ONE MORE WEEK!!

"Remember that our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ, know you best and love you the most." -Elder Ballard

This was a GREAT week! We had Zone Conference and I gave my final testimony. Ever since the beginning of my mission I had watched missionaries going home give their final testimonies at Zone Conference, so it was finally my turn. 

One great thing was that I had always pictured it up at the pulpit in a church house, but the air conditioning wasn't working well and it was so hot in the room that we switched to the gym! haha So there were chairs lined up and we just stood in front of everyone without a microphone. I loved it because those "expectations" of what it would be like were thrown out the window and I was able to just enjoy the experience!

Sister Nixon and I have a goal to share a whole box of copies of the Book of Mormon before I go home! (There are 40 in a box) I know the Lord will prepare people and that there is no way we can find them without His help! It's so fun, it's like a scavenger hunt... "Are you the person who is ready today?" :) 

I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY RIGHT NOW! 

And I am really looking forward to being a member missionary when I am home. 

So... apparently you guys are in the making of Meet the Mormons on LDS.org!!

Elder Anderson, who you took to lunch, saw it on P-day and was like- "I know them! I went to lunch with them!" haha 

I'll have to look for it today! 

Cool Story about Following Promptings: 

So during my studies I felt, "You need to have a copy of the Book of Mormon because you will have a missionary opportunity at Bright Star today."

That's the nursing home we volunteer with every Friday. I didn't know who it would be. Actually it wasn't even the person I thought it might be. It was Jasmine. 

She was so grateful that I would share it with her, because a couple of weeks prior we were painting the old ladies' nails and started asking a lot of questions about the church.We were able to hear about why she loved going to church and how Christ has helped her in her life and why that was important to her. 

We told her about how everything we teach is centered on Jesus Christ, that we have a prophet on the earth today named President Thomas S. Monson, and that we loved our missions because we are able to teach everyone that their families can continue to be together after this life! It was a powerful interaction where the Spirit testified of truth to her heart. This is a good bye picture of me with her! 

Before we left she said holding the Book of Mormon to her heart, "Thank you. I really appreciate this. I am so grateful for this. Thank you for giving this to me right now."

I told her it was the best gift I could give her! 

What we learn in the Book of Mormon, those restored truths when read with the Bible enlighten our minds and give us clear direction from God. 

As I walked into Bright Star, I promised in my heart that I would share a copy with whoever it was no matter what. I committed. And because of that I was able recognize who it was because I chose to set fear aside. 

I know that I would have missed the opportunity if I had not received that heads up from the Spirit that morning. 

I always wondered when I was younger how people could understand what the Spirit was saying to them. 

So I will explain what it felt: It felt like an idea! An out of the blue idea that I felt so good about! I knew I wasn't thinking about giving a Book of Mormon to someone at Bright Star without help because it wasn't a connected thought to anything I was thinking about. 

When I thought about going forward and acting on the thought- I felt really good. 

And it made me want to act on it! 

Helaman 5:30 really describes what I experienced this time, "And it came to pass when they heard this voice, and beheld that it was not a voice of thunder, neither was it a voice of a great tumultuous noise, but behold, it was a still voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it did pierce even to the very soul-"

Challenge of the week: Valiently Follow Promptings! 

I will be working on it with you all. 

Steadfast & Immovable in Christ!

Love, 

Sister Osmond

Ps. We are going to Epic with the Farrenkopf family from Milwaukee right now! Their daughter Katie is getting married in the Draper temple (I think that's the one) in September so I get to go! :) 

Also: This is from Sister Angus in our ward! She is Sister Matheson's cousin! (my MTC companion)
She captured this photo because she was so surprised her little girl was folding her arms.  Such a tender picture I will always cherish.