Breinholt, Bella P

We gathered as a mission to learn about God this week.  To feel and understand his love.  It was silent the whole time.  A time where it truly just got to be me and God.  I love getting to spend time with Him.  There were so many thoughts and impressions i received.  But the one that is most important to me is  God is love.  I was shown this love as i went to the temple this week.  As we approached the temple I saw a member, who i love so much, waiting to enter in the temple.  As we saw each other we embraced and i asked what she was doing there! For the duration of my time I was in this area we were working with this member to get her temple recommend again.  There were so many battles that seemed to be standing in her way that prevented her to getting to come back.  I will never forget when she said, "i did it!" "I got my recommend and my garmets back!"  Tears started to stream down my face as i watched her enter the hou...

I find so much comfort in reading the miracles of the Saviour.  Theres something so special about miracles.  I think something that clicked for me this week is that God truly works through our struggles, weaknesses, and trials to bring to pass his greatest miracles.  Miracles are manifestations of God's power and love.  Miracles represent moments when God works with his power on behalf of his children.  I was studying the miracle in John 9 this week. It's the moment when the Saviour finds the man that had been blind his whole life. I thought about how this man mustve felt.  As he sat and begged. Waiting to be apart of the world. But, for so long nothing came.  I often think we see these trials and struggles in our life as an obstacle. As something that stops us from becoming something more.  We allow these things to define us, instead of refine us.  As the disciples walked with Christ to this man they asked, "Master, who did sin, this man, or...

I was on a bus in Wales earlier this week. As I was looking out the window I saw the most beautiful scenery.  Green hills filled with orange, red, and yellow trees.  Castles and churches surrounded by sheep.  A beautiful sun setting at 3 pm that filled the sky with light pink clouds.  It was a time for me where i felt like i was truly in the moment.  I really began to recognise that i am in England serving the God who made this beautiful place.  I often think about why the Lord allowed a mission to be apart of my plan.  Why did he allow me to come to the most beautiful place with the most special people? I was praying the other night to know why. I wanted the Lord to help me to see the bigger picture.  This is what i learned in that sacred moment on my knees. The Lord wanted me to become something more, so he changed the course of my life.  I find it so beautiful that the way the Lord chose to help me become something more was through serving...

A word I have come to love this week is prosper.  Its a word we become familiar with as we study the scriptures.  We learn that the people begin to prosper as they obey the commands the Lord has set before them.  An obedience that at times comes with a cost. Many are unable to keep their course straight. The prosperity soon demishes.  All because of choices.  A cycle of prosperity.  "We all make choices & our choices make us." "It is our choices that show who we truly are." I began thinking about what my choices say about my heart.  What is the condition of my heart?  What does my heart tell Heavenly Father about me?  This last week i was faced with a very challenging choice.  A choice i didnt want to have to make for myself.  I got a message offering the opportunity i had to extend my mission until April.  It was a message that i wasnt anticipating at all.  My heart weighed heavy as i had to make a decision quickly....

I hate asking for help.  I would much rather do everything myself. Maybe its because i don't want to look weak in the sight of others.  I feel a sense of accomplishment when I do things on my own.  I feel that this has become a major battle for me on my mission.  Asking for help.  Humbly submitting to the will of the Father.  Doing it his way over mine.  Its a lesson i learned deeply this week.  A love for Heavenly Father leads to a sense of humbleness, a willingness to be able to submit yourself to the will of the Father. Maybe its because you trust that the love he has for you and the love you have for him will allow him to lead you in the way that will allow you to grow and become the best version of yourself.  Because of this humble love.  I felt a new sense to obtain the attributes of humility and charity.  Its one that can be quite difficult for me.  I want to be able to love so deeply.  I want to be able to love eve...