Who does God want me to become? 7-25-2015

Today is my 11 month mark, can you believe it? It feels like just yesterday I was in the MTC creating all these ideas in my mind of how my mission would be. On Sunday, there was a quote shared in sacrament meeting that really hit me. Dallin H. Oaks said: 

"In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to know something, the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to become something."

 I've been thinking a lot about this these past few days and just really asking God who He wants me to become and whether or not my decisions are getting me there. This quote just really summed up the gospel for me! 

 I love the idea of becoming and being better today than you were yesterday. 

 I've also been thinking a lot about why I was called to serve at Mormon Battalion historic site. It's sooo different than Temple Square but it's different in all the right ways. 

 Something that has always really stood out to me about our little Battalion's 2,000 mile march is the promise that Brigham Young gave the men. 

 He told them if they stayed humble and prayed every single day, that they would never fight in a single battle. The march that these men made was incredibly difficult. They went through so much. But they never did have to fight. 

 The promise Brigham Young gave the men is the same promise that God gives to each of us in our lives. He's given us a Savior who has already paved the way before us and shown us the path back to God. If we follow that path, we will still have trials. We will go through a lot of difficult things, but when we follow Christ, we can be completely certain that we will live with God again and that we will be with our families forever. 

 I just love being a missionary. The other day Sister Stirland and I were just talking about how amazing it is. We literally just get to talk to people about God every single day and see miracles that come into people's lives from following their Savior. 

 Sharing the Gospel is so simple. I've discovered that little invitations is really all we have to do. When members in our ward give talks in sacrament, we always call them and invite them to invite a friend to hear their talk or a family member who isn't active and we had a member bring 3 people to church! 

 I love that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel for everyone. No matter who we are, no matter what we've done, the Gospel applies to us individually.

 God just has such a perfect plan. 

 It has been such a great week! My time in San Diego is just flying by. I only have 2 more pdays here left!!

Love you so much,

Sister Helton