I just wish I could hug all of you that have been reading these
blogs for the past year... I really don't know how you do it. I just
want you to know that I seriously am so grateful for all of you and love
you all so much! This week I celebrated my year mark a missionary!
Hooray! It's funny, it felt like any other day as a missionary. Which
makes me happy, since I just wanted to do missionary work on that day anyway.
But we did something really cool this past week! Me, my awesome
companion, and other missionaries went to do a day of service in a city
close by. We had signed up to garden, but instead we got told to paint
on walls. The towns we serve in called Delhi used to be a huge gangster
town, and all the walls in the town were tagged or made these huge scary
murals. SO!! The towns people a couple years back took action and
decided to paint the whole city with nice sayings and funny murals. We
had to assignment to go over and paint over any tagging and to write out
"Love Delhi" and it was GREAT!! One of the missionaries had the genius
idea to write out a Thomas S. Monson quote, we got permission to write
it. IT IS SO COOL.
I just am so grateful for service and the opportunity
to help out. God wants us to serve, and we all feel so much better when
we do serve. I came on a mission just to serve. But finally coming to
realize it, I came out to serve others and to serve the God I love so
much. I am so grateful for this gospel and for coming to know that my
Heavenly Father loves me so much that He provided a way for us to come
back to Him. He provided a plan, and central to that plan in Jesus
Christ and His Atonement. I am so grateful for Jesus Christ's Atonement,
we can do so many things through it. I can repent, I will have an
advocate when I am judged, I can be with my wonderful family for time
and all eternity. I love being here, even though life gets really tough.
But I know I can rely fully on my Savior and have him be the center of
my life. I am grateful for the sacrifice I have made to come out here
and to serve in the Modesto, California mission. I know that I am doing
this work for my Savior who is always right beside me, helping me along
the way. This work is great, and it isn't just for missionaries. We can
all be member missionaries! Go help a friend, go study your scriptures,
go show someone you care! God will bless you so much for it! I love you
all so much, thank you again for always reading. I hope you all have a
wonderful week, know that I pray for you all.
Sister Guilott
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