July 15, 2013

Hello! I hope everything is well :D I am so excited that today is P day! So I can write to you!!!!

I wanted to write today about love, but now I kinda forgot where I was gonna go with it...

I think I've just seen a lot of love lately and it has touched my heart. But for some reason I can't think of any particular experiences. But WOW! I watched a pioneer movie 17 Miracles and balled the whole time it was such a tear jerker! But the best part is, that miracles happen every single day!!!! They really do! They're sooo real! 

Thursday we had a leadership training with a whole bunch of missionaries and our mission presidency and it was really good! At one point we watched clips from the movie "Facing the Giants" and talked about how our Savior is always there telling us not to give up! We just have to keep pressing forward ya know, our trials are deep but God's love is overwhelming. It's really difficult for us to see through our trials though, so we have to just learn to trust and accept Heavenly Father's love because we are each His children and even if it hurts there is a reason. Sometimes it's to make us stronger and improve our lives, I know it can seem difficult, but turn to Him in prayer, He hears and answers. Let His love into your life.

Plus my name means love so i was going somewhere with that too....and I'm out of time. 

Forgiveness is possible!

<3 Sister Amanda Jayne R.

Family! July 8, 2013

This week, for me, it's been really focused on family and how important they are, how miraculous they are, and how great the love that is found within them. I am sooo truly grateful for my family those blood and bond, because you all truly mean so much to me! I don't want my life without you all!!! oh, sorry "ya'll" I'm trying to work on my southern accent ;) But truly, Heavenly Father has blessed us so much by giving us families, and I am so grateful for the knowledge that families can be together for all eternity!! 

Also, if you want to get closer to Jesus Christ read the Book of Mormon. Seriously. It is so powerful and true and just amazing. I feel closer and stronger to my Savior and Heavenly Father each day that I read- and I just can't get enough of it! I keep reading all the time through out the day, and it is definitely lifting me up and helping me. I know it can help you too. No matter what you are going through. 

SUNDAY!!!! Miraculous Sunday!!!! IT RAINED!!!!!!!!! it was beautiful and wonderful and wet!!!!!! For a few hours and then it was all dried up again. So this week had a little cool weather associated with it- 99 and 103 feels soo good! Ha

Well, I hope you're all doing well. Remember you can always pray to Heavenly Father and He'll hear you because no matter what, you are always His child.

MUCH LOVE!!!

Sister Amanda Jayne R. 

The Sister Missionary

oh! and watch mormon messages on mormonchannel.org they make me cry all the time they're so good!

July 01, 2013

Well hello everyone! 

Saturday JUNE 29th was a breaking record high for the people here in Henderson. Our car read up to 122. SO basically as a missionary here you just sweat. and live in your sweat, even if you get a car. And I got Muppet band-aids!!!!!!!!!!!! SO totally exciting!!!!

And I know this is super short, but nothing really has changed, I'm just trying to work really hard. OH! and parents you'll lovee this- I've probably cleaned more on my mission that i have my whole life. We've mainly been doing a lot of service with helping people move and clean- and I've even Cinderella styled "moped" a few times. And this one lady her husband just left her for his girlfriend this week, apparently its at least the 4th one he's had that she knows of in almost 15 years of marriage. So needless to say I came right over and started packing up his stuff! But she is so much nicer than just throwing it out. AND HAPPY JULY!!!!! IT's going to get soooo hot!!!!! :'( :' ( but I can do it! 

I don't really know what else to say but i love you! Oh and i got to play with a chinchilla! and it kept cuddling up on my chest! Enjoy the family reunion for those of you who go, i wish i could be there. but just remember if it's hot I'm sweating more than you ;) 

LOVE

Sister Amanda Jayne R.

Today is perfect!

June 24, 2013

Its about 10:30am and the weather is only 86!!!! IT'S SO NICE!!!!!!!!

I've been waiting to write this email for 2 weeks now because I've had so much to say!!! But now I finally get a chance to write and I can't remember what all I was going to say!!!

The work is going really well and I am seeing the Heavenly Father loves, knows personally and is blessing all of His children! Seriously, miracles really do happen and I see and experience them almost everyday. Did I mention that they call Nevada the Mississippi of the west? Cause it's all Dixie... well, there are lots of sitings of rattle snakes but luckily I haven't met them yet! I Do however want to met the baby bob cats that are here, my area is up against a mountain and I think I heard cyotee the other night! And there are family of quail that run around and are soo cute!!! Almost everyone here has a dog, so I'm starting to like them...sometimes ;) 

And I spy Vanessa (Davis) Dunckliy in my photos! She's from the Fayetteville ward and is recently married, in my ward and a ward mission leader with me!! How cool right? First Sunday we both looked at each other and said "I know you" 

The people here are all really sweet! And we get a long so well! The little kids are awesome! One little girl made me a bracelet that I now where all the time, and it truly is a blessing to be in the right time at the right place for someone. The other night we were having a lesson with one of our recent converts and we had a member over, and it turns out we were suppose to be there for the member and not the convert because at one point she just broke down because she was burdened and it was so great to comfort her and to speak in behalf of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Also, there is this newly married 21 year old couple with a 17 mnt old girl who is fostering till they can adopt 3 of their cousins! a 3 year old, 7 and 8! I am so impressed! They're both 21! So we've been able to go help them and the other day we popped in to drop off some clothes and they were like "can you teach about honesty and lying!" SO we totally just made that up! It's hard though, cause there was some brainwashing involved and abuse in their old foster home, soo the 8 year old  is kinda stuck in her ways...but she looooves Jesus! (though she still thinks that God and Jesus are the same) but the 7 year old has my heart! 

THEN!!! Friday we had a Sisters Luncheon where all the sister missionaries in our mission got together and I got to conduct the second half of the meeting which was totally awesome!!!!! And made me feel super good and important :) (and my mission president, his wife and our health coordinator all thought I did really good- i love being in charge ;) )

AND I GOT TO DRIVE!!!!!!!!! For the first time in 2 months!!! It was crazy but felt so nice!!!!!! We were on exchanges and I got to be the senior companion in my area for a day- yeah! and I get to do it again tonight!!! Sorry this is long, and i know i'm forgetting a lot. but love you hope you're well!

Sister Amanda Jayne R.