Last Transfer... AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!‏

Dear Family and Friends,

      This week marks the beginning of my last transfer... Sister Perrin and I will stay together (making her the only companion I have had for over 3 months) and we will continue to work here in Falcon Colorado. With the anticipation of transfer calls this week has been an interesting one. We did a lot of service, we even got to help out building a turf field for a school here in falcon. That was fun.... But, I must say that turf is HOT when it is 90 degrees outside... Sister Perrin and I both burned our knees!

      It was also really funny because we took a Young Woman out with us service tracting this week and you will never guess who decided to come along and help... Her boyfriend.. Who isn't a member of the church... I don't know if you have ever heard of non-members tracting with missionaries but I most certainly had not! It was really funny and kind of awkward. But, he didn't seem to mind it at all. :) Over all this week was kind of a weird one mixed with a lot of laughter and some tears... I didn't know what to do most of the time. But, with school getting back in this week a lot of people went out of town over the weekend to get their last little break/vacation before school started. So we got asked to share the thought at ward council and it was on 'using Gods blessings wisely'. So, Sister Perrin and I were sitting there wondering what we should share.

        What we came up with was 1 Nephi 1:1 "1 I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents, therefore I was taught somewhat in all the learning of my father; and having seen many afflictions in the course of my days, nevertheless, having been highly favored of the Lord in all my days; yea, having had a great knowledge of the goodness and the mysteries of God, therefore I make a record of my proceedings in my days." Now I know this scripture is well known and probably used a lot but I was thinking about how much it highlights the difference between someone who used his blessings wisely and his brothers who did not. Laman and Lemuel had access to the same blessings that Nephi lists here. They were born of goodly parents and they were taught in the language of their father. But, the difference is that Nephi used these things to bless his family and others while Laman and Lemuel let them kind of fade away. They chose not to use them. We know from later in the Book of Mormon that because the Lamanites didn't have any writings their language became kind of corrupted. So many times I think we have gifts and blessings but we don't use them. Maybe we don't see how they can benefit others or even ourselves. But, every time we use a gift that God has given us we change a life. I know that to be true I know that God gives us things even our challenges so that one day we can turn around and bless the lives of others.

     So, I would challenge you to go our and use your talents this week, bless the lives of all those around you! Know that I love you all and that I pray for you!!

Love,

Sister Bice