Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Some Big Plans in the Making



6.13.16

Hey y'all,

Hope you all had a lovely week, and that you were able to think a little about your patriarchal blessing if you have one:) We had an excellent week this past week and have been seeing a lot of miracles lately! We had 2 investigators come to church this past week and one of them is hoping to get baptized in early July!:) We are soo excited for her. She had one of her kids there with her at church yesterday and he was so cute and even stayed in nursery for an hour and the second hour came to RS with his mom and took a nap:) Seriously the cutest kid!

We also were able to put a fireside together yesterday and it was on finding hope in trails. Sister Tippetts and I and the one elder that is serving in the same ward that I have done special musicals with before sang the song "Jesus Savior Pilot Me." I seriously love singing with guitars, not sure why I have never done it before!! I have decided that when I go home that I want to sing with someone that can play the guitar, seriously, I love it! So much fun! Nonetheless It was sweet because we had a handful of nonmembers there and we were excited to be able to talk to them a little after the fireside. One lady we tracted into a few months ago and go and visit her on occasion now because she loves when we come by and likes to ask questions and talk to us but will not accept a book of Mormon and is not interested in converting but she came to the fireside that we invited her to and have noticed the past few times we have seen her that she is opening up to the idea of a different church. I love her so much and hope that she will continue to open up enough that we can teach her and that she will read from the Book of Mormon.

So the title of this email came from the concert of hymns that we are putting together in the beginning of July and hope that it becomes a reality! We have a place to do it and lots of support from the ward to, so we just have a lot of planning to make it a reality and to get people there and excited about it. I have really found a love for music and hymns on my mission, I loved music before but for the harmony and melodies and now I am starting to really understand why we sing and how it can truly affect us. I love reading from the hymnal, the sacrament hymns, especially while partaking of the sacrament on Sundays! Hymns really just bring a light in to setting when the gospel is being discussed!

I hope you all are doing well and strengthening your testimony in the gospel daily! I have a goal this last transfer of mine and it is to live in thanksgiving daily, really recognizing the tender mercies of the Lord every day and thanking Him for those! I know that the Lord really does want to bless us and that He does, sometimes we just need to take a moment of our day to recognized that and thank Him for that!

Love, Sister Mauck

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