Hello!
This is Sister Pielstick checking to make certain that everyone has survived the first week of the new school year. Don't get too stressed, God will help you get through everything. God is certainly helping a lot through all the hard times that this mission has been having. We just found out that one of my friends from the MTC died in a car accident last week... so sad. She was companions with Sister Moisio while she was outbound to New York. Funny how life takes turns that no one expected, the world really does go a mile a millisecond sometimes... it's hard to put President Utchdorf's council to focus on what matters most sometimes. Ok, to be perfectly honest, most times. But my roommate Sister Judas said the most profound thing yesterday: "You don't hurt as much because you let the atonement work on you. If you don't let it, then it can't really help you do anything." That is so true. Take time to think about it Jesus Christ was "despised and rejected of men" but he overcame all. He broke the bonds of death so I know that I can see her again. As we take the time to focus on the atonement, we discover that there is so much good to look forward with each bad thing. For every door shut there are about a thousand other doors that are opened. Amusing how we focus so much on the closed door that we fail to see all the growth that will come and all the doors that will open with the choices that we make to follow the Savior.
One of our investigators is still really ill; I hope that he gets better soon. But even though many terrible things have been happening, there is so much good as well. This week I got to meet President Packer. He is an inspiration to me. I wish that all of you could have been there to see him; he really does care for the gospel. I watched him pour over the temple display with tears in his eyes because he could feel all of the hearts that were changed because they got to peek inside to see what they were aiming for. He spoke a little Chinese to Sister Au-Yeung and then was wheeled away to another meeting... talk about wasting yourself in the service of the Lord. I was so honored that President Holmes allowed me to meet him.
I also gave my talk a few weeks ago, but I haven't had time to get it properly set up (aka typed up) so I'll write that soon.
Best of luck to everyone!
Sister Pielstick
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