Oct 12

Hello Everyone!!! :)

I'm smiling while I'm typing this because I just love all of you oh so much, I hope you know that. This week has been quite interesting that’s for sure, ha maybe you have heard a little bit on the news, maybe not! Let's just say these are the last days before the Savior will come again, but we need not to fear when we trust the Lord in every footstep. I know that prayer is essential to overcoming anything that is thrown our way. I feel like I need to talk about faith during this email because I have learned a lot about it and have grown a love for it. I think about the moments in my life when I have lacked faith and how lost I truly was. I always talk about this presentation called, "God's Plan for his Family," that we take people through. It is one of my favorite things to show people because, God loves all of his children and wants families to be together forever, not just in this life. At the end of the presentation there is a line that I reflect on a lot, " A light shall break forth among those that sit in darkness, and it shall be the fullness of my gospel." How powerful is that? Yeah I love it!!! How many of us are sitting in darkness, whether it be spiritual, mental, physical and we can't find the light? The gospel of Jesus Christ is the light at the end of the tunnel I know that with all my heart. When we have a eternal perspective on the things of this world, all the worry clears and we can see the light. It makes me reflect on one of my favorite hymns... "Be still my soul." How perfectly titled this song is to a lost soul and how simple yet complex this phrase is.

Be still my soul the LORD is on thy side
With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain
Leave to thy GOD to order and PROVIDE
In every change HE FAITHFUL will REMAIN
Be still my soul thy BEST thy heavenly friend
Through THORNY ways, leads to a JOYFUL end

Be still my soul thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as he has the past
Thy hope, thy confidence let NOTHING shake
All now mysterious shall be BRIGHT at last
Be still my soul the waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below

Be still, my soul The hour is hast'ning on
when we shall be FOREVER with the Lord
When disappointment, greif and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, loves purrest joys restored
Be still, my soul when change and tears are past
All SAFE and blessed we shall meet at last.

I know that Heavenly Father hears every word we speak and that He is waiting to pour out the blessings of heaven if we will just pray.

Old people are so tender...
This old couple was just siting on the couch for like a hour seriously and just staring at everything. We were covering desk aka my favorite aka miracles always happen then! Well they started talking to me and the old lady had her arm around me and called my hunny ha. She was such an angel. Sister Rathgeber was talking to a New York couple ( perfect for her) Anyways I started to just tell them about how amazing the story of Joseph Smith was. I knew that they needed missionaries. I literally didn't even give them the choice I invited for missionaries, pulled out the card and smiled. I said I would love to send you a free DVD about the history behind it all. They felt the spirit for a small moment and they accepted. That was a tender mercy because it was pouring rain and NO ONE was on the square. That couple was only there for a short time but the spirit on temple square in undeniable to anyone that walks through those gates.

God does love all of his children...As you may have heard we had some visitors to the square on Thursday :) ... We were all safe we actually were sent home early with security and they closed temple square at 5:00pm. We had to go quietly so they wouldn't notice. There were 1,000 gay protesters circling the church office building. They laid down dressed in all black to symbolize the death of young gays. President Packer's talk really caused some people to have some harsh thoughts. I love and sustain President Packer(the President of the quorum of the 12 Apostles) and I know that he speaks on issues our Heavenly Father needs us to hear. I know that God does love all of his children and that through the atonement of Jesus Christ we can overcome anything. We will have many people with this issue coming to temple square and we are advised to just love. And that's exactly how I feel just LOVE. Those who truly understood President Packer's talk have only LOVE in mind, although the world would interperate his talk as hateful.

I Love you all, I hope this email comforts those who may have a burdened soul at this time I just felt like this was important. I'm grateful for trials that make us stronger and I know that we have a Loving Heavenly Father and a Savior who knows exactly how we feel.
Phillipians 4:13

Love you all so so much Have an amazing week!
ps. They are changing stuff around right now on the square so if your thinking to come and visit you might not be able to find me and I would hate to miss you... November after transfers things will go back to normal!! :)

Love Sister Mettra