This week has been a week full of miracles. After weeks like
this I am always amazed by all of the little things that Heavenly Father does
and how much he is aware of us. I love seeing little snippets of the plan he
has for others and I absolutely love when I get to be a part of that plan.
Being a missionary is such a blessing.
Wednesday- Wednesday was prep day which was crazy. I had to
take care of things like grocery shopping for staying but Sister Sanders had to
get ready to leave which made for a crazy day. By the end of prep day we had it
all done. Sister Sanders was packed and I was ready to go for the next
week.
Thursday- Thursday was transfer day and, not gunna lie, I
was pretty stressed. I knew my companions name was Sister Moser and that she was
coming from Branson and I had met her once but that was all I knew and that was
not nearly enough for comfort. When the bus pulled in with her on it I got
butterflies and was so nervous but when she hopped off the bus and gave me a
hug I immediately knew it was going to be great. Sister Sanders gave me a huge
hug and hopped on the bus, I cried, not gunna lie. I was sad to see her go. But
it drove away and we went home and got Sister Moser's stuff moved in! The rest
of the day was kind of crazy because I was kind of in charge because Sister
Moser was new and we don't have a car to go visit people anymore so we did a
lot of walking and talking to people. I love Heavenly Father and missionary
work has given me a testimony that when you are trying to be productive and do
what he would have you do, he will put people or things in your path. The days
when nothing is planned always get filled with good things.
Friday- Friday we started our morning with our usual service
which we always love. After that we had an appointment and we could not find a
member to come so we walked about two miles to get there, which is fine, except
we didn't know where we were going and only had 30 minutes to get there. We
were a little stressed. Luckily, our investigator was running late too and we
were able to find the restaurant we were meeting at! Our lesson was awesome. We
went over the Restoration with him as a review to make sure he understood our
last lesson with him and the spirit was really strong. We talked a lot about the
priesthood and he had some good questions about that. He was really open and
agreed to pray about Joseph Smith and the priesthood. We are hoping to get him
on date for baptism in our next lesson! The rest of the day we had a lot of
members come out with us to see people, most of the people we had scheduled to
visit weren't home. Oh, the life of a missionary. BUT one of our members,
Courtney, is super awesome and she felt bad everyone had cancelled on us all
day so she bought us Pineapple Whip! (basically Pineapple flavored ice cream,
only better) Which was fun. By the end of the night we were so tired we went to
bed early! (10:00) it was amazing.
Saturday- Saturday was weekly planning. Normally I hate
weekly planning but this week it was so good. We walked through all of our
investigators and made new game plans for each of them. We talked about all of
our potential investigators and figured out how we can continue to visit them
without a car. We game planned everything and I have never felt more organized!
It's awesome! While we were updating the area book Sister Moser was looking
through the super old area book from when there were two sets of missionaries
in this area and found a lot of old sheets about former investigators. We were
reading through and a lot of them used to have baptismal dates and just didn't
follow through on them. We called a lot of them and ended up setting four
return appointments. Two of them for Sunday. We were so excited! Sister Moser
called one of the former investigators who was very kind but told us she got
her questions answered and was not interested in meeting again, she just
"doesn't really care". Sister Moser was quiet for a minute and then
said "well, okay! That's super honest. Thanks!" and then ended the
conversation and hung up. I was a little shocked and then she looked at me and
yells "WHY DID I SAY THAT??? THAT WAS A HORRIBLE RESPONSE!" I busted
up laughing because I was definitely confused at what "that's super
honest" meant but I wasn't going to say anything. She is a hoot and a
half. I love Sister Moser so much!
Sunday- On Sunday we went to church which is always great
and then we talked with the bishop. We asked him about his goals and focuses
for us this transfer and had a few questions about people in the ward that we
didn't know. We also both got blessings. I got a lot of my questions answered
and I was really at peace after my blessing. I have been wondering a lot lately
why I was supposed to come on a mission. Who was I supposed to meet/ teach? Am
I being effective? Am I missing the people I'm supposed to be talking to? A lot
of typical missionary questions. In my blessing I was told that Heavenly Father
was proud of the work I was doing and that this transfer I would be able to
look into the eyes of those I was teaching and recognize that I was sent here
to teach them. I was really humbled that Heavenly Father knows me well enough
to be able to calm that fear and answer my concerns. After church we went to
visit the former investigators we called on Saturday. When we met the first one
we talked with him and his main concern was that he smokes and can't seem to
kick it. We went over the baptismal interview questions and he passed all of
them but that one. We invited him to start meeting with us again and he said he
would. I promised him God would help him kick smoking if he really wanted to
and he said he did so I am excited to see miracles as we meet with him!
This week I have been thinking a lot about Heavenly Father.
What does He do? How actively He participates in our lives. What his plan is.
How I can be a better servant of Him. How I can show Him my love and that I'm
trying to do what He would have me do. Lots of things and I am so grateful for
my Heavenly Father. I am grateful for how actively I have seen Him participate
in my life. I see little miracles and tender mercies everyday. I am also
grateful for how merciful He is. I have never been perfect and I will not be
perfect anytime soon but He doesn't expect me to be. He just expects me to try
to be better. All I can do is my best and that's all he expects of me. I love
having a Heavenly Father who knows and loves me perfectly. It makes journeying
through this life a lot easier. I would invite all of you, no matter where
you're at spiritually, to ask Heavenly Father to allow you to more fully feel
His love and see His hand in your lives. It's awesome to take a step back and
see him arrange things in your life. I love y'all so much! Thank you for all
the love and support. I hope y'all have a great week!
Pictures!
Picture 1: Sister Moser and I Picture 2: I caught a
lightning bug! Picture 3: We named the lightning bug Marcus and put him in a
jar
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