Sister Sabrina Trimble in Canada: Transfer Day! July 25, 2016

This week was transfers... Sister Brown is now in Calgary, but I have another amazing companion... Sister DEAN!!! She is from Green Bay Wisconsin, and yes she is a huge Pakers fan!! (: On top of getting a new companion some other amazing things have happened this week. There was a missionary homecoming in the Vauxhall ward yesterday so the chapel was packed! One of the young women in the ward invited one of her friends that she met at a rodeo named Chris. He grew us as a Hutterite on a colony in Southern Alberta. We were visiting with him about what he thought about church and about what we believed in and invited him to learn more and he said YES!! Needless to say it was a great way to start off with Sister Dean!! In addition to that Chris came up the the Bishop in Taber at church yesterday and started talking to him about getting baptized!!! There are so many amazing things happening in Taber and I am so grateful to be serving here and have an opportunity to be an instrument in the Lords hands.

I am so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life. Not every day is easy, but because of my Savior everyday is worth it. I am grateful that because of the Savior there is purpose to my life and I can always have hope. I have seen so many people on my mission go through so many different struggles and trials but the one thing that is the same for each of us is that our Heavenly Father and Savior loves us. They knows who we are. Just like when the Brother of Jared asked the Lord to touch the stones so there could be light in the barges, we can let the Lord touch our hearts and fill each of us with the light of Christ "one by one" (Ether 3:6). Heavenly Father and the Savior know each of of personally, but we also need to take the time to get to know Them. I know that we can each "one by one" gain a stronger relationship with our Savior and Heavenly Father each and everyday. It doesn't matter if we are just beginning to gain a testimony or if we have been a faithful member our whole lives. We can each continue to let the Lord touch our hearts by reading our scriptures with real intent, saying meaningful prayers throughout they day, attending the temple as much as possible with a desire to learn, by meaningfully partaking of the Sacrament and by doing all we can to follow the example Christ has giving us of loving and serving. We all have a purpose because of our Savior. I know that Savior has changed my life... and I am eternally grateful for Him and our loving Father in Heaven.