Welcome to my channel where i tell you about my mission!
Just one example of how weird it is to live here, is the title of my email today haha. I'm living with a Japanese sister, sister Yamamoto and she is hilarious. There are a lot of misunderstandings in the English language! She asked that question when we were having a discussion about what kissing was hahahaha I feel bad for her haha but she is doing well and I'm so proud of her. She's cute and funny! I will include a video of her being funny haha
Okay so the other part of why its so crazy here is because serving here in Carthage has been life changing. I can't even explain it. The spirit is so strong, and I am developing a relationship with Christ that I could get no where else, doing nothing else. It's amazing. Also, I really do know that angels visit here.
I don't have time to explain what I mean in detail, so please read the talk Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament by Dallin H Oaks from October 1998 and pair it with the scripture 3 Nephi 7:18.
Have you had any angels minister to you lately?
Love you all!
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Sister Bush
Email to family:
hello! i know its only been 4 days but i am happy to talk to you nontheless haha.
yay Ainsley!! i cant wait to meet her. she is so cute. i'm glad you had that wonderful opportunity to witness and be a part of that mom. I know sis Pena told me about how much a miracle birth is and what an honor it is to be a part of it. i cant wait to participate in bringing Gods children to this earth. i cant imagine how sacred of a feeling that would be. it helps me realize why the law of chastity is so essential and important.
i haven't had to use my foam roller too much, maybe like once a week or once every other week. it hasn't been too bad. i hope your back feels better soon! how annoying to have it not feel good right when you need to be moving boxes and stuff.
i love Reuben oh my goodness what a champ. and jonas too. wow just all the kids are awesome. i hung up my pictures of the family just the other day and i realized how much i love you all more and more each day!!! it just keeps growing, i'm not sure how it works haha. i would love more pictures though, these pictures i have are getting outdated and i want more recent ones i can hang on my walls.
mom! your hair! i gasped in shock when you sent me that picture haha i even showed my companion sister Swaney because i was like woah! it surprised me that you did that but i'm also proud of my momma! it looks so good and i'm so happy for you! you are the most beautifulest momma in the world (:
i love your question goal. i know you've wanted to do that for a long time. you'll have to tell me how things go! i'm working on improving my relationship with heavenly father and Jesus christ as well. i'm starting out by keeping track of spiritual promptings. i'm making categories of what the spirit feels like in different situations, so that i can more clearly understand what He is trying to tell me.
these past 4 days have been awesome. carthage is amazing, especially the martyrdom room. its interesting, the spirit is always in there! even when i show up early just to clean the jail. when i walk into that room, whether i am by myself about to sweep the floors or with a youth group giving a tour or taking a picture for a family in there- the spirit always witnesses to me of certain things. that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. that the Book of Mormon is true. that God answers prayers. that Jesus is the Christ. that the priesthood is back on the earth. that heavenly father is aware of all of our sacrifices. the list could go on and on. i love it. the spirit always tells me to bear testimony of something different in the martyrdom room and so i know that i am doing my best to testify of what people need to hear.
ive been giving a lot of tours by myself this week, because sister Swaney has a hurt knee. we cant figure out why it hurts but she's been resting it and so hopefully she can give tours now. sis Swaney is great. she's a weirdo and i love that. but she is also one of the most sincere people i have ever met. there is nothing fake about her, she's always real and doesn't hide it. and she's super sweet too- the other day she started crying and i was like are you okay? she told me it was because she just loves the scriptures so much. she had been studying. isn't that so cute and sweet! i love her testimony.
going to church from carthage is so tiring. church starts at 745 and we have to drive 30 minutes to get there.... so thats pretty early.
but on sunday we got to watch this awesome devotional by Elder Holland to the missionaries. it changed my mission and my life haha. i'm so grateful that pres Lusvardi is close with the 12 so he can get permission to show us stuff like that!!! man.
also on sunday we watched our story goes on and that was beautiful as always. that is only performed 2 times a year so it was awesome to see it one last time
last night i spent a good 5 minutes skimming through my mission journal and i'm shocked with how the time has flown. its going by so fast! cant we just pause time so i can get more out of this? serve more people? learn more history? i'm pretty sure ill be visiting nauvoo and carthage like all the time the rest of my life. because i love it here so much.
the only problem here is that we don't have as much study time as other missions. i wish i had more time to study... but its okay. i know that i'm being blessed for serving so much!
Heres an example of being blessed for serving! I was giving a tour in Carthage to a youth group. We were in the martyrdom room and the spirit asked me to ask a youth to bear their testimony. I was nervous what the reaction would be like, but I chose to have faith in the prompting. I just said "the spirit is asking me to ask someone to bear their testimony. Would any of you like to bear your testimony in the same place where Joseph bore his last testimony?"
Everything was silent. And then a hand went up, a young girl stood and bore her testimony to the other youth about Joseph smith and Nauvoo and the saints sacrifices. She cried and so did many others. The spirit was strong. I concluded with my testimony and then ended the tour. As all the youth left, I thanked her for being willing to share. She looked at me and smiled. With tears in her eyes, she said "I have been wanting to do that all day."
It was a sweet moment.
Also in Carthage everyone crochets blankets and scarfs so I'm working on a scarf right now! So that's a skill I'm working on. Another skill is braiding my hair. I hope you are proud mom haha cuz I'm getting better. I can do Dutch braids now, and I like doing a Dutch braid from my left side all around my head and ending over my right shoulder. It reminds me of a crown braid, except easier haha.
Also I'm working on eating healthy like always. It's so hard with the seniors. They make it so hard. But I'm determined to not gain weight on my mission! For breakfasts I have either a protein shake or oatmeal plus like a kiwi or banana. For lunches and dinners I usually have either salad or soup or scrambled eggs or Greek yogurt and fruit or chicken and mashed cauliflower. I feel like I'm eating a lot better than I have in the past! It's a great feeling.
I don't have much else for this week! Life is pretty good!
Pageant ends this week though. This is the last week of it. So that's sad.
Well I love you both so much! Thank you for everything.
Love love love
Sister Bush
Ps check out Elder Oaks talk called the Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament from Oct 1998 paired with the scripture 3 Nephi 7:18
I feel I am getting very close to having angels minister to me daily. There are many angels here in Nauvoo and Carthage! I know that they sometimes influence tours and the people that come. Wow.
And you guys are angels to me also.
LOVE YOU
Sister Bush
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