Letter 6-12-17

So this week, I got another chance to hear from Elder Andersen and shake his hand. Once in the MTC and the other on my mission! :) We had two missions combined to see him speak as well as two other General Authorities. :) It was awesome! I also got to see our Elder Brother, Elder Worthen at this meeting! It was so good to see someone from my MTC family! District 41D!!! He's doing great! Stayed in one area for 6 months, moved to another area, but still in Richland, WA. Found out he broke his foot walking, but he's doing well. :)

Some things that I learned from Elder Andersen is that I need to be patient. If things don't come right away, that's okay. :) I also learned that we need to nurture our faith the we already have. Don't just give up because your faith isn't as big as someone else's faith, if you take care of it, (CPR) church, pray, read, it will continue to grow, no matter how fast or slow it is. :)

Then, we taught a less active family, that's trying to become active again, on Sunday because they didn't show up to church. And it was such a cool experience to bear strong, simple testimony to them about how church attendance really can help change your life for the better. We watched a Mormon message video called "the music of the gospel" and how it's important to not just go through the motions, but to know why you are doing it. :) It was a great lesson, the Spirit was strong and in return it helped build my testimony. :)

Then we had a lesson with one of our investigators David, at the church and we first went over the questions he had about the WOW and the Restoration then we ended it with some video's about the Atonement. I would advise  you to watch them, because they are amazing and faith building! They are called "For God so loved the world" and think about what is the Atonement? "You will be freed" and think about how the Atonement can and will help you over come Satan and his temptations? and "Reclaimed" think about how can Jesus Christ's Atonement change you?

I love you all and hope you have a beautiful awesome week! <3 :)

P.S. the picture is me "spreading the WORD" to everyone! :)

Love,
~Sister McKnight
Washington, Kennewick Mission