Well hello all!!
Sorry for the mad dash
of getting your emails in...I feel like I'm someone at the byu testing
center waiting for all the tests to get in on time. ha (Jenna had said P-day was Wednesday, but Tuesday afternoon she sent an email [one post earlier than this one] saying she was online right then. I happened to see the email and we rushed to finish writing our notes to her!) I will try to
send pictures next week- my hair is doing fine. Mom- that is so exciting
about you losing weight!! Keep it up...and then help me when I get
home! :) Also, did you get Tom's address? I may just send a letter home
and then have you get it to him. I'm so happy that he is doing well now.
Dad- sorry about your ankle. I taught you well!! Although I would like
to know the score of how awesome it looked when you fell. I didn't end
up doing that 5k (with the med students last Saturday) cause I was helping someone move out. Ok, and ziplining
and kayaking??? (on our upcoming Alaskan cruise) What the heck?! I want to do that!! No fair...want to
take me when I get home?! ha
Oh, so we are having six sisters come in
this week of transfers, nine the next transfer, and nineteen the next
one!!! Holy cow!!! This is nuts! Sister Patchett and I are staying
together in White Sulphur for this transfer and we are both super
excited about it. It will be interesting though because we are losing
like half of our ward for the summer. We have med students that are
moving out, and the rest of the med students are going home (all to
Utah!!) for the summer, so it should be interesting. We are super sad
about them going home though cause I just love them and they are so
amazing! We are going to have our correlation meetings every week with
our ward mission leader over the phone. ha!
So, I don't even know where to begin. This last week though was
sooooo rough for our little companionship! We are feeling much better
though so that is a blessing because we really struggled last week. I'm
not going to go into full detail because I don't have the time and I
don't know if Sister Patchett would want me to tell you it all, but last
monday she decided that she needed to go home, not because she wanted
to go home but because she really felt like she needed to. She felt
like the Lord really needed her to be at home to help things in her
family life, but was confused because she was like why would He send me
out here then? I did what I could to help her and tried to just talk it
through with her and analyze it to see what she should do, but
ultimately it needs to come down to her and what she is feeling. It was
really hard for both of us because she was struggling with so many
different feelings and the need to go home, and I was trying to help her
all I could while feeling like I was again a bad trainer. Why? Because
this would be the second transfer in a row that the girl I was training
wanted to go home. I felt so crappy and was just questioning what I was
doing wrong. These past few days I have really turned inward and tried
to figure out what the heck I need to do better and to improve because I
was feeling these feelings and I have been out halfway. I want to make
this part of my mission even better and so I was just trying to figure
out what the heck was going on and what I should change, do differently,
study, pray about, anything. It just basically sucked. Sister Patchett
talked to president and had a lot of little things happen that helped
her to realize again that she needs to be out here. I am coming around
again as well because of a lot of hard studying, praying, reflecting,
and talking things out. Our ward mission leader is soooo amazing!!!!! He
gave me a blessing on thursday and Sister Patchett one yesterday.
We talked about it and all felt so good. He felt so happy and at peace
too that he was about to cry as well (us two and his wife were crying
already. haha I love his wife too!! She's amazing and just loves us so
much!) He said that the blessings he gave to us were two of the most
spiritual and powerful blessings that he has ever given and he knew that
they came from Heavenly Father directly because he was prompted to say
everything that he said. It was so neat to be a part of that last night
because I was feeling so loved and known by the Lord. He knows me and
knows what I am going through. And, He knows how to help me because He
is the only one that has gone through exactly what I have gone through
and knows all my thoughts, desires, intents, and everything. He knows me
because I am His daughter. So, we both had a hard time, but after yesterday
we are feeling much better and are a lot more positive about life. I
know things will work out how they should and that the Lord knows what
we are going through. He will bless our companionship because we are
very unified and doing what we can to learn, progress, and help others.
Sister Patchett is amazing and I just love serving with her. We are
totally supposed to be serving with each other at this time because we
have both helped each other so much already! I love it!
Let's see, the lady that knows the church is true has been an
interesting adventure. We got a referral from herself from Hill Cumorah
for a missionary visit. We called her saturday and talked to her and she wants to meet with us but she had just gotten back and was on her way to a wedding. She called sunday
while we were at church and said that she would let us know when a good
time is because her husband doesn't like how she wants to leave their
church after 27 years, so yeah. At the end of the message though, she
said quieter and rushed 'I still want to be baptized though.' It was
awesome, and I loved hearing her conviction. I just really hope that we
will be able to help her and her husband and teach them because I know
that we can really touch them because of what we have together in our
companionship. That's where we are at right now in that situation right
now.
One thing I wanted to tell you was that we sent out our cards that
we wrote for the ward and it was so fulfilling!!! We were so happy to
be done with them! I think like 3 days after we sent them we got a card
back from a less active just thanking us for our care and concern and
for being willing to help others. It was a full card and made us soooo
happy after coming home from a long, hard day. At church I don't know
how many peopled just loved us even more and thought we were just
amazing and were thanking us for the cards. So many people said they
were going through such a rough time and when they got our card they
felt so good because they knew that someone loved them and was watching
out for them. We also had a couple people bear their testimonies about
how that really helped them, and also just how amazing we two are and
that we have such a strong spirit and that people need to invite us in
more and really love us because we are so amazing!! Seeing and hearing
all of that was exactly what I needed because it made me feel so good
and I just wanted to start crying! I was getting frustrated in a way
because I was doing so many things to try to help the ward get more
excited about missionary work and to like us more, and this sunday
something was different. Some people who have never fed us wanted to
feed us, people were giving us hugs right and left, talking to us, and
it was such a testimony builder for me. I know that the ward is changing
and I really feel like the mood towards missionaries is changing. It
really just takes a lot of tender loving care and helping the members in
anyway so that they know that we love them and are here for them.
So, even though it has been rough, we really are teaching only one
person, and we are struggling in different things I know that it will
be ok. We have faith that the Lord knows our situation and will bless us
in the ways that we need as we keep trying! So, that's about it right
now. Lots of service this week and helping people move. I am doing well
though and am truly coming to know my Savior Jesus Christ even more. I
am so beyond grateful for His sacrifice and love for me, for each of us
to give everything to us. I love Him so much!! I love you all and hope
that you are doing well!! Have a wonderful cruise and take pictures for
me!!! :D
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