Week 29: long email, worth the read:)

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Hello everyone:) this week I really just wanted to share my testimony with you. As I reflect on this past year, I am beginning to realize how much I have learned and grown. It is all thanks to my Savior, Jesus Christ. 


If someone would have told me at this time last year, that I would be spending my next Christmas in the middle of WYOMING... I would have either laughed, cried or punched them in the face. But here we are:) God works in mysterious ways. This past year has been nothing I would have ever expected but everything I have always needed. 

I've wanted to serve a mission my whole life, and I had my mind pretty set on exactly how it would go. After Covid hit, almost all the plans I had for myself and my future went down the drain. I wouldn't be able to attend the MTC like I'd always dreamed. I wouldn't get to serve in my original call to Italy, where my heart was so deeply attached. I wouldn't get to do "real" missionary work (aka knocking doors & street contacting all day.) So many doubts were filling my head. Was it still the right decision to serve? How could this be God's plan for me all along?  At that point in my life, I remembered the words my sweet grandma, Mere Mere, told me the very last time I saw her. She looked me in my eyes and said, "The most important thing you can do is to keep the faith! Always remember to keep the faith and you will be blessed!" I realized that the one thing I could hold unto was my faith. My faith in God and his plan for me personally. My faith in Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice. My faith in the importance of missionary work and sharing the gospel.

I moved forward with faith and I can't tell you how many blessings have followed. I got to be a missionary in my own home! I got to deepen my knowledge as I studied the beautiful language of Italian and the restored gospel in the OnlineMTC. I got to serve in beautiful Colorado where I met my wonderful trainer who taught me how to truly LOVE every one I met. I got to train an amazing Sister who taught me how to bike fast, work hard and not worry so dang much! I've gotten to meet so many wonderful people who have shown me what Christlike love is all about. I have gotten to watch families grow closer together as they have embraced the gospel in their lives. I have gotten to see individuals literally change and become their best selves when they've applied the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I have seen miracles, big and small. There have been so many challenges and trials along the way, but the one thing that keeps me going is my knowledge of how wonderful this gospel is. How important it is. And how personal it is for each and every one of us. My eyes have been opened and I can now clearly see that every good thing in my life has come from this gospel. It used to just be a part of my life, but from now on, it will always be my WAY of life. 

So my friends--With the start of this new year, I invite you to let God prevail in your life. I promise that it will be the best thing you ever do! Jesus Christ is YOUR Savior. He was born for YOU and he died for know YOU! Don't ever forget it

HAPPY NEW YEAR,
Sister Pitt❤









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