Rabies

Sorry for all the dog videos. Minor obsession. 


Mosiah 7:19 (Book of Mormon)-
Therefore, lift up your heads, and rejoice, and put your trust in God, in that God who was the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; and also, that God who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, and caused that they should walk through the Red Sea on dry ground, and fed them with manna that they might not perish in the wilderness; and many more things did he do for them.


There are so many incredible stories in the scriptures that we read about, yet I have always wondered why I have never experienced even an ounce of this type of  power of miracles in my own life. 


I love our Prophet's encouragement to Seek and expect miracles. He said, 
"Every book of scripture demonstrates how willing the Lord is to intervene in the lives of those who believe in Him.
In the same way, the Lord will bless you with miracles if you believe in Him, 'doubting nothing (Mormón 9:21).'"


If we:
1. Pray to have unshakable faith in the power of God 
2. Put in the work spiritually 
3. Trust in God's timing
We can experience the unmatched power of God in our lives which is a personal witness and evidence of a loving, all knowing Heavenly Father. 


I am in the process of rebuilding myself to become more like Christ. Honestly it's hard, uncomfortable, and frustrating at times. However, I know as I continue to feed this desire to become more like Christ and submit my will to God, He will make me more than I could have ever imagined. Everyday I work to "lift up [my] head, and rejoice, and put [my] trust in God" because " God is “the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Mormon 9:9). He can work mighty miracles like the ones we read of in the scriptures if we yield ourselves to Him. 


Highs:
-10 empanadas for 2 dollars 
-I swear I missed the part in my mission call where it said, "You are called to serve in the Chile, Santiago East Mission serving the people of Venezuela". We have talked to so many Venezualans this week and I absolutely love it. They are so faithful and speak very slow PRAISEEE
-There are farmer markets everywhere here and we get some of the best fruit I have ever had when we eat with members for lunch and then they send us home with even more fruit (We made orange juice this morning and o my it was life changing) 
-We saw a parrot 
-Every house was blasting music because the weather was nice. Top 2 favorites: Come on Eileen and Wannabe 
-People I guess celebrate Christmas here very early bc so many people already have Christmas lights and decor 
-A family pulled over their car in the MIDDLE of the busiest street in our town to give us a fist bump and to compliment my hair (it was at first scary when we heard people screaming at us, but then we realized they were just trying to say hello in English)


Lows: 
-A hamster bit me three times #rabies
-Slobbery kisses all over my face from a toothless women yum
-Chileans are scared their religious freedom is going to be taken away because their new President is rewriting the constitution and riots will start happening so we have to be in our houses before dark this week rippp (Pray I don't get reassigned YAYYY)


Expect and Seek Miracles.


Hermana Pickett 













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