Week 29 - EH!

Hey!! I feel like my last Pday was yesterday? haha so crazy!! Time is going by faster and I'm not liking it!! I was talking to Sister Haroldsen this morning about it..and I realized something so crazy!! I got my mission call to Japan almost 1 year ago. ALMOST ONE YEAR. My goodness.

Something about me: I absolutely love riding my bike. It is a time for me when I can talk to my Heavenly Father, think about life, sing hymns at the top of my lungs (unless them nasty bugs gets caught in my froat lol) but while i was riding my bike...I had this sudden realization...and it was I LOVE MY MISSION. I think it's so easy to get caught up in the stress of it all...but I just had had a moment where i just felt something powerful. Where I knew this is where I was suppose to be. I felt so grateful for everything I had ever been through on my mission so far. hard or not...Missions aren't meant to be a walk in the park...but I have never been so happy before in my whole life. There is nothing else I would rather be doing, than being in Japan as a servant of the Lord.

YUKA

I can't even explain or put into words just how much I love her. I am in Tsukuba right now because of her. She is one of the friends I had to find. She has completely changed my life. AH I LOVE HER. We have been getting her ready for her baptism. she has had a lot of ups and downs this past week. We had exchanges on Wednesday and that morning she texted us saying that she wasn't going to be baptized. so all of Wednesday I was just so sick to my stomach. She called me that night and we talked for hours. It was one of the most spiritual experiences I've ever had. From the bottom of my heart, I bore my testimony of the Savior...and if anything, that experience needed to happen for me. I don't even know how to explain it but we were both just bawling haha. But she is back on track and is getting baptized next Saturday!❤

SCHEDULE CHANGE

If you don't know anything about the major missionary schedule change, I invite you to look it up on lds.org. or wherever it is haha. but the changes were huge!! and I love it!!!!! 😍

"He will surely lift you up and strengthen you. He will visit you with knowledge, peace, and courage. He will lighten your sorrows and your load. He will bless your family at home, even your extended families. He will take care of you and the things you worry about. He will prepare the way for you and send His angels to surround and uphold you. He will help you to overcome fear. He will help you rise up and become even greater men and women of God."

Jesus Christ is our master healer. Though many of us go through major life changes..we make mistakes...we get comfortable...sometimes we find ourselves far from the Savior. When this realization comes, STOP AND GO BACK. Although at times we leave him...it's so important to remember that HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US. It's only through Jesus Christ that we can return to that never ending state of happiness.

Challenge: Go to Gospel Library--> Bible Videos--> "My kingdom is not of this world"--> WATCH

I love you!!! have a great week!!!

愛しています❤

Sister Phelps

Skype lesson with Yuka 😍😂