Well because we're having a zone
preparation day today I have even less time to write than normal, but I'll
share with you the greatest highlight of the week.
On Thursday my companion and I went
on exchanges with the Sisters in Jandacot. I was with a sister in my area. She
is AWESOME. She's from Bath, England. Made me think of Pride and Prejudice.
She's amazing and it was so nice to have a perspective of how it is to be in
Australia with another missionary and see her strengths and things I could
learn from her. We had a great day! We had some awesome miracles while tracting
and we had a lot of fun while doing it! I'm all about that. I think that
missionary work is work but it's also pretty dang fun a lot of the time, if you
choose to make it that way.
That night, after the exchange, my
companion and I were driving back and I started to feel really bad. I felt like
I hadn't done my part as a missionary and that I hadn't done a good job in
leading out during the exchange. I was letting Satan get into my head. I know I
shouldn't but sometimes it's hard not to. That night we had a lesson with
President and Sister Lindsey there. I wasn't looking forward to it because I
was feeling so off, but it ended up being exactly what I needed to get the
awful feeling to go away. The lesson went really well. Again, can't say it was
me cause it for sure wasn't. God was very kind to me and really helped us be
guided by the Spirit and the comments that Pres. and Sister Lindsey added in
were amazing. But the best part was that we got to chat with them for about an
hour after and before. It was exactly what I needed. They helped me so much.
I've been feeling bad that we haven't been able to pull in some of the numbers
that we were supposed to but President helped me remember that numbers really
don't matter. It's all about putting in our effort. The numbers are needed to
measure, so we can see what's happening, but they aren't the focus. That helped
so much. Having the two of them in our flat brought a peace in my heart that I
needed so badly. It was such a blessing. Then at the end President said a
prayer and in it he said a lot of beautiful things that I needed to hear, but
one of them being that he asked God to help us know that He is pleased with our
work. I felt the Spirit so strongly that God is pleased with me as a missionary
and that He just wants me to keep trying my best and doing a little better each
week. I felt so overwhelmed with love. (I feel like I'm always saying that on
my mission because love really has been the theme of my mission)
Side note: Another thing I learned
this week is the power of praying with people. We tried to pray with more
people on their doorstep even if they weren't interested. It was AMAZING! It
feels kind of weird at first, but when you can pray for them by name and for
specific things that they talked to you about and especially when you pray by
the Spirit, the Spirit will even tell you what to pray for. You can feel the
change in the atmosphere. Their hearts come that much closer to being softened,
if not softened completely. I love it. Prayer is so powerful! I love you family
and I am praying for you always. I can feel your prayers, love and support.
Thank you for being there for me:) I love you all! Sorry this was so short,
today was insane...
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