One year in the mission....a year without my back popped by dad!

Haha hope you appreciate the title of this email. I have had to learn new techniques to Pop my back. I have loved all of my companions but getting your back popped by a small girl. Yeah it's not enjoyable it hurts. I can't believe it's been a year tomorrow. This journey has been amazing. It's like a beautiful dream! And yay I still have 6 months! 

Ok enough of that....this week.....

Remember Sabrina?? Well she is great. We are hoping to get her a Book of Mormon in Swedish. 

Coolest thing is that slowly we have seen people coming. The other Sunday we had 2 Africans we met in the park come to church. We didn't really remember them but they remembered us and now the anziani are teaching them.

And then Julia is brava and fed us a huge meal yesterday. We don't have to eat now for the rest of our missions. There were 2 desserts!! ;)

I just want you all to know that you matter to your Heavenly Father. Yes we might be one in a world of a ton of people but we matter.

John 15

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

We are nothing without the vine. But yet the tree would not look as good without the branches. Right? 

"This is a paradox of man: compared to God, man is nothing; yet we are everything to God. While against the backdrop of infinite creation we may appear to be nothing, we have a spark of eternal fire burning within our breast. We have the incomprehensible promise of exaltation--worlds without end--within our grasp. And it is God’s great desire to help us reach it."

Elder uchtdorf 

Love is not just a feeling...it's an ability. ---Dan in real life

Faith is not just a feeling...it's a decision.- elder Andersen

I know in hard times we can say we don't have faith. But really faith is not just a feeling....we make the decision to have faith to trust in our Heavenly Father and believe. I believe that Heavenly Father is waiting to help each of us. We are the ones who need to decide now whether or not to have faith. 

 

Decide on faith!! 

Love you all! 

Sorella skinner