Trains

Hello Everyone!
I actually have things to talk about in this email, so I am excited.

Sorry for all of those who did not get my email last week; I had an issue with my emails not sending.

So, the week started off with transfers. Me and Sister Udy really wanted to stay together, but unfortunately, she was called to be in the city, and I was staying with a new companion. We took the 10-hour train ride to Ulaanbaatar to pick up our new companions.

My new companion’s name is Sister Egnew. She is from Arizona, and she wants to become an archaeologist. She is also super kind and helps me to be a more diligent missionary.

Anyways, we were in the mission home with all the missionaries who were new to the country and any missionaries who were getting new companions. While we were greeting the new missionaries, I met one named Sister Maughan. She introduced herself as an Air Force brat, and of course, I also said the same. It turns out she was born in the same hospital I was, my dad flew with her dad, and my mom might have delivered her when she was born. Life is just so weird!

So anyways, after that weird coincidence, we hung around our city before the train left, and then we took the 10-hour train back to Selenge.

The work here in Selenge is a little dry, but we are still finding ways to fill our time with service, making ads, and meeting with our members.

One spiritual thought I would like to share with you comes from the April 2004 General Conference talk, "But If Not." This talk is about having true faith.
It is one thing to have faith in the good times of your life—to say, "God is good" when you are receiving financial or family blessings. But true faith is saying, "I will still go and do" when you are struggling with the trials and temptations that have the capacity to discourage, fray, and deplete our emotional energy.
Do we have enough faith to take one look at the furnace of life and say, "I know God will save me. But if not, I will still follow Him"?

I know that God is good in the rough parts of life and in the good parts. I know that He loves all of His children and does not abandon us. He knows all of our struggles and provides a way for us to talk to Him (prayer). I know my faith is not always perfect, and I still have a long way to go, but I do know that He is the true path to eternal happiness.

I love all of you and hope you are doing well.

Sister Vestel








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