Charity is the Pure Love of Christ

Familia!

Yeehaw, what a week! :) Betty had her baptismal interview with President Cusick and did wonderfully! She is getting baptized this Saturday and has been beaming every time we see her. I almost cried during her lesson we had with her last week because of how she was just shining, she expressed how she can't wait to be completely cleaned, to have everything washed away. I love her and it has really touched my heart seeing this huge change in her and how she's reading her scriptures more and has made the effort and sacrifice to come to church. It's hard for her to come to church because she has a lot of health problems but she has really made the effort and has been coming and again the change in her I know is due to the scriptures and coming to church. These basics are the foundation of our expression of our Love to God. It is the foundation to becoming celestial beings. We need to always take care of the essentials of prayer, scriptures and church.

President Hinkley once compared faith and love to the muscles in our arm and when the muscle of the arm is used and worked on it grows but when neglected it becomes weak. Ha ha, oh wow childhood memory of that song, "Muscle in my ARRrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmm, and the land was clean and good and I did what I could, clap clap." Awwww precious, family hiking/ camping memories= awesome, ya'll better be singing that still when you are having your hiking vacations without me! So work your faith muscles :)

Oh another cool thought on that, faith only becomes greater through charity! Read 1 Cor. 13, it's a short chapter and is wonderful!!! Charity is the greatest out of all, if we want our faith or hope or any spiritual gifts/ priesthood power to grow and become stronger they are all dependent upon Charity, upon the Love of God. 

As missionaries we see and meet a lot of people, some a little different and unique than others (ha ha) but this work and ourselves do not move forward without love/ charity. Love is the feeling behind charity and charity is the action, it's like faith without works is dead, wouldn't that be the same for charity then? Please love and welcome any recent converts or less active/ returning members. To not just smile and say "Hi," to an individual, but to find out who they are and to sit by them at activities or in church. Help those around us remain active and dedicated to God. Once they find it within themselves they in turn will do the same thing. Love is essential! 

Woot for the Gospel! By the way ya'll need to got to the website, "Hastening the work of Salvation." You can find it on lds.org/hasteningtheworkofsalvation. President Cusick has implemented a rule that we can only have dinner appointments with members if we show them this website and I highly recommend it. What better way to get ides on how to get more involved in the work then by advice from our Prophet and Apostles. It is a wonderful sight and with a lot of good videos that are inspiring and motivating.

Shoot, I'm running out of time and have to read a talk President Cusick sent to us missionaries. :) I love you all sooo much and will have to write about our Zone Conference we had recently next time and some funny stories as well. 

I love you all so much! Look up charity in Preach My Gospel, it's in lesson 6, the section of Christlike attributes. So again I love you, Love each other and yourself and by doing that you are showing your love to God! God loves you so much!!!!

Love, 

Sister Tasha C. Bush