Hello!!
Well this week has been pretty good. It was pretty slow and not very many people wanted to meet with us or just weren't home. I decided I need to be better on my emails and write more detail and more of want is happening and so I'll try my best. Here it goes!
For this week
on Tuesday after I emailed we just went home and did all of our studies which include personal study, companion study, and 12 week (for the first 12 weeks the trainer does this with the person they are training). Usually we do those in the mornings but on Tuesdays we have district meeting and we do our studies later in the day.
On wednesday we did studies until 10 and then we went to Lake Park to do our singing and scripture reading to the rest home/old people. I love going there! It is fun and I love watching the old people sing with us or just smile at us. Afterward we weren't able to catch one of our investigators and so we went to a less active who is around 80 I believe. She just loves our visits because no one comes over to visit and she just talks to us about everything. Sometimes it is a little harder to get out of her house but it's nice to go make people feel like they are loved. Her name is Gussie Mae and she has a son that is handicapped and so she gets lonely with just him a lot. Then we called some people that we were told to contact but they both ended up not wanting to see us. One of them was a returned missionary but she married an anti-mormon and has fallen away. We then made fliers for a fireside we are having and then had dinner, did 12 week, and then did our nightly routine. (that includes daily planning, getting ready for bed, journal, and SLEEP!)
Thursday we went to another rest home. Then that day is when we do weekly planning and so we did that which takes about 2 hours. Afterward we tried to visit about 4 people and all of them fell through and we couldn't reach anybody. That night we had a correlation meeting with the branch mission leader and the Elders in our area.
Friday was my favorite day! It was my birthday!!! I can't believe that I am 20 years old!! I really don't feel like I am not a teenager anymore... it is crazy! Well we did our normal studies and then I opened a few packages that I got! I enjoyed everything that I got. I then went and checked the mail and had a full mail box. :) I just felt loved and it was nice. For lunch I got pizza and we went to Christina's (the recent convert) and ate with her and made her feel loved. It's cool to serve on your birthday! Because usually you focus on yourself but when you put others in front of you it makes you ten times happier! It was a great feeling! I love serving people! After we ate at her house, more appointments fell through which was a little discouraging but I tried to stay positive. After we tried to reach people Sister Bunderson made a cake for me. My favorite sherbet cake that Mom makes!! She is the best! Then we took it to an investigators house and talked to them and taught them and shared cake with them. Again, it is so much better to serve others and make others happy than to think about yourself!
Saturday was filled with seeing this less active that is almost 90 and she just talks and talks as well! But it is fun to go and visit her and make her feel like she has someone and is loved. She has been coming back to church which is great! Especially because she is very old and has a little bit of a hard time moving. Other than that we didn't do much because appointments were falling through and we can't knock doors or tract because it isn't safe. So we did some musical things that we have to prepare for. Which BY THE WAY... I am learning how to play the organ! And will be playing with Sister Bunderson while a choir sings for some multi zone conference. And
next Sunday Sister Bunderson and I are going to be doing some music for sacrament meeting.
Sunday we went to church and Christina had brought a cake she made for my birthday! She is so sweet and kind and thoughtful. Although she has some problems in her life and she calls about all of them, I love her and think that she has come a long way and is progressing which is good! It makes me happy. We taught YWs because no one was there to teach it. There are only 2 YWs though and it is weird. But the lesson went well. Then we had meetings and studying and then tried to visit more people but they didn't want to see us or didn't answer their doors. We then spent some time at the branch presidents house and that was refreshing and nice to have people to talk with and try to figure out how to get members to go with us on visits and different problems in the branch. He kind of reminds me of Dad. I love it!! They are a great family! They did almost everything for the branch and have about half of the callings in the branch as well!
Well that might not make sense but it was my week! Not very successful but we have recommitted for this week and are looking forward to seeing some changes! I love being a missionary even when it gets tough! I had to tell my president what I am grateful and so I wanted to just copy and paste because thanksgiving is coming up soon.
I am thankful for a lot of things and most people are. Some of the things that I hold dear to my heart and am probably more grateful for them than other things in my life would include; my family, the gospel, my Savior, and the opportunity to serve a mission. I love my family! They have been such a support to me and have helped me grow and learn in ways I wouldn't have been able to without them. I don't think I would be in the place that I am today without them or without their love and support. The gospel has also been one of the things that I hold dear to my heart because I believe that I would be a lost person feeling like a wasted person if I didn't know that I had the truthfulness of the gospel in my life. I am so grateful that I can feel like I belong and feel like I have a purpose on this Earth because of the gospel. I think I am most grateful for my Savior! I couldn't be with God again if Christ hadn't suffered for my sins and made it possible to return back to Heavenly Father. I know that in my life I have felt him close by me in times of trial when I felt like no one else is there. I have been able to feel that he can relate and knows what I am going through. I am extremely grateful for him and that knowledge I have of him. The last thing I'll say that I am grateful for is that I am able to be here on a mission serving the Lord. I didn't think that I'd have this opportunity. It has really been a blessing in my life to really put others before myself and to learn and grow from that. I am grateful for the ups and downs of a mission.
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