I started my physical therapy this week! I've only been to one appointment so far, but I have been doing my exercises and it is getting so much better!
This week has been pretty mellow compared to the past couple of weeks, but we still had some awesome lessons!
We had a pretty lazy New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. We slept :) But that's okay, I'll have plenty of opportunities to "party it up" (AKA try to stay up with my Mom and my cat, but end up falling asleep) when I get off my mission :)
We've been working with a couple of less actives and one in particular has the most sincere desire to do better! Due to his current living situations and other factors, he has started up some old habits (he was baptized when he was 16) and has been feeling very guilty about that. He just moved to San Angelo recently and immediately reached out to the missionaries! When we met with him and discussed some goals he has, he said he "just had to do it on his own" and we said "No way, Jose!!" (Disclaimer: Jose is not actually his name) So, we have been going over quite frequently to read the Book of Mormon with him and help him learn things from it through the Spirit. He is very good at recognizing the Spirit when it speaks to him, just not so good on acting on those promptings. And, you know, sometimes, it gets really hard to know HOW we need to act on those promptings. Some of them, the Spirit is just testifying of truth, like when you read the Book of Mormon or you hear an inspirational talk in General Conference, or when you pray. But how do you act on those feelings? Well, faith is defined in the Bible dictionary as a principle of ACTION. And in James 2:17, James tells us that faith without works is dead. Whenever we have those feelings from the Holy Ghost, it is so important that we share those experiences with others to spark the same feelings in them, we need to spread the light given to us. It's selfish to keep it to ourselves! My invitation to y'all this week is to reflect on spiritual experiences you have had in the past and share it with someone this week! If you haven't had one that you can remember, read the Book of Mormon and pray about it and I promise you, the Holy Ghost will testify of it's truthfulness! Then go share that with someone ;) The coolest thing about sharing light, is that it's not like sharing a sandwich. Sharing a sandwich, you get shorted half a sandwich (depending how much you share. . .) But when you share the light of the gospel, it brings more light into your own life as well! It grows your testimony! It exercises your faith! It sounds too good to be true, but it IS true! It is so true!
Well, I hope you all have an amazing week this week! Good luck with all the New Year's Resolutions, and God be with you till we meet again!
I love y'all!
Love,
Sister Overson
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