Love you All So Much!!  

Tried to get the picture turned but couldn't do it.... sorry!

Merry Christmas from Sister Scott and Sister Johnson

Merry Christmas from Sister Brooke Scott!

Merry Christmas everyone:)

 

Time has gone faster than I can possibly comprehend! AAAAAAAH its christmas. This has been the greatest experience ever to feel the true meaning of what this season is all about and to see it in so many different families. All I want to do is give. Giving is what brings true happiness and I've never been happier at christmas time than I am now! I have grown so close to the amazing people out here. They have really become my family and I'm learning so much of what kind of a family I want to raise and what kind of a mother I want to be. uuugh I just love this so much and I love learning. There has been so many miracles! For one..

 

We had a rough start on our morning and Had no time to proselyte before lunch(thats drives me nuts). After we went to the mission office we just had planned to go home and plan. I felt a strong prompting that we needed to be at the brown apartments and contact this refferall we got abiout 2 weeks ago that NEVER answers. Totally unsure why but knew without a doubt that we needed to be there. The second we pull up a woman comes out of the door we planned to knock and I look at sister johnson and say "She looks like she's begging to be baptized"(not really, she was smoking a cigarrette, but thats whats we tell ourselves to remember the worth of every soul is great!) As we talk with her she ends up not living in the home but she comes down to the valley on the weekends for work. We talk to her about the book of mormon and she was listening intently to everything! She said this is something she had really been looking for for her family. I asked her if she would be baptized and I kid you not, her reply was "Right on! yeah I would!" I looked at sister Johnson like "I told you so." It was so great. We got her address and phone number and out of allt he places in spokane..she lives in my last area the river ridge ward in North Spokane where my first companion is now serving! Wow giving a refferall away has never felt so good! My mama(trainer) was so happy. Point one for team Jesus.. What an amazing feeling tho, knowing the spirit is able to work through us as we have that desire and willingness to do His work. Something I have really been making a goal is to live in the spirit at all times so if at anytime My Heavenly Father needs to communicate with me He can.

 

Something I have been challenging all of my invetigators and less actives is to give a gift to the savior. Soemtimes there are things We hold onto that Hold us back from feeling the full Love of the savior. This can be Pride, holding grudges, Judging others, sin, addictions. ANYTHING that hold you back from feeling the Love of your Heavenly Father, I want to challenge you to GIVE IT TO THE SAVIOR. There is no tangible gift you can give him that He doesnt already have. The one He desires from all of us is the gift of ourselves. That is what bring us happiness. His will IS our greatest happiness and as we completely turn ourselves over to Him and His will, We become so much greater that the plan we had for ourselves. We see ourselves in terms of Yesterday and today. He see's us in terms of forever. As we do that, we access the power of Christs atonement. He promised..

 

14 And I will also ease the ^aburdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as ^bwitnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their ^cafflictions.

 

Then we in return..

15 And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did ^astrengthen them that they could bear up their^bburdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with ^cpatience to all the WILL OF THE LORD.

 

The scriptures refer to Jesus as the ”Prince of Peace” – that is because peace comes only in and through Him.“May we give as the Savior gave…To give of oneself is a holy gift. We give as a remembrance of all the Savior has given. May we also give gifts that have eternal value, along with our gifts that eventually break or are forgotten. How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding and compassion, of service and friendship, of kindness and gentleness.” (President Monson)

 

 

It was a busy PDay but here is her letter.

Hello everyone!!

 

Sorry it's been suuch a crazy p day. I dont have much time but I just wanna bare my testimony to you all that I am so incredibly greatful for this opportunity to serve a mission. I have grown and changed so much it is impossible to write it in words. I am so incredibly happy. I love the gospel. Studying it has opened my eyes so much to what is most important in this world and what distracts us from that.There Is no greater Joy and happiness that comes than from keeping the commandments and living the will of our Heavenly Father. He truly has a plan for each and every one of His children and as we live it we recieve the greatest happiness we could ever obtain in this earth life.

            The greatest gift I have ever gotten from my mission is the knowledge on the atonement. Jesus Christ atonement means everything to me. My mission hasnt changed me, The atonement has. I am changing everysingle day and I hope to continue to change for the rest of my life until I can one day be like my savior. I feel closer to Him than I ever have before and He proves to me everyday that He lives. He is my best friend and my big brother. I have become completely dependent upon Him and My capacity to overcome trials has grown so much larger than I ever thought possible. No matter what happens in my future I can face it with the faith He's given me.

 

Ugh goodness..I could go on and on. But i Wont. If I could give everyone a present this christmas it would be to 1.)stop 2.) breath 3.) enjoy what this holliday is. Its about Him:) He loves you and wants now more than ever for you to feel that love.

 

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!

Haters be Hatin.....

Two Sisters Against the World!

6 months out!!

Hello everyone!

im 6 months old...wait..im a missionary? HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? my mind is blown. I still have not accepted that i live in washington! We will be driving down the road and i'll see a sign saying spokane and i jump and say "Woh im going on my mission there!"...yep sister scott you are..RIGHT NOW. oh well it will sink in one day. This week has been wonderful as usual. Its most definitely getting colder. It was 7 degrees this week and i thought the cold was litereally eating my face. I wear 2 pairs of  fleese tights, sweats, 3 socks, boots, an undershirt, a normal shirt, a sweater, a jacket, then my winter coat. OH and a beanie(sorry dad). All i need is a pair of snowboard and im ready to hit the mountain! this has been a wonderful week.

 We had a big christmas party with our ward that we have been counting down the days until we could go and eat all of the wonderful food!(i know im horrible) But right before we felt we needed to go to our investigators home and see her. Kelly opened the door and walked away. we followed her into her house. she had been crying and there was stuff all over the floor. The day before she had gone to court to get full custody over her son tyler from her abusive husband. She says everything went horrible and the husband has taken 50% custody and he is anti mormon so he has refused to let them continue to take the discussions and tyler isnt allowed to see us anymore or his freinds at church. That very same day her father was in a roll over accident and had a heart attack and was in the hospital and she wasnt able to go see him cause she needs to stay in spokane with tyler. We did our very best to console her and tell her God would take care of them. Kelly responded by saying "God was not there for me yesterday. Why would He let this happen?" 

There is absolutely nothing worse to ever here as a missioanry becaue there is no direct answer you can give. We don't always know why bad things happen to good people but we must NEVER lose faith that God has a purpose. He see's the whole picture."my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways." The most important thing is that no matter how bad a situation can be. if we seeks God's will it always turn out for our good. My favorite scripture is d&c122:7

7 And if thou shouldst be cast into the ^apit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the ^bdeep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to^chedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of ^dhell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee ^eexperience, and shall be for thy good.

i felt so strongly that i needed to promise that when she went to go pick up tyler that her ex husband would soften his heart. she says "that would be an absolute miracle" and We bore our testimony on how "God is a God of miracles" and as we have faith and are diligent He will always deliver us. she told us if we saw her at the christmas party then she would believe again. We went home and fasted (all the christmas food by the way so this truly was a sacrifice) but I would have fasted days if thats what it took for kelly to continue to meet with us. We asked all the missionaries in our disctrict to pray. We waited and waited at the doors. I knew without a doubt that the Lord would provide. All the sudden tyler RUNS out of the car and kelly comes strait over to us and says"His heart was softened" and we all just cried. It was amazing. I KNOW the Lord will always provide as we hold fast to the faith we do have. He is our loving Heavenly Father and He has delivered me over and over again and will continue to do so as I put my trust in Him and submit to my father just as a child would. I love Him. I love being His missionary. and I will forever be greatful for this opportunity to bring others to His son.

I LOVE YOU ALL!!! go forward in faith and face every trial with an eye single to His love!

love ya'll,

sister scott 

ps mom thank you for the thanksgiving festivities.

Just Walking off some Thanksgiving Potatoes!

Just some pie in the face... no big deal!

Post Thanksgiving.

Helloooooo eveeerrryybody!

Yes i am 20 lbs heavier. No not really. but never in my life have i eaten that much! Being a missionary during the hollidays is dangerous. You would think I walk around with a "help me im poor" sign because I am FED ALL THE TIME. dont worry tho, we do insanity every morning at 6:30 so Its ok. Besides the food hangover THIS WEEK WAS AWESOME!! i absolutely love my mission soo much. Every single day I am growing and learning things i never have before. I meet the most amazing people and I love nothing more than sharing with them what means the most to me in life. I love the Gospel so much. I love preachin it.

So this week I was having a pretty rough day and I told sister johnson. "we need to go get a chili verde burrito" so we did.  and after we were done I felt i needed to talk to this lady. She ended up walking over to our table and sitting with us! She's kinda weird. she is 80 years old and describes herself as a spiritual healing psychic detective. Im not even kidding. We had a good talk tho I think she is just a little confused about somethings..haha SO knowing that everyone is a child of God we took her on a church tour to help answer some qestions she had. It was so hard because she agreed to absolutely everything that we were saying. She says "it makes complete sense..why have i not heard this before?" and when We invited her to be baptized she said NO! We asked her to pray and ask God if the things we told her were true and she said she didnt need to because she already knew it was true!!....the most frustrating thing in the whole world to hear as a missionary. I was a bit shooken up cause I just loved her so much! But i know without a doubt that this message will touch the hearts of those that are ready to recieve it when God wants them to recieve it.

I remember saying a prayer asking Heavenly Father why we had to go through that and how come we havent been able to find anyone that IS ready. We decided to walk around the apartments and I saw this mann get out of his car. Immediately I knew we needed to to talk to him. He listened to the whole introduction of the book of mormon and accepted the invitated to be baptized!! Talk ask and ye shall recieve. Sadly he lives in huston texas but he said he is going to get it contact with the missionaried there!! God is behind everything.

 This week has been really awesome. I have experienced so many things that have changed my nature and who I am. Being companions with Johnson for so long has really taught me so much. I have been able to identify things about my character that I can change in order to become more like the savior. Because me and sister Johnson are so different I have been streched in ways I never knew I needed in order to overcome the natural man! I am so incredibly greatful for the atonemtent and I am growing and changing every single day because of it. I love my Saviors willingness to walk with me every step of the way in this journey, teaching me how to rely on Him and how to become more. Life is undescribably better as we allow Him to walk with us. Becoming submissive to His will is truly the only way to be happy and I will forever submit to what HE has planned for me because I know without a doubt that He loves me and WANTS me to be happy. Learning about my Father in Heaven and His character has changed my mission (and my life of course) But it all comes from knowing without a shadow of a doubt that HE LOVES US! There is no greater knowledge that than. I am here.. "But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me a commandment even so i do!!" john 14: 31

I love you all so much!! have an awesome ...woh its december. AAAAAAH see ya'll in a year!

love, sister scott