Hello all you people I love!
Wow, what a wonderful week. I am loving this area so so much. I feel like I learn from these wonderful people every day!
A highlight of this week was an Easter fireside we hosted in the Centralia ward...President and Sister Morgan came and spoke! The spirit was incredible. They both spoke about our responsibility as members. We are not only to be active in the church, we need to be active in the GOSPEL! There is a big difference! Sister Morgan did a little object lesson...she had an empty pitcher that represented a person's life. She gradually filled it with water--representing the way we choose to fill our life. She started with things like work, school, hobbies, entertainment, and when the water was nearly at the top, she started mentioning Christ, and the gospel. By that time, there was no room left in the pitcher, and it quickly overflowed! When the gospel is not our priority, sometimes adding it on top of everything else we do overfills our pitcher. What are our priorities? Christ should be the CENTER of our lives, then we will find happiness and peace.
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| Easter Fireside with the Morgans |
Our missionary district did a musical number, and that is when I felt the spirit the strongest! I was on the piano, but I felt close to the Lord as we all testified through music, "I Know that My Redeemer Lives!" The last verse, our district leader sang a solo, and started crying! I looked out at the ward and realized that EVERYONE was crying!! The heartfelt testimony in that song brought the spirit like nothing else! There was a unique spirit of unity that night...Christ was with us! It was so wonderful to see one of the returning less-actives we are working with, along with her granddaughter, who we are teaching, there at that fireside! Also one family was so touched, they stopped to help a random lady carry a mattress on the way home from the fireside. They invited her to church, and referred her to us that night! I was amazed at the miracles we see when Christ is with us.
Right now we are helping our investigator, A., discover who Christ is. She bared her heart to us this week when we taught her. She is struggling with several things, as we all do, and she doesn't know where to turn! We were able to help her realize that Christ is the way, and will be her light! She had so much hope when we left, and she prayed for strength to come to church and read the Book of Mormon so she could find Christ. It's so simple...Christ is the answer!
I love you all. Come unto Christ!
Sister Petrie
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| Me and Sister Brimley |
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