Hey y'all :)
This week was a pretty exciting week! We have had some cool things happen to us and have continued to see miracles in the work that we are doing as we strive to do the will of the Lord and follow the Spirit. Such an amazing thing to serve a mission. Our district leader goes home this transfer so it has been a topic of conversation for a while which has caused me to do some serious reflection of my mission so far. This choice to serve is the best choice I have ever made and I know that it will continue to be as I strive to be an effective instrument in the Lords hands. Yes, there have been many days that weren't so easy or so fun, but all I can remember from them is that they helped me grow and appreciate the better days. I love this gospel and I love my mission. God is so good!
I have also been thinking a lot about the Atonement of our Savior and how we can find access to it in our lives. I was able to finish the Book of Mormon again yesterday and a verse in the very last chapter really hit me. Moroni says in ch. 10, "Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God. And again, if ye by the grace of God are perfect in Christ, and deny not his power, then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot." As we come unto Christ and do our part to to allow His power into our lives, and love God, His grace will change our hearts and we may become perfect with His help. I know that this is true. His grace is sufficient but we must do our part, and we must allow the love we have for God be our motivation. I am so grateful for the Savior and His gospel and the chance we have to change and become holy :)
This week has been a good week. We went out with a cute member in our ward, sister Scott on Tuesday and got in touch with some less actives and investigators. On Wednesday, we had lesson with an investigator that we just recently met. She is very involved in her church so we don't know how much intent she has. We met some other investigators that night as well so we are continuing to increase our teaching pool. Thursday was a service filled day. We have been watching over a lady's dogs/cats (there are 4 dogs and 10 cats...) as service so that has been quite interesting as well.
We had a very eventful Friday. We had district lunch that day where we skipped rocks and sang for all three of our birthdays and made custard floats. That afternoon, we were trying to find a few investigator so we felt like we should try a potential that we talked to a few weeks ago. When we got there, he wasn't there, but his girlfriend and her daughter answered and were interested in the gospel. They have been searching through other churches and are interested in learning about ours! We are so excited to teach them.
That night, we had a hard night with Brian and Trish. We felt inspired to teach the Atonement so we started off with the Refiners Fire and they both were very touched by it. However, it promoted them to vent to us for a while about all the things they are going through, and it's a lot. We have been praying that they will allow the gospel to get them out of the rut they are in, because the Savior is the one that will give them the strength to endure and overcome. We are going to continue to teach them and hopefully things progress for them.
On Saturday, we spent 6 hours with our ward mission leader and his wife tracking down less actives. It was quite the experience and we got in contact with a lot of them! It was a real help to us since we are trying to save miles on our car :)
Sunday, we got special permission to visit a less active outside of our mission. We went over and had dinner with her and her mother and taught them a message about faith in Christ and how important it is to focus on Him in all things. She is such a sweet lady!! Weird to be outside the mission boundaries, but great to help and support her.
I love you all so much!! Thank you so much for all of the love, support, and prayers. Keep being amazing and have a super solid week. I love y'all!!
Love,
Sister Dorian 
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