Monday, November 4, 2013

letter.thirty.one 10.28.13 ^a newbie^




Well this week has been another good one! If feels like it should be officially summer with the way the weather is but apparently I ain't seen nothin' yet... oh baby. This is gonna be fun… It's already so hot I cannot even imagine, but I'm excited. It will be a fun challenge and hey I've always loved sweating ;) ha  I am already getting brown. I'm gunna be soo dark by the end of summer. And no Michelle, I haven't worn sunscreen yet... I just couldn't be bothered. I'll try to though.

My last few days with Sister L were wonderful. We had some truly incredible lessons and some sweet moments together. We cried a lot but we both knew that this is the right thing. She told me I'll always be her favourite soa :) She is such a beautiful person. She changed me so much. I miss her like crazy, but I LOVE my new companion too!

Her name is Sister T. She's adorable. I love everything about her. She's from NZ and she's 20 years old. She is hilarious, beautiful, but most importantly she's an incredible missionary already. She is so gun! She's keen to work hard and to be obedient! Boom baby. This is going to be a great transfer! She already teaches and talks with people so naturally. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful companion. I know I'm going to learn a lot from her. We had a great few days together. We've taught a few lessons and we were able to find a new investigator! It was great.

Church was madness this week... we had three investigators there! :) That's huge for us. One of them was the one who became our new investigator! He is the father of a family that was just baptized and he has never come to church until now and HE LOVED IT! Yeeesssss! And let me tell you that is honestly a miracle ... one of those where I was just praying they'd feel the Spirit. We are thrilled that Brother G is now coming to church though! It's taken us quite some time to get to his heart, but I think we've finally done it! He said he'll come next week too! Boo yah!

Another investigator we had there loved it as well! I was so pleased. We're trying really hard to find good fellowship but there are no YSA in the ward. Like literally. Well there are two but they don't go to this ward since there's no YSA. Bum deal. But she loves us. She sticks by our side and loves everything we say, so that's good, but we have got to get fellowship or the hand off will be real bad after she gets baptized. We're praying to know which of the older ladies we should have "adopt" her because I think that's when she'll really start to fit in. She's amazing though.

Notice that I said three came, but I've only mentioned two... well the other one didn't really like it... like at all. So we don't focus on her. But she is still wonderful and hopefully someday she'll be ready to accept the gospel. (she dropped us this morning.)

Last night we were able to go up to a “cottage evening” at the Lindsay's for many people who have been joining the church in WA. Not many missionaries got to go because of limited space, but they asked me to sing so we were able to go. I was so glad. The singing went really well. I was very blessed, but what I really loved is the talk that they showed. It was one given by Pres. Uchtdorf where he talks about the hands of the statue of Christ missing, but mostly he talks about love and how love is the ultimate motive. He talked about how it was only love that could have motivated the Atonement. It was just what I needed to hear. Sometimes I still wonder about if I have made the right conclusions about love being THE most important thing. Love is what should be motivating everything that I do. I have really been striving for that on my mission and I fall short a lot, but it was good to be reminded that this is what I should be focusing on. I am so thankful for the Savior's infinite love so that we all can live with God again. I am thankful for the opportunity to have a beautiful new missionary and to be part of this great work. I love you all! 



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