Hey Y'all!!!
Sorry
this is getting to y'all late. We had a CRAZY day yesterday. We had a
zone training in the morning. Sister Jensen trained on Discipleship.
It went really well, and we had a lot of participation. It was a bitter
sweet day. My last zone training ever.... YIKES!!! Y'all, time is
going by so fast. I can't even handle it. 3 more weeks of being a full
time, set apart missionary. AHHHH..
Anyways.....
So this week has been an interesting and busy one at that! Tuesday
was district meeting. It went really good. We had a good discussion
on the culture of our district and zone. We came to the conclusion that
we need to be more charitable through obedience. That makes us sound
like awful missionaries, but its really just motivating us to fulfill
our purpose with love. A lot of times we as missionaries try our best
to be obedient. While doing so, we sometimes lose sight of who we are.
We lose our personalities. That is what makes obedience difficult
without love. If we are loving the lord, then we will do the work in
his way, while gaining confidence in ourselves because we see the
blessings that come from trusting in the lord. When we lose ourselves
in the work of the lord, we find who we truly are. I have definitely
seen that in my life over the course of the mission.
I
have just become so happy over the course of my mission. I sometimes
think about how life was before the mission, and i just was not a happy
person. I have seen first hand what the Atonement changes lives. I
know that His grace is sufficient for all of us. We do not have make it
to a certain level, all that is asked of us is that we do all we can to
keep the commandments.
We
had a great meeting with Kay! She is a Family History investigator.
We found a line that goes all the way back to Adam and Eve!!! and guess
what y'all?!!! it's the same family line that leads back to Adam and
Eve in my family!!! I found more kin here in the south!! :) Holy
Moly!!!
Wednesday
was a crazy day. We finally were able to see our favorite miss Jan.
She has had family in town, and she has been sick for the past 10 days
or so. So we have not been able to see her as much as we would like
to. We had a pretty good lesson with her. However, she had some
concerns about not being able to be baptized in both churches. She
currently attends a non- denominational church called Harvest. She
really loves it, but she also really loves the LDS church. So she is
torn. She got pretty upset about people saying that "this is the only
true church." So we had to patch things up. But later in the week we
were able to teach her the restoration. She really enjoyed it and said
she would read and pray about the Book of Mormon.
Its
interesting because every time we have planned to teach her the
restoration, something comes up and we aren't able to teach it. So the
adversary just knows that she will accept the message of the
restoration, and gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon. So we are just
excited to see how things go from now on. She seems to really
understand the priesthood. so that is a huge plus.
Those are pretty much the highlights of the week.
Hope y'all have a fabulous week, and an even more fabulous Thanksgiving!!
I
am so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that I would not
be where I am today without it. It blesses our lives, but most
importantly it blesses our families. I have seen first hand how the
gospels blesses families. Heavenly Father knows us by name. He knows
our desires, fears, and troubles. I am so grateful to know that He has
an intricate plan for all of his children.
Have a blessed week y'all!
Love ya!!
Sister Melissa Jean Wood
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