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| Saying goodbye to Sister Petersen with my current companion, Sister Poudrier, and Sister Gerber--she's in our threesome now.  |
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| I asked Julie why she sent a picture of a mailtruck....and she said "Why not!" He's one of our favorite people. |
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| Shopping last week in North Pole, Alaska |
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| The 'North Pole' in North Pole, Alaska |
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| Sister Poudrier and me licking the North Pole! |
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| Sister Poudrier and I at Santa Claus Haus in North Pole. |
Dear Family and Friends,
So we had a very long and busy week this week. On top of teaching 25 solid
lessons, we also had Elder Zwick of the Seventy come for the week to Alaska and
had Zone Conference and he visited Fairbanks personally on Friday. He calls me
the Swiss Miss because of my name he says-- he actually pronounced it right the
first time.
We were in Zone Conference with Elder Zwick when we got the news that
Sister Monson passed away- he shared a story about President Monson in these
last few months since she has been in the hospital. I believe she was on the
fifth floor, so every day President Monson would go and visit her-- but instead
of going up the elevator to the fifth floor he would get off at the third floor
and walk down the halls. Inevitably there were those waiting for him and he
would give blessings as he headed that direction. Nurses on the third and fourth
floor both said that he gave at least 20 blessings a day or so--all the way
since Easter when Sister Monson went in.
Elder Zwick wanted to see the missionaries teach and he chose three
companionships to hear from. Of course he chose to hear the only Sisters here!
We taught him about tithing, sharing the principle, experience and doctrine, and
then each of us testified. It was great to hear his feedback and the other
missionaries feedback, but you always wonder when they praise the Sisters extra
if they are being soft. Apparently they weren't this time, but it was a good
experience. I got to share about our investigator in Kenai and his
experience with tithing.
One of the sisters who just left on her mission is only a convert of 3-4
years, but we are beginning to teach her mother!!! She was very particular that
I be the one who came over, and she wanted to know what her daughter is teaching
exactly. She talks all the time about how she loves the family values of the
church and she will come to Sacrament Meeting sometimes; she even goes to 2
different church services each week so that she can be "spiritually filled". I
got to email her daughter about teaching her, and she is so excited too! We have
2 appointments a week with her; she's actually feeding us this week too. I just
pray that the rest of their family may come to understand the decision that this
girl is making to serve a mission too.
We are teaching a young woman who is less active, and doesn't want her
family to know we are meeting, because that would mean that if she messed up,
she might feel like she's disappointing someone. This week we began by talking
about the plan of salvation; but by the end, we noticed that there was something
she wasn't very willing to give up, coffee. She keeps telling us she needs to
and has been trying to give it up, but her will hasn't been strong enough, so we
switched gears in that lesson and showed her the blessings of the Word of
Wisdom. She has been a runner in the past and recently hasn't had too much luck
with it- with injuries, etc. The line that stuck out to me was that God has
promised to those who live within those guidelines shall run and not be weary
(Doctrine and Covenants 89). We invited her to tell her sister who had been
struggliing with similar issues in the past, and then asked if she would like
daily messages; she said yes, but we werent sure if she REALLY did. Last night,
we got this text from her, "I want to thank you for your time in meeting with
me. It is not only the highlight of my week, it is really changing my life, so
thank you so very, very much". She also asked to learn more about the
Atonement! It all started at day one.
By the way, it SNOWED on Friday! It's warmer now but I don't understand how
its 90 in our apartment and 30 outside! haha, broken heater too. If I could just
get someone to fix the weather!
People to teach seem to be coming from everywhere right now! We are seeing
so many miracles there is no way to write them all in the time I have! We have
over 20 investigators between the three areas and we only have about 1 free hour
this next week that there is time to fit something in with travel, time and
meals, etc. Good news! Love you all!
Love,
Sister Wuehler
scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 6:34-37 "fear not, little flock"
34 Therefore, fear not, little a flock; do good; let earth and hell combine against you, for if ye are b built upon my rock, they cannot prevail.
35 Behold, I do not condemn you; go your ways and a sin no more; perform with soberness the work which I have commanded you.
ism: "I will never limit myself by what I think is my capacity. I will
allow the Lord to expend my capacity, and he will."
"A Zwick original: Simplify and intensify"
"Guilt is what you feel when I tell you the truth and you are wrong!" --our
less active, brittney! shes awesome!
"You can't get even with the Lord; the more you share, the more you
become."
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"The Lord thy God will hold thy hand" Elder Zwick Conference 2003
"The
formula of faith is to hold on, work on, see it through, and let the distress of
earlier hours—real or imagined—fall away in the abundance of the final reward.
Don’t dwell on old issues or grievances—not toward yourself nor your neighbor
nor even, I might add, toward this true and living Church. The majesty of your
life, of your neighbor’s life, and of the gospel of Jesus
Christ will be made manifest at the last day, even if such majesty is not
always recognized by everyone in the early going. So don’t hyperventilate about
something that happened at 9:00 in the morning when the grace of God is trying
to reward you at 6:00 in the evening—whatever your labor arrangements have been
through the day.
...however
late you think you are, however many chances you think you have missed, however
many mistakes you feel you have made or talents you think you don’t have, or
however far from home and family and God you feel you have traveled, I testify
that you have not traveled
beyond the reach of divine love. It is not possible for you to sink lower than
the infinite light of Christ’s Atonement shines.
...there
is nothing... that you have done that cannot be undone. There is no problem
which you cannot overcome. There is no dream that in the unfolding of time and
eternity cannot yet be realized. Even if you feel you are the lost and last
laborer of the eleventh hour, the Lord of the vineyard still stands beckoning.
“Come boldly [to] the throne of grace,”3 and
fall at the feet of the Holy One of Israel. Come and feast “without money and
without price”4 at
the table of the Lord."
Jeffrey
R. Holland
April
2012 General Conference
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