Dearest family and friends,
It's been a good week! Full of lots of meetings. We had Mission Leadership Council this week as well as interviews with President and it was wonderful. I just love President Packard! Pretty sure I say that all the time, but he is the BEST mission president.
Speaking of President Packard, he had some awesome revelation one night and was prompted to create this video with the help of the Portable Visitor's Center sisters (I might be a little jealous that I haven't been called to serve as a PVC sister, but it's like whatever...) :) Enjoy and SHARE!
Like I said, interviews were great. It really helped me to counsel with President on some of the things that have been troubling me and to get such sound and sensible advice from him. He is such a wonderful leader because he is completely motivated out of love. I have a lot to learn from him about forgetting myself and completely loving the people I serve, especially the sisters I have stewardship over as a Sister Training Leader.
The week was also full of funeral details for the mom and daughter in the Stake who passed away in the car accident last weekend. Sasha, a young woman in our ward who comes out with us a lot and who we absolutely adore, was friends with the girl and asked us to go with her to the viewing (or I guess on the East Coast they call it a wake..) It was really hard for Sasha, but we were so grateful we were able to be there to support her and cry with her. There is something so sanctifying about "mourning with those that mourn".
The funeral was just incredible. I have never felt so uplifted and hopeful after one. It was so evident that the husband/father, Brother Newton, was being upheld by an outpouring of the Spirit. He was able to stand at the pulpit and testify with power of the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the reality of God's plan of happiness, and the fact that our Heavenly Father is real and loves us. He was comforting everyone else all week. It was a testament to me of the power of enabling and strengthening power of the Atonement through the Holy Ghost. Just incredible.
Investigator updates:
We had another meeting with Adrien and this time in was fishless. :) We were able to teach the rest of the Restoration with the Youngs and it went well! Adrien also came to church and has been reading in the Book of Mormon. We feel so great about him!
Also, David Mosher was out of town in South Korea, but HE WENT TO CHURCH AND A TEMPLE TOUR THERE!!! We were so jazzed about it! He doesn't come to church here because he is doing his best not to rock the boat with his wife (they have agreed on a little Christian church here). We are excited to meet with him again this week and see how he felt about it.
And we have made contact with Alex again! I think 14 year olds are a little relaxed about keeping appointments, but he did his Book of Mormon reading! And he found answers as he did so. We didn't get to have a lesson, but we'll meet with him again this week! :)
Side note: Sunday I was asked to teach Gospel Doctrine on the Old Testament for the second week in a row solo while we were on splits and Sister Patterson was in Gospel Principles. This week, I had about 2 hours of notice. #readingthelessonforthefirsttimeinsacramentmeeting Thankfully, something about being a missionary makes it possible to get through crazy tasks like that. Not really sure I'll be able to do that without losing 5 years of my life to stress when I get home. #giftsofthespirit
I love you all and am so grateful for all you do for me! Have a wonderful week!
Much love,
Sister Wheeler
P.S. This video of Chris Williams came to mind this week. It is so beautiful how he sees that this trial is meant to help him become more like Jesus Christ. That is what the Atonement is for- to comfort and strengthen us and to refine us into better and more Christlike children of our Heavenly Father.
P.P.S. Picture of me and Sister Patterson after MLC. (Thanks for the new shirt, Nat and Nicole!)
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