61st Email: So Much to Be Thankful For

"O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come 

before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms (Psalm 95:2)."

There is so much to be thankful for!! Seriously. Just sit down and start thinking about it. Have you ever thought about the human body, for instance? This is one of the greatest gifts we have ever been given! One of my favorite things about the body it's ability to heal itself. Can you imagine if every scrape, bruise, paper cut, or BUG BITE never went away? We'd all go crazy! So yeah. The human body is so cool.

The greatest gift, of course, is the gift of God's Son, Jesus Christ. We are eternally indebted to him, and what's crazy is he doesn't expect us to pay him back! All he asks us to do is to use the gift. Don't let Christ's sacrifice be in vain! If you haven't ever read Brad Wilcox's talk "His Grace is Sufficient," go read it now! https://www.lds.org/ensign/2013/09/his-grace-is-sufficient?lang=eng
 

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So basically, I love Sister Morgan and I never want to leave Fairmont. It's like a fairy mountain! So magical! haha get it..? Fairmont...fairy mountain... It really is such a great place. We've been finding such great people everywhere. It's the best! 

I hope all of you have a delicious Thanksgiving, and a happy week. Thinking of what I'm thankful for always makes me happy. Love ya!


Love,
Sister Myers

60th Email: Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite

Hey Dad, remember when you always used to say before I went to bed, "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite!" I used to think that was just a funny little saying to scare children. I WAS WRONG. Who knew bed bugs were actually a real thing?  I've learned a lot of things on my mission, and the reality of bed bugs is one of them. And the idea of not "letting" them bite is just laughable. Bed bugs do what ever they want! Needless to say, the highlight of the week was hearing the exterminators knock on the door on Wednesday. No more bed bugs biting Sister Myers! :D

Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways! The exterminators told us we needed to run all of our clothes through the dryer before they came so that any bugs on our clothes would die. So, we emptied our closet and drawers and headed across the street to the laundromat! That was a lot of fun. Long story short, we met this girl at the laundromat who is looking for a church to go to, and she was very excited to come to ours and have us come over and teach her! If it weren't for the bed bugs we never would have gone to the laundromat at the time we did.

Despite the fact that we had bed bugs, our apartment is actually a really nice apartment. everything in it is new. (We must have picked up the bed bugs from someone else's house). Well everything except the water heater. That looked pretty old. We noticed a little bit ago that the top of the water heater was leaking--not drastically, but enough for it to pool on the surface. So, we called the land lord (he's probably sick of us by now), and he sent someone up right away to look at it. He assessed the damage and said he'd be back in the next couple of days to replace the top. Fast forward...Sister Larkin and I (exchanges with old companion! best thing ever!) got home late at the end of the day, and our downstairs neighbor was out in the stairway. She looked a bit frazzled and said that something was leaking from upstairs down into the hallway. Uh oh! The maintenance man had come around noon to replace the top of the water heater, but didn't quite attach it correctly, so it had been leaking for about nine hours.... haha what next? Sister Morgan and I have learned to just laugh. That makes life a lot easier!

One of my favorite things about being a missionary is watching the gospel change people's lives. We have been teaching K-- and A-- for a little while, and in just this short time, I have seen the light of the gospel fill their lives. They've tasted the goodness of God, and they want more! The gospel is about change and they are definitely wanting to change their lives for the better. K-- actually quit smoking, cold turkey, about two weeks ago, and we hadn't even taught them about the Word of Wisdom! They keep having experiences during the week between our visits in which they are faced with a choice and they choose the right. The gospel is about learning to make correct choices consistently, and that's what they are doing! The spirit is obviously more present in their home and in their hearts. 

We just started teaching this awesome woman named H--. She is a coworker of one of the members here (whose name happens to be Sister Myers), and she came to a little craft activity with the Relief Society. Sister Myers is such an awesome member missionary! She is really good friends with H--, and she has been talking to her about the church for quite a while and always invites her to activities. We invited her to learn more, and she readily accepted! Our first lesson was so awesome. We went over to H--'s house with Sister Myers, and it went so well! She definitely has an open mind and a willing heart. She kept mentioning that she had this hunger and thirst for something, and she is willing to do anything to get herself and her family closer to God. The thing that I love about it is that Sister Myers didn't do anything crazy or out of the ordinary. She was just being herself and sharing something she loves with her friend, whom she loves. 

Whelp! I love ya! Have a great week!

Love,
Sister Myers

Quote of the week: 

"Sometimes the Lord's delays seem long, some last a lifetime, but they are always calculated to bless." ~President Eyring

59th Email: Busy Busy BUSY!

Holy smokes! I feel like this week had a month's worth of stuff crammed into it! Last Monday feels like ages ago. We did a lot of driving this week (I absolutely love all these curvy roads that make me carsick...), Mission Leadership Council in Sissonville on Tuesday, Clarksburg Zone Meeting on Thursday, Morgantown Zone Meeting on Friday, which was followed by an exchange with the Morgantown 2nd Ward sisters. I spent the day in Morgantown with Sister Call and it was so fun! And cold. Sister Call is incredible. She goes home in a few weeks (to Springville, Utah, funny enough), and when I asked her why she decided to come on a misison, she proceeded to tell me the coolest story ever about how the gospel has changed her life and how she gained a testimony of the Book of Mormon. Basically she inspired me to be a better missionary and to become more deeply converted to the gospel.

Life is good! The church is consistently true! Heavenly Father loves us! I love being a missionary! I love the people, I love the gospel, aaand I've never been more tired in my life! Maybe I'll take a nap today. Eh...probably not...

Sorry it's short again. Busy, busy, busy! Love ya!

Love,
Sister Myers

58th Email: Spiritual Feast

 We had a meeting on Thursday with the north half of the mission (over 100 missionaries). We learned from our wonderful mission president and his wife, President and Sister Salisbury, and we also had the privilege of hearing from Elder Renlund of the 70 and his wife, Sister Renlund. What a spiritual feast! I learned a ton and Sister Morgan and I have already been trying to implement the things we learned into our missionary work. One principle that really stuck with me was the fact that our conversion is never stationary. Our faith is always increasing or decreasing, depending on our actions. The slope of our line of faith is never zero. This means that if we invite someone to read the Book of Mormon to increase their faith, and then we come back and they haven't opened the book at all, their faith has obviously not increased. What I didn't realize, however, is that their faith doesn't stay stagnant. If they are not acting, then their faith is decreasing. We are constantly gaining or losing light. We can never plateau! It was a really good meeting.

This week I learned from Greg Scur that you can't judge a book from it's cover. The gospel is for everyone, and anyone can change their life! 

I hope everyone had a great Halloween! Sister Morgan and I dressed up as missionaries.... 

Love,
Sister Myers