Helaman 5:12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.
Australians are all very blunt, straight up people which I love hahaha but that makes door knocking very hard. We were door knocking on Saturday and started walking up to one house and the man who lived there just stuck his head out of the very top window of his house and yelled "no no no no" in his Australian accent until we left hahaha.
We found someone new to teach this week! Sister Curtis and I have absolutely no food in our apartment so we had to go out to eat one night and I kept feeling like we should go to this Thai place we had talked about. We started talking to our cashier and she told us she had an interest in the gospel and wanted to meet with us! We are teaching her tomorrow! Who knew the Lord could use my craving for curry as a missionary moment Haha.
On the plane ride from Salt Lake to LA I wasn't sitting by any of the other missionaries traveling with us. I started talking to the woman that was sitting next to me and we ended up talking for the entire flight. She told me about her son, her parents, her friends and a lot else. She was awesome! Towards the last 10 minutes of the flight I asked her if she would do me a favor and she said yes, I then asked if she would write down the name of the churches website and look through it for some of the answers that she has been looking for. At first she hesitated then she said "yes, for you I'll do that because I'll never forget you". She told me about how her son was supposed to come on that trip with her but couldn't. It was amazing to me to see how carefully the Lord plans out our lives so that we can be in the right place at the right time. If her son had come I wouldn't have been the one to sit next to her and wouldn't have been able to share that message with her!
My last week at the MTC I had an incredible experience as well with Sister Broadhead. She was having a really hard time one night and had gone to bed crying. She had told me earlier that she didn't want to talk about it so I thought she probably just wanted a moment alone. I was laying in bed when all the sudden I heard the word "help" in my mind. Without giving it another thought I got out of bed and went and sat on her bed. I sat there with her and just comforted her until she seemed to be doing a little better then went back to bed and didn't think about it again. A few days later she was talking to her friend and of course I was standing right there. She told her about her side of the story which was that she had been praying asking for comfort when the words "daughter be of good comfort" from Matthew 9:22 came into her mind. She said not even 5 seconds after she felt a hand on her shoulder and it was me.
The Lord uses each of us as his instruments to convey his love. He is so aware of our every need and will be there for us. President Lasuer the MTC president told us something in our departure devotional that really stood out to me.
" We are artists painting a picture of Christ. Our palette is our virtue, our discipleship and our love of God. Our canvas is our conduct, and with every social interaction we make another brush stroke". Always remember who we are representing and be an artist for Christ.
I love all of you!! Keep emailing me!
-Sister Aliese Bumgardner
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