Monday, July 18, 2016

Well we had transfers and now I am with the famous Sister Pugmire! :) I like to sing to her in the morning and tell her how wise she really is haha! She's so insightful!! :D We were bestfriends since day 1 we were put together I love her so much already and am so ready to have an amazing transfer with her! And finally the greatest month of all has approached us her in Nauvoo! We started Pageant! Which means we are basically running around all day long!! AHHHH, but I mean at least we get a good work out haha! :P We get the opportunity to talk to people before and after the pageant and see what they thought of it and how it influenced them! There are two pageants! One is the Nauvoo pageant which tells the most amazing story about Nauvoo and all the things that the saints went through! And than the second pageant is called the British Pageant and it talks all about early apostles and missionaries who leave American to Preach the gospel in Great Britain and England! :) (So of course we love watching the British Pageant because it is all about Missionary work woohoo!!) The Nauvoo Pageant always just makes me sob because the saints gave up so much and literally left everything behind that they had! We have so much because of them and I feel so fortunate to be serving in such an amazing place! The first night that Sister Pugmire and I were together we were on Pageant grounds and we met this girl named Patty and she had told us how she was thinking about serving a mission, but wasn't sure if that was the right path for her. We told her that the Pageant she would be watching tonight was all about Missionary Work and that she should keep a prayer in her heart and ask God what he wanted her to do! We finished up our conversation and headed back towards the car so that we could head to the Visitor Center to do Teaching Center and talk to people who want to learn more about the gospel online or over the phone! So we went about our regular activity and finished the day! The next night that we were at Pageant grounds we actually were already done with the day and were heading back to the Visitors center once again, but as we were walking away Patty comes running towards us! She got really excited and she told us how she said a prayer in her heart before she had watched Pageant that night and she felt the spirit so strongly! She said that she went to Carthage Jail and her youth group had a testimony meeting while they were in the Martyrdom Room (where Joseph Smith was killed) and that the spirit told her that the church was true! How amazing is that?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! SHE GOT AN ANSWER TO HER PRAYERS YAYYYYY!!!!! This is literally like the most exciting thing of her life! It was so amazing to be able to see such a beautiful miracle in front of our eyes! She found out that the church is true! Nauvoo has it's tender mercies everywhere! :))) Such an amazing moment! WE LOVE PATTY!!! :) 

Sister Pugmire and I talk about suffering alot and how suffering literally binds two people together! It is the biggest thing that makes people so connected to eachother! True love is loving people despite all of the things that we do wrong in this life. If you loved a perfect person it would be so easy for us, but when we decide to love people with all of their imperfections... NOW THAT IS TRUE LOVE! And when we love people we sacrifice for them! If you think about the perfect idea of love and suffering and sacrifice. I think of Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father literally sent his perfect son here on this earth do die for people who are sinners. People who make mistakes every single day, but He didn't send them here on this earth just for any reason, but he sent him here on this earth because he LOVES US! And when we love we sacrifice!! Heavenly Father literally loved us so perfectly that he was willing to sacrifice his perfect son who never hurt anyone or ever made any mistakes. And even when we make mistakes god never looks at us any differently. He's sad because he has to see us suffer, but he will always love us! ALWAYS! I realized this week that when things get hard that no one knows how we feel so perfectly accept for Jesus Christ! And it's meant to be that way. Christ suffered so that we would never have to feel alone! He suffers with us! He weeps with us! He crys tears of Joy when we cry tears of Joy! I love Jesus Christ with all of my heart. The atonement is real! And Jesus will LITERALLY CARRY YOU! If you let him! <3 I love Jesus And I know he loves all of us so dearly! That's why the saints left Nauvoo knowing they would face tons of trials and heartaches, but they knew that Jesus Would help them! I'm grateful for trials because we can have peace at mind that even when things get hard and seem unbearable that Jesus Will help us! :) How blessed we are to suffer. Because when we suffer we literally turn to Jesus and than he shows us how to suffer with others and how to help them! :) I know that he lives! I love this gospel! Life is so good (even when it's hard) It's beautiful! And you're all beautiful! :) I hope all of you had a really good week! Sacrifice is love<3 No wonder our Parents sacrifice so much for us! :) (Thanks Family <3) :) :) :)

With lots of Love and Tears and Giggles and Happiness and Weirdness!!!

Sister Chapman :) :) :)

I wish That I could send this email in Pink! :( Sadness!!!!!! </3

Oh and the Weirdest thing that happened this week was that I spilled rice all over our room haha whooops OH AND a lady told me that I should marry her son after I got off my mission lol. Missions are funnnnnnnnnyyyyy things lol! Okay Bye :)



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