9 Months!!!

Hello friends and family!!

It's been a second since I've written a weekly but I HIT MY 9 MONTHS!!! Isn't that crazy?! It's gone by wayyyyy too fast and I don't want this to end! I LOVE life as a missionary and am so grateful for the many people I get to meet and help bring closer to Jesus Christ, including myself. It's just SO GOOD!

A few things I've learned so far:

- so much more about my Heavenly Father. I love Him! As my friend Arthur would say, "God is good! All the time." He truly is our Father in Heaven who loves us perfectly and has the best plan. It's been amazing to meet these random people that we're teaching, from the ward, or just on the street, and feel so much love for them. And it's just a portion of the love that God has. He is good.

- The Atonement of Jesus Christ. This is powerful and real. Through the Atonement, we can change. We can heal. We can have lasting joy! I'm so grateful for my Savior.

- The Book of Mormon. I LOVE THIS BOOK! Oh it's just so good and I love reading it and sharing this gem with people everyday!

- live the gospel -> blessings

- work hard, be obedient, and make life fun!!!

Alma 26:36

"Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast; for this is my life and my light, my joy and my salvation, and my redemption from everlasting wo. Yea, blessed is the name of my God, who has been mindful of this people, who are a branch of the tree of Israel, and has been lost from its body in a strange land; yea, I say, blessed be the name of my God, who has been mindful of us, wanderers in a strange land."

This is my life and my light, my joy and my salvation. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true!! I'm so grateful for the next 9 months I have left to share it!

Sister Coon