Message from Michelle!

Hello Sisters,

I am on Utila Island in Honduras right now living the ¨pura vida.¨ Matthew and I have finally updated our travel blog so check it out if you want more detail on our trip. The address is http://mmwilliams.blogspot.com. For those new sisters who I have not yet met--welcome!!! I am excited to get to know you. I will be returning to Boise on August 10 so I will see you then.

I was really touched by the Visiting Teaching message this month asking us to participate in sincere prayer. When I read it I realized that prayer is something I have been slacking on since I have been traveling. I forget some of the little prayers, like prayers for meals, for example. I am realizing that prayer is our constant connection to our Heavenly Father. When we are living so that our hearts in constant connection with God then prayer becomes natural. One of my favorite quotes from the VT message was this:

Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “Every honest and sincere prayer adds another piece to chain-mail armor. … One of the most important ways to clothe yourselves in the armor of God is to make sure that prayer—earnest, sincere, consistent prayer—is part of your daily lives” (“Be Strong in the Lord,” Ensign, July 2004, 10).

I hope that you are clothing yourself in the armor of God so that you can remain strong in your testimonies. I am working on it right now. I love you and miss you lots!!!

Sincerely,

Michelle Williams
RS President
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Michelle Williams
mailto:mwilliams29@gmail.com
http://mmwilliams.blogspot.com