So this week was amazing!!!!! It was the best week Sister
Mullins or Myself have ever had!!! So we thought that our week was going slow
and we had some unfortunate set backs and then Sat. Rolled around and it was
awesome. So here was our week.
Monday: Monday was p-day and we had an eventful start to our
week . We had a potential call us and say she needed to get moved out of her
house by that afternoon! So we called our ward and worked super quick to try
and get them involved. We ended up helping for a short amount of time before
choir and it was a disaster! The house was so dark and dirty and there was a
lot of inappropriate things in the house! Sister Mullins, Myself, and the ward
wanted to help her and let her know we cared but it was not what you would call
a “house of the spirit”. So Sister Mullins and I started singing a Child’s
prayer that we sing in mission choir, and it didn’t seem as dark anymore. We
got through the work and headed to sing. Choir was great as always! The rest of
the day was a lot of cleaning grocery shopping, and trying to see people with
no success. So our lessons that day were super low!
Tuesday: On Tuesday we decided to go and see a potential
named Awate. We went to her house and she wasn’t there… but her family was. We
met her brother Jonathan and her Sister Victoria. Jonathan moved from Africa 2
weeks ago and Victoria has been here for 6 years. We got to share an intro to
the Book of Mormon and Restoration with them. They were so sweet and we were
able to give them Book of Mormons and set up a time to come back. We invited
them to church but they unfortunately didn’t come. :/ But we did get to sing
with them and share with their sweet spirit. It was a great lesson. After our
lesson though we tried to get in our car to go to the next appointment and the
car was dead… again! We had to call the vehicle coordinator Elder Allen, and he
came rescued us. We got some jumper cables and an appointment for the next day.
We did however get to visit with three
RCLA’s which made up for losing tracting time.
Wednesday: On Wednesday we had to go to pepboys to get our
battery looked at. Turns out it was dead, and the car is still under warranty
so they sent us to the dealer ship. We had to jump start it that morning and so we knew there was a problem.
Luckily the dealership was able to see us without too much of a wait. Although
it ended up taking 4 hrs. by the end. We went tracting after we got our new
battery and only got two lessons and no potentials. So by this point we were
feeling kinda frustrated and thought we were not going to have lessons this
week. So Wednesday night was kind of stressful.
Thursday: On Thursday we had weekly planning and we decided
to try something new. We decided to put our focus members, inv., and all people
we knew we wanted to see directly into our week that day. I really hope that
helps improve lessons this week since we are going into the week with the people
in mind rather than thinking of them only the night before we visit them. We
saw our ward mission leader this day and talked about who we want to focus on
currently. We also talked about starting a scripture study class in the ward
which we are really excited to invite investigators too. That night we visited
a sweet family named the Johnsons. This family is a grandma and her granddaughter
that she has guardianship over. Alicia is the granddaughter and she is 9 and
has not been baptized. The Grandma wants her to be baptized but wants the
decision to be something she comes up with. So we were really allowed to push
it. We decided to cover the plan of salvation though and Alicia practically
taught the lesson and invited herself to baptism!!!! She is getting baptized Nov.
16th! And We are so excited.
Friday- On Fridays we visit with a ward member and go over
the gospel principle lessons. This week one of her sweet friends that lives
next door joined her. His name is Jim and he was so sweet. We discussed how God
is our Loving Heavenly Father. We sang Nearer my God to thee and he sang with
us!!! So sweet! We contacted quite a few referrals that night and then went to
our ward fish fry. This was put on by the high priests and it was delicious. It
was great though because we were able to have individual lessons with every
single non-member that was invited. We got to visit with one gentleman named
Bill. We didn’t know he wasn’t a member but it turns out he cleans the windows
of the house we are at and was invited to the party. Sister Mullins had me take
the lead and give him a Book of Mormon and invited him to read it and to come
to church. It was great because there was a ward member at the table that
joined in and helped with the lesson. Bill had some great questions that led
into a mini plan of salvation lesson. I am pretty sure we taught the plan of
salvation 9 times this week and I loved it! I get new insights each time! We
took Bill’s business card and we are planning to see how he is doing this week.
We also taught a Woman named lee and a man named Benny, both were so sweet and
we got to share a message and sing with both of them. Loved it!!!
Saturday- This is the day where everything started getting
really good! I know I know someone on
date and three lessons in one hour is a miracle, but this is the day that
Sister Mullins and I realized we could possibly get a perfect week. For once we
could reach every goal we had set for
the week even with some of those goals pushing ourselves! We ended up tracting,
visiting potentials, investigators, members you name it! We even got a ward
member to come with us for 2 hrs of proselyting and it was AMAZING!!!! The
spirit we felt and the Dynamic of having three was soooo cool! It was a long
cold day full of work and we practically fell into our beds for Sunday.
SUNDAY!!!!!!- So basically my fav. Day of the week. This day
is the BEST to see ward members/get them to come with us to appointments. We
had 10 lessons this day!!!!! Sister Mullins and I went to see a family right
after church and it was so sweet. It is a part member family and we found out
from the mom that the dad is warming up to the gospel and sees how it touches
his kids lives J
After that we weren’t hungry and it was technically lunch time but we really
wanted a perfect week so we stayed out and went and saw more part member
families, referrals, and members. We went tracting in the evening and it was
great!!! We tracted the Hermanas apartments because they can’t and can I say
GOLD MINE!!! In one hr we didn’t even finish one building of apartments! So
great we got to sing, share scriptures, give out book of mormons, and we met
Consuelo. Consuelo is a beautiful Hispanic mother in her 30’s that speaks Spanish.
I know Spanish and I have been using lately but only to ask if someone is
interested in knowing more about God and a plan he has for them. (A little
rusty) but I really felt we needed to stay and speak with this woman… so we
did. The spirit that was felt was amazing!!! I worked really hard and struggled
and said some things wrong but I was able to give a lesson on the Gospel of
Jesus Christ in Spanish and she understood! She wanted to know more, she wanted
a book of mormon, and she wanted to come to church!!! I bore my testimony in Spanish
about the Book of Mormon and how the gospel of Jesus Christ blesses families.
Without even knowing what I said Sister Mullins testified of the exact same
things in English and then Consuelo told us a sweet story of how she was not
supposed to get pregnant. She tried for years and nothing. And then she got
pregnant with her sweet son. After that she wanted more kids but the doctors
told her again that she can’t get pregnant and they don’t know how she did in
the first place. She told us that her son is her miracle and she know that that
is because of God and because of that she wants to come closer to him!!! So
Golden! So sad we had to give her to the Hermanas but I know that they will be
able to touch her life and give her exactly what she is looking for… in her
language. We walked out of that appointment literally on cloud nine and then we
looked at each other and realized something! We had made so many of our goals
without even trying! God blessed us so much this week! Even with 9 hrs of being
stranded/getting our car fixed we were able to get 31 lessons!!!! I have never
been so elated in my life. We were able to teach people and not lessons in each
and everyone and that was because God put people in our path that were ready
and waiting! We only fell short on one referral, one church tour, and a
baptism!!! WE CAN DO ANYTHING THROUGH GOD!!!!
It finally hit me this week that this is 100% his work. Because it is his work we can’t wait for it
to be done. The message in conference this session seemed to be the same over
and over:” The lord is hastening his work” or “The time is far spent”. Not to
be dramatic but we are running out of time. I often think that after this life
we will have those that we are able to be an example to and teach thank us and
hug us, but those we feel like we can’t talk to or approach they come up to us
and simply say “why?”. “Why didn’t you just share your light with me? Why didn’t
you just try? Why didn’t you think of my family and my salvation” Every single
person we teach is a beloved spirit son and daughter of God! He loves each and
everyone so much that he created this plan for us to return to him. Don’t you
think that if he spent so long to create a perfect plan we can include others
in it? Even if it seems daunting. Elder Uctdorf said in conference: “Come and
join with us, there is room for you here” I want every single person I learn to
see, love, teach, and grow from on my mission to know I did my best to get them
to come and join us. I have a deep love for my savior and I am learning to
understand and love his plan for us so much better. Death is not something to
fear but something to find joy in. We are given this plan so we can become as
our Father is “Perfect”. But much like a diamond our perfection will take time,
trials, heat, pressure but in the end we can become perfect. I am so thankful
for this promise and I am even more profoundly grateful for this gospel. It
truly does bless families, and I know that families CAN be together because of
this great plan. I know that my Savior lives. I know because I have seen him in
my life. He has blessed me with a loving and wonderful family. He has blessed
me by creating the earth I get to look at each and every day. He has blessed me
by his example to help me know “to what source they may look for a remission of
their sins” He has made it possible for me to go home. To return to my father.
I know that he loves me and that this mission is his and not mine. I know that
as I turn to him I will be blessed with opportunities to serve those around me
and to be a tool or instrument in the hands of my savior (Alma 29:9) I know
with as much faith as I can muster that God lives, he IS the reason I live that
my family lives, and that my faith lives. I say these things in the name of my
dear savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.
I love you all and I have a missionary challenge for you:
This
next week please take a moment to make a list of a few names of people
that are less active, non members, or someone you know that is going
through a difficult time. Please take the time and pray for them BY
NAME! you will see your heart is softened and opened and you will KNOW
how to help them ! God will let you know how to succor the weak! and to
Mourn with those that mourn. Mosiah 18:9 (By serving those around us we
are keeping our baptismal convenants) We are all member missionaries and
we all have a commision to do our best to bring other to zion by our
examples, talents, prayers, voices etc. Find the way you are comfortable
helping and get involved!!! Let me know how it goes!
Monday, October 14, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
October 6, 2013
This week has been crazy!!! But wonderful! Lesson
numbers were not as high for Sister Mullins and I which dissapointed us a
lot but... we had a baptism! YAY!!!! Well I will just give a rundown of
our week! :)
Monday-
P-Day! P-day is always so hard to get lessons on. We try to talk with
people as our day goes on but I feel as though we are lucky if we get
one of two lessons. :/ but we still work hard and try to get everything
else in. I love emailing everyone on P-Day but my favorite part is
actually Mission choir. I love it! I love that we are prepping to sing
at various upcoming events! After our P-day ended we went to a members
house named Alicia Ojeda. She just moved into our ward and is still
struggling to get settled so Sister Mullins and I got to eat dinner with
them and then we helped them unpack! We got to help them get their
kitchen and living room to be finally set up! Their Gospel library was
all packed so we unpacked it and placed it front and center in their
living room (Sneaky Sister missionaries ;) ) That was Monday
Tuesday- Tuesday was rough!!!! On Sunday our Baptism was changed from Sat. the 5th to Wed. the 2nd ha so what we had a week to plan changed to having two days. So Tuesday we made A LOT of phone calls. Sister Mullins and I called every single person in our ward and invited them to the baptism. Then we went tracting and tried to visit some part member families in our ward. NO ONE was home! So Tuesday was kind of discouraging. We had District meeting which was great though! Sister Mullins and I both received the same inspiration to revisit a dropped contact. So we did.... and she is still not interested and doesn't need anything. We are unsure why we both felt so strongly why we needed to contact her but we are glad all the same that we did.
Wednesday- BAPTISM DAY!!!!! This was a great, long, and crazy day filled with SO many emotions. We had our interviews withour Mission President in the morning and those were great! I really love the insight my mission president gives me!
Then we headed to try and get ahold of some of our potentials and investigators and invite them to the baptism. All of them were busy :( but we kept our happy faces on and kept going! We got to visit with a Less active in our ward that is becoming more active! She has been to church the last two weeks and it has been great! She had some medical errands she needed done but couldn't get to them because she was sick. So sister Mullins and I went and picked up her medication for her. Her smile when we got back was priceless! Serving people in little ways makes a huge difference!!!
We ended up using our dinner hour to make dinner for us and Latrece and Jeremiah, our Bishop and Ward mission leader (We had to stay at the Stake center while the font filled so we decided to cook and study :) ) It was really fun to eat with all of them before their baptism. Then it was show time. The baptism was great and the spirit was so strong! Latrece and Jeremiah bore their testimonies after and it was so sweet! She talked about her path with Christ being more clear and Jeremiah talked about feeling "Good". To us that was the best testimony any nine year old could ever have. They were both confirmed that night due to conference and the spirit felt in the room was tangible! So beautiful. So many ward members came to welcome them as well! It was great!
The rest of the night was kinda crazy. Sister Mullins got a migraine in the middle of the baptism but thought she was okay. While Latrece and Jeremiah were cleaning up we had the ward write letters to them with their testimonies, and we got Sister Mullins a priesthood blessing. Her Migraine just got worse though. Right after the service we went to the bathroom where she proceeded to lie down on a bench and cry. I have never seen her cry. From there it kinda got worse, Luckily a married couple in our ward are nurses. I ran and grabbed them and they helped her out. Eventually the advil kicked in and her migraine went away. She had really bad chills though (Apparently the tail end result of a migraine) so the ward members drove us home and we got her to bed. So scary but she has been 100% fine since. We both think (Due to her priesthood blessing) that she hasn't been drinking enough fluids. So we are now working on that.
Tuesday- Tuesday was rough!!!! On Sunday our Baptism was changed from Sat. the 5th to Wed. the 2nd ha so what we had a week to plan changed to having two days. So Tuesday we made A LOT of phone calls. Sister Mullins and I called every single person in our ward and invited them to the baptism. Then we went tracting and tried to visit some part member families in our ward. NO ONE was home! So Tuesday was kind of discouraging. We had District meeting which was great though! Sister Mullins and I both received the same inspiration to revisit a dropped contact. So we did.... and she is still not interested and doesn't need anything. We are unsure why we both felt so strongly why we needed to contact her but we are glad all the same that we did.
Wednesday- BAPTISM DAY!!!!! This was a great, long, and crazy day filled with SO many emotions. We had our interviews withour Mission President in the morning and those were great! I really love the insight my mission president gives me!
Then we headed to try and get ahold of some of our potentials and investigators and invite them to the baptism. All of them were busy :( but we kept our happy faces on and kept going! We got to visit with a Less active in our ward that is becoming more active! She has been to church the last two weeks and it has been great! She had some medical errands she needed done but couldn't get to them because she was sick. So sister Mullins and I went and picked up her medication for her. Her smile when we got back was priceless! Serving people in little ways makes a huge difference!!!
We ended up using our dinner hour to make dinner for us and Latrece and Jeremiah, our Bishop and Ward mission leader (We had to stay at the Stake center while the font filled so we decided to cook and study :) ) It was really fun to eat with all of them before their baptism. Then it was show time. The baptism was great and the spirit was so strong! Latrece and Jeremiah bore their testimonies after and it was so sweet! She talked about her path with Christ being more clear and Jeremiah talked about feeling "Good". To us that was the best testimony any nine year old could ever have. They were both confirmed that night due to conference and the spirit felt in the room was tangible! So beautiful. So many ward members came to welcome them as well! It was great!
The rest of the night was kinda crazy. Sister Mullins got a migraine in the middle of the baptism but thought she was okay. While Latrece and Jeremiah were cleaning up we had the ward write letters to them with their testimonies, and we got Sister Mullins a priesthood blessing. Her Migraine just got worse though. Right after the service we went to the bathroom where she proceeded to lie down on a bench and cry. I have never seen her cry. From there it kinda got worse, Luckily a married couple in our ward are nurses. I ran and grabbed them and they helped her out. Eventually the advil kicked in and her migraine went away. She had really bad chills though (Apparently the tail end result of a migraine) so the ward members drove us home and we got her to bed. So scary but she has been 100% fine since. We both think (Due to her priesthood blessing) that she hasn't been drinking enough fluids. So we are now working on that.
Thursday-
Sister Mullins woke up with a residual headache this day so I let her
sleep through personal study and I stayed in the room while she slept
and studied. When comp. study came her headache was gone and she was
ready to work! She is such an inspiration she is seriously one of the
most motivated people I know when it comes to missionary work. We had a
few lessons and they went great! Then we met with our Ward coordination
members and we got to give them a challenge! We challenged them to be a
Preach my Gospel ward! Every week at ward coordination now we are going
to try and have our spiritual thought come from Preach my gospel. ( It
was so cool to listen to conference and have almost every talk quote
preach my gospel!)
Friday- On Friday
I went on my 24 hr. Exchange with the Sister Training Leaders. This was
a fun experience for me. It was very different going from the Normandy
park ward to the Tongan ward. Especially since a lot of the people we
visited did not speak English at all and I don't speak Tongan ha ha. But
it was fun all the same! We got to teach a Woman named Morgan about the
word of Wisdom and the Law of chastity. Very spiritually strong lesson
but also very interesting. It was fun to see how other companionship
work and how other wards work to. I really enjoyed it but I also missed
not getting to see my regular Friday
appointments with Latrece (New Investigator), Sister Caffaro (New-ish
member that also considers herself Messianic Jew), and the Wilcken's (A
focus family given to us by our Bishop)
Sat- GENERAL CONFERENCE!!!!! Ah I love general conference! It was
honestly like I was seeing conference for the first time. Sister Mullins
and I kept talking afterwards about how we never saw a conference where
each talk had something specifically for us but this conference did! I
have so many notes now and I love reading them!!!! It was great to go
over them as well and compare and see what insights the other person got
or what we missed. A lot of our insights were the same though :) That
was my main highlight from this day! Seriously great
Sun- General Conference again, and it was just as powerful. In between
session we got to visit a LA that is moving and we got her new address
which was great! We also got to visit with one of our Investigators who
we are hoping to get to church this next week. We could tell she was
really in need of someone to talk too and we both felt prompted to go at
that time. So cool. Finally in the evening we went and visited a LA
family named the Salee's. They are such an interesting family. They are
inactive due to the children's activities. One of the children (the only
daughter: 11) was excepted into the Olympic training program for
Gymnastics!!! Wow! The Two boys are also heavily involved in soccer,
basketball, football, and karate! So busy and the poor single mom is
having to work 4 jobs to support them. Such a sweet family. We are
hoping we can help them to see the importance of church attendance. We
will see how that goes in the future.
So kinda a low week on numbers but a great week on experiences and helping people's faith grow :)
(In other news: * My boot is finally off!!! hopefully for good! So kinda a low week on numbers but a great week on experiences and helping people's faith grow :)
September 30, 2013
Hello!
I hope you all had another wonderful week! I had a great week in Seattle Washington. It was a wet week but it sure was a good one! We made a lot of progress with our Investigators Latrece and Jeremiah! They are being baptized this Wednesday and I am so happy for them! We only have two lessons left (We need to finish the plan of salvation and the law of chastity with Jeremiah and then we are ready for baptism) They came to church on Sunday and Jeremiah was so funny he told his mom "I'm ready for some baptism" ha ha Sister Mullins and I loved that! Latrece shared her testimony with Sister Mullins and I and it was so sweet. She talked about how she knows that It will be hard on her Pastor and Her mother to leave (She went to the same church as her mom) but she knows that she needs to continue on her relationship with her Heavenly Father and she needs to make her own path. She also talked about how she wants a good influence on Jeremiah and she knows she has found it in our Church. Her back got hurt really bad this week at church and we got to have the Bishop and another brother from our congregation came over and gave her a blessing! It was so sweet and she was bawling. It was really special because the blessing talked a lot about receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost and that is something in particular that she is looking forward too. We were all bawling! We have really seen a lot of change in her this week.
I got to go on exchanges with the Hermanas this week and I loved that! It was great to get to use my spanish, but also I really had to think about my choice of words. I am finding that in english I over explain things or make them complicated. When I try to explain them in spanish I simplify them and they still have the same effect! The Gospel is true!!! Loved that witness this week. I also got to do my very own street contact for the first time this week and it was in Spanish as well! After that I have so much more confidence in talking to others in English ha ha. Weird that it took me using a language Learned in school rather than my primary language to be comfortable talking to others. It is great though because one of our investigators Husband is Cuban and spanish is his primary language. I got to invite him to be baptized in Spanish this week. No "Yes" from him yet, but he does seem a lot more willing to talk with us now that I make an effort to use his native language even though we are english speaking missionaries! So cool!!!
I loved the General relief society broadcast this Sat. It was phenomenal and it seemed like it was specifically designed for our investigators. That was really neat.
Sister Mullins and I got to take an investigator to the Family History Center and She loved it! We actually ran into her here at the Library when we first got here working on Family History!!! So neat to see the spirit of Elijah working in her life! I am loving Missionary work!!!
There are hard days though. We have had a few people drop us over the last week and that was hard, but the good days make up for it a thousand times over. Our Ward is great! They are doing a 40 day fast for missionary efforts (one member fasts a day and we call them the night before and the night following. We ask them to fast for specific investigators and then we call back at the end of their fast to share miracles we saw that day) Such a cool effort. Today is day two and I have already seen a difference!
I am loving singing to everyone I see! I am not much of a singer but it makes a huge difference. It feels weird now to leave a lesson without singing a song. It is amazing to see how each hymn is picked by the spirit for each individual person too! I am loving seeing the spirit in my life. I have started carrying a notebook with me to write down all the impressions and times I feel the spirit! Such an amazing thing to be able to sit down and see the Lord's hand in my life that day!
I feel like training is going great! I have felt like a missionary since day one of the MTC but this week I REALLY felt like a missionary!!! For the first time I was willing to take the lead on discussions and I thought of scriptures with no effort that fit the situation. I really felt like I was helping this week! It was an amazing feeling! I know that the training system we have works! It's hard and role plays aren't my favorite thing but I still know they work!
Sister Mullins is sooooo great! She does a great job encouraging me and making me feel like a great missionary. Most recently she has been placing little notes by my bed every once and a while that say something she likes about my missionary work. She really makes me feel like I am doing a good job. I am so thankful that she is my trainer. Cool story I haven't shared yet: The first day I got into the field I was sitting in the sacrament room and the missionaries that were all the trainers came in. When Sister Mullins walked in I looked at her and thought "That's my trainer" Not until later that evening did I found out that she had the same impression when she saw me ! Such an awesome testament that our companions are hand picked by God for us! I Love that our Mission motto is "Have fun with the Spirit" because sister Mullins and I have so much fun with the Spirit! I am loving the work.
So here are some funny stories from my week really quick! So
Sister Mullins and I decided to go tracting this week and we did. We saw
a beautiful dog outside a house that looked just like frosty!!! (Dog I
grew up with) Anyways we went up to say hi and he decided he loved me. I
mean LOVED me! (Not in the most appropriate way) and I couldn't get him
off of me! Sister Mullins just laughed at me while I yelled at the dog
and tried to push him off of me. Ya so that was an interesting time. And
at the next house a puppy decided I was his chew toy! ha ha oh dogs. I hope you all had another wonderful week! I had a great week in Seattle Washington. It was a wet week but it sure was a good one! We made a lot of progress with our Investigators Latrece and Jeremiah! They are being baptized this Wednesday and I am so happy for them! We only have two lessons left (We need to finish the plan of salvation and the law of chastity with Jeremiah and then we are ready for baptism) They came to church on Sunday and Jeremiah was so funny he told his mom "I'm ready for some baptism" ha ha Sister Mullins and I loved that! Latrece shared her testimony with Sister Mullins and I and it was so sweet. She talked about how she knows that It will be hard on her Pastor and Her mother to leave (She went to the same church as her mom) but she knows that she needs to continue on her relationship with her Heavenly Father and she needs to make her own path. She also talked about how she wants a good influence on Jeremiah and she knows she has found it in our Church. Her back got hurt really bad this week at church and we got to have the Bishop and another brother from our congregation came over and gave her a blessing! It was so sweet and she was bawling. It was really special because the blessing talked a lot about receiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost and that is something in particular that she is looking forward too. We were all bawling! We have really seen a lot of change in her this week.
I got to go on exchanges with the Hermanas this week and I loved that! It was great to get to use my spanish, but also I really had to think about my choice of words. I am finding that in english I over explain things or make them complicated. When I try to explain them in spanish I simplify them and they still have the same effect! The Gospel is true!!! Loved that witness this week. I also got to do my very own street contact for the first time this week and it was in Spanish as well! After that I have so much more confidence in talking to others in English ha ha. Weird that it took me using a language Learned in school rather than my primary language to be comfortable talking to others. It is great though because one of our investigators Husband is Cuban and spanish is his primary language. I got to invite him to be baptized in Spanish this week. No "Yes" from him yet, but he does seem a lot more willing to talk with us now that I make an effort to use his native language even though we are english speaking missionaries! So cool!!!
I loved the General relief society broadcast this Sat. It was phenomenal and it seemed like it was specifically designed for our investigators. That was really neat.
Sister Mullins and I got to take an investigator to the Family History Center and She loved it! We actually ran into her here at the Library when we first got here working on Family History!!! So neat to see the spirit of Elijah working in her life! I am loving Missionary work!!!
There are hard days though. We have had a few people drop us over the last week and that was hard, but the good days make up for it a thousand times over. Our Ward is great! They are doing a 40 day fast for missionary efforts (one member fasts a day and we call them the night before and the night following. We ask them to fast for specific investigators and then we call back at the end of their fast to share miracles we saw that day) Such a cool effort. Today is day two and I have already seen a difference!
I am loving singing to everyone I see! I am not much of a singer but it makes a huge difference. It feels weird now to leave a lesson without singing a song. It is amazing to see how each hymn is picked by the spirit for each individual person too! I am loving seeing the spirit in my life. I have started carrying a notebook with me to write down all the impressions and times I feel the spirit! Such an amazing thing to be able to sit down and see the Lord's hand in my life that day!
I feel like training is going great! I have felt like a missionary since day one of the MTC but this week I REALLY felt like a missionary!!! For the first time I was willing to take the lead on discussions and I thought of scriptures with no effort that fit the situation. I really felt like I was helping this week! It was an amazing feeling! I know that the training system we have works! It's hard and role plays aren't my favorite thing but I still know they work!
Sister Mullins is sooooo great! She does a great job encouraging me and making me feel like a great missionary. Most recently she has been placing little notes by my bed every once and a while that say something she likes about my missionary work. She really makes me feel like I am doing a good job. I am so thankful that she is my trainer. Cool story I haven't shared yet: The first day I got into the field I was sitting in the sacrament room and the missionaries that were all the trainers came in. When Sister Mullins walked in I looked at her and thought "That's my trainer" Not until later that evening did I found out that she had the same impression when she saw me ! Such an awesome testament that our companions are hand picked by God for us! I Love that our Mission motto is "Have fun with the Spirit" because sister Mullins and I have so much fun with the Spirit! I am loving the work.
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