12-14-15 Last letter!

Well, this is my last email home as a full-time missionary.

WEIRD.

I don't have much to say, but I do want to bear my testimony of the gospel. I know that God has a specific plan for each of us and that He loves us SO much. I know that He hears us when we speak with Him. He wants to hear from us. He wants to bless us. All we have to do is follow His son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. I know that the commandments are great opportunities to find true happiness. I know that we can transform any situation as we make the decision to be happy and do what's right and leave the rest to our Heavenly Father. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is God's kingdom on the earth, and that will never change. I know that the atonement can change lives.

Someone shared something with us yesterday from an old talk. They said that "enduring to the end" doesn't mean "hanging on till the end," but really it means coming unto Christ daily.

Come unto Christ. Every. single. day. As Elder Anderson said this past conference, faith is a choice! not just once, but many times everyday. So keep choosing to have faith. Protect your faith by living the gospel with all your heart. Always put God first, and everything really will work out.

I love you all so much, thank you for all the support and love you've shown the past 18 months. I know this is God's work and that Jesus Christ leads it. I can't express my gratitude for all that God let me experience and do here in south Texas. He is so good to us.

Thank you again, I love you. And I'll see you soon. :)

Love,

Hermana Lance

12-7-15 Each day try to be better :)

Hello, all!

Well, I feel a little like a broken record, but I just can't say enough about the ATONEMENT.        
    
We had MLC this week and it was really instructional. Our mission president destroyed us with the spirit and helped us realize a lot of areas that we need to work on. Receiving correction is such a great opportunity to repent and do better, we just have to make sure we use it like that. So! that's what we did. Repentance is the best. I'm so so grateful that our Heavenly Father is so infinitely patient with us! with big and small things. Tuesday night I worked with another Sister trainer leader, and definitely ended up getting lost and ending up in the wrong town and wasting time. Thankfully, God still loves me. haha.

So I realized recently that I haven't really said anything about the people we're teaching. so! We're teaching a darling black young woman named Rose. Sweetest thing on the planet. Only issue with her is that her mom is a die-hard Seventh-day Adventist. so! she needs your prayers to get her family's support.

We're also teaching this guy named Dallas. He's a boss. Only problem is that he's on house arrest at the moment and can't leave his house.... #awkward. We're hoping that he gets permision soon so he can come to church!

YSA is weird. but I love it. The members are great. Our area is huge, so that's lots of fun. It's cool to see how God leads you to those YSA peeps in need. And we usually find other people for the other missionaries, which is great too because we're all on the same team. :)

Well! I love the mission. And Christmas time. Why? Because the light of Christ is EVERYWHERE. So happy. I think a lot of people feel the spirit more during this time without really realizing why. I'm gonna do my best to help everyone recognize the source of true joy.

I hope you recognize it, too!

Much love,

Hermana Lance

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