Finally in Canada

Oh my goodness, I can't believe I am here in CANADA.

My Address:
Sister Brittney Okada
#112 6015 Tisdall St.
Vancouver BC V5Z 3N1

I tried out my Chinese and it was horrible...oh well. But we gave out some cards and had some interesting experiences. I don't hardly understand the Chinese so I just smile a lot.

My new companion...trainer...Sister Chao is from Hong Kong and has only been out about 4 months....so our president calls us the green companionship. And we are very GREEEN.

I love you all and can't wait to hear from you!!!

LOVE

Sister Okada

Our Movie!

Our lives are like movies. We are on camera all the time. Do you want to watch your movie over? Would you want to watch it with God? You will one day. Thank goodness for our editor Jesus Christ. If we just turn our movie over to him....he can edit out all the bad parts and make it a happy ending.

One of the ladies in our branch gave a talk about her and her granddaughter. Her granddaughter was looking in an American Girl Doll magazine. She opened to a page of all the dolls...from all over, all different looking. She slid her finger over the page saying, "I like this one. I like this one...and this one and this one"....until she had pointed to everyone. That is exactly how God feels. He points at us and says I like this one and this one. We are all beautiful to him and he wants ALL ....each and everyone of us.

Try reading "Prayer is the Soul's Sincere Desire": read it like poetry. It is beautiful!

FILL THE MEASURE OF YOUR CREATION.

Bye MTC; Hello Vancouver

I can't believe my experience is over here at the MTC.

To sum it up:
It has been crazy. We have had all kinds of twists and turns. Like being a pilot district, having tons of teachers, having to give feedback and do activities, having progressing investigators. Also, like a district leader going home. Getting a new sister: splitting our companionship and being a solo sister for one whole week. But the Lord's hand has been in all of it. I know it because of what I have learned. I have learned that love is most important. People are most important. And obedience, true obedience, is out of love.

I have also learned a surety of my calling. That I am supposed to teach the Chinese in Vancouver. And I am so excited!!!! I love being a missionary. I am excited to introduce people to God and Jesus Christ. And the Book of Mormon. It is the most powerful book I love it.

LOVE YOU ALL.

Sister Okada

Purpose

EVERYTHING WE DO HAS A PURPOSE....make sure of it...and find it.

SO WHAT? Find out what really matters.

Read from the Book of Mormon everyday. It is a powerful book. I love it....KNOW it. It really is written for our day.

Record your personal experiences....but more importantly figure out from this day what really matters: Purpose, Principles, Patterns.

I LOVE YOU ALL....Let Your Light Shine.

SISTER BRITTNEY OKADA

Become True.

Perfectionist vs. Seeking Perfection

OK YOU KNOW ME: Perfectionist.

Elder Gong helped me realize the difference.

Perfectionist:
This includes looking inside and focusing on bettering yourself only. It comes with disappointments because really none of us are perfect.

Seeking Perfection:
This includes looking to serve others and helping others. This is seeking hope through our Savior Jesus Christ. We know that we can be perfected in him. We have hope.

Seek perfection in Charity.

Seek perfection in Love.

Seek perfection in Kindness.

Seek perfection in Faith.

D&C 132: 24-25.

Desire

OK, this is a little longer blog but I hope it is worth your while.

Let's talk all about DESIRE: More specifically the desires of our hearts.

Yes, go to a talk from Dallin H. Oaks, "The Desires of Our Hearts", Ensign, June 1986, for more.

OK, you can organize this however you want:

Sometimes what we want is not what is good for us.

Sometimes what we need is not what we ask for.

"I got nothing that I asked for, but got everything I hoped for."

Read Alma 29: 1-3 with an emphasis on verse 3.

There is this story of a wise man: A boy asked him how he could accomplish anything. The man took the boy to a stream and held him under water until he almost drowned. The boy jumped out of the water screaming: “AIR! AIR! AIR!”

The wise man said: “Ah yes....When you want to succeed as much as you wanted AIR, just then you will have the desire to succeed.”

Example: King Lamoni's father: Alma 22:18

Sometimes we have inappropriate desires we must evaluate and diminish, then eliminate.

Something that we must do is pray for the right feelings. If we do this and succeed we will have righteous desires and then righteous actions.

Alma 32: Plant that seed...let it grown, let it become a tree which continues to grow and then takes root and then brings forth fruit.

Yes, I think we all can work on having better desires....but more importantly letting our actions align with our desires...and vice versa.

GO AHEAD DO IT:

CHANGE, ACHIEVE, BECOME.

LOVE YOU ALL

Sister Okada

Know God

OH today let's talk about God.

Yep, God.

Do you really know God?

If you could know God what would you do?

Would you give up everything to know him?

And once you knew him what would you do?

Would you listen to him?

So, I was talking to my teacher about people who know God. And I said something like how do you help people know God if they already know him?

This was her response or something like it:

People think they know God. But they know God from a distance. It is not that personal relationship. They don't let God in their lives. They believe in God and say OK I believe in God, but I don't want him that involved in my life.

People don't realize that God can be in our life everyday. And he should be. And it should be that close of a relationship.

And if we love God....like really love God...I mean love him enough that you would do anything he asks of you....this is really knowing God.

Find the scriptures...if you love me keep my commandments.
John 14:15 D&C 42:29

OK me:

I love God. I will do anything he asks of me. If he asks me to believe in something I will...I want God in my everyday life. That's it.

Expand on this. Examine yourself.

Love You All!