"Fear not... courage for the Lord is on your side"

Well this week was a bit better! Less rejection for sure. Still was told that I was preaching crap and that I was of the devil and that I was "erased" (whatever that means) and that this lady was gonna file a restraining order against us if we contacted her again. I learned to just laugh through it, because people can say all they want, but at the end of the day what matters is God and Jesus and that they love me. We decided to go to Texas Roadhouse to cheer us up after a particularly rough afternoon and were given a tender mercy from God. We went to pay, and discovered someone had already picked up our check. They left before we could figure out who they were. It may seem like a small thing, but to 2 poor sister missionaries, this meant the world. Last night (Sunday night), the president and prophet of our church (Russell M. Nelson) and his wife (Wendy Watson Nelson) spoke to all the young adults of the church, and it answered so many of my questions and concerns. Lately I've been feeling a lot of anxiety about the future and having to go home one day and trying to have a successful life. I haven't ever been too great at change. One of my biggest concerns (and I think most missionaries share this concern) is how I can possibly keep up the good habits I've gained on my mission and the conversion I've experienced to Jesus Christ. When Sister Nelson spoke, she talked about a question you can ask yourself in any possible circumstance. If you're depressed, anxious, discouraged, happy, sad, beaten down, just ask yourself:

"What would a holy young adult do."

This obviously can be applied to every other phase of life as well. This question really hit me and I thought it was completely genius. I realized that as I continually ask myself this question, I don't have to worry about losing my faith and forgetting to do the small things after my mission. It brought me a lot of comfort to have an action plan for the future. The theme of the entire night really was that we can do this. Life is gonna have its challenges and we are going to be faced with so much, but there really is hope for the future. The closing hymn was "Let Us All Press On." Here is the best part: "Fear not, though the enemy deride; Courage, for the Lord is on our side. We will heed not what the wicked may say, But the Lord alone we will obey." These words have been ringing in my ears ever since. With Jesus, we have no need to fear. He will help us and guide us and help us become the people he needs us to become. It's easy to be down on ourselves and forget who we really are, but as we trust in the Lord, we can trust that he will continually remind us of our divine identity: children of heavenly parents. As I listened last night, I realized that God really does knows me. I know that he knows you too. Don't forget that Jesus loves you, Sister Wallace Pics: 1. Some of our sisters ♡ 2. Morning walk 3. My weirdo brother 4. More sisters 5. Sister Larson's beverage of choice