True Loves Challenge

Chapter 23

Rosie's POV

Most sister missionaries in Utah serve near the temple and help people know where what is and how to get there. I never knew that sister missionaries could go out into the field all the time. I also never thought that I was aloud to work with the Elders as much as I have, but so far this experience has been amazing.

On my first day out, I experience rejection. Pretty much everyone my companion and I visited turned us away. I don't blame them, if someone tried to tell me that my religion isn't true and that everything I believe in is wrong, I would turn them away too.

Almost everyone in London is Christian. So everyone already believes in Christ and that he came on Earth, but they don't believe that Joseph Smith brought back the Book of Mormon and the real religion that God wants us to believe.

In the early 1800's, there was a fourteen year old by that wanted to know which church is true. So one day, he was reading the bible and there was a scripture he read that said, "If any of you lack wisdom, let them ask of God." So, he went into a green field in the woods and prayed to ask which church is the right one. Then Joseph was visited by two heavenly beings. One was pointing to the other. The one pointing said, "This is my beloved son. Hear him."

Years later, he was given the golden plates from the angel Moroni and was commanded to translate then with the help of Oliver Cowdry. After many trials, the Book of Mormon was translated and published. Many people joined the church and then other people hated the new religion. So, they were driven out of the town. They eventually were settled in Kirtland Ohio. They build the Kirtland temple there then were driven out again. Eventually for the crime of building a temple and not paying for the land custody, Joseph and his brother Hyrum were assassinated in a jail house.

Brigham Young, who was one of the twelve apostles at the time, became the next prophet. He led the pioneers to Utah. Utah and Idaho now hold the biggest population of Mormons. We all hope to spread the gospel and bring people back to Christ to be resurrected and with lost one's again.

Today is Christmas Eve, my first Christmas in London away from my family and friends. I am nine months in my mission, nine months left. That also means that Matthew has been on his mission for eighteen months. He has six months left until he goes home. I have nine months left, and then I can see him, hold him, and kiss him again.

Since today is Christmas Eve, my companion, Sister Crane and I chose to go out to teach about the Birth of Christ. Sister Crane and I headed over to our appointment with a sixteen year old girl named Sarah. I met her the first week I was no the mission field.

Once we get to Sarah's store, the sign on the door says closed. We go in not even thinking about the sign. Sarah knows that we are coming. Once we are in the store, Sarah is nowhere to be seen.

"Sarah? It's the missionaries; we are here for your appointment." A man comes out from the back room.

"We don't want any missionaries here. Go away." He must be Sarah's father. She has told us about him before.

"I am sorry sir, but your daughter set an appointment with us to hear our words" I said standing tall.

The man starts to look horribly mad. He walks back to the back room and comes back out with Sarah. "Is it this girl you're looking for?"

"Yes. Sarah, are you ready?" Sarah smiled at me and started to walk towards me and Sister Crane, but her father grabs her arm and pulls her back to him.

"My daughter isn't going to hear your words. She is my daughter and she will live under my rules."

"That is true sir, she is your daughter and she does live under your roof. So she as to follow your rules, but it is her choice to listen to our words or to turn us away, because she has complete control over what she believes in." Sarah's father looks madder than he did before. "Go on Sarah, what do you chose?" I asked. Although I put pressure on her, the spirit burning in my chest told me it was the right thing to do, and Sarah seemed to handle it well. She looked at her father than at me. She walks towards me and Sister Crane and stands between us. She grabs my hand for support. I squeeze it to let her know that I am here for her. That is why I was sent here.