Dearest Family and Friends
"Success in life is going from failure to failure without any loss of enthusiasm."
We had a successful week! Most of our lessons cancelled on us, our investigator (Paul) on his date to be baptized dropped us, half our potential investigators don't want anything to do with us, the other half wouldn't answer their doors/phones, and we haven't been able to meet with Ariah in 2 weeks. A miracle is coming and the Lord is just preparing me for it!
I've been studying a lot about the refiner's fire in the scriptures. The Lord is our "refiner" and sometimes we need to be put in the fire (adversity, trials, etc.) for us to become separated from the dross and become perfect and precious stones.
We were able to do a lot of service this week. We helped out at a funeral and did all the preparation work so that the members of the ward and family could participate in the service instead of worrying about the food. I find that because of all the service that we are doing for the ward and individual members, missionaries are getting a better name in this ward! Now they are starting to want to help us. Several members have asked if they could go with us to lessons and a few have asked for advice on how to share the gospel with others or reactivate straying children. It's a big responsibility to be a missionary but I'm learning how to rely on the Savior more completely because little Crystal Gardner could not do this all by herself!
I truly love being a missionary! I can't believe all that I've learned in such a short time! However, I still have a long way to go.... Luckily for me, I still have 15 1/2 more months to be in the refiner's fire so that one day I can be a little bit closer to become a more perfected "crystal". :)
Love you.
Love,
Sister Crystal Gardner
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