Monday, April 30, 2018

A Letter from my Missionary Daughter



Hello wonderful friends and family!!

I've enjoyed another beautiful week here in Dana Point :) Sister Peterson and I have been quite busy still trying to get to know the people in the area, but we're having lots of fun and finding lots of people to teach! This week we gained 2 new people to teach: Michael is one of them and he's had a really rough life being in and out of rehab, but he has recently really put an effort into getting his life in order and back on track. He is really nice, very respectful and very humble. He's only in town for a few days a week, but he's really interested to learn how to build his spiritual foundation on God and Jesus Christ. And we are always willing to teach people how to do that! The other person we are teaching now is named Debra, and she's a very sweet southern lady who is curious about what we believe. She also LOVES music, so we took our guitar over and sang her church songs and she loved them! The spirit really speaks to people through music, it's so awesome to see and feel. We're teaching a few other people right now, so we're kept pretty busy, which I love! 

I read a really great talk this week by Chieko Okazaki called "Raised in Hope" . She talks about how hope is a modest but tough virtue to have. Having hope takes practice and persistence, and increases our ability to do good and to be good. Hope is something that's used in good times and bad. Hope is a choice, and one that we can make daily. Choosing hope is choosing life :) When we choose to believe in Jesus Christ as our Savior and as the Son of God, doors open, hearts are healed, and we look forward to the future with faith. I know we all have dark days where we feel like there is no hope, there is no light, there is no purpose. But I know that when we make the choice to believe in something good, something better, and choose life- we also choose happiness :) It's not always easy; in fact most of the time it's not! But it is worth it in the end. Choose hope my friends, and you will always be happy! I love you all so much, I'm so grateful for each one of you. Have a marvelous week! 

Love, Sister Torkildson

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