A New Day

Happy Easter, Ohana!

This last week was such a blessing. With the #BecauseHeLives video, chat has been off-the-hook! We have been so busy!!! I even got to chat in Italian (thanks to Google Translate haha) because there was so much activity on there. That was super cool!

Also, some minor transfer news -- and I can't believe it is transfers again already!! I will be staying online, and serving as a Coordinating Sister with my new companion..... Sister Mount!!!! Ahhhh I am so excited!! She is the one that I was on exchanges with when we met Karim (our miracle  friend that was baptized in February). She is the most amazing person I have ever met, and I cannot wait to serve alongside her!!!

Wow. I am so grateful for the chance we had to watch General Conference this weekend. All the missionaries in our zone watched it in our theater here at the Visitors' Center. Hearing from our prophet and apostles was so refreshing.  I went to conference with a few questions, and they were all answered within the first session. I can't pick a favorite talk, but Elder Holland's talk really stuck out to me because it was a firm reminder of why I am here serving a mission. Because all the human race is in free-fall. I have seen the hand of the Savior stretch out time and time again to catch others, including me, and lift them up. I think of Peter when he was walking on water. I think we all have times when we feel like we are walking on water, but eventually, begin to sink into the depths of despair. Christ is always there to catch us, to lift us out of the cold water if we just call to Him. That is why we have this church, this beautiful gospel. It is for saints and sinners alike, to help us overcome our weaknesses and imperfections and come to know Christ. I know that this church is the restored church of Jesus Christ, organized in the exact way He organized it when He was on the Earth. I know that President Monson is a prophet of God. I love President Monson with all my heart :)

With thoughts of Easter and general conference, let's all choose to start anew today and change one thing that is holding us back from being better :)
Sister Willardson