Blessed Up

This cactus is approximately? Sister Showalter is alittle over 5 ft tall

 Jose came to the new member fireside yesterday!

Nohelia at the New Member Fireside!

Played the pie face game for FHE and it hit me 4/4 times.....

Tamales

Zone conference two weeks ago!

FHA (family home afternoon) with the zone ft. Sister Barlow my fav

3. IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS

God blesses his missionaries.

Last p day we made 100+ cinnamon rolls for investigators, members and less active members. It took almost all day and drained our bank accounts but we were happy to do it. But we were seriously food broke.

But then throughout the week people kept giving us food!! We got tamales on two separate occasions! The first time we got the tamales we were like "wow these are good. We would love more tamales." And then LITERALLY the next day a less active gave us bags of food and told us to stop by tomorrow because they were making tamales.

I know it's just a little thing but it meant a ton to us. I know God provides for and watches over us in small ways and that these small ways are sometimes the greatest expression of His love.

This is a work of love and miracles. This week had its highs and lows and we had to make some tough decisions but through it all Sister Neahusen and I felt overwhelming love from our Heavenly Father and saw some crazy miracles.

In the scriptures we are given so many different examples of His love - the greatest one being sending His son, Jesus Christ, to the earth to redeem all mankind.

Recently I've been reflecting a lot on this topic - especially on the atonement of Jesus Christ and what exactly it means to me. The atonement is something highly personal and individual. It was suffering not only on a physical level but also on a mental, spiritual and emotional one for each and every one of us here on the earth.

I can't truly explain how I feel about my Savior. I have made so many mistakes, I have left the path more than I would care to admit and yet my Savior has never left me alone once. When Peter lacked the faith sufficient and began to sink "he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him".

We all have moments in our life when we begin to sink, when our faith is insufficient and we doubt, but it is in our weaknesses that we are made strong AS we reach and call out to Christ. The moment we do so He is there lifting us up. "Immediately" in that moment we find the strength to walk again on the water with our Savior at our side.

I love my Savior and the more I have come to know Him the more grateful I am that "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief".

Have a blessed week and don't forget to think about all that you have to be thankful for!

To the Moon and back!

Hermana Showalter