Hello Everyone! :D I hope you enjoyed the amazing conference this weekend! ( If you didn't watch it, check it out at LDS.org It was AMAZING!) I highly recommend reviewing the Saturday morning Session, it was the BEST <3
But I don't want everyone believing that I've gotten potatoes chucked at my head..... Just for the record ;]
This week has been one of miracles! I went and worked in Chilliwack for a day with the amazing Sister Thomson, and was given a very thorough lesson on a good attitude! Sister Dexter and I were extremely guilty of dragging our feet for the beginning of this transfer.... and then wondered why we were seeing such little success! Half of the battle of Faith is having Hope! How could we have so easily forgotten this incrediblly important principle as taught in 2 nephi 31:20-21? Ups and downs in my ability to hold fast to my hope is pretty common... but still! How amazing it feels to dust myself back off, and repent for the short short shortsightedness of my own attitude! :D
The very best of talks this weekend were given in regards to safe guarding our faith! And I can thoroughly attest to the need for a strong foundation!
Helaman 5:12
12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon thearock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your bfoundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty cstorm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.
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I can most certainly attest to the reality that times are changing Brothers and Sisters! In the Kingdom of God, the work has never been more glorious, more widespread, and more incredible than it has at this day! With nearly 85,000 missionaries spreading the good news of the Gospel across the world, never has such great joy been felt among the saints! With more and more of our loved ones receiving the soul-saving ordinances, both on this side of the veil, and on the other! The Church of Jesus Christ is truly at the head of this Church.
If anyone has ever doubted my position or opinion upon the deepest questions of our frail human existence, take this witness that I give to you, this VERY moment, as my firm, and ever standing testimony that CHRIST LIVES! He is the Son of the living God! Through out the centuries, he chose ever faithful men to direct and administer the most important truths that man could ever hope to discover. These men were called Prophets, and they have been present upon the earth since the very beginning of man kind. Only because of the ignorance, and blind ignorance, and animalistic malice that God withdrew all evidence of his presence among his children. Because he loves us so much, he didn't want to burden us where he clearly wasn't wanted. Because we first rejected his son, we weren't even CLOSE to being ready for the Glory and love of a perfect Father in Heaven.
But desperate to save us from the centuries of "running in spiritual circles," he reached out to the only young man in all of the world who had strong enough faith, stable enough environment, and the only one that would listen, and execute his every command.
Joseph Smith is a prophet, and laid the foundation for the coming forth of the Lord's kingdom in these Latter-days! The incredible sacrifices that he made for this great work is beyond comparison, save our Savior himself!
Abbotsford and Chilliwack has been filled with endless "Anti" opposition lately, and my spirit so often grows weary of having to control my sometimes impossible temper... but when fueled by pure truth, I can't help it!
I know how much Father in Heaven loves his Children, even when they "..trod upon the Holy One of Israel!"
I love you all so very much! And I hope you keep your faith strong, and your spirits ever high! :D <3
With Love Eternally,
Sister kennedy
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