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| Ice Cream from the Ice Cream Truck with Sis. Connelly |
What a week! The scripture in my heading is 2 Nephi 31:20. It was so
true for this week- Sister Connelly has finally realized that her
mission is coming to an end. On Tuesday and Wednesday we struggled a
bit to continue to move forward. We had a rough start to our week,
nearly all of our lessons fell through, and Stanya dropped us for the
time being. (Ah! It's so sad, she was on date for baptism) and
Jaslina, our other investigator who was on date is a little hesitant
to meet with us because of her boyfriend.
And yet, through all the struggles we have become stronger. I have
seen my companion grow in her capacities to serve and her testimony
too of the Savior. One day was really rough, and we found one
potential and one new investigator (named Rob). God really watches
over us. She got a blessing too, and the Lord said: " know that every
door you knock and every action you do is seen by your Savior, and He
is pleased with what you do."
We also had a great pick me up on Friday! We had a zone conference
with the bottom half of the mission. Elder Johnson and Elder Hansen of
the Seventy came to talk with us. Elder Hansen asked us: "Do you know
that God loves you?" Us- yeah. "Well, do you love God?" Yeah. " then
obey them!" He talked more about obedience.
Elder Johnson talked about teaching the first principle of the gospel:
God is our loving Heavenly Father. He took two hours to teach us, and
we realized how much better we need to get at teaching it. For our end
goal is not baptism. It's to teach others to become like Heavenly
Father. But we have to understand who He is in order to have the faith
necessary to change. It was really powerful.
I also participated in Missionary Leadership Council (MLC). We talked
about what we learned and what the mission needs to learn this coming
week for Zone conference. It's really fun and stressful! Being a
leader is hard.
Since that meeting, I have been pondering a lot about what kind of
missionary I want to be. I've realized that obedience is the only way
that God can bless us. And so if I want investigators, I need to be
exactly obedient. And sure, it's all up to God's timing. Reading the
scriptures really creates the strength and force field around you to
keep the spirit with you. So pray. So read. So stand up for what is
right. Be the kind of person who will stand up for the right, who
stands out from the crowd because you have the spirit around you. That
will be the kind of friends I will look for when I come home. The ones
who let the Atonement change them.
Love you all! Hope y'all have a great week!
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