Back To Northern Maine

I am officially the farthest Northeast I have ever been in my life! I am so glad to be back in Northern Maine, I missed those lovely accents!:)

This week has been absolutely crazy..but wonderful! Our drive up was long, about 4 hours. Since neither my companion or I had ever set foot in this area, we got some phone numbers from the elders and called tons of people. We mostly were calling for help to move all the things in our apartment to a new one, per President Blair's instruction. So we not only had to learn a new area, but we had to go through an apartment that missionaries had lived in for years and then bring it to new place! Missionaries accumulate a TON of stuff. That was a fun adventure. Luckily I have a fun, fantastic companion that makes things fun!

Since we have no prior knowledge, we have really relied on the Lord . The promise in Proverbs is so real. The one that goes:

 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

We really tested that promise this week, and we saw many miracles. My knees have calluses from all the praying I have been doing with my companion. We have seen miracles in the form of texts from random people asking when we can stop by, members offering to drive us to far out areas, and small daily goals being fulfilled in small ways. The Lord truly is aware of our needs ! And if He is aware of some silly sisters in Maine, He is sure aware of you!

The coolest miracles was when we asked the Lord to help us find someone to teach at a specific time, 3pm. We set a goal to teach a lesson on Sunday and everyone fell through. We prayed for direction, and after 30 minutes of calling people, we found someone! And guess what time they wanted to meet....3pm! We had to immediately say a thank you prayer for Heavenly Father's awesomeness!

I hope you all have a fantastic week! 

Sister Lescarbeau

The last picture is my companion trying a Maine Whoopie pie for the first time...mmmmmm

Seek and Find

The promise in the scriptures of "seek and he shall find, ask and he
shall receive " is so real guys. We asked for miracles and we saw
them! They are truly just a prayer (and of course willingness to act)
away.


One of the cool experiences we had came from an awkward moment. Those
happen a lot as missionaries...let me tell you. We met Caleb while he
was walking his dog, but he walked right past us! So my companion
hollers, after he has already crossed the street, " Wait, what is your
name?" He miraculously ended up turning around and talking with us! He
shared that he had been rejected by a previous church because of his
previous addictions.We got to testify of the atonement of Christ and
how it helps us really change, right there on the street. I love those
experiences.

We also met a woman who said she had lost a lot of her faith and was
wanting to get it back. We starting talking about how how we
strengthened our faith through the restored gospel of Christ, and she
seemed really touched. Then she just bore her soul to us. This is a
situation that happens to us missionaries often . People say: "I do
not know why I am telling you this. I don't even really know you!"
Then we just think, "don't worry this happens a lot. It is the spirit
of Christ!"

We taught our amazing new investigator Ken! We met him out side his
home near the beach. We came back a few days later with Jamie, a
member of the ward here. We found out that he had already read the
materials we gave him and started the Book of Mormon. He said he felt
like God sent us to him to help him gain his faith again. Jamie ended
up being the perfect member too. She bore amazing testimony and
challenged him to keep reading! He is excited to come to church, and
thanked us so much for coming. I am always humbled when people are so
grateful for our message... it really does change lives!

I found out I am being transferred to a new area for my last six
weeks! I am going three hours north to Ellsworth Maine! It is right
next to the famous Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor! My new
companion and I will both be brand new in the area, so it is a fresh
start! It'll be exciting!

I am thankful for the amazing love of our Savior Jesus Christ. He is
the only reason I am able to do this great work. We see many hard
things as missionaries, and everyone does in this crazy world we live
in! I love when Christ said : "These things I have spoken unto you,
that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." John
16:33. No matter what it may be, nothing of the world can bring us
peace. The world takes and takes but never gives back , yet our Savior
not only gives but gives more than we deserve. I love sharing this
message with those that struggle with the pressures of this world.

Remember the Lord loves you! He knows you, He is guiding you

Much love,
Sister Lescarbeau

2017 Sounds So Futuristic

2017 is here and it is still so hard to believe! Confession, I
honestly forgot that Saturday was New Years Eve. Everyone kept asking
us what are plans are and I was thinking: we are doing missionary
work, why are you suddenly so interested in what that is...?. Oh wait.
It's New Years Eve. People normally have special plans, but we just do
the same stuff. Haha there is an example of classic missionary brain
for you!

This wee has had ups and downs, especially in the weather! It was 50
on Tuesday, then it dropped to 15-20 the days following. And we got 7
inches of snow! Maine is clearly indecisive about which season it is.

Anyways, the Lord's tender mercies were all over this week. One
exciting thing we are doing is reading the Book of Mormon in 22 days
with our friend Kayla! She set the time frame, we just wanted to start
it over with her! Haha she is amazing! She has really started to
change as we have read. She is more cheerful and is asking the deep
questions. She really wants to know if it is true, and I know this
challenge is going to help her find it. It is helping me gain a
stronger testimony of it all. Even though I have read it before, it
really does fill you with the spirit and help you with whatever you
are going through.

I think learning about the Holy Spirit has been a theme for this week.
I have felt so much peace doing the Lord's work, especially as I see
others filled with the Holy Spirit as they being to change and become
more like the Savior. The Book of Mormon has a great verse about that:
"And the remission of sins bringeth meekness, and lowliness of heart;
and because of meekness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation
of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love,
which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall
come, when all the saints shall dwell with God." Moroni 8:26.

I hope you all have an amazing week, and that you feel that hope and love!

Sister Lescarbeau

One day we are enjoying the beautiful sunny weather...