January 12th, 2015

Dear All,

As a Sister Training Leader we have monthly meetings called Missionary
Leadership Council. I promised myself I would do my part for this
council by speaking my ideas more but I didn't so much as peep the
whole time.
The counsel President McCune gave in the beginning keeps playing
through my mind, something along the lines of a council needs everyone
to participate. It was interesting on Saturday as we went to the Adult
Session of the Edgemont South Stake Conference how the theme was
Councils. Each speaker had a different though or angle about
councils/counseling. There are many councils we can participate in.
Are we counseling with God in prayer? Do we gather as a family, or a
couple as a council and speak one with another on our problems or
success and ideas? It is said when God wants us to pay close attention
to something it is repeated many times. This week the counsel to
counsel has been emphasized and it seems an invitation to me
personally, but to all of us really, to counsel more one with another.

We have an investigator named Colton who we finally managed to figure
out what YSA Ward he lives in and brought Fellowshipper from his ward
to our last lesson. It was amazing to see how both of the
Fellowshippers brought unique perspective that Colton needed. They
offer to read the Book of Mormon with him and to bring him to church.
He seemed to progress better then in any previous lesson. I believe
strongly God knew he would need these good Young Single Adults to help
him. I have a testimony that it is so important to help everyone have
a True Friend!

Bryson didn't pray this last week. He thought about it though. At the
end of our lesson with him this past week we asked him to say the
closing prayer but he refused several times. Finally we asked him if
we could all kneel and say our own personal prayers. He reluctantly
agreed telling us he wasn't going to pray but he would kneel. After we
were all done expressing our thoughts to God we asked him if he had
prayed. He told us we wasn't sure, he really only 'thought of some
things.' It was slight but I could tell 'just thinking of things' had
helped him.
God love us and He listens. His comfort is most desirable and happy of
any comfort. He knows our needs. We just have to let Him in, no matter
how insignificant or unsure we are of how we do so.

God is good,
Sister Meldrom