Hermana Gardner: 10/18/23

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 Our mission is to bless 🙏💙


This week we had a member of the 70 come to our mission to do a mission tour (which basically means we have a bunch of meetings and he teaches us a lot if cool things). His name is President Bragg (he spoke in the Oct. 2022 conference). 

I think one of my biggest takeaways was the title of my email:

Our mission is to bless! 

Everything we do as disciples of Jesus Christ is to bless the family of God. That was and is His mission as our older brother, savior, shepherd, etc. It makes life a lot simpler and more meaningful. So, this week I invite you to pray for and seek opportunities to bless others. I promise you will feel greater happiness, hope, purpose, and peace in your life.

If I'm being honest, this weekend after the mission tour was a little bit harder. If I had a graph of energy/joy levels they were pretty peak when Elder Bragg came and then went pretty low afterward. Lots of friends canceling on us, choosing different paths, things like that. However, in every low there are things we learn, and ways we grow. So I'm grateful for every moment. As a missionary each day our 100% looks different. Sometimes it is easy to compare yesterday's 100% to today's, but God appreciates and magnifies every effort. 

I definitely felt that this week. As I put forth small efforts of faith, He magnified them and we were able to be lead by the spirit in teaching, finding, and blessing others.

Love you all!! Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. And also if you have a moment and you've read this far your favorite hymn and why.

🩷 Hermana Gardner 

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