Aug 30 2013
Hello all; my email is: jocelyn.smith@myldsmail.com Please write !
This week has been great! I had one of the most spiritual experiences ever. On Tuesday our teacher, Brother Rasmussen, showed us how the brother of Jared prayed in Ether 4, where we declare our faith to the lord. So not only do we thank Him and ask Him for blessings, but we bare our testimonies to him and for the faith that we lack, we ask him to "rend the veil of unbelief." It's almost like we declare our faith, but in humility realize that we do not have enough and we need the Lord to help us gain more faith. So we all knelt in a circle and went around praying only by declaring our faith and asking for a change of heart. My chest was just full. I have never felt like that before. The spirit was so powerful and so strong in the room, I cannot deny that the Lord was listening our prayers. And my companion gave the best prayer in the entire group! She sounded like she was just talking to God, it was insane. Everyone else felt it and it was just beautiful.
There's a sister in my district who has been having shoulder problems, so she and her companion have been missing a lot of classes to go to the hospital. On Wednesday, Sister Cooper asked me to go with her so her companion would not have to miss more classes. It was cool being able to leave the MTC for a bit. And I have a picture of her doing something shoulder exercises. It's great. She's awesome. Although, sadly, she found out that she cannot leave with us and she'll be in the MTC for about another 3 weeks so she can get stuff done on her shoulder.
Last night we had a really sweet spiritual experience. Sister Bone, my companion, Sister Cooper and Sister Marshall and I all went outside to just be outside when these two elders came up to us and asked if they could bare their testimonies. The first one was from Ecuador and had never spoken English until he came to the MTC, which was 4 weeks ago! You could tell he was so nervous! But the crazy thing was that because his english was was so simple, his testimony was so strong!! As lame as it sounds, with both of their testimonies, the spirit just sweetly entered into us and it was beautiful. The other elder was from Hong Kong and was just so sweet and happy, he's going to the Vancouver, Canada mission.
The pictures I am sending are from last Sunday when we went to the temple..... I got a picture with Preston, that was cool to seem him.
We went to the temple as a district this morning which was great! And the Provo temple is not as ugly as I seemed to think it was. It is actually quite beautiful.
Mom: I need a simple black shirt... That's all I need! I decided to mail my cookbooks and blender to the mission because they're so heavy, so hopefully my luggage is lighter!! .
Also, if you want to talk to me on Tuesday, it will be around 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. ... I may not have the chance to talk to you :'(. You also could send me some yummy raw nuts and other hearty things. NO CANDY!... You can suggest people send me packages or mail. The dearelders I get from Sarah are golden!! There are two elders in my district who get at least five dear elders everyday and at least one package. It's crazy and we're all pretty jealous of them to say the least.
Anyway, not sure what else I should tell you... But I'll send pictures in a minute!
Hope you like the pictures this week. I love my district! Everyone contributes to the group so well. We're getting better and better at all teaching together. I had heard about his appendicitis, but I didn't know he (Preston) was leaving the same day as me. That's exciting!! Please don't forget about the shirt, it works with everything and I it's just nice altogether. Thank you so much!!! I love you all. Tell the family I say hi. Tell Jared to pray that when he goes to the MTC that he gets an awesome district and teachers. It makes all the difference, the other district in our zone does not seem to love the MTC as much as we do.
Love lots
Hugs and kisses
Sister Jocelyn
p.s. the video and pictures of the nieces and nephew killed me! They are so cute and fun to see!
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