Spiritual Momentum

Hola hola!

A couple of weeks ago, a member of our ward called us to say that he had visited a part-member family in the ward and the two sons were interested in coming to church. We visited the family later in the week and met the two sons. Their names are Danny and Andreas, and they are so sweet! We had a few lessons with them and they came to a youth baptism on Saturday. Danny has gone to a couple of the Young Men's activities and came to church yesterday. Andreas wasn't able to come to church and there aren't many activities for his age group, so we're still trying to help him make friends. 

My friend Blanca from my last area got baptized on Saturday! I was able to go to the baptism and it was such a sweet experience. Blanca was so happy. A couple of days before the baptism, she told the missionaries that she was thinking about pushing back her baptismal date again. Doubts started to creep in that made her feel like she wasn't ready. The missionaries said okay and waited to plan the rest of the baptism. Soon after, Blanca received some big news that she had been waiting for for a long time. She knew that God truly was aware of her and that she needed to be baptized. It was amazing to see Blanca recognize God's hand in her life and choose to be baptized. 

I had my final interview with President Fisk and it was amazing. I'm grateful for him and his ability to listen to the Holy Ghost. He told me some things that I've really been needing to hear. I'm so thankful for the opportunity that I had to get to know him and serve with him. 

There's a woman in our area named Amy who has been taught by missionaries in the past. Because of some health issues, we haven't been able to have lessons with her. However, she has been coming to church and joined us to watch the Why I Believe event last night through Zoom. Amy loves the church and has a strong desire to be baptized. We have our first lesson with her this week!

As I was studying last week, I watched a video about spiritual momentum. One of the men in the video said that "its a lot easier to stay in shape than it is to get back in shape." In this case, he was referring to spiritual shape. This idea reminded me of Elder Renlund's talk from the recent General Conference. He said, "We become vulnerable when we slow down and especially when we stop. If we maintain spiritual momentum by continually 'rowing' toward the Savior, we are safer and more secure because our eternal life depends on our faith in Him." Elder Renlund continued by saying, "Our faith in Jesus Christ needs to be nourished daily. It is nourished as we pray daily, study the scriptures daily, reflect on the goodness of God daily, repent daily, and follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost daily." One of the biggest lessons that I've learned on my mission is the importance of staying in "spiritual shape." Too often, we talk ourselves into the idea that we simply don't have enough time to read the scriptures, pray, etc. However, if we truly think about what we are doing instead, we will realize that there is always time, even if its only 5 minutes. Its easy to think that if its only 5 minutes then it might as well be nothing. However, I promise that any amount of time that we spend keeping ourselves in spiritual shape is time well spent. I know that Heavenly Father loves you. Jesus Christ loves you. He is the Savior of the World. I testify of these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 

I love you all!

Con Amor,
Hermana Kendrick


















Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Power Of The Book Of Mormon

Image
¡Hola amigos y familiares! It was a busy week with Zone Conference and lots of lessons with our friends. There is so much work to do in this area and its awesome!  Our friend Blanca and her two kids, Ashley and Gael, told us that they want to be baptized but aren't quite ready to set a date. Blanca is a little nervous about being baptized because her extended family isn't very supportive of her wanting to join our church. We had one of our lessons with Blanca at the Laytons house, and the Laytons did an amazing job of responding to some of her worries. We are continuing to pray that her and her kids will be ready to set a baptismal date soon.  Daniel and Marisol are doing so well! Last week, they told us that they are ready to change what they need to and commit to following Jesus Christ. They come to every church activity and refer to the branch members as their family. It has been so neat to see how quickly they connected with the branch, and now you would think that they...
Read more

I Made It To Phoenix!

Image
Hola everyone! I made it to Phoenix! My mission President and his wife (President and Sister Eyre) are amazing! I already love them so much. My companion is Sister Farnsworth. She's great! She's been serving for 14 months, so her Spanish is really good. She does most of the talking in our lessons haha.  When I was getting ready to leave the MTC, the wheels on one of my luggages broke. Two of the guys working at the reception desk tried to tape them on for me. Needless to say, the airport was an interesting experience. Before I left the MTC, I received a priesthood blessing from one of the Elders in my district. During the blessing, the Spirit in the room was so strong. I know that the words the Elder said were from God. I was able to feel the comfort I needed before coming to Arizona. I am so thankful for the priesthood and priesthood blessings. I know that priesthood power truly is from God.  My final devotional at the MTC was a video of Elder David A. Bednar. He talked about...
Read more

Be In The World

Image
Hola a todos!  I hope that you're all doing well! We had another lesson with the Romero family and they are doing so well! Their goal this year as a family is to come to all of the branch activities. They have lots of friends in the branch and the members have been great at helping them feel welcome. We have been praying hard for the Romero family to open up more, and every lesson it seems like they feel a little more comfortable with us.  Last week was Zone Conference week, and President Fisk introduced a new mission initiative called "the lost coin." As a mission, we started teaching quite a few people last year but only a small percentage of them ended up getting baptized. This year, we are going to focus more on using the tools that we have to find those who were taught by missionaries last year and in years passed. Then we are going to check up on them and see how we can help them to continue learning. We have lots of amazing tools as missionaries and it will be awes...
Read more