Well. This week has been crazy great!
So, as you know, I'm in Eldersburg now. Last area, last transfer!
Um..what? Okay, weird. My companion is Sister Stolworthy.
It's her 2nd Transfer. She is UH.MAZE.ING. She's a hard worker,
obedient, and she just gets it! Just oozing with common sense.
She's from Vegas...so we can definitely relate with our foreigness
to humidity. #frizzyhair
Eldersburg ward is great! There's a lot of work to do!
This is going to be a great transfer! I can feel it!
Something that has been on my mind heavily this week is Joseph
Smith and missionary work. Obviously, I've talked about both a lot
over the past 17 months. But, this morning, we watched Joseph
Smith:Prophet of the Restoration. I ain't gonna lie..I bawled. No
shame, no shame! Every time I study the Restoration (which is a
lot..like almost every day), or I watch these movies, my testimony
is strengthened. This work is true! There's no way it's not. Joseph
Smith was either a Prophet or he wasn't.
Point blank. HE WAS!
He died for this restored gospel...okay, nobody would do that unless
it were TRUE! And then I thought about missionaries.. I don't know
about ya'll. But if I didn't know this work was true, I definitely wouldn't
be thousands of miles away from home, in a land I'm a stranger to..I
wouldn't be out here having people yell at me to get off their porch,
I wouldn't let people tell me I'm going to hell because we use water
instead of wine for the sacrament, I WOULDN'T BE A MISSIONARY IF
THIS WASN'T TRUE. Nobody would.
But, because it is true, I go into stranger's living rooms and poor my heart
out. I talk to random people on the street about the Book of Mormon and
that we can come closer to God by simply reading it, and then praying to
know if it's true! I become best friends with people I may never see again
in this life time. I leave my heart in places I don't know I'll be able to come
back to. Because it's true..I'm a missionary.
I feel very blessed and humble to say that I am a representative of Jesus
Christ. This has taken me a long time to understand...and I still don't completely..
But I know that Christ is with me and my companion with every single thing
we do. I know this gospel, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true! I intend to work
for Him for the rest of my life..not just for the next 6 weeks. He is my Savior,
and my big brother. I owe it to Him!
I love you all. Know that your prayers are felt and answered!
At times when I'm not sure if I can possibly take another step, or keep going..
they are much felt!
THANK YOU!
Love, Sister Brinkerhoff
P.S.
Happy Independence Day this week! 
(I discovered all the emoji's on here today....where have these been my whole mission?!)
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