What
a week! It's been a bit hysterical, most things that could have gone wrong or
different than planned did. We had some good laughs this week.
The
week started off by needing to take one of the sisters to the hospital so that
was an adventure. But I was the one who took her while my comp went with her
comp and she and I had a great chat and some good bonding time so that was
good.
Then
we had zone meeting on Tuesday. It was a great meeting, but we were 30 minutes
late because I had to go get some blood tests done (don't worry, I'm fine.)
Then because we're leaders they had us session lead a modeling group. (It just
means that we help lead it all out and critique.) But we didn't really know
what we were evaluating on and we were doing a new kind of session leading
that's kind of weird to get used to, and I was feeling pretty dizzy from my
blood tests. Oh and of course the assistants decided to come and watch our
group... Well I'd love to tell you that it ended up going well, but nope. It
was terrible. I'm just being real here, but the best part is I really didn't
even feel upset or embarrassed we were just laughing. The times when everything
adds up you can either laugh or cry, so we laughed about it. It was just such a
comical situation.
Then
we went on exchanges that night and it was great. I was in Wanneroo with Sister
B from Micronesia. She's awesome! I love her so much and I learned a lot from
her. I was praying so hard that we would find investigators and that our lesson
would go well. Well, to fit in with the rest of the week, our lesson didn't
show up and we found none, yet again, hilarious. We had a great day anyways. We
had some beautiful chats with people and we were able to fulfill our purpose in
helping others come to Christ, they just weren't ready for the Gospel.
At
some point throughout the week we got a call concerning every set of sisters in our zone and something they needed help
with.
But
throughout this crazy week we had many miracles. I went on an exchange with
Sister M from Tonga in her area and we had an amazing day. We taught some of
the most powerful lessons I've been to in a while. We were able to really
follow the Spirit. We had one lesson with a ‘gator that had heaps of questions,
some of which were a bit challenging but the Spirit helped us know what to say
so by the end he loved it and he said all of his questions had been answered
well and his concerns were resolved.
Also,
I by chance met a member... Sister Palmer who was Ann Hewlett's mission comp!
It was so fun to talk with her and her husband (who Ann taught and baptized!)
It was great!
We
also were finally able to meet Sam's son and he became a new investigator! Sam
also committed to live the word of wisdom and is now no longer drinking coffee
or tea. She threw it all out! And she came to church even though she had a
migraine! She is seriously the bomb.
Although
because of some things on Sunday that happened it was a bit hard. We had
basically no proselyting time and we still had a lot of goals to meet. It was
so frustrating, but I realized in church that these really are the times that
help me grow, so I am glad for that. But then after some rude things that were
said to my companion we were feeling a bit down. Then we watched the pacific
area broadcast. It was just what I needed. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed by
it all. I didn't know how to fix all of our sisters problems, I didn't know how
to make our area an example, I wasn't sure if I was lacking faith, but Elder
Pearson said just what I needed to hear. He talked about increasing our
personal conversion. It was amazing. It helped me remember what I want to focus
on. And more than that, it was just what some of our sisters needed to hear so
I realized that God was helping solve problems that were beyond us. God is so
good. I'm thankful that we had a bit of a hard week. These are the weeks that
help me stretch to become better. I also was able to see the contrast from how
I was at the beginning of my mission. I probably would have just hated my life
and been so depressed, but now, of course it was still hard, but I was able to
handle it so much more effectively. I was able to laugh at the situations
beyond my control and find some solutions to the things that were within my
control. It was great to see my progress and change from the week. Although I
do have to say that I am excited for a new week to start over again and take it
all on from a fresh start.
I
love you all. This letter was not meant to stress you out but hopefully give
you a laugh and help those who haven't served missions see the good and the bad
because you need both to make it great. I love it. I don't know that I would
have appreciated the miracles that we had this week if everything would have
gone perfectly, so I'm thankful for the increased perspective. I love you all
and hope it's a great week filled with love!
Heaps of love!
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