10/14/19

What a wonderful week. What a wonderful world! 
GMU has been great to us! 130 countries are represented on that campus! Awesome! There are also robots that bring food to wherever you are on campus! Heavenly father gathered 30,000 of His children into one small area! Now we have to gather them back into His fold! And a history of events led to our church building to be the closest church to campus! Wow, God is in the details! I'm (bias) CONVINCED sister stout and I have the greatest assignment in the mission right now!! There are people at every time in the day! Inside (heating!), and outside (autumn!), It's the best. Opening this area has been miracle after miracle! 
Example: Just last night we met Jun. Jun is from Korea and has been through some seriously intense trials. As we sat with him he opened up to us and we were able to be instruments in the Lord's hand to teach him how to access Christ's Atonement through ordinances. He ended the discussion with "I am confident God sent you here to teach me this. I need this." WOW THESE MOMENTS ARE PRICELESS! HOW ARE WE EVEN TRUSTED WITH THIS? 
We also had a friend at Church and two friends come watch a baptism with us! 
So many good things coming!! 🤗 

As we notice the beautiful fall weather, pause and take in the crisp air, appreciate the world we have been given, we hear the Savior's voice! It is He who "created all things, in heaven and in earth, who is God above all." (Mosiah 5:15) So when we appreciate the world, and more especially our brothers and sisters, we follow the saviors voice and become His sheep. "And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice." (John 10:4) My prayer is that we develop the attributes necessary to hear our Saviors voice. When we learn of Him, not just about Him, we will begin to follow Him closely. And there we will be safe. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." (John 10:27)

☺ holding tight to every moment here in Virginia. 
LOVE, Sister Izzy Smith 




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