Transfer Calls!!

Hello Eveeryooone!

This has bee a wonderful week! so my transfer call is.......IM STAYING IN BELLE TERRE FOR THE FOURTH TIME! My mind is blown hahah that means I will be here for 6 months! Thaaaaats a long time hahah but I absolutely LOVE belle terre. The people here are literally my family and the day I have to leave, my heart will literally be torn in two! soo Im happy i can postpone that:) haha I heard someone say that once you serve a mission, you will never truly feel "at home" because first, you have left your heart at home, then once you go home, you have left your heart in your mission so you will never truly feel at home until ya'll are in heaven. I never understood that but NOW I do. One of my very best friends on my mission (hermana Dishong) went home this week cause she's all done and It was the craziest feeling because she was half way when I came out!! I hope more than anything that I can make this the best last half ever because It is flying WAY faster than what I would like. But im learning a lot about time and how it is constant. I can either push agaist it or pull it along but Im learning how to make the VERY best out of the time the Lord has given me.

So today we got to go fear busting which means that we take a new missionary and tracting for the first time. there are MIRACLES every time. We decided to take this sister to the brown apartments which is a place that has been dead for quite a while (but i didnt tell her that of course..) we come accross this guy named matt and started to talk to him about the gospel..the new sister sat there like a deer in the headlights (thats to be expected) but we asked if he knew anyone we could see. He pointed us to the apartments on the far end so we walked over there. I asked the sister where she felt we needed to go and the first door she knocks on the man lets us right in!!(THAT DOESNT HAPPEN) well sometimes it does but not here!! we taught him the whole first discussion and he was so receptive and excited to read the book of mormon! I invited Him to be baptized, he said yes and i think I heard a squeel from the new sister next to me hahah it was the best. There are sooo many miracles when new missionaries come out its amazing!

the lord has been teaching me a lot about self mastry lately and how the atonement can literally take any pain or burden from me. I have felt that everysingle day. through the atonement I have been able to completely controll my reactions and no matter what situation Im thrown into I am able to accept the LORDS will and make the very best out of it. My mission means everything to me and this time that I have had to get to know the Lord is irreplaceable.

I give out this video like 20 x a day because it has helped me so much!

http://www.lds.org/pages/mormon-messages?lang=eng#lifting-burdens-the-atonement-of-jesus-christ

I love you all sooo much! have an awesome week and i will see y'all sooon!:0

Hello Eveeryooone!

-sister scott

ps. this sister broke that apple in half..BROKE IT WITH HER BARE HANDS..no big deal

Halfway Resolutions!!

hey family and friends!!

 

I love being on a mission. I LOVE IT! I can honestly say i have reached that point to where I wouldnt rather be anywhere else than where I am at right now. A lot of the missionaries that i've grown close too are leaving this and next transfer and it's been kinda a wake up call that my mission is literally flying by and will one day end. This week has been filled a lot of goal setting, picture taking, and soaking up every single moment. I wanted to share with you some of my goals sooooo you can all hold me accountable.

 

1) I dont want to feel "bad" stress. There is stress on your mission no matter what but good stress is whats pushed me to reach my potential. How i've been doing that lately is if anything stresses me out I do my best and give the rest to the Lord in Faith, knowing that what I give will be enough. Its basically the law to be happy reguardless of your circumstances!..good goal, I know.

 

2) I've been learning a lot about the connection between my body and my spirit and  I wanna take really good care of the gift that heavenly Father has given me! Call me crazy but im going on a sugar fast for the rest of my mission...AAAAAAAAAAHHHH i know what your thinking.."who is this crazy lunatic?"..nope it really is me. now let me explain:

       --There is so many different reasons I'm doing this but one is because we teach people every single day that struggle with some sort of an addiction. Their physical body has control over them and they "feel" they cannot control it. These addictions have taken away one of the greatest gifts God has given us(agency) and destroys the other (our bodies). We tell them all the time "just quit! It's easy!" I think to myself, But i know that addictions are so much deeper than that. So to better understand how to help them (while learning how to gain complete control over my apetites and passions) I want to fast all candy, desserts, soda, and anything else that is filled with sugar and is harmful to me...YES I AM DYING INSIDE. But so is ed who has been smoking since age 14. Things like gronola bars and natural sugars in fruits are fine cause missionaries would be dead without them.

 

3)(this covers a lot of my goals but to sum it up) I want to become like my savior as much as a possibly can. The atonement has already changed my nature so much I want to continually gain as much knowledge I can so I can "become a (wo)man of sound understanding" as It talks about in the Book of mormon. If there is one thing i've learned out here its that, a selfish person is an unhappy person. I have found the greatest happiness and joy as I put others before myself in all things and in all situations ask myself "what would Jesus do" sounds super cheesey but it is amazing how happy That simple statement has made me.

 

I am so greatful for my mission and the person that my Heavenly Father is creating me to be. I love these people out here more than I could ever explain and I know its because I am on my Hevenly Fathers errand. He has litterally opened my eyes and my heart to feel the smallest portion of what He feels for each of His children. I love the Lord and I love my Father. I will forever be His missionary!

-sister scott

 

 

It's the week of LOVE!

Sister Brooke Scott didn't write on Monday because she went to the temple yesterday.  She said her week was.....

Full of trainings, More training, and trainings provided by me:) Thats a
weird feeling. My first training I did with Hermana dishong and I was SOO
nervous, especially cause we were told at 8 o clock clock at night before
so we had to wake up at 5 and plan for it! I said a prayer before that I
would be able to rely upon Him for what needed to be said and my heart was
pounding until the moment I opened my mouth. From then on, a huge comfort
came over me and the whole training flew by and I was more comfortable and
confident and calmer . It was such a testimony builder that as I put my
trust in Him completely, He qualifies those He calls.

I also got to go to my first MLC(Missioanry Leadership Training) and i
being surrounded by these amazing missionaries that baptize like machines
and I was feeling a little down on myself. Before the meeting started I
said a prayer. I told Heavenly Father that I wanted to serve Him and these
missionaries to the best of my ability and I asked the Lord to help me see
the difference that am I making and what he wants me to contribute. Just as
the AP's stood up to announce the meeting, president stood up and walked to
the front of the room and said, "I want to start off by letting you all
know that you are all here for a reason. There is one of you in here-and
you will know who you are- that bore your testimony this last sunday. I
want you to know that your testimony inspired the stake president on what
He is going to be speaking on this next stake conference. He has been
praying for months and because of your sincere desire to serve your
Heavenly Father, you have not only impacted the stake president, but you
will be impacting hundreds that will here his talk this month. I feel
prompted to tell you that, you ARE making a difference and you are doing
the Lords will." ...I tried not to let my sobbs give me away but that was
one of the greatest tender mercies I have every experienced.

Never in my life have I had a more of a direct answer to my prayers. I hope
that each one of you know how incredibly loved you are by your Heavenly
Father. I know without a doubt that He hears every single word you say in
your prayers to Him. He see's, knows, and loves you perfectly and as you
take that time to ask Him for help, He will pour out His blessings and love
that you wont have room to recieve it! This is the week of love and there
is no greater love and joy that comes than from feeling the Love your
Father has for you. Give love, receive love, and give some more! "charity
never faileth". I testify that THAT is true. pray to Him! 2 cor 2:4".. but
that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you."
I love you all and hope you have an amazingly lovely week!:)
love,
sister scott (who loves you a whole lot)

I love the Temple and snow Temples!

New Companion cuts her hair!! Thank goodness she's a Hair Stylist!!

New Haircut!!

YOSO

Hello everyone!

 

so this week. I cut my hair off. Its wondeful..that is just a small expression of how much I love and TRUST my new companion. She is so great! We have learned so much from eachother its like the Lord is allowing me to re live my first transfer and everything I learned she is learning! Its amazing what the atonement can do in SUCH a short amount of time.

 

First off I just want to thank all of you amazing people that have been praying for me to find people to teach. From your faith the Lord has answered both of our prayers. we picked up 5 NEW INVESTIGATORS THIS WEEK and 2 of them are families!!:) Holy smokes. If I new the Lord was able to to provide like this a little earlier on in my mission, I would have had asked ya'll to pray ages ago. Thank you all sooo much for all your love and support. OK miracle time.

 

So..(3 months ago) A boy in the singles ward came up to us and said "her sisters, I found this licence thrown on the side of Highway 27..would you like to return it to the owner with me?" 

We were stoked thinking THIS PERSON IS ELECT. turns out her car was broken into and she was soo grateful we got it back for her but she wasnt interested. that was Chante.

2 weeks later we receiced a refferal for a man named Brian..this adoable member met brian at walmart and offered to have the missionaries stop by with a book of mormon. when we pulled up and it was the SAME address as Chanta. We knocked and both came to the door(turns out they're husband and wife) and after a wonderful spirit felt talk said they weren't really looking for something so they're not really interested! Now by this time im thinkin, "Lord, why do you keep sending us back here if everytime they're not interested?"

2 weeks later I feel We need to try them one more time. Brian answers the Door and His countenance was completely different. He explained to us that His Father had just passed away and Invited us back to chare the plan of Salvation with Him and His family.

When we show up, Chante answeres the door and invites us right in! She explained that Her husdband went out with his friends but agreed to here a message. As we talked She opened right up and knowing this was the 4th time I have seen her, my companion asked why she invited us in this time and listened? She replied "there's just something about this one(pointing to me) that makes me feel comfortable, like your my my sister or something. You always seem to know what I need to hear in the moment and even today, I was having the most horible time ever and you knocked on my door." I testified that the Lord had sent us to her (a number of times in miraculous ways) and that her Heavenly Father has a message He needs her to hear. We both began to cry and she agreed. I invited her to be baptized and she didnt even hesitate! She said "yes, I feel this is truly what I need to do." accepted the invitation to be baptized on the 28th!!

 

One thing I have been struggling with previous to that day was that Im not saying the right things or being at the right place at the right time. This was one of the biggest tender mercied that the Lord had set up perfectly for me and for Chante to experience an absolute surety that the Lord is aware of ALL His children. He is the perfect Father. Keeping communication with Him has been my constant. He is the same yesterday, today and Forever. He knows and loves each of you perfectly, and I can testify with my whole heart that there is absolutely nothing you could ever do in the life that could change His love for you. My love for Him has grown from feeling the love that He has for His chidren!

 

JOHN 4:

12 ^aNo man hath ^bseen God at any time. If we love one another, ^cGod ^ddwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

13 Hereby know we that we ^adwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

14 And we have seen and do ^atestify that the Father ^bsent the Son to be the ^cSaviour of the ^dworld.

15 Whosoever shall ^aconfess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that ^adwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he ^ais, so are we in this world.

18 There is no ^afear in ^blove; but perfect ^clove casteth out fear..

19 We ^alove him, because he first loved us."

 

I LOVE YOU ALL!!

 

Sister Scott

Lifting Burdens: The Atonement of Jesus Christ