Safe at last...       

This week has been a little worrisome with not knowing whether I would be leaving or staying in Kettle Moraine.... I am staying!!! So happy :)

So this week, we taught our dearest friend Marie the Restoration. She is continually impressed with the church and the members of the ward. She is so sincere in wanting to know if this is true and doing what she needs to to know! She loves how we ACT  on what we believe. Elder Holland said this in a conference the year I was born. “they which preach the gospel should live … the gospel” (1 Cor. 9:14). Beyond my words and teachings and spoken witness
, my life must be part of that testimony of Jesus. My very being should reflect the divinity of this work. I could not bear it if anything I might ever say or do would in any way diminish your faith in Christ, your love for this church" Love it!!!

We also taught Andy this week with the perfect member! We reviewed the Restoration with an amazing object lesson that shows perfectly what Christ's church looked like, how it was lost, and is now restored! He prayed at the end of our lesson=favorite part of missionary work. His prayer was so humble and sincere and he asked to know if what we taught was true! After the prayer he asked how he could receive a "membership number" essentially asking how he can become a member. We told him through baptism! He wants to be a member :) We Love Andy :) Such a nice guy. 

Met a less active member Donna this week. She is so kind and, as we found out, sensitive spiritually. She can really feel the power of the scriptures. We asked if she had read the Book of Mormon. "Oh yes. Once I open the Book of Mormon comes the spirit. My testimony's just on the next page." Wow. She also expressed her faith in the priesthood and power of prayer. She has not read the Book of Mormon in some years probably because she knows what will happen once she does. The Spirit will come and flood her life once again and she'll come back!!! hehe. That's our plan. So she accepted our invitation to come and read with her :)

Had some revelation this week while journal writing/reading the Book of Mormon. hint hint. I feel I can relate to Alma who wishes he could just declare repentance with a trump as an angel! He just wants to share with everyone but he realized there's a principle of agency in people that we need to respect. He discovered he needs to be content with what the Lord had allotted him and why would he desire more than to perform the work to which he had been called. 

We continue to be blessed in this area to be able to help our new friends Marie, Andy, Angela, and many other wonderful people to come closer to Christ and for the rest of the time I am content in working hard and meeting as many people as I can to plant seeds for others to come along and find! 

I'm so grateful to be here. To be a part of this great and glorious work. I have such a testimony of the gospel and can feel the power of it each day! 

I love you all and hope you can feel the truth of this gospel too!

Sister Roylance

p.s. Pic of my new dress I got for 5 dollars at St. Vinneys!!!

p.p.s. Picture of object lesson of Christ's church. All crumbles when apostles are taken out!