.....not really. well kinda sorta. I
will be training a new missionary! Am I nervous-yes, yes I am. Man I feel like
I just got out here myself. But apparently the Lord has bigger plans for me
than I ever had in myself. I got the call on Saturday night from the AP's.
Usually we get leadership calls on Thursday so I thought that I was off the
hook by the time Friday rolled around, but apparently not. When they called and
gave me an interview by the end of it it just sounded like president just
wanted to see how I was doing but then he asked me how I felt about training
and I think I almost killed over. I said yes of coarse but it was followed by a
lot of nervous laughing and more than a few freak outs haha. Crazy thing is, my
temporary comp for that day is also training so we both did a little freak out
together. Only she actually knew that she would train and I had absolutely no
idea. But even with all my faith lacking moments have come several tender
mercies of the Lord. I have had several moments so far where He lets me
know that it will all be okay and that this is a chance for me to learn to really
rely on Him, because I don't really feel like I know what I am doing most of
the time haha so I guess that we will have to go figure it out together. I will
get to meet her on Wednesday but until then I am in a different area with a
temporary companion, which by the way is so God sent because I am learning SO
much from her. I feel like we could go on for hours and not get sick of
talking. She really has built my faith and just little things here and there
have reminded me that God knows how I feel and that it will all be okay. I
can't mess up eternity too bad, right? haha. So if anyone has any advise on
training-SPILL THE BEANS.
This week has been crazy. It's been
filled with packing and running around like a chicken with their head cut off
to get things delivered, packed and cleaned. It was kinda hard for me not doing
very much missionary stuff but I knew that it had to get done. We couldn't
really put it off much longer. Mom, you would be so proud of me. I packed all
of her bags and got them all under 50 lbs and we only had to send 2 packages
home because there was absolutely no way. So I basically packed for her haha. I
felt like the queen of tetris. I never realized how much I was like you until I
didn't have you anymore haha. Don't worry, that is a good thing.
We also got a new investigator! Her
name is Elsa Yin and she is just the cutest darn thing you will ever see. Her
son Skyler just got baptized and her husband is an investigator. She has been
in Taiwan for several months and she just got back and wanted to learn more
about what made her son and husband change so much. It is super hard teaching
someone that knows nothing about God but an awesome learning experience at the
same time. We also had an awesome lesson with Alyssa about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
So we had the most amazing, most
exhausting, most boss Zone Conference ever on Thursday. Elder Christophel
Golden from the 70 came and spoke. He was from South Africa so it was really
fun to listen to him. The meeting ended up being almost 3 hours over haha. We
got there at 7:45 and left at 3:30 with only a 15 minute break and a half hour
for lunch. We got to sit with him for that which was really cool actually. I
felt chastised for a lot of the meeting but he did it in a way that you could
feel his love through it and that he just wanted us to be the best that we
could be. There were so many times where I was on the brink of discovering
something profound through his amazing insights but then he would move on
before I got anywhere with it haha. I wanted to yell to him to slow down and go
deeper. I think that I have about 15 pages of notes. By the end you could tell
that everyone was just fighting to keep there eyes open but it was worth all of
the over time. He talked about how as our personal righteousness grows than so
will our faith because as we are obedient the Lord will bless us and in turn
seeing that will grow our faith. He also talked about how we need to focus on
uplifting our areas through our thoughts and beliefs and how when we let go of our
selfish tendencies("it's hot, they canceled on us, I'm tired, our members
don't cooperate") and about looking good as a missionary or numbers, and
start building others faith through encouragement and trust. Because really,
people can tell how you feel about them and if you don't believe in them then
they will often go along to match that belief and so you can even use that for
good. When we show trust and confidence in people they will want to do and be
better. What you focus on increases and negativity diminishes faith. You can
even use that for anything in life.
My time has come. Thanks so much for
your love and support. I have the most amazing family ever. Keep being awesome
Love ya lots,
Sister Prows:)
pics
1 we went to the park one night and
played on the swing set and then decided we liked it so much that we would go
back and have lunch there the next day.
2. we found the elders
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