Hello my lovely friends! I hope all is well! Life here in Granby is so good! I feel like these weeks just fly. Every Monday I'm amazed it's Monday again.
Monday- On Monday we had P- Day. We washed our clothes,
cleaned our house, grocery shopped and emailed. All of the usual fun things
that you do on Monday. That night we had dinner with some members who drove us
to Neosho for dinner (there's only one resteraunt in our area so we have
permission to drive the 20 minutes to Neosho for dinner with members). They
took us to get tacos and they were so good! After that they bought us ice cream
and drove us home. As they were dropping us off the member we were with (who
happens to be in the bishopric) asked us to speak on Sunday in church. Dang it.
We accepted and went inside, did comp study and went to bed.
Tuesday- We started out the day by doing a lot of work in our area book again. Re calling the people who didn't answer last time and trying to find new people that we didn't call or that we need to go visit in person. It's a lot of paperwork to read through and look at but it makes finding people a lot easier. That evening we went with some members, the Powell's, and helped Brother Powell to do his home teaching. Then they took us to dinner. While we were at dinner the lady we were going to meet with after dinner texted and cancelled, which we were bummed about, but it gave us an opportunity to go and knock on a door or two.
Wednesday- On Wednesday we had District Meeting. Which was awesome! We talked about working with our ward councils and also some ideas on questions we can ask when we are talking to people that will make them think. It's really cool when we get to practice with other missionaries because they always have way better ideas than I do which helps me improve! After that we all went out to lunch because one of the Elders was going home! He finished his mission! A really nice member paid for the lunch of all ten missionaries which was SO kind. After that we went home and did some tracting. We had dinner with some members that night, the Lemons, and that was fun as always. They are really kind to the missionaries and we love them dearly. After dinner we tried to visit one of our investigators but she wasn't home so we headed home, did some companionship study and went to bed.
Thursday- On Thursday we had weekly planning. We got to plan
our week and do some online training. We printed out the talks we had to study
for our talks and we planned the rest of our week. Weekly planning is so bitter
sweet because it is so boring to me but it makes the rest of our week go so
much better. We also got a chance to work on our talks which was good. That
night we had dinner with the Keeling's who are members in our ward. They are so
good to us and we had a really good dinner with them. We talked about
counseling with the Lord and the importance of that. They took us home and we
finished weekly planning.
Friday- On Friday we did a LOT of service. We started by
doing service at the Newtonia Library and then we did service at Leanor's house
and THEN we did service for some people who own a quilting shop. It was a lot
of service but it was good! After we finished all of our service we were able
to go home and work on our talks a little bit more before dinner. We had dinner
with The Rollins family and it was a little tender mercy from heaven because
she made a sweet pork barbecue, Café Rio copycat recipe and I have missed Café
Rio like you wouldn't believe! That night the lesson that we were going to have
cancelled which was really sad but we got to use that time to try to see an
investigator, she wasn't home, and then we stopped in and talked to some
members who live in the area! It was a really good day.
Saturday- On Saturday we got to finish our talks for Sunday
as well as plan our Gospel Principle's lesson. It was good. After that we
hopped on our little bikes and went tracting. While we were riding up our road
these little Chihuahuas came running from out of this house and this one chased
Sister Snyder for a solid three minutes. I was laughing really hard and she was
screaming and pedaling as fast as she could. She had ended up behind me. She
was okay, the dog didn't get her. Just scared her. We finally got to a house we
felt like we should knock on and we got off our bikes and walked up the drive
way and the guy who lived there came out to meet us. We talked with him for a
really long time. Probably an hour and he was interesting. He had some
interesting views on the Sabbath and Sabbath day observance. He also had some
interesting ideas about a prophet. He told us that he should wear a robe and
should not walk up stairs... it was an interesting concern but I don't think
it's one he can't get past. We left him with a Restoration pamphlets and set
up a time for us to come back next week. After that we biked home and got ready
for our dinner with some members of the ward. They were awesome and made us
grilled chicken which was really good. That night we typed and printed our
talks and went to bed.
Sunday- I love Sundays on a mission. We went to church and
were super busy all three hours. We spoke in Sacrament meeting and that was
good and then we taught Gospel Principles during second hour and then Sister
Carter, a member of our ward, needed someone who could lead the music in
primary. Lucky for her Sister Lloyd had quite a few awesome Young Woman's
leaders and one of them taught me how to lead music. So I got to go to
primary and lead the music. It was so fun! We played a game and we danced! I
miss primary! After church we had lunch with some members and they were awesome
and then we were able to do a little bit of studying (because we don't have
time before church) and then we had dinner with some members. After dinner we
went to scone night. Scone night happens once a month and it's where different
members have people from the ward over. They invite less actives and non
members and some active members and the missionaries. It's a cool opportunity
to be able to interact with them in that environment. After that we came home
and went to bed.
Lately I have been thinking a lot about something that
people keep saying to or around me "You can't run faster than you have
strength" this is something I didn't pay a lot of attention to the first
couple times I heard it but I have heard it so consistently lately I started to
notice that it just stuck out to me. I love this concept. I think that a lot of
times we try so hard to do everything that we feel we are expected to do and we
just. can't. We can't do everything that everybody expects us to do all the time.
We have to have priorities. This is something that a mission has taught me.
Priorities are important and even though you may not be doing everything you
want to do, or everything everyone else wants you to do, if you are doing what
the Lord NEEDS you to do then you are doing enough. We don't need to burden
ourselves with unrealistic expectations, we just need to know the strength we
have and do the best we can with it and trust that if it's not enough, God will
strengthen us. I know that Christ loves us and I know that through His
Atonement we are able to be more and accomplish more than we could on our own
and I am so grateful for the strength I receive from the Atonement of Jesus
Christ each day. I love you all and I hope you have a great week!
~Sister Madisen Lloyd
Pictures: Picture 1: Sister Snyder and I waiting for our
ride after district meeting Picture 2: Sister Snyder and I splurged and bought
$5 Walmart shirts because we are both on team Jesus, we're pretty cool. Picture
3: Us on our bikes!
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