So sorry I didn't get to an e-mail last week! I'll try my best to give the updates for the past little bit :)
So my new companion, Sister Ekenstam, is from Logandale, Nevada! It's just an hour north of Las Vegas, and so it doesn't get cold really where she's from! Also, it's pretty funny because she keeps commenting on how green it is here, and so her green land is my desert, haha! She's really great, she loves to read and write, and we get along really well. The adjustment to missionary life is always hard, but she's doing wonderful! Sister Ekenstam said that she had a classroom in one of the new MTC buildings, which just opened! I felt bad, because her first week in Idaho has been incredibly rainy, but it also has been pretty fun for us to be able to work hard, sunshine or rain!!
We started teaching a few more families! It really helped increase my testimony that the Lord really is in charge of this work, and so we felt so blessed to be able to find a few more investigators this past week. Another highlight happened Sunday evening, we were walking in one of the neighborhoods and we felt like we needed to see this one couple- the wife is a member who hasn't been to church is a long time, and the husband isn't a member at all. The wife happened not to be home, so the husband answered and I met him once before- briefly. He actually just was in a really bad car accident just last week, and he told us the story and even shared that he feels that he's still alive because there's more out there, but he hasn't found out what that is yet. We started talking about God and we promised him that there truly is a reason why he's still here. We then were able to introduce the Book of Mormon to him, and he genuinely accepted to read it! When we asked him if he would, he said that normally he would try to hand something like this back, but he actually would read the Book of Mormon, and he even thanked us and said yes to us coming back! We found a couple of people who we've been able to find and there's so much potential!
Sister Ekenstam and I have been learning a lot about spiritual promptings together this week! I think that's life long journey, and I've probably have mentioned before. One thing that I have found is that meetings are just another way to receive revelation, which can lead us to act on the promptings that we do receive. I just want to invite everyone to watch this short video called "find answers to your questions" on LDS.org, and just really ponder and think of a few questions that involve how you can help be an answer to someone else's prayer. Then see who stands out to you, or maybe you'll have an idea of something you can do during General Conference. I know that as you do so, you'll just be amazing at how you're able to build the kingdom of God by "small and simple" ways! I love how in 3 Nephi 14:9-11, it talks about the good gifts Heavenly Father gives to His children. I know that if you ask Heavenly Father what you could do to help and uplift one of his precious children, He's not going to with hold helping you know who that is! It's kind of like when you ask your mom what chore you could do for her ;)
Love you all! I know that the Savior is so very real, and I hope that we can all feel closer to Him and have our testimonies feel reconfirmed as we hear General Authorities add their special witness of Him!
-Sister Cottrell
Pictures: My new companion, Sister Ekenstam! Also, I never would have guessed that I would drive a pick-up truck on my mission!
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