WEEK 73: Grateful!

Hey hey!

I wish I had a more exciting update to give this week, but unfortunately I don't. I ended up getting sick this week, and it took me out of commission for a solid 4 days. Thankfully I'm on the mend, and my companion was very patient with me through it all.

With all the time staying inside, I tried to get caught up in my journaling. It's always a blessing to reflect on the miracles and tender mercies from God, and it was perfect timing with Thanksgiving this week! I always write down three things I'm grateful for at the end of each day, and looking back through it, I wanted to share highlights from the week:

- Decluttering the apartment

- The Spirit is the best teacher

- Grateful for the sunshine that came back after it was overcast for 2 days

- Chicken soup from a sweet member!

- Reading the Nativity story as a companionship

- Helping a member set up a Christmas tree -- we had a small and simple miracle, we couldn't find the stand for the tree, but after saying a prayer the member immediately had an idea of where it could be, and she found it! God cares about the small and simple things. 

- Ginger juice from a recent convert to cure my cold.

- Medicine and sleep

I also wanted to share this verse that just reminds me of my mission! 

"For the Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody." 2 Nephi 8:3

Yes, it's a desert wilderness, a seemingly waste place. Yet, joy and gladness has truly been found here! And I'm full of thanksgiving for the blessing that my mission has been. This experience of serving a mission has changed the course of my life, and I am forever grateful for this time that I've had to focus on my Savior and invite others to come unto Him. I don't want it to end, but I know that there's more life to live after this, and I am so grateful for everything that I have learned and for how Christ and His gospel has changed me!

There's much to be grateful for. God is always good, and I am grateful to know that He is in every single detail of our lives. Give thanks this week!

Sister Malmstrom

1290 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy #315 Henderson, NV 89012

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