You got transfer news that your last 5 weeks in Italy aren't going to find you staying in Maui, prepping for change- but jumping back on a plane, headed back to Oahu to Honolulu West, with a new companion, Sister Sanders. You broke down in tears just not sure you could handle more CHANGE. Spoken like words of my own heart. I sent you several voice messages reassuring you of how "NOT ALONE" you are in this-- how every change is preparatory and needful and how the Lord knows you and where you are being sent- The Savior is your constant in all the change.... He is asking you to be like Peter- to leave your nets (what is known to you) and just follow Him- this time to Hon West. I know you will rise to the challenge and I know there will be angels to guide you as you continue to demonstrate your willingness to let God Prevail and Go where He wants you to go and be what he wants you to be....
Dad sent you this email:
Good Morning Sweetheart,
Mama shared your transfer news with me this morning, and how uncertain you are feeling about it all. I wish I could give you a big hug and tell you “You’ve got this!” If anyone can do this, it’s you. In all your experiences, He has been preparing you to be able to do this. Just look back from the first day you landed in Hawaii, to the circumstances you were thrown into, to your feelings when you were transferring to Honolulu, all of it. Just think back how He was there for you every time. So even though I can’t give you that big hug, I still am saying “You’ve got this!” And He is with you, preparing the way before you!
If you are feeling alone, head to scriptures for strength. I promise you that you will find peace there.
I thought this morning of Moroni, son of Mormon, and the last chapters of the Book of Mormon. Here Moroni was literally all alone, he had just finished abridging the records of the Jaredites and thought his purpose was done. But the Lord left him wandering out there “all by himself”, because He had a purpose for him, just as He has a purpose for you and your “wandering”.
Think of all the truths that Moroni taught in these last chapters of the Book of Mormon.
Ch 2,3- Jesus gave us Priesthood power to confer the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands.
Ch 4,5 -The need for and showing us how to administer the Sacrament.
Ch 6 How His instituted baptism, the importance of fellowship, and the need to go to church.
Ch 7 -He taught us about real intent in our prayers, and faith, hope, and charity. Moroni was a great example to us. His faith in Christ gave him hope, even when feeling alone and wandering, that God was with Him, and that he was for God. This led him to carry on with the sole purpose of helping others, that eventually the Lamanites might prosper from these teachings. This is Charity, putting others needs in front of our own.
Ch 8 - He taught about the importance of the Gift of the Holy Ghost and the need to endure to the end. To be strong finishers.
Ch 9 - He taught us to labor diligently and be faithful in Christ, that the Mercy and Grace of God is unto all who are faithful.
Ch 10 - The Book of Mormon IS true. The Holy Ghost will teach us this as well teaching and testifying of all truth. Therefore Come unto Christ
Vs. 33-33
32 Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.
33 And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ…
Emma, this is what you are doing. You are His missionary. Though you may feel like you are wandering in strange lands, at times all alone, your are His. You are doing what Moroni did, and teaching exactly what He was teaching. Think of that! You are teaching, exactly those things. Continue to put Him first by loving your neighbor, whether in Honolulu or Italy. As you do this, He will bless you with peace, comfort, and joy in His work.
You continue to be a huge blessing to our family. Never forget the power of the scriptures, and the strength they can bring to us. I love you more than you could possibly know.
Dad
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