Marcy- if you still can, BUY THE CAR!

We just can't live with only the national mail system when your best friend is asking such important questions ;)

Also, HAPPY MOTHERS DAY WOOT WOOT SECOND BEST DAY EVER FOR A MISSIONARY AFTER CHRISTMAS! I totally get why we are sent to this earth in families now, they make me feel so awesome. Just the bees knees. I have the best family ever, no battle. Also, Emmy sang Hey Jude and My Favorite Things via Skype. What a peach.

So this week, we had lots and lots of little spiritual experiences. I really just wish that I could use my whole pday to type up every single one...but alas, I only have 50 minutes left. Lets see how this goes!

We will start with my talk that I gave yesterday- as missionaries, we had the whole Sacrament meeting to use to excite our ward to participate en la obra misional. I literally cannot remember how to say that in English. Pero bueno, I felt very strongly to speak about how members- not just missionaries- can use Preach my Gospel to know how to talk to others about the gospel. I used a lot of quotes from Elder Ballard's talk this last Conference, and I was really excited to give my talk.

But that jerk Satan got to me on Sunday morning, making me doubt what I had prepared and feel like it's too direct or not spiritual enough or that it's all been said before...ya know, the average stuff that he tries to do to make us doubt ourselves. What a jerk. I was literally praying from the moment I woke up to the moment I stood at the pulpit to give my talk to be able to be calm and to know that what I prepared is what needs to be said, and that I can listen to the spirit and not the adversary to know if I need to change anything.

I'll be honest, I was shaking all during Sacrament meeting. But as soon as I stood at the pulpit and started talking, my whole body was calm and I spoke easily and changed a few things but still kept on the topic that I had prepared, that we can truly share the gospel easily as members, not just us missionaries. That when we were baptized, we promised to be representatives of Christ in every moment and to share the gospel (Mosiah 18:8-9), and that Preach my Gospel is a guide for missionary work, not missionaries. And since we all promised to spread the gospel and participate in missionary work, Preach my Gospel is for all of us, right? Right. So read it and do something about it! BOM!

Prayers are answered. Church is true. Accept it.

Short list of awesome things that happened this week:

-being made fun of for being obedient and thanking the person for saying it
-visiting someone and changing the lesson plan and Hermana Marquez and I both felt prompted to share the same scripture, Alma 7:11-12, the holy ghost is so COOL
-one of our investigators read up to 1Nephi 17 in 3 days

And the best of all...

We had a lesson with a less active sister, not knowing what we would share as we started the lesson, but slowly, as she opened up to us and we learned more about her, we knew exactly what to share (1 Nephi 21:13-17) and what to testify of. As we progressed more into the lesson, and she confided more and more in us of what has happened, we both were able to testify with power and assurity because literally everything she told us, we have gone through and overcome.

I'm not even kidding. I'm not saying it because it's something nice to say. I can honestly say that every trial that I have gone through, she is going through right now. And I can now see very clearly that Heavenly Father was preparing me to help her. I know that there were and are other reasons for my trials, but if they were only to be able to connect with this sister, it was worth it. Because I could honestly say "I know it's hard and I know it hurts but I know you can make it and be happy because I could make it through what you are trying to do."

God really does now how to help his children, who to send and how to send them and how to tell them what to say to help us. We really are surrounded by angels. God answers prayers many, many times through other people. All we have to do is listen for the spirit telling us what to say and we can do that. We can be an answer to someone's prayer.

Be Bold, Stay Rad, Do what you do :) God loves you :)

Hermana Harkins