Exact Obedience
"This week I have learned a lot about being exactly obedient. I know that it is important and I know that it leads to miracles. I have seen that already throughout this first transfer. However for some reason this week really emphasized that for me. We had some great things happen this week and I know it is because we were trying out hardest to be exactly obedient. I can't pinpoint any exact moments where we were exactly obedient and it lead to a miracle, but I know that it is through exact obedience that these miracles happened. The Lord has been blessing our companionship for our efforts.
We had five investigators at church yesterday! We had no idea what to even do with that many. Luckily for us we had a couple who knew the members and were able to sit with them. That is going to make it easier when they are new members and need to get used to the ward. Ernesto came again and it was a miracle. He sat down and the first thing he said was "I have a question about baptism. What do I need to do to be baptized." Wow! We talked to him about the lessons he would get to take and that we would turn him over to the YSA elders so that he could be around people his own age. I was worried that he wouldn't want to take the lessons from them, however he said that would be just fine and that we could give them his number so they could contact him.
Lydia is now on date for December 14th now which is really exciting! We are so excited for her. We had dinner at a member's home last night and they were talking about how perfectly she was going to fit in the ward and that they could already see what a great member she was going to be. I feel so blessed to have such a great ward who is so willing to help us in our efforts to bring people closer to Christ.
This week I really started to grow my relationship with the Savior. I have always known that through the atonement we are able to repent and return back to our Heavenly Father, but this week I was asked to give a talk in district meeting on the sacrament. I am so grateful I was asked to do so. I studied the topic the whole week before and I felt like everything I had been learning was stuff that I had already known. But as I was preparing my talk and putting the final touches on it, I was a reading a quote from True to the Faith and it said, "The more we ponder the sacrament the more sacred it becomes to us." I thought about it and about my experiences during sacrament my whole life. I hadn't made it as sacred as it needed to be. The sacrament can just be another thing that we do on Sunday if we don't pay close enough attention to it. I need to ponder it more and have more appreciation for it. Part of worshipping is showing our gratitude and thanking Him. The sacrament is as sacred as me make it. I know now that to continuing growing closer to my Savior that I need to pay closer attention during the sacrament and have been trying the past couple of weeks to do so. Coming out on my mission has really made me recognize how important it is to have a relationship with our Heavenly Father AND with the Savior. Without both life gets really difficult.
I am so grateful to my Savior and for the love that He showed in paying for my sins. I'm not perfect but I know that through the Savior I can be an instrument in His hands and that because of Him I can change. In sacrament meeting I will try to have a personal experience with my Savior each Sunday as well as in my Studies and out in the field.
We had five investigators at church yesterday! We had no idea what to even do with that many. Luckily for us we had a couple who knew the members and were able to sit with them. That is going to make it easier when they are new members and need to get used to the ward. Ernesto came again and it was a miracle. He sat down and the first thing he said was "I have a question about baptism. What do I need to do to be baptized." Wow! We talked to him about the lessons he would get to take and that we would turn him over to the YSA elders so that he could be around people his own age. I was worried that he wouldn't want to take the lessons from them, however he said that would be just fine and that we could give them his number so they could contact him.
Lydia is now on date for December 14th now which is really exciting! We are so excited for her. We had dinner at a member's home last night and they were talking about how perfectly she was going to fit in the ward and that they could already see what a great member she was going to be. I feel so blessed to have such a great ward who is so willing to help us in our efforts to bring people closer to Christ.
This week I really started to grow my relationship with the Savior. I have always known that through the atonement we are able to repent and return back to our Heavenly Father, but this week I was asked to give a talk in district meeting on the sacrament. I am so grateful I was asked to do so. I studied the topic the whole week before and I felt like everything I had been learning was stuff that I had already known. But as I was preparing my talk and putting the final touches on it, I was a reading a quote from True to the Faith and it said, "The more we ponder the sacrament the more sacred it becomes to us." I thought about it and about my experiences during sacrament my whole life. I hadn't made it as sacred as it needed to be. The sacrament can just be another thing that we do on Sunday if we don't pay close enough attention to it. I need to ponder it more and have more appreciation for it. Part of worshipping is showing our gratitude and thanking Him. The sacrament is as sacred as me make it. I know now that to continuing growing closer to my Savior that I need to pay closer attention during the sacrament and have been trying the past couple of weeks to do so. Coming out on my mission has really made me recognize how important it is to have a relationship with our Heavenly Father AND with the Savior. Without both life gets really difficult.
I am so grateful to my Savior and for the love that He showed in paying for my sins. I'm not perfect but I know that through the Savior I can be an instrument in His hands and that because of Him I can change. In sacrament meeting I will try to have a personal experience with my Savior each Sunday as well as in my Studies and out in the field.
Ok I have realized that I have pretty much said nothing about my area/misson so far. Let me tell you: the weather here is in the 70s and 80s. Yep, it's November and still hot. It was in the 90s last week! What the!? Hey at least I am not in rain or snow! It has yet to rain and every day is sunny. Yep, my mission is better than yours! Just kidding.
As for my mission president. Wow, what an incredible man! He is so spiritual and his children are perfect! They have a 13 year old and an 11 year old. They are so polite and they respect their mother to the highest! If she is standing and they are sitting they are quick to offer their seat to her and make sure that she is comfortable. That WILL be how my children are. Anyway, President Castro is so incredible and makes sure that the sisters are taken care of. I have had a few moments to talk to him and you can feel the Savior's love emanating from him. He teaches up at BYUI so I will be taking one of his classes.
Holy Cow! You guys! The people here are so prepared! We have one baptism set for December 14th. Happy late birthday to me! Her name is Lydia and she is a traveling nurse. She is the sweetest woman and LOVES coming to church! She even makes comments and talks to the members like she has been there for months! She is going to be an incredible member!
We have a little 9 year old that we are teaching named Melissa. She is so cute! We were at their house the other day and they had a little bunny. I held it and about died from how cute it was. But here is the problem. I am SO allergic to bunnies. I am finding out that I am basically allergic to anything that is cute a fluffy. I can handle dogs but cats are killer (and nasty and annoying) too. I was dying afterward and I couldn't wait to get home. But we had the primary program this week and Melissa was in it (her family is less active) and so we sat together and sang the primary program songs with her sister Angelina who is 7 and wants to be baptized as well! They are so cute and I LOVE being able to teach little kids again! Oh and funny story about the bunny. The other bunnies in that....batch were killed by a bobcat and so they named this one lucky. The next day the girls came to church crying because it had died that night. HAHA!!! oh the irony. Sad but funny for me. Well it is time for me to get off the computer. I will update you more next week and I will probably have 2 more baptismal dates to talk about too! The work is really progressing!
Love you all!
Sister Skeeter"
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