10 days left? Seriously?

Well it has been a great week! I'm a tiny stressed out. Ok I'm a lot stressed out. It's nerve racking coming home soon. It's the scariest thing ever! You go through so many emotions.. and ask yourself a lot of questions.. Did I do everything I was supposed to? Am I more Christlike? Have I learned all that I needed to out here. Did I help other people come to Christ? How will I ever get back into "normal" life. I guess these are all the be expected. Life is full of change. If you aren't changing your not progressing right?

Two amazing things from this week:

1. Brett. He is the guy that works at the gas station, the one I invited to church and actually came! yeah. So we taught him the first lesson this week.. let me tell you it was absolutely amazing and spiritual. It was meant to be. So many things that have happened in his life were similar to my own experience.. I believe everyone has to be "backed against the wall of faith". We all have to come to Christ on our own paths.. and once we do sometimes we get to help other people who are trying to find that truth that only comes from the gospel. This is true with Brett. During the lesson he cried. He said "I haven't cried in years, you don't understand how much just this conversation has helped me already, I have been looking for this peace all my life". People like Brett make missions so worth it.

 

 

2. Nancy Glassco got baptized! Yes! It was so great. I gave a talk at her baptism on the Holy Ghost.. I teared up at the end because I am just so proud of her.. Also because her non member mom and 3 sisters came to the service and were on the front row intently listening. It was a powerful experience. One that I am truely grateful to God for letting me be a part of. He really knows everything. it was wonderful.

 

I come home in 10 days! It's nutso!

Love you

Sister Rachelle

It's so Good.

The mission is good so good.

1. We had 5 investigators at church on Sunday

2. We fasted and prayed with Nancy about her baptism. She is getting baptized this Saturday

3. I love my mission

4. I heart my companion. We are two peas in a pod.

5. My diet coke addiction has a purpose. I always talk to the guy at the gas station while purchasing said caffiene. Well I invited him to church.. he came and loved it. He asked us when we could teach him! hahaah

I love you all. Lots. I will tell you everything when I get home. I feel like these e-mails are getting shorter and shorter.. welp.. see you in 2 weeks!
-Sister Rachelle

Yikes

Is this a joke? Three weeks left. I would like to live in denial. I kind of am actually. Amazing things have been happening.. Remember Nancy? I asked her if she prayed about the Book of Mormon and got an answer... her reply " Yes I did, I think I got an answer, but I'm not sure. Basically I asked God if all of this was true.. the Church and everything.. and well I just had this feeling of joy all over my body, what does that mean? It felt awesome"!
Oh my goodness that was so amazing.. I'm like uh yeah that's an answer from God Nancy.. I took no more thought about it and asked her if she wanted to be baptized.. She said she would like to! She's going to pray about July 21.. oh my Hannah that's great. The Gospel is for reals.
   One thing I have found is that as a missionary.. all you really need is the Spirit. If you have that.. it doesn't even matter what you say.. the people you teach will respond if they are ready. God knows who is ready for the gospel.. all he asks us is to help Him get them into the church.
   I am terrified to go back to normal life soon. You'll have to help me!
Loves,
Sister Rachelle

I'll go where You want me to go

Yesterday was my last fast and testimony meetings of my mission. That is absolutley scary/emotional for me to say the least. Both Sacraments were great meetings.. amazing actually. I bore my testimony in the last ward and wow I felt like bawling my eyes out. I didn't though thankfully.. but there were a few tears. I basically thanked the Lord for all the unreal blessings/miracles I have seen on my mission. The hymn "I'll go where you want me to go" has been going on in my head the last couple weeks..
"But if by a still, small voice He calls to paths I do not know,
 I’ll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in Yours,
I’ll go where You want me to go."

It's been hard for me.. and kinda makes me mad! Why? Because I know the Lord is calling me back home soon. He wants me to return back to normal life. Frankly that sucks! I don't want to do it.. It's bittersweet.

The Lord blesses the obedient. He blesses those that serve Him.. some of the blessings I've recieved lately shock me! I feel incredibly blessed by God. I just realized I said blessed like 5 times already.. Well here I go again.. I feel BLESSED beyond my own comprehension.

Want to hear an amazing miracle? A couple I taught in my first area.. the Wards.. Amy was just baptized when I got to RedLodge. . I was able to take them to the temple the for thier first time to do baptisms. . anyhow they are now getting sealed in the temple... Guess where? San Diego on August 4! I get to go to thier sealing.. oh my amazing.

So we have been teaching a new investigator named Nancy.. She's 15 and I love her to peices! Guess how she found out about the church? The Donny Osmund website! How hilarious is that? She has this newfound obsession with 70's music and on his website there is a link to ask questions about the chuch.. She's been coming to church with us for the last two weeks and she loves it! She is trying to memorize the Young Womens theme.. she is the best. She will get baptized and be the key for the rest of her family.. for sure. Wow I just love the gospel.. and it's amazing teaching the elect who want to learn and progress.. It's so cool.

We got a new mission President! Did I forget to mention that? He is rad.. I like him alot. It is weird though having such a huge change right before I go home.. But hey if things aren't changing.. you aren't progressing.
I love my mission. I'm gonna love these last four weeks. Let the miracles roll in
Loves,
Sister Rachelle