Her time is almost up in the CTM!

Sister Wainwright will soon be leaving the CTM to head to Teresina! Here is a letter she sent to us on October 4, 2013:

How is everyone doing?

Life is absolutely amazing for me.
I never would have imagined the joy that a mission would bring to me. I've been here a month now, and my knowledge of the gospel is just climbing more and more each day. I've learned so much about the gospel; specifically the Plan of Salvation. Do you realize just how much our Heavenly Father and his Son Jesus Christ love us? I thought that I knew. But until I began to spend absolutely every day studying the basics, I simply did not comprehend the gravity of our situation. We owe absolutely everything we have to them. I cannot even imagine what my life would be like without this knowledge of my Loving Heavenly Father. And now I am blessed with the opportunity to share this knowledge with others that were not given the chance to be born and raised within the precepts of the gospel.

My time in the CTM is drawing to a close. I've already been out for a month. I reported September 4th, and here we are, already October 4th. Time needs to stop moving so fast. I would think, Wow it feels like just yesterday I arrived, but In truth, The amount of knowledge I have gained couldn't possibly have come overnight. I think it's important that we all understand that we absolutely must study our little hearts out, and pray with sincerity to the Father, to come to know him and grow closer to him through the gospel.

I wish I had the time to elaborate on experiences that I have obtained since arriving here. But I don't care to give all of you a travel log. That isn't what this time in my life is about. So know this,

I have a testimony of this Gospel.

I know that God lives, that he loves every last child. No matter the circumstance, he loves us all. We are his literal children. Because he loves us so much, he wanted us to have the opportunity to learn and grow and become all that we could be. And so he created a Plan for us, to come to this earth and gain bodies, and to then use our Agency (Agency that is NOT free) to live life, if we would harken to his council and keep his commandments, in such a way that we could return to him after this life and become LIKE him. But it absolutely takes Enduring to the End. You can't simply commit a few righteous acts and think that it is enough. You must suffer through anything and everything, always abounding in good works, always being found emulating the attributes of Christ.

I know that without the Atonement of Christ, we would be lost. It is through his pain and suffering for our sins, this gracious gift to us, that we are even remotely capable of making it back to live with God after this life. The wage for sin is death. It would be absolutely impossible for us to have atoned for our own sins; knowing this, Our loving Father In Heaven allowed for his Only Begotten Son to suffer for us. He is the only one that was capable of taking upon himself the sins of the world, saving us from those sins, and redeeming us in such a way as to allow us the chance to then pay him back for this atonement, through our righteousness, through our obedience.

So I would challenge you all. Endure to the End. Be faithful. Sempre.

I love you all. Thank you for the examples you have been and continue to be in my life.

Sister Wainwright


      Sister Wainwright also sent quite a few pictures she's taken over the course of serving in the CTM. They came through missionties.com, a website we've been using to write and receive letters throughout the week, rather than just on her P-Day. Sadly, whether it was the scanner or her camera, the pictures turned out pretty funky! They look like they were edited (too much!) but they are still pretty awesome to look at and see how excited and happy she is. Hopefully she may be able to send them again so that they are more clear! Here are a few of them:

 This is Sister Wainwright with her companion Sister Shepard.