith-filled and stress-free.. so I can so easily get way to stresed about things not neccarisly in my control which has been hard but I love what HOLLAND has to say.. "Lord, give me all thy choicest virtues, but be certain not to give me grief, nor sorrow, nor pain, nor opposition. Please do not let anyone dislike me or betray me, and above all, do not ever let me feel forsaken by Thee or those I love. In fact, Lord, be careful to keep me from all the experiences that made Thee divine. And then, when the rough sledding by everyone else is over, please let me come and dwell with Thee, where I can boast about how similar our strengths and our characters are as I float along on my cloud of comfortable Christianity." Christianity is comforting, but it is often not comfortable. The Work: -> more refferals.. sadly more member foood drop offs vs meals tho.. -> we saw Ellyza on the bus again and she asked when church was again and said she asked off work that day and is bringing her bf! -> chapel tour iwth our refferal he's super cool -> KELLY. low key kinda (a wee bit) crazy from her trauma and additions but low key I would be too she's so incredible stroong! SHE HAS SUCH A STRONG DESIRE TO be baptized surely by the end of the transfer she's not all there though and we had some interesting conversations.. -> members :) are THE BEST and hearing the conversion story of how he "talked" with the same elder x3 only for the elder not to recognize him and for him to say that it was Jesus.. only to now have 10 kids and be our ward mission leader -> did some service for our friend Lavendar used a weed eater for the first time -> new member family dayzl and Kelsey -> Good friday easther devotional Laughs: -> Early morning seminary.. hows 5am? -> evcuating the lirbary for the fire alarm -> My comp calling me a legend for singlehandly parkouring through yet another window because they refuse to give us keys #almostgot2twistedanklesbuti'mok -> bouncing on a mattress under their fejoa tree outside with faith haha -> english class with ALPHIN.. we had our self reliance specialist whipping him into shape.. low key called him out on some things but all out of love in helping him be able to pass his test -> evacuating the library after the alrarm went off.. -> I ACTUALLY HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE BKING IN THE DARK it's so much fun you don't understnad Miracles: -> EASTHER lunch with the frosts.. answer to prayers. we initially had no plans and we were kinda bummed but our senior couple who are legit the best invited us over and it was actually the most amazing thing ever. Have so much love and respect for them and their sugar free tendancies hehe. I pray I get the same neat opportunity to serve in the future. -> able to get in touch with one of our part member families that we've been fasting and praying about -> our sweet AZZIE she's an angel she's a younger girl of our family that we do FHE's with and she came to sit by us at church and it was actually the most precious and tender thing ever. This week I learned this profound truth.. in the youth magazine of all places.. ONLY GOD KNOWS OUR THOUGHTS. And God knows that we are trying our best and need help and sometimes it's frustrating when we are still elarnign to be spiritually self reliant. But i'd rather rely on the only divine source of truth. Let's keep it too real: -> soo we are playing volleyball right... and theres this guy who is deadset that I'm his girlfriend and it's really weird.. -> struggle is reall.. how to win the morning? -> sometimes people are super easy to yap with like legit just open your mouth and be like yo what did you order bam.. church invite lol fr though -> Kelly is also MIA and like crazyyy.... -> sometimes the mornings are rough but things smooth out in the end -> sometimes people just like straight up ignore us and it's sooo sad like we were walking by this cute family on our way to church and just was like happy easter trying to be friendly and got nada. -> getting stuck at bus stops for an hr Never give up on the ideal. Don’t disregard the real. Accept both. ALL TOO RELATABLE IT"S BEEN A STRUGGLE latley finding that balance between expectations and exceptions :) "It’s not easy for our mortal minds and hearts to hold onto two concepts that seem to contradict one another. In other words, if you wait for sorrow to end before you experience joy, you might miss joy completely. To experience a measure of sorrow may enable your heart and mind to receive pure heavenly joy" "Our ability to marvel is fragile. Over the long term, such things as casual commandment keeping, apathy, or even weariness may set in" isn't that so true..? even like the simple things we take for granted and removes the simple joy we can find no matter what :) Do we marvel at the following..? Jesus Christ is your strength. He has done everything necessary for you to have joy in this life and forever. By choosing Him and His gospel, you are choosing eternal joy. I can truly testify of that ♡♡ Also learned this week that only God knows of your heart and your thoughts. Isn't that beautifu? Love you all, arohanui ofa'atu Sister Talbot 1. What we eat in a week 2. how did we spend our whole dinner break.. decorating eachother with stickers of course! Time flies when you're laughing your head off.. lol #DOYOURBEST to be best friends with your comp haha it makes everything better 3. Seminary for easther :)