January 11, 2021: In The Bleak Mid Winter

 W: "You are what you eat"

Everyone: *pauses & stares at me*

R: "Are you calling me a carrot?!"

This week started with us getting a carwash and sitting in a Wendy's drive-thru for 45 minutes to get frosties... while contacting of course! Then I drove to the chapel and flew my fish kite out of the back of our RAV4.

We received a self-referral by a elderly woman named, Bobbi. Her husband died a year ago and she is very lonely. When we called her, she told us the only reason why she was getting by was because of K-Love. K-love brought her closer to her savior as it has for me. My testimony of Jesus Christ began to grow as I fell in love with Christian music. I related to her with my love for the positive encouraging radio station. I love Bobbi. 

Service this week included more crawl spaces, filming Facebook videos, and bucking cow stalls. 

Covid stinks worse than the cows stalls we bucked! The sisters we lived with sat by the wrong elders during Zone council. Turns out those elders have COVID now and exposed the whole zone of missionaries! Whoohoo! We aren't allowed to do anything in person with other missionaries anymore. Big sad!  

Blessings come after a trial of our faith. Slow down to focus on what matters less to find out what matters most. I know that if we help God today, he will help us tomorrow and all the days after that! 

Here's a poem I wrote after reading 2 Nephi 4.

"I know in him

I have trusted

He preserved me

Upon the waters

Of the great deep

When my heart sorrows

When my soul grieves

My heart pondereth

And my soul sees

The goodness of God 

Inside of me

He awakes my soul

Heals my worries

I rejoice knowing

There is no room in my heart

For any evil

Through your trust

You've set me free

The salvation he brings

Has no fee

I rejoice in thee

Only because

My god has trusted ME".

I love you all. God is good. Have a prayer of Jesus Christ's kindness in your heart,

Sister Rex