big news of the week: WE GET IPADS TOMORROW!
i am so so excited! i'm at the forefront of online proselyting, i'm seriously so excited for the opportunity this will be for our mission, and i know that heavenly father sent me to serve in this exact place at this exact time so that i can be a part of this online work!
we got to go to the temple on friday, it's always a relief to go to the temple. more so now than ever before. life as a missionary is very busy, and my mind is constantly full of to-do lists and other people. it's when i go to the temple that my mind moves in a different direction. i went this time hoping to find an answer on how i could be a happier missionary. don't get me wrong, i'm not necessarily unhappy, but i'm also still adjusting. i don't always feel like i'm as happy as i could or should be. i prayed that this time i would get an answer as to how i could be happier. it wasn't until we got to the celestial room that my answer came. the very first thing i noticed were people. sister mendenhall who had forgotten her recommend that day had gotten a hold of president cooke and had made it into the temple. sister busath, my very best friend here who i never get to see anymore was there right across from me, and sister chapman was having a rough day. i noticed people. as i started to pray, i prayed for each of them first. that was my answer. in order for me to be happy here i need to serve and think of others first. it starts with my companion and the missionaries around me. we might not have investigators to teach right now and care about right now, but i can care about and serve everyone else around me.
we have 4 shifts at the VC this transfer, so we're there quite a bit. i still don't particularly like the calling room, but i don't hate it as much as i used to. i still don't like that we call and teach on our own, it really helps me appreciate companionships. i do have 2 new investigators online that i've been teaching. i met cliff at the VC during Festival and have been in contact with him ever since. we won't let me send missionaries yet, but he does let me call and we talk about the gospel, and i pray that even though i feel like i don't know what i'm doing half the time, i pray that something i say helps him better understand the gospel and ultimately strengthen his relationship with christ. emmanuel was someone who called in to order a free bible. i offered to have missionaries drop it by and also share a spiritual message, and he said yes! he lives in texas! he has been meeting with missionaries, reading the BOM, and even said he would go to church this sunday! i'll call him this week and find out how it was!
did i tell you that last week we helped some guy get his car out of the snow? he had been trying for at least 15 minutes, maybe even more. we were doing companion study, and as sis. mendenhall closed with prayer she asked that the man trying to get his car out would be able to do so soon. it was after we prayed that i suggested we go out with our roommates and push his car for him. and so we did. four sister missionaries walked out in skirts and pushed this guy's truck out of the snow. thinking back on it now, i see how important it is to act. to not just pray for things to happen, but to act in order to receive the things you pray for. we must first do all that we can do, and then the lord will take care of the rest.
love you all so much! thank you for your love, your support, your letters, and your prayers! i had time to write a few letters last monday, so hopefully you got those!
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