No more Crutches!

No more Crutches!

Aug 30

Hello Family and Friends!

A note to everyone who is thinking of serving, in the process of serving, or about to serve a mission... DONT HURT YOURSELF! Its a big pain and quite difficult to get lots of things done in a timely manner. Its been difficult on me and my companions. Do yourselves a favor and pay attention and don’t get hurt. =) On to more positive news! As the title suggests I have no more crutches! I’m super excited too, Its day 2 without them and I’m doing pretty well. Its no longer big and blue, in fact it’s about normal size and color now! 

As for this past week its been awesome the miracles we have been able to see. One thing that we have done is gone around to our members in our ward when they have signed up to feed us and show them a flyer thing where they pray for us by name and then we discuss who we can pray for with them and help prepare to receive the gospel. We were with a family in our ward and we got some people to pray for. Through out the week we had been praying for them and a miracle happened! A less active member ran into various different YSAs throughout the day and they were able to invite him to come to activities and he CAME!!! Then the referral we got we were able to meet and teach and we are beginning to grow faith with him. He is agnostic and praying! I am so thankful for the miracles that come from a faithful prayer! 

This week is transfers and Syster Brown is going to Gävle and Syster Vistaunet and I are staying here with Syster Jenson. I’m pretty excited to get things going here! Its going right now but We agree that it needs some major organizing so We are stoked! It will be awesome to be able to work hard and get things done! 

Being in the center and the freedom I am experiencing now is like a severe case of cabin fever! Its like the best two years "Im red' to go!" (Mom will get it! =))

Challenge time! While in church on Sunday we were reading in James and I got distracted with some notes and cross references in my scriptures to James 5:16. It talks about confessing your faults to each other and then makes a promise of a fervent prayer of a righteous man. To me this is proof of the system of Preach My Gospel comes from Heavenly Father! As missionaries we are regulated a little bit in the things we can do and the things we shouldn’t do. One of those things are companionship inventory, which really is the epitome of this scripture. We talk about how we can become better and work more in unity, then we pray and help each other out throughout the week, and report back the next week. Its a great system. Now on to how this ties to you all back at home and abroad. We are weak, we are human, we all have faults and we all have struggles. You know the old cliché admitting it is the first step. Its the truth. I know that the first person we need to admit our weaknesses to is our Heavenly Father. When we are humble enough to realize that we cant do these things on our own we are able to overcome our weaknesses and be made strong. (Ether 12:27) Throughout these past 6 months of serving a mission I have been able to recognize so many of my own weaknesses. In turn with recognizing them myself I have gone often to my Heavenly Father In prayer and asked for his help and guidance as I strive to be better each day. So the challenge this week is to really converse with our Father in prayer. He is there with a purpose and is just waiting for us to ask for help. I promise you it works! Everyday of this mission is proof that this system works! Do it! I dare you! =)

I love you all! This week will be lots of organizing and changes I am excited! I hope you all have an awesome week! Oh I got an awesome picture from The Petersons! =) It made my day Thank you so much! Thanks also Mom and Dad for the packages of Vitamins and CDs =) music is amazing! I love the one of Uncle Dave singing the scripture mastery as well! Women at the Well makes me get teary eyed but I listen to it anyway! Thanks heaps!

Love

Syster Juker

Pictures! A picture for the nieces! (can you find the birds? they were outside my window during personal study), adventures of Syster Vistaunet and Syster Juker making Banana Bread for the first time! The bananas were stuck to the freezer but it is delicious! That’s our Zone picture! Its Yellow because someone didn’t know how to use my camera but its all good! =)