Plan of Salvation: Where did I come from? Why AM I here? Where am I going after this life?

20 September 2017 till 30 October 2017

First of all I want to say sorry for this long pause, due to illness of my mother in Hyderabad. I was with her for two weeks took care of her, work, church calling and my family. I really could not find time to do this and I am so sorry if people don't like to read long pending blog but Please do see her mission pictures. She marked 4th month on Mission only 16 months to go.

25/Sep/2017 Melissa wrote:

Dad i heard dadi isnt doing well

let her know i pray for her everyday and how are doing? i heard you had fever

i miss you so much

wish i was there right now

25/Sep/2017 Melissa wrote:

hey parivarrr mera this week no group mail

we have just bee visiting less actives and stuff

we had an amazing district meeting

so after the meeting i refelected a lot on the discussions we had

my goal as a missionary is to treausre up the WORD

have a deeper understanding of the word , i want to truly study, dive deep, cross reference, make connections

plant that seed in my heart and nourish it

THIS IS MY Goal

last monday we had potluck lunch with our zone at church

it was adorable , it felt like a big family lunch, everytone bought nice things which was unexcpected it was very cute, i love my zone

i made grill cheese and ALL THE AMERICANS went crazyyyy lol

my zone leader and his companion even asked me to make them more lol

orders aagaye already ahhahah

but we get our transfer call this evening i guess

im kinda sad to leave vizag but kogu has been here for 7 months, she needs a fresh start,

me and simmi have gotten so close,

i will miss her alot

i love being a missioanary

im super excited for max though

this is it fromn here this time

i love you three the mosttttt

LOVE

SISTER BEESA

2 Oct 2017 Melissa wrote: TRANSFERS

hello beautiful people, so on Wednesday we got our transfer calls

me and my companion are in Hyderabad now, we opened this area for sisters after 4 years

sis. chadda got transfered to Rajumundry and sis. massey is in vizag with a new girl who just came from MTC

we flew here on Friday,

i have to be honest but it was difficult. it still is because i just started to feel like Im settled down, i fell in love with vizag and then i had to go. personally its hard for me to leave places, leave people

i knew it would be hard , i also know i can only rely on the lord to help me get over this.

i will keep on going , im super glad i have my companion with me

im looking forward to be serving here in my fathers hometown.

hope you all are good , keep me in your prayers

lots and lots of love

SISTER BEESA

my gajuwaka fam back in viazg at the airport

9 Oct 2017 Melissa wrote: GODS DIVINE DESIGN FOR US

hellooooooo

so its been one week in Hyderabad and im still being trying to be strong about this transfer, last week i felt like the only thing i can to is to ask god for the strength

im a lot better than last week, because its a whitewash we are till getting familiar with our areas and all that, we visited families

so my grandma lives in Hyderabad but 1 hour away from my area but when i got to know she is sick i wanted to meet her, because it was so far i knew i wouldn't be able to so i called her

we were in church and morning session just ended, we were discussing about the talks , then

i got to know that my grandmother passed away, a lot of guilt filled me because i thought of how i could have gone to meet her and see her , i felt terrible

I got a call from my mission president and his words comforted me a lot , he told me t call my parents and that i had the permission to take part in the burial

i knew one thing that i needed to be a support to my dad during this time

the elders gave me a priesthood blessing , i felt better

then one thing came in my mind from elder Rasbands talk how everything is gods plan and how nothing in his plan is coincidental, its a divine design

so the fact that i was able to be there for my dad , made me think about how i got transferred here and why

this was the reason i truly believe it

next day i was able to be with my parents till evening, i was able to be there for my dad, my grandma was a women of great love and sacrifice

i know that she is in a better and happy place now and reunited with her husband

im grateful for this gospel and gods plan for each one of us, he sees a bigger picture, a better picture it gets hard but this is what i signed up for

i love you guys

keep me in your prayers

lots of love

SISTER BEESA

16 Oct 2017 Melissa Wrote: worth of every soul is great in the sight of god

hello lovely people, it was an unusual emailing because we came to cyber cafe in the morning but the server was down i think for almost all the IBM MISSIONARIES

so instead of morning we emailed in the evening

did not even get to know its been 3 weeks in Hyderabad , its going okay better actually. i wont lie

so the last week we were at church , one boy from outside came in , he looked very scared

we thought we will talk to him so after talking to him we got to now that he is a convert baptist, his family and wife is Hindu he is going through some financial problems, also wife doesn't know he got converted and he has schizophrenia ( look it up if you dont know) its a serious psychological problem, it has no cure

at first i was a little set back because i have studied about this problem in school and i just didn't want that he bursts out in front of us

but he has so much love for Jesus Christ, we told him we cant help you in any other way but we can teach you about jesus christ and that you can feel peace

after one day i thought to myself why should i be scared he is a child of god and god loves him just as he loves me, not less not more, i suddenly felt happy and calm

good news is that he came to church and he attended gospel principle classes

so we are very excited to teach him

this is all from here , lets see what Hyderabad has to offer this week

im gaining weight like anything , instead of CHOOSE THE RIGHT , it should be CHOOSE THE RICE all

lol

keep me in your prayers and do write to me

lots of love

SISTER BEESA

23 Oct 2017 Melissa wrote: 4 month mark on 25th oct

hello people

well next week on 25th i will be 4 month old and time flew by

this week was good,

chattenyas faith really inspires me, he came to church last Sunday too

we have a hospital right beside our church , so an old woman showed up to church , she looked worried, she spoke Telugu, she told her story and she was worrying a lot about her family, we asked the elders to give her a comfort blessing . she is Hindu but because of her son she wants to learn about christ

we are so glad we got to meet her

sometimes we have to lift other peoples burdens, we have to be angels in lords hand

even though my family isn't around , i have a lot of angels ( MY MISSION FAMILY) looking out for me

so grateful for them

my diet has been going good, will keep updating you, hahah

we had an amazing zone conference with our mission president , he asked me as soon as he looked at me " well you look so happy today , look at that smile on your face"

i said well im trying, hahah

we just watched crackers burning in our society , it was fun and we had lock down for 2 days, they celebrate it crazy here

I love this picture

Diwali

everyone looks at my nametag and say beesa. i feel like im a police officers daughter

vinod uncles wife fed us after church on sunday

one uncle was telling me how you used to dance and how much you used to feed him

i always get to know so much

sis. mortenson told me pres. anderson will tour with you

how are you doinG?

Very pretty girl.

With my Cousin

Vinod my friend

30 Oct 2017 Melissa Wrote: Feeling Loved

hey family

so this week i was inspired to tell you both to get involved with missionaries from our ward, go on exchanges, do your visiting teaching

it will really help you feel closer to me

this sunday was good for a change, we had a lot of families walk in church

so lot of people,

what else went to brother kadli's house for lunch, brother varsala was there too

we had a very good discussion, the whole room was filled with the spirit

melvin's mom called me and told me if i need anything i let her know, the sweet thing is she lives one hour away from madinaguda but still

it made me feel really nice

bommaji shared how brother beesa , and his family is an inspiration to him he also said how good the massey family is doing, he basically said beesas and masseys play a big part in the growth of Delhi

felt good

we have a very sweet neighbour, old people they invited for dinner, made puri, aloo ki sabzi, raita, chutney, kheer

ghar ki yaad aagayi . so tasty, they said whenever you wat home food let us know and we were starving

no breakfast or lunch

im doing goood here

i love you threee alot

motaaaaaa you have become super smart i really miss you yaaaaaaar

hope you started writing you journal

lots of loveeeeee

SISTER BEESA