Week 26 - Liberty Jail

HELLO!!!!!!

Okay another amazing week here in Liberty:) We have had over 10,000 people just in the month of July! CRAZY! But apparently next week its suppose to tank because of summer coming to an end and school starting. Which is crazy that school is right around the corner. BUT I have heard that once school starts that's  when you get the retired people... yes the oldies coming through:) which I love and adore. 

I truly love the jail so much, I can't believe that transfers are a week from this Thursday! The thought of leaving the jail and the city of Liberty makes me really sad because I have grown and learned so much in such a short amount of time. This week in the jail something I learned was that one of the greatest revelations given in the history of time was here.  The gift that Heavenly Father gave Joseph Smith was PEACE! Yes, Heavenly Father spoke to Joseph Smith and he gave him peace,  it made me think of all the times in my life where I have felt peace. I also thought about how we are always looking for these amazing answers to our prayers (which happen) but peace is so big! No we don't hear the voice of the lord speaking to us like Joseph, but we get the feeling of peace and thats so amazing! 

GUESS WHAT!!!!!!! I finished the Book of Mormon for the first time ever! I have heard the Book of Mormon here and there, but have never read it cover to cover... word for word!  I took Moroni's challenge to heart, and the only words that I received was "YOU ALREADY KNOW" and that is so true. Something that hit me when that was my answer was remember.... remember how you felt when you read it. It hit me so hard that we need to always remember, because honestly thats how people slip away. Is they forget. Its so amazing to go into less actives homes, and ask them about there conversion story (because we all have one) and to see there eyes light up. I truly believe that missionary work is to help people remember. 

Our investigator pool is low right now and like my amazing friend Cami says "Don't stop the faith" that keeps me going, because I know there is the one waiting for me. We are teaching this Guy right now,  he is golden! No he isn't on date but he is getting there. Everyone takes there own time and he is truly becoming converted and its just amazing to see the change in him and his faith grow. Miracle this week with him. He is a full time student and has been taking a really hard math class. He had two tests when we started really teaching him and he bombed both. Well he had a third test last week and he told us that he studied the best he could just like the last ones, but this time he prayed and said Heavenly Father this is in your hands. HE GOT A 98/100!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously so amazing and that really was a testimony for him. 

I cant believe its been 6 mouths! I still feel like a baby:) But to look back and see my growth and the person I have become, it just gets me so excited for the year I have a head. 

 LOVE YOU ALL 
3D&G SISTER BITTERS

Week 25 - Liberty Jail

Hello Beautiful loved ones! This week has been full of miracles and tender mercies.

ONE TENDER MERCY I had this week was I was doing my personal study and I was reading about Haun's Mill Mascara something i have to know about for the tours i give everyday. So i have read over this section so many times but this time it was really different. I was getting really emotional and really feeling the spirit as I was reading about it and I had the thought come into my head i wonder if i had any family at Haun's Mill? So i thought hey I will email my grandparents this up coming p-day and ask and then it hit me! My grandpa sent me with a packet of my history (honestly I never thought i would use it so it was in my suitcase.... sorry Grumpy! LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU!). So I ran into the next room and grabbed that amazing folder and I started reading and I did have family there. AND then it hit me again. That the veil is thin and that they were part of the angels surrounding me and I know that they were the ones telling me to read Hauns Mill and then to find them. I know that it sounds not that amazing but it really changed me. It changed me in my tours and made the history more real to me.

 So as a Visitor Sister you have the amazing opportunity to do "TEACHING CENTER" which is basically i teach people online. Well this week I have been really working on putting all of my faith and trust in the lord. AND IT WORKED SURPRISE SURPRISE RIGHT! I went from teaching no one to teaching 4 people from all over the world and sent missionaries to them. This work is truly amazing.

I had to give a training in district counsel this week and I had to give it on charity. Well I can honestly say that it wasn't me teaching that training it was the spirit. I could feel it pouring out of me and I had no idea. After everyone was coming up to and telling me what an amazing training I gave and I said it wasn't me.  I honestly have no idea what i said. I also learned that Heavenly Father teaches you through your own words.


Benjamin is doing amazing and really growing in faith. We still dont have him on date for baptism but thats our goal this week with us.  He's so funny because he tells us that when he is older he wants to go on a mission with his wife haha a couples mission. What were trying to help him understand is that he has to take one step at a time and be baptized first.  But he thrives in the gospel and just eats up church, the other day he text us and told us that he ran into some elders where his brother lives and they invited him to read Moroni chapter one.... well he was texting us his questions that he had and then he said "well I'm just going to read all of Moroni and I will write down all of my questions" so me and Sister Anderson are expecting him to text us in a couple days. no he text us the next morning and said I just decided to stay up all night to read it. I couldn't put it down! Seriously he is gold so just pray for him:) We decided that we are going to fast some time this week for him,  for him to know if he should be baptized so I'm really excited.

I also gave a history training in visitor sisters meeting. Me and Sister Anderson are the history people so we were asked to give a training. Well turns out President Love came and that made me really nervous. We gave a training on letting there be some moments of silence during the tours.
Well I'm telling you about this  becuase I think we all need some silence during the day,  time to reflect and time to really tune into the spirit.

Well I love you all so much and so grateful for all of you and your support!
I just want you all to know that I'm so happy on the mission. Yes it is hard at times but there is no where else I would rather be. I know that my savior lives and I love him and my Heavenly Father with all my heart. I owe everything I got to them.  In times when you feel like your alone or your just going through a hard time. Look at the Saviors hands and remember him. HE LOVES YOU and YOU ARE NEVER ALONE!

 LOVE YOU ALL
 sister bitters
3D&G

Week 24 - Liberty Jail

HELLO WORLD its me Sister Bitters

So this week was pretty amazing because IZZY got baptized!  She is so cute and it was just over all a great day, the spirit was definitely present. The family then invited us over to have dinner with them and the whole extended family! It was super fun and really yummy.

We had ZONE CONFERENCE! i cant believe how fast this transfer has gone by and as usual I love my companion. Zone Conference was really cool, we got to go to the temple. The Temple was exactly what I needed, just a time to step back and remember what is really important. Also a little shout out to me and my zone for memorizing the LIVING CHRIST and standing up in zone conference, each person taking a sentence. It was so powerful and I am so grateful that I memorized it. 

We had a lot of doors slammed in our faces, and i'm not going to lie its been rough. But even when times are hard there is always, always a positive that you can find, its amazing how your attitude can change. 

Half the time we go through trials, so that Jesus Christ can enter into the deepest part of your heart. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve in liberty jail each day. I have learned so much in just a short 3 week period. My testimony for my Savior and for his church has grown. 

My testimony of prayer continues to grow, as everyday I notice my prayers being answered. Not all of my prayers, so far,  but that's when faith comes in, you just have to walk until Heavenly Father sees fit to answer you.  Heavenly Father not answering your prayer doesn't mean he"s not there, doesn't mean he doesn't care.  He is, and does.  If you're ever doubting that remember, the Savior knows you.... he loves you. Just look at his hands. 

OH we ran into another bible basher. Me and Sister Anderson decided that we were going to go find an area that we haven't been before. Well we decided on this one place and when we arrived well.... it probably had at most 50 people and a church in the center of town. Well this is where most of them weren't interested or would just open there door and then slam it. Until our last house we knocked on, it was the sweetest women.... the preacher for the teach. She was super sweet and let us share a video with her. We also challenged her to follow Moroni's promise and she accepted, she said she had done it before but she would do it again as long as she could really study it. So I said of course,  as long as you truly pray about it. she excepted and we went on our way. Well today i found some chapters that I thought really applied to her and me and the companion felt good texting them over to her. well turns out that she started to read the Book of Mormon and had notes for us of all the reasons why its wrong and false. She also told me that she is a prophet....... so we haven't responded back since we haven't seen this before,  she just wants to fight.  Seriously never a dull moment here. (This is just the simplified version)  

Well I cant believe how fast these weeks go by,  I'm just trying to soak in each day and never regret it. I love you all so much and couldn't do it without all of your love and support. 

Love Sister Bitters ❤

P.S.  funny story, so this week during one of our tours my companion asked this adorable little girl "where do you keep your ICE" the adorable little girl said "on you" 

hahaha the little girl thought she said EYES! So cute my heart melted! seriously giving tours is the best!

Zone Conference 

Izzy'a Baptism

Week 23 - Liberty Jail

HELLO AMAZING PEOPLE THAT I LOVE SO MUCH!

For all of you that don't know, I'm in LIBERTY JAIL!:)  So far it has been an amazing experience! I feel so grateful and honored to be in such a sacred place, not very often will they put full proc sisters at the Visitor Centers, especially Liberty jail.  It truly is such a sacred place where revelation is received everyday! And I get to bare my testimony everyday to sometimes hundreds of people, and the feeling that I love so much is the feeling of being spiritually drained at the end of the day. 

This week has been pretty busy and we are constantly running.  Its so different from being full proc but its nice to have a different pace. 

I had an interesting experience this week, that I really have been just waiting for because I'm on the bible belt.  We were out tracking and this house kept standing out to me, I was about to ignore it and keep walking but I said to myself you will always regret not knocking.  So we headed up and knocked on the door.  This nice guy answered and he invited us in, his wife was there too but she didn't say much, just ignored us.  We showed him a video about Christ and he seemed to really enjoy it. After we told him what our purpose was  as missionaries and if he was interested.  Well I wasn't expecting what happened next. He started to just grill me and my companion on how our faith is not true, how its not even a faith.  He just kept going on and on.  He was trying to destroy us and on the inside I wanted to cry.  I honestly got teary eyed and for you that know me, know I don't cry easily.   I wanted to cry because he was attacking something that means so much to me and even more I felt so sorry for him and his adorable baby.  He accused me of a lot of things and I wanted to stand up for my faith, I did the best way I could and then the rest I was silent.  The spirit was pounding in my chest and kept telling me to not fight back.  Before I left he looked me dead in the eyes and you could see his whole demeanor change, I think he could feel something.  AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS.... but it was a testimony builder to me because not one second did I believe or doubt what I know to be true.   I believe that the spirit told me to go there so that I could grow and I truly believe it had an impact on him.  Even if it was a small second he felt something.  

One thing that I have learned in the Jail is to LISTEN.  Yes listen, crazy how the smallest things can make such an incredible impact.  Yes, I listen but something that I started to do in the Jail is to worry about what to say next?  I never had that problem in Warrensburg, but here something changed.  I had to start soaking in all the history and I have never been good at history.   I  have learned to LISTEN it has changed the spirit in the tours that I take! Just a small insight! LISTEN!

Something about making your weaknesses into strengths.  I have come to appreciate my Dyslexia, because I don't see it as a weakness anymore.  I have been able to connect with people.  We are teaching Izzy she is 9 and she is adorable.  Her baptism is next Monday the 16th.  She has dyslexia and she is very self conscious about it, she wants to serve a mission and so much more, but she is scared because of her dyslexia.  Well at our last lesson,  I told her about me.  It was so interesting to see how Heavenly Father gives you trials so that you can help others through the same trials.  I told her how I believe in the gift of tongues.  No, I'm not learning a language, but being scared to read out loud or speak to strangers, and then having to over come that I feel is the same as having to learn a new language.  I can feel the spirit speak through me.  I also could testify to her how reading my scriptures has helped with my reading skills.  Heavenly Father blesses those that keep the commandments. 

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK FROM MY STUDIES:

"KEEP THE FAITH, FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, AND FINISH MY COURSE WITH JOY. I HAVE ALL ETERNITY BEFORE ME, IN WHICH TO ENJOY MYSELF"  -Parley P. Pratt

I love you all so much!  Thanks for all of the love and support. I really couldn't do this without every single one of you:)

Love, Sister Bitters

Dressing up for Breakfast at Chick Fila.... 

She will still do selfie in bathrooms😂

Just met these sweet Sisters at the Historic Liberty Jail in Missouri.  What a great place to see.  Makes me realize that my trials are just small trials, and to have more faith in our Heavenly Father.  Wanted to share a picture in case their Momma's are on here.  Sister Bitters is actually from Utah as well.  From Highland Utah.  She was excited to see other members from Utah.  Sister Anderson is from California.  I can't remember what city she said.  So Mommas if these are your daughters, you have such sweet daughters.  So glad to meet them and be able to share that moment with them.  

My name is Dianne Pabst and I ran into your sweet Sister Missionary today at the Liberty Jail... she is doing well and is such a cutie.  I just wanted you to know she is very happy and is a great representative of Jesus Christ.

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