We found
out transfers and........................................ I'M GOING TO
KALGOORLIE!!!!!!!! Oh my goodness I'm so excited! We're getting doubled
in (white washing in). I'll be with Sister K, who I've always wanted to serve
with! And it's her last transfer so I'll probably “die” (finish my mission)
there as well which means I won't get to say good-bye to anyone in other areas,
but that's ok. I am SO excited to go! It's going to be an adventure. I get a 6
hour train ride for my 22nd birthday. Happy Birthday to me:)
I think I
blinked and the week was over. Time seems to be accelerating as this transfer
winds down. We had a great week. We had a wonderful district meeting and we
talked about learning to be more effective with our studies and using PMG, but
the best part was for the modeling part we did a news report on the
Restoration. It was so much fun. We all took the different roles and fit it all
into different news stories and the weather and sports. We recorded it and I'm
hoping to get a copy. It was so funny, but it also helped us test to see if we
really did know our doctrines. Our district leader, Elder P is so creative!
Then that
night we were waiting to get pizza and it was crowded and I was so tired. All I
wanted to do was fall sleep but I was trying to be friendly and smile. Then a
man came up to me and said that he was a less active member and that he wants
to come back to church. He feels he needs go in his life but he isn't sure how
to get there on his own. So we offered to come visit him and help him get to
church. It was such a tender mercy to have someone come to us.
Then the
next day we were at the doctor for my companion's ears and we were just sitting
in the waiting room and this lady started to talk to us. She was so nice. She
said her friend joined our church and that she attended the baptism. We talked
a bit more and she said we could come over next week to teach her more about
our church. Another miracle! God is so good to us!
Then on Thursday
we had a blitz in our area and we really prepared well for it. We gave the
Elders formers to follow up and they were able to find a new investigator and a
lot of good return appointments with potentials. It was the most effective
blitz I've ever been a part of. We also were able to have a good conversation
with a lady. She should become a new investigator soon, but she was awesome.
She looks a bit rough around the edges but she is going to be the best member.
I know it! I could just see her as a Mormon mum!
We've also
been able to teach a referral in Sister T's area and that was beautiful. He is
so prepared. Teaching him has been such a joy. The spirit has guided the
lessons so that they have been just what he needed. It was powerful.
I think
the thing that I have loved the most about this week is how much the enabling
power of the Atonement has helped me to start to overcome my weaknesses. I have
been working on humility all week. I have been striving to be better. I so
often just wanted to be right, or to make sure that my opinion is understood
and validated. I often use a tone that makes people put their defenses up. I
have been working on that so much this week. There have been so many
times when I have been wanting to say something about the way I see things
and I've held back. Not that it's bad to voice your opinion, but I realized
that I wasn't always saying it in a way that made people want to listen.
I have
been working on waiting to speak until I have made sure that I have not only a
level voice, but a level heart. I say to myself, "ok, maybe they are
right." I try to see it from their point of view before I ever open my
mouth to say mine. It has been so hard. As you all know, that is not my
strength but with the power of the Atonement I have been able to take a step
forward. I have not even come close to perfection, but I made a step that I
didn't think was possible. I have felt so much more love in my heart. There
have been times when I've been hurt or judged and Christ's Atonement gave me
the strength to look past it and to give others the benefit of the doubt. It
has brought me so much closer to my Savior and God, as it has required
constants prayers, pleading, repentance, and forgiveness.
I feel a
freedom that I didn't think would come from holding things back. I have felt a
peace that can only come through Christ. I know this is something that I still
have so much work to do and I don't tell you any of this to make myself sound
high and mighty. I'm not. I think all of you who know me well, know that this
is not something I could have ever done on my own. I am so thankful for the
enabling power of the Atonement. I know that all good that has ever come
through me has only been a result of the Atonement and its power to make bad
men good and good men better.
I love you
all so much. Thank you for the love support and prayers. I love you all more
than you'll ever know!
Heaps of
love from down undo,
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