Sister Sabrina Trimble in Canada: New Changes June 13, 2016

There have been a few changes this past week. I am no longer serving in NW Calgary anymore. I am now in Taber, known for their famous "Taber Corn"!! We cover two wards, Taber 1st ward and Vauxhall ward. The Vauxhall ward is similar to a Branch though because only around 30-40 people attend there. All the people here though have been so nice! I just love it here so so much! Also my new companion is Sister Brown! She is so awesome, and she is from St.George! Anyways so there is a little up date on what is new here in Canada!!

Also this week our mission was privileged to be able to all meet together and have President Russel M. Nelson come and visit us! Yes, that is right, PRESIDENT Russel M. Nelson!!! It was such an amazing experience to be able to be in the same room as the President of the Quorum or the 12 Apostles. We all were able to go up one by one and shake his hand and it made me think of a scripture, 3 Nephi 11:15 "And it came to pass that the multitude went forth, and thrust their hands into His side, and did feel the prints of the nails in His hands and in His feet; and this they did do, going forth one by one until they had all gone forth, and did see with their eyes and did feel with their hands, and did know of a surety and did bear record, that is was He, of whom it was written by the prophets, that should come." This is the part of The Book of Mormon when Christ comes to the North American continent to visit the people after He is resurrected. The part that I love the most though is when it says that Christ personally ministered to each of them one by one. That is one of the amazing things about the Atonement of our Savior Jesus Christ, it is so personal! He knows, loves, and helps each of us personally! And when President Nelson took the time to shake each of our hands individually it made me think about how he was following the example of our Savior and taking time to help each missionary feel his love and the love the Savior has for us personally.

One thing that got brought up during the meeting was "A call to serve is a call to change" This was so profound to me! We have each been called to serve! Whether it is in our families, church callings, visiting teaching, home teaching, and etc. But the most important calling we each have is that we are all Son's and Daughter's of a Loving Father in Heaven who has sent us each here to learn and grow closer to Him. We have individually been chosen to be right here, right now, so that we can change and become more like our Savior, Jesus Christ. And the way that we can change and grow the most is by looking outward and serving those that are around us one by one and always relying on our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ! What an amazing opportunity we each have been blessed with to come to earth and have an opportunity to become more like our Savior.

Another thing that I learned from President Nelson was about the importance of being happy! He said, "Men are that they might have joy, if you have joy please notify your face." haha Even thought this made all of us burst into laughter there was so much truth to his statement. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is meant to make us happy and give us an opportunity to feel even closer to our Father in Heaven. When we feel that love and happiness within we should show that! We should smile to people as we pass them. Smile at the person who is bagging our groceries. Smile at our family members. Smile at the person that is taking our order at a restaurant. Smile at everyone that we see. Smiling helps us radiate the light of Christ and helps those around us feel loved by our Father in Heaven. I am just so grateful for the opportunity that I had to be able to learn so many things from the Spirit during that meeting! I know that our Savior, Jesus Christ truly does love and know each of us personally. I know that we are all Son's and Daughter's of a Loving Heavenly Father. I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has blessed my life more that words could ever express. And I know that each of us can become more like our Savior through the Atonement. What a wonderful blessing the Gospel of Jesus Christ is!