Sister Abby Fillmore - Oregon, Salem Mission: Week 40

Friends!

This week was a wonderful week of learning and becoming more like my Savior. He showed me charity, humitily and understanding doctrine. Best thing ever!

I live for the car and church AC, haha! It was in the 90's and we don't have any AC soooo it was a little rough but we slept with fans in our room so we made it through.

We got all adjusted as a new companionship and I KNOW Sister White was supposed to be sent here! She has already helped the area so much and I am so excited to see what God has instore for us!

Some more facebook finding which is always fun. Some people are wanting to hear more hope messages which is awesome!

We did some service which is always a high light in our week!

I hit 9 MONTHS THIS WEEK! It's weird to think I am half way...I feel like I just came out ;) but I am trying to soak in all the time I have!

It's so fun to be with Sister White again. She is a powerful missionary and so kind and loving to all she talks to. Makes me more motivated to be better and better :) she helps me in my weaknesses and I with hers.

We had to give Bo back to the YSA elders yesterday but MAN is he prepared or what!

We had a lesson with him on Tuesday and before he wasn't going to keep the word of wisdom but towards the end he said "I can't just taper it down I need to just stop once and for all." The spirit hit me so hard and said "invite him to do it then." So I asked if he will stop cold turkey and he said yes! In Bo's own words he lived a "Mormonism week" haha.

It was so cool to see his perspective change with Keeping the Sabbeth Day Holy and the priesthood at our lesson on Sunday. His prayer at the end is the one thing that got me. He started praying and in the middle he said "please give me the strength to resist temptation. I thank you for guiding and directing Joseph Smith." Him saying this strengthened my testimony and knowing that this is God's true church. We don't force people to believe but after studying and praying people come to know for themselves. Even though I don't get to keep teaching him, I am grateful for God giving me the change to for at least this week.

Like I mentioned before, God has given me a lot of opportunities to learn humility, charity and remembering who to put my focus on this week. ♡

I love 1 Corinthians 13: 2-6

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Truly if we don't have charity all we have is for nothing. We need to be humble and ask for charity and the ability to truly LOVE people as Christ does. Don't forget to involve God with trying to be like Him.

I have been able to have God help me understand that I need to choose who I am going to focus on. Either Him or the worldly people....to be honest I would rather focus on Christ, like everyone does but are we? Are we more focused on what's happening with all the crazy things or are we focusing on Christ with a firm hope for a better world? (Ether 12:4)

Something I have been thinking about and something I recommend all of us to consider.

I love this Church so much and I know its Christ church back on the earth today. I am grateful to be apart of Gods army to help bring back the knowledge they once knew.

I LOVE MY SAVIOR AND I LOVE MY FAMILY!

Have a wonderful week my friends, I love you all!

Love,

Sister Fillmore