So, this week we were knocking and
walked down a driveway to this guy who was in the middle of skinning a
bull. He wasn't interested, and usually I'd ask if there's any way we
can help them, but decided we'd leave that one alone. My comp was happy
about that.
Kris didn't get baptized this week, she is
still working on quitting smoking :( She didn't come to church yesterday
and we're not sure why.. we think she's getting discouraged. We haven't
been able to contact her in the past couple days so we may drive out to
her house tonight and swing by. Prayers for her are super appreciated!
Our
scripture study class was pretty good. Kris was the only one who came,
but we had a really good lesson on faith with her, and she told us it
was just what she needed that day :) We also announced on Sunday that
we're bringing refreshments to the class, so we're hoping members show
up. Mormons love food, right?
We got permission to go
to transfer meeting on Tuesday even though we weren't being transferred,
which was way fun. My favorite part is just seeing my friends! I love
missionaries!
Last night we went to the Elma stake youth
mission prep thing because they needed a pianist. :) It was a good
meeting and very honest about the difficulties of a mission. Our zone
leaders and President and Sister Blatter spoke, and President asked Sis
Stirling to come up and say what she wish she'd have known or done
before her mission since she's experiencing the change now. She did so
good being impromptu and being so sincere. She's awesome and I love her
so much.
As a quick thought, I thought a
bit more about the sacrament yesterday. It's sometimes just something we
do and it's easy to get distracted by other things. I was reading
through the prayer:
O
God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus
Christ, to bless and sanctify this bread to the souls of all those who
partake of it; that they may eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son,
and witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that they are willing to
take upon them the name of thy Son, and always remember him, and keep
his commandments which he hath given them, that they may always have his
Spirit to be with them. Amen.
and one part
that stood out to me was that we "are willing" to take upon us the name
of Christ and always remember Him and keep His commandments... it
doesn't say we're ready or perfectly worthy, because we're not. But we
are willing to try, and that is what He asks of us. He asks that we
remember Him, and by so doing we'll remember that we can rely on Him
when we do fall short and need extra help. We don't have to do anything
alone unless we choose to- He's always there. He asks that we are
willing and that we do our best. He doesn't expect us to be perfect, but
He expects us to progress. Take what we've learned and use it to build
us :)
I love the gospel! I love you all so much! Have the best week!
Sister Wilson
Transfer meeting: Where's Wilson?
Sorry I failed and didn't take any pictures this week.
But here's a flashback for ya to my first day in the mission field. It was only yesterday.
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