Sister Sabrina Trimble in Canada: Miracles Just Keep Coming!!!

I don't even know where to begin this week.... Miracles just keep on coming!!! To start we had a Family Home Evening with the Neufeld family, they are a Mennonite family that we are teaching!!! We went out to the Torries ( which by the way... I went to High School with their Granddaughter... small world eh? ) and also had the Harding family from the ward come too and had supper together. For our activity we rode on a flat bed trailer that had couches secured with tie down ropes while attached to some huge Clydesdale horses!! It was so awesome to watch all of the kids have so much fun on their horse ride!!! haha After the activity everyone came inside and we all sang Primary songs, and yes the Neufeld children KNEW the Primary songs too, isn't that so stink'n great!! Then we watched a Mormon Message called Earthly Father, Heavenly Father and talked about how much Heavenly Father loves us and how we can pray to communicate with Him!! It was so awesome and all of the families had so much fun and we were able to have a nice spiritual message too!! Oh and the icing on the cake is that as we were heading out Halena ( the Mennonite mom ) asked US to come over that week before we even approached her about setting up another appointment!! It is so neat to watch the Spirit touch people hearts and see that they just want more and more of the gospel!!

This Sunday Sister Brown and I got asked to speak about Pioneers in the Vauxhall ward, which is really more like a branch because only 30 people attend. It was so neat because as I was studying I just was so over filled with gratitude for all of the sacrifices that the pioneers made for me so that I can have the gospel in my life! I am so grateful that they were willing to leave every worldly possession behind to go to Zion and gather as Saints united in living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It inspires me to make all of the little sacrifices that I need to so that I can come even closer to my Father in Heaven and Savior Jesus Christ! If the Pioneers can leave behind EVERYTHING then I can leave behind the things that are holding me back from becoming more like the Savior and serving Him with EVERYTHING that I have! I wish that I could adequately express the feelings of gratitude that I have for the Pioneers and for the Savior in giving them so much hope so they didn't give up while enduring so many afflictions. I believe that it was the Pioneers strong, unflinching faith in Christ and their full reliance upon Him that kept them going. They each gained a personal witness from the Holy Ghost of the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that they had a loving Father in Heaven. The Pioneers lived the scripture: 2 Nephi 31:20 " Ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope and alove of God and of all men. Wherefore, if you shall press forward feasting upon the word of Christ and enduring to the end, behold, thus saith the Father; Ye shall have eternal life. They press forward through so many trials, afflictions, and hardships but they did it all because of their brightness of hope and love of God. They overcame their trials because they feasted upon the words of Christ. What a marvelous example they are to each of us, of relying fully on the Savior and serving Him with their "whole heart, might, mind, and strength". I hope that each of us can follow their examples of relying upon the Savior with gratitude in our hearts for the sacrifices they made for us to be blessed with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ truly does bless our families. I know that Heavenly Father is mindful of each of us. I know that we can each be truly converted to the Savior through our own personal witness from the Holy Ghost that Christ does live. I am so grateful for the Savior and our Loving Father in Heaven and for the amazing Gospel of Jesus Christ.