Sister Meservy’s Letter from June 17, 2013
SUBJECT: Letter to ALL . . .
Alright, don’t be mad…
This weeks letter is going to be short.
BUT! GOOD NEWS! We got transfer calls last night-and I GET TO STAY IN MY AREA! And I’ll be training a new missionary again. Wonderful, right? Yes. Also, my companion was shipped off to Brazil today, so I will get my new companion tomorrow! 🙂 It’s wonderful.
Today I got to go fear busting! 🙂 And guess who I got to fear bust!? Sister Haynes!! Bergen Haynes… (that may be spelled wrong) But she and I got to go out and tract together! She is adorable and she will be a wonderful missionary. She IS a wonderful missionary. Maybe I’ll get to train her? haha- We’ll find out tomorrow.
Anyway. Missionary work is THE BEST.
Real quick I will share something cool I studied. . .
Pahoran, one of my favorites, is such an example to me in Alma 61 when he responds to Moroni’s pretty intense letter… Pahoran is so patient and forgiving, and just says, “In your letter you have censured me, but It mattereth not, I am not angry, but do rejoice in the greatness of your heart.”
I have really tried to have that attitude to EVERYONE and I hope I can be more like Pahoran.
But I was reading in Alma 55 (i think) the other day… and Moroni writes Ammoron a pretty passionate and intense letter… but Ammoron, being wicked, doesn’t respond quite so well. Even still he ends his epistle telling Moroni these things matter not. BUT DOES HE REALLY THINK THAT? no. Read the epistle. Compare the two.
In both letters, Moroni threatens to come and kill these men. And they say the same thing in their responses… but mean totally different things. I realized that I not only need to say “It mattereth not, I am not angry, but do rejoice in the greatness of your heart” BUT I NEED TO MEAN IT! ALWAYS! 🙂
I love God’s children.
I love yall.
Keep up the good work. Chin up.
Love,
Sister Meservy
On a side note Lynn and I got to meet Sarah’s mission president’s wife, Melonie Mullen at a wedding reception of her daughter in Orem last Friday. Sister Mullen said some wonderful things about Sarah. Said, “she is always so happy.” Does that surprise anyone? Sarah got quite a kick out of this picture when I attached it to my weekly email.