Taking Time to enjoy the View!!

Awkward Missionary Pic! She's still cute!..... and so is he :)

Temple Blessings, Standing For Truth and Righteousness, and Awkward Missionary Pics!

about as awkward as it gets to take pic with elders

Helllooo everybody!

Im sorry Im sorry I forgot to tell ya I changed my P day to Wednesday so I could go to the temple! Wow have I every told you all how much I LOVE the temple?? I love the temple. ANYWAY so this week has been pretty amazing. I have a new motto. I will not argue or be contentious but by golly I will defend this church with every bit of knowledge that I got! hahah mom that little book you got me is AMAZING. I have talked with so many anti people its been awesome. So this one guy starts spoutin off this crazy stuff about how we're not Christian and I listen patiently and when He's done I say " I may not be able to answer everything perfectly but I have been called by a prophet to share what I do know. can I share a scripture with you?" and after about 20 min of talkin with this guy his heart was completely softened and he took a pamphlet and book of Mormon! I KID YOU NOT the spirit has taught me more when Im talking with people than a full hour of personal study. Most the things I share are things I really didn't even click before than as we talk Im like "wow that totally makes sense!" hahah THATS when you know you're teaching by the spirit is when you say things you KNEW you never could have said! Its crazy how much the spirit has taught me through others. The spirit truly is the teacher, for those that are open are willing to learn more about their Heavenly Father, the spirit can take words Into their heart and teach them what they need to know. I just sit there and look pretty (jokes).. I love being a missionary. it has been amazing how happy I've become from being an instrument. That's what this life is about to truly be about our fathers business in "bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." I know that its through Jesus Christ and His gospel that we can return to live with Him again and that everything on this earth is to test and try us so that we can prove ourselves worthy of such an amazing gift. Having that eternal perspective and faith in Christ and His atonement is what leads us there! Ok oK enough missionary ness..I LOVE THE GOSPEL....ok ok now im done. I love you all sooo much and Pray for you all everyday! have a great week and I'll see ya'll soooon!:)

-Sister scott

Hello everyone!! sorry I couldnt write last week! We got to go mountain biking for our P day!! It was amazing. me and a coyote made eye contact for probably 20 second..It was CRAZY haha. If animals got baptized he'd be dunked in a minuite... so our investigators haven't been progressing very well and I've been praying and praying that we would find someone knew to teach who was ready. One night all of our appointment fell through(yee) and we didn't have anymore back ups to try. So I randomly thought "hey lets go get our weeding gloves and bike to our ward mission leaders house. we hadent had a lot of time on bikes and I thought It would be awesome cause thats how we get to talk to people! It was around 8:30 so no one was outside and we were pretty bumbed. All the sudden my skirt gets caught in my bike and I stop! My companion comes back to help and after we get it unstuck I look to my left and theres this lady weeding her yard. (something always happened to my bike or my companions bike EVERYTIME there's someone elect around) So i got up and ask her if we can help her weed and she gets so excited and says"oh my that would be wonderful! I just got back surgery and I've been trying to get this front yard done forever!" She is the cutest old lady names connie and she was so happy to see us she brings us strait inside to introduce us to her husband! hahah she says "these lil thangs just showed up outta no where like jesus sent em or somethin! He even sent them with weeding gloves and everythang!" hahah it was so sweet but it really was a miracle! We've been teaching her for the past week and we're inviting her to be baptized tonight so wish us luck!

 

I also got to go on exchanges this week with the sister traning leader! We got to go to the cutest little place called Cheney. Its right on a college campus so there tons of people walking around to talk to! I felt like a child in a toy store. I talked to soo many amazing people! It was really awesome too to compare myself to when I first came out so shy and TERRIFIED to talk to people about religion and now Its like my absolute favorite thing to do hahah I'm bolder than I've ever been in my life but It because I know how important this message is! I figure everyone is a child of God and who am I to judge if they will be receptive or not so my goal I keep is to never ever ever pass anyone. The most amazing conversation I had was with this guy named Garrison. Him and his daughter bethany were walking around campus and I felt more strongly than EVER that I needed specifically to talk to him. Turns out they were members but have been attending a non denomination one for the past 10 years. He has autistic and his daughter is some spinal disabling disease. He went ON and ON about how he felt he was a distraction to the spirit and that no one loved him or accepted him and after probably 40 min of this conversation I literally felt the spirit yelling in my head, tell him you love him, I interupt him and say "Garrison if there is one thing I want you to leave with today, it's to know that I love you. and your Heavenly Father loves you. and nothing you've been through can ever change that." for the first time in 45 min he was completely speachless and teary eyed. I told to remember the covenents that he made at baptism and go back to church this sunday for God and no one else. He smiled and said "It's people like you, that I know I met in the pre earth life and promised me you would find me and tell me this. I needed to hear that and I need to go back to church. Theres no greater feeling than to walk in that chapel and feel His love. You can't find it anywhere else in this whole world." All four of us are crying at this point and laughing cause I felt sooo strongly that he was right! I know we've all made special promises before this life to keep eachother valiant and on the right path back to our Heavenly Father! We just got to act on those promtings of the sprit to bring eachother to the rememberance of who we are and why the freak we are even here!! It soo simple but its so easy to forget.

 

If I could bring it down to one thing..my favorite thing to do as a missioanry is to tell people I love them. AAAAh i love it. After a lesson or before we leave a random person on the street I look them In the eye(PEARCING THEIR SOUL yep) and tell them I love them. aaahahah Its thee best feeling ever because the whole time I'm talking with people I literallly become overwhelmed with love for them. I know this is from the savior and He gives me small little glimpses of just how much he truly loves His children. I know without a doubt that if the savior had just a second with all the people I talk to that he would tell them just that. That he loves them. So I've made it a point to do that every time because I am a deciple of Jesus Christ and I am on HIS errand. I love being a missioanry more than anything. Have an amaing week and remeber how much God loves you!! and me toooo!

 

love ya'll see ya sooon!:)

-sister scott

Miracles Never Cease!!

Hello family and friends!:)

I love being a missionary! Transfers are craaazy! I moved in with sister Call this week and it's the best ever! We live with a member and she had a GIANT plum tree in the back so every morning we go jogging then strait to her backyard and eat like 20 plums for our breakfast haha everyone grows amazing gardens here so we get to spend looots of times in gardens..eating their food. I LOVE IT! 

     This week we saw miracles. Its been pretty frustrating not knowing the area or anyone in it and I hate sitting back and making the other sister take the reigns cause I feel useless BUT I was praying and praying that we would find new investigators because all the ones they have are really progressing but the second day out in our are we got a referral for a family of 4. They let us in we taught the whole restoration and book of mormon and invited them to be baptized and they said yes!...miracle. As if that wasn't great enough..two days later we met with a recent convert and she brought her boy friend who just got out of the army. He said the only reason he agreed to come was because he has some pretty traumatic heath problems cause bombs have gone off next to his head and he'll randomly wake up in the night and accidently hurt his girlfriend..really sad story but he told us he wont get baptized but he's here because every night she reads the scriptures before she goes to bed he doesnt wake up and hurt her. So awesome. So we took them to the church together and sat in a room. The first thing he said was "I know this might sound crazy, but i can feel a higher presence in here" hahah it was the BEST!!! we explained to him what the spirit was and after teaching the restoration and joseph smiths first vision we asked him to be baptized and he said yes! We asked him right then to kneel down and ask Heavenly Father if what we've taught him was true and I think that was probably the strongest I've ever felt the spirit on my mission. He started to talk about his grandma and asked if she was safe and taken care of (she died a while ago). The best feeling in the whole world was looking into his eyes and promising him that his grand mother was watching over him, very proud of what he was doing, and that she loves him. It was crazy but never in my life have I felt more strongly prompted to tell someone something. I know she was there helping him feel the spirit and helping me know what to say. It so much more apparent to me how much influence this work has from the other side its amazing!

 Being on a mission is the most amazing thing. I was reading what is now my new favorite talk by james e faust called the refiners fire. It talks about why things are hard in our life and how Heavenly Father has a purpose behind every trial. I know my mission will bring some of the hardest moments of my life But in the end I know i will look back and not want to change a single thing because "In the agonies of life, we seem to listen better to the faint whisperings of the divine shepherd" I loved that quote in this talk because thats exactly why people learn so much on there missions! We are in constant need of help from our Heavenly Father and without the distractions from so many things in like Its like I can finally hear Him! He's proven to me over and over that He's there when I know He's ALWAYS been there. another quote from this talk I wrote on my wall is "The price we paid to become acquainted with God was privilege to pay" If a sentence could sum up my mission it would be that .Tha'ts exactly what I want on my grave stone when I die!! My mission is truely a privilege that I thank my Heavenly Father for everyday. well I love you all and am praying for you everyday! Have a good week and I'll see ya'll sooon!:)

-Sister Scott

Sister Scott's being Transferred!

Here is her new Address!  If you get a chance.... She would love to hear from you!

Sister Brooke Scott
820 S. Pines Rd. Suite 101
Spokane Valley, WA  99206

Time for a Transfer!! Just when I was getting use to things.....

Hello erybody!

This has been a pretty exciting week! I'm getting transfered to north spokane River Ridge and my new companion is my companion from the MTC!!!!!!!! oh my goodness suuuuch a tender mercey cause we are BEST FRIENDS!! She seriously reminds me of brit and alexis! That is how we are together sooo Im stoked!!!! hahah Tell brit Hi and TADE. I miss them and love them and I wanna see their baby. AND ASH AND COLS BABY!!!! this is crazy. God is good. I love Jesus. ThIS CHURCH IS TRUE. if there is one thing that could sum up all the experienced I've had its..this church is true and God is real. He really is. I mean I've always known this but Im reminded of this and in ah of this every single day. I wouldn't wanna be anywhere else right now because I'm exactly where the Lord needs me and that make me happier than I've ever been! It's amazing.

    SO! miracle for the week is "ask and ye SHALL recieve." hahah soooo I was watching a video on a missionary door knockin and he goes up to a door and the person is sooo nice say "wow I would love to know more about this gospel this sounds wonderful!"(ya right, no one says that) SO I prayed that morning, and asked if Heavenly father if he would let me have an experience like that. My companion thought I was nuts. We go door knockin that day and we go to this ladies house. She doesn't answer the door but yells "who is it?" "the missionarries" then she says, "Oh my goodness!!" (opens the door and says) "I need you guys soo bad can you please help me?!" I think it took me a good 20 seconds to process what just happened hahah but it was wonderful! GOD ANSWERES PRAYERS! hahah it's amazing what you can do if you truley have faith that He will answer!!

     I also faced my biggest fear this week! I talked to my first bible bashing anti people!! Sister Hood has taught me well tho and I've honestly never felt the spirit so strongly directing me on what to say. Anti mormons are my biggest fear..she yelled "your a cult! your a cult!" it was great. It kinda shakes you up a bit hahah but it was a huge testimony builder because I  knew how to answer every question and they're things that I felt prompted to study that very morning. The spirit puts so many things into your mind If your loving and just testify. I shared my testimony and It completely soften her heart it was pretty cool to see. But i love all the people here. theres been so many times I've just stopped and looked down at my badge and Im like what? im a missionary? how did this happen? hahah the most amazing thing is telling people "I'm a deciple of Christ, and Im on His errand". We all just need to love everyone no matter what and see them how Jesus Christ sees them. Thats helped me a lot. Well I love you all and I can't wait to tell you about my new adventures in the CITYYY!!!! Have a great week and I'll see ya'll soon!!:)

-sister scott