Anna!!

Hello everyone! Happy graduation!!

I hope this week was full of celebration!

This week was good! Transfers happened, and I am staying in Nakhon Sawan for a third transfer with Sister Weston! I am excited to keep getting to know the people here and see God's perfect timing. 

This week we had the opportunity to have dinner with the Sister missionaries who are currently serving in my past area. We were talking about the work there and how everyone is progressing. I found out that a little girl we had found while I was serving there had gotten baptized! Her name is Anna, and she is such a sweet friend. The news of her baptism filled me with so much joy!! 

I love missionary work because it is not about us! Everyone who is baptized has many missionaries come and go throughout their conversion. But it doesn't matter, because their conversion is to Jesus Christ and nobody else. I love being part of the Lord's work and meeting these people at such important moments in their eternal lives. However, God's work is so much bigger than we can comprehend. And all I can do is try to be obedient to Him and His Spirit. 

From this experience, I have been thinking about conversion. It is crucial that our spiritual conversion is to Christ and nothing else. Not even the good things like friends, ward families, or fulfillment. Those are all great! But in order to give our will 100% to God, we need to be converted to Jesus Christ.

Why do we do/believe the things we do? If we aren't sure, we can always always always grow our conversion by serving God! I invite you all to think about your conversion to Christ this week and do one thing that will make it stronger. If you aren't sure what to do, I promise that if you pray and ask Him, He will tell you. I promise that being more converted to Jesus Christ will bring more purpose, meaning, and joy into your life!

I love you alllllll!! Thank you for your prayers. I can feel them!!

Love,
- Sister South


Character of Christ
This week I want to talk about my best friend in the whole wide world, Sister Southam!! Where do I even start! Brynn is one of the most amazing people I have ever met, and I look up to her so much! I can always count on her to be there for me no matter what. She is always there without any judgment. Just a whole lot of love. She is also one of the funniest people I have ever met. One of the many Christ-like attributes I see in her is her diligence. She works SO HARD and doesn't complain. One thing that I especially admire is that she loves it! When our desire is good, work is fun!! I have always loved that about Brynn. She has such pure and Christ-like desires. I love you Brynn! Thank you for teaching me more about how Christ thinks and acts through your example. Keep killing it in Chile!


































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