Back to the East!‏

Dear Friends and Family,

     I know that I say this a lot but time is so weird!!! It is time for transfers again and Sister Brisow and I will be split up! I will be going back to East Colorado Springs. Its so weird how things work out here... This week was a lot of preparing for transfers and such. But, it was a really good week!! Yesterday we went to a baptism of an 8 year old girl in our ward and it was so sweet! I was glad that we got to go!!

      I've been thinking a lot this week about how the Lord makes us equal to the tasks that He gives us. Often time I've served in ward or area's where I have thought to myself, am I doing any good? But, something I came on my mission with, that I think I kind of lost for a little bit is the perspective that a lot of the good that we do, we don't see. Some people have a lot longer paths to take to come back than others and if we can be a step in that path to get them closer then I am so excited to be there and be that step!
      I have come to have this love for people and the ability that we have to change and to grow. It never stops! Our whole lives we change and we become better... Maybe sometimes we fall back. But God made us all with the ability to come back. He designed a plan to help us to return home to him. Heavenly Father doesn't expect us to be perfect all at once just as we don't expect newborn babies to jump up and start running. Everything that happens is a process, it is a process of learning and growing! Yesterday, in relief society they talked about how we have to give ourselves some wiggle room. I really liked that because I often expect of myself perfection. I don't expect it from anyone else but of myself I expect to be perfect. But, that is  not what God wants us to do! He only wants us to continually grow and improve.

      This week was a great growing experience for me. I had to stop and realize that I was expecting of myself more than Heavenly Father was expecting of me. As such I was struggling with thinking that I wasn't doing enough. Sure, there is always room to improve but as long as we are doing our best then we are doing what God wants us to do. If we let Him know in our prayer that maybe 'I am exhausted and this is the best that I can put forward today' then He will help us with the rest!

      I love you all so much! I hope that this week has been a good week for you and that you will have a happy Mothers Day on Sunday!!! :)

Love,

Sister Bice