Guess what.... on the 8th of March Elder Ballard is coming to my mission and talking to all of the missionaries! I am so excited! It'll be really neat :) That is something is exciting that I learned this week. Another exciting thing that happened this week is that Debbie and Darryl came to church yesterday!! I don't remember how much I've told y'all about them but Debbie is less-active and Darryl is investigating the church. We have been working with them since I got to Madison. It's been a little difficult to get them to put church and studying the scriptures as a priority. But they came to church yesterday. They have been coming along slowly and we are hoping to get a baptismal date with him this week! It might not happen because sometimes it is hard to catch up with them but He is our main focus and he has been really making progress.
This week was zone conference and then we did an exchange with the sister trainers in our zone. It was a very neat experience for me. I learned alot about who I want to be as a missionary and who I can become with the Lord. I really learned that the Lord will answer our prayers and the more faith that we have while we are pouring our heart out to the Lord, the more the Lord is willing to answer our prayers. Something that I have learned before but it was brought to my attention again is that I am my own missionary. We are our own person and not one person is alike. It is ok if we are all at different levels in our testimony, knowledge of the gospel, etc. all that matters is that we are trying to continue to grow and to become better versions of ourselves. It was comforting to be reinformed of that.
Something sad that happened this week is that on Thursday we had a great lesson with Hannah and Alana (a member) came with us. We talked about the Plan of Salvation. The spirit was there and she commited to reading the book of mormon and praying about it. Well the next day she texted us and told us that she appreciated the time that we had spent together but that she wasn't interested and didn't want us to come by or text her again. It is very sad to see people that you love and see a better life ahead of them reject what you have to offer. It breaks my heart to know that she could have found the peace and comfort that she is looking for in her life right now. The gospel really does bless lives and brings people peace and joy that can't be found anywhere else. I know that!
Well our pday is crazy today because we have a lot to do! So I will save some of my thoughts I was going to share for next week. I love y'all so much!!!
Have a great week!
Love,
Sister Merrill
| This is a little treasure that a 89 year old less-ative gave to sister Bunderson this week. she has a bunch of little do-das in her place and we saw this a few weeks ago and were dying laughing!! Sister Bunderson told Sister Ponce that she loved it and sister Ponce offered it to her :) It is a little creepy! hahaha!!! I thought yall would enjoy it! We laughed so hard that we almost wet our pants! :) Love yall! |
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