Happy Memorial Day

 

We haven't heard from Sister Ricks for a couple of weeks, but this is what she shared, I couldn't say it any better....

 

 

SO, i am sorry for all of you who haven't heard from me the past couple weeks including family.

I have had the hardest 3 weeks of my whole entire life. I have been extremly sick with stomach ulser and other things, i have been yelled at by a handful of people(who where in a protest that we couldnt avoid)  saying that my religion is wrong. I have been compared to a wolf dressed in sheeps clothing. i have been told my beleifs are corrupt by some bible guy. and I have had every scripture thrown at me that is ''proof'' our church is wrong by a couple jahovah's witnesses that we somehow met with haha. i have had a couple investigators drop us, and i have had some difficult times swallowing the fact that a certain someone is home and i am half a world away,and can't do anything to help. and me and while still extremly homesick.

But in saying all of this. i could never ever ever ever be as close to my savior as i am at this second.

It's been said to me my whole life he can take away our sins and our pains. But it wasnt till this week that i realized i can literally put my pains on him. i can have him help me pull my burdens. my burdens seem to be never ending i keep getting more and more and more. But i guess heavenly father knows i have tons to learn and tons of room to grow. so for my trials i am going through i am extremly grateful. i hope he gives me more mountains to climb and rivers to cross, (or in my case, more storms to walk in, and more buses to spray you with huge puddles, or larger hail storms to hit you in the head with, or more people to get in my face and tell me my religion is wrong) because the more that happens the stronger i will get. my patrarticles blessing says that i will share my testimoy with the world and i guess that takes a pretty strong testimony. i have learned that who i was is not who christ wants me to be. he wants me to be much better. this past 6weeks i have learned more than i ever have my whole life. i know God put me in this CRAZY area for a reason. i am reminded everyday why i am here and as crazy as belfast is i am going to overcome it.

amoungst all of this heavenly father knows how extremly hard i am trying and so a miracle has happened. Neely our investigator has a baptism date for the 22nd of june! so everyone please pray for him.

i love you all so much!

love, sister ricks