Taking the Shots: "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN! 🇺🇸🇺🇸" (Week 43: 6/27-7/4)

Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸 thanks to all those out there who have served
our country to keep our freedom!

We have all won the lottery of life. The best lottery.. We have the
resorted gospel of Jesus Christ here on the earth! How awesome is
that?

This week was sooo loooooonnnnnnnnggggggg!! I feel like it was one of
the longest weeks ever!

Maybe because there was so many things that we had to see happen. We
had zone conference on Tuesday where we said goodbye to President and
Sister Wilson. So sad to see them go, but I am so thankful for the
many things that I have learned from them. We then got a new mission
president. President and Sister Smith came into the mission on Friday
and we got to meet them and shake their hands on Saturday! We will
have another Zone Conference this week to visit with them again!

We had a lot of people who were out of town for the week/weekend. We
weren't able to see Derrick or Brenda. 😭 because they went to New
York! JEALOUS! But we met some new people. Rose and Jim are super cool
we actually met them last night while tracting! It was pretty awesome.

This week I have been praying for patience and boy let me tell you...
When you pray for something you'll get it. So careful what you ask
for! Haha! Just kidding. It was a very humbling experience. So last
Sunday during the passing of the sacrament, I was praying. I asked,
"What Lack I Yet?". Well I was told that I needed to work on my
patience. And this whole week my studies have been on patience. I have
had to have lots of patience with my companion, with the work, and so
much more. But at the end of it all we were able to see so many
miracles. But during sacrament yesterday, I was thinking about a
scripture in Doctrine and Covenants 121: 7-8: "7 My son, peace be unto
thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small
moment;
8 And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou
shalt triumph over all thy foes."

Patience has to deal with faith. I know that as I continue to work on
it, I will be able to be more patient in the things that I have a hard
time with.

I'm so grateful for this promised land. I'm grateful for the
sacrifices people, both servicemen and their families have made, for
us to be able to live in a country where we can have religious
freedom. That is why the people came here in the first place. There is
a scripture in the Book of Mormon, that talks about the promised land!

OHHH and I got to see my recent convert who works down here in Fredericksburg!

Ether 2:10

I love you all! I miss you lots, but there is so much work to do!

Love,

Sister Pewtress