Transfer calls came early again this week! I have been dying! I found out a day earlier than everyone else what was going to be happening to me so I couldn't sleep that night. But I am excited now and hoping that I will be able to do the things I need to do. Also I am excited to tell you about my new companion and area. So because I am me, we are going to wait until the end of the email to fill you in, or I might throw it in the middle so you can't cheat and scroll to the bottom :)
The area. Well, Jim the one investigator who was progressing got into some anti-mormon material. We are super sad about that. He hasn't dropped the missionaries yet but we are worried that he is going to. He was doing so well! But we can't just expect Satan not to come in when people are coming closer to Christ. That would be way to easy. We keep praying for him and hope that the spirit will be able to touch him as he reads from the Book of Mormon. Unfortunately there isn't much more to tell the area is slowly moving along.
Oh, I figured something out this Sunday. It isn't that the ward doesn't like the missionaries because we got a fairly good amount of people telling us they will miss us when we leave. I think the people here just don't quite know how to show the love that they have. And maybe we just needed to be better about taking baby steps with them and working more at their pace instead of expecting them to work at ours. I wish I had thought of that all earlier, but it is too late now. I will keep that in my mind in case I have any similar experiences in the future.
Companion: She is great. She is definitely going to have a hard time leaving her first area, but she is going to be so great in Newbury Park! I am so excited for her to go out and experience a different type of people. This whole transfer she has really taught me not to worry so much. I can see the damage that worrying has and it prevents us from enjoying the moment and learning from the situation we are in. Obviously there are times when you can't help but worry. We all have stressful days but from watching her I have learned that we should make sure we are worrying about legitimate things and not so much about the little things that don't matter in the eternities. I have been privileged to serve with her and am excited to watch her grow over the next few months. Also I heard something that church that I really liked. There is a movie that shows an uncle Devil talking to a nephew devil and the uncle tells him that the key to making people miserable is not letting them live in the moment. I thought that was so good! It is so true! If he can keep us thinking that we messed up too much in the past and if he can get us to worry about the future then we won't and can't enjoy the moment that we are living in.
drum roll please! sister arndt is my new companion!!!!!!!!!! (I didn't capitalize it because I didn't want you cheating and looking for the caps to see what was happening with transfers hehe). anyway, for those of you who have a memory like me, Sister Arndt was my trainer. And this is her last transfer so I get to be with her for one more Christmas. AND I get to go to the temple with her again!!!! I wanted to go this transfer but Heavenly Father told me to wait. So I did and now I am SO glad I listened to that voice inside my head. This will be a great transfer! Oh and I am leaving for Simi Valley! Yay! And one last suprise, I am a sister training leader.
Testimony: This week my testimony was strengthened on our need for a prophet. I feel so bad for those people who don't think we need one. How else would we know how to live in this crazy time? In one of the most spiritually dangerous times in history why would God leave us alone? He wouldn't. Yesterday we were talking to this guy and he was telling me that I didn't understand the true character of God because I thought we needed prophets. I won't lie, at that point I had no clue what else to tell him. I testified to him of Joseph Smith and Jesus Christ and that was that. As I was walking away though I realized how grateful I was that we have a prophet today who can help us understand the character of God and Jesus Christ even better and because of that we can have a stronger relationship with both of them. I know Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God and that he truly is inspired by God to do His work.
Well, my time is up, I love you all! Pray for me!
Sister Skeeter
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