First of all, shout out to my big bro Jacob, today is his 22nd birthday! I realized that last week that I didn´t even put a title because I was so excited to respond to people´s emails... whoops haha. So glad to hear about people going to the temple this week! Hope you felt the blessings :)
Tuesday: Last district meeting of the transfer! (wow that was fast!) In the evening we had a practice with the primary because I´m playing piano for the primary program.
Wednesday: We had the chance to visit with an investigator named Jhennifer, and she is super fun! She has been meeting with missionaries for a SUPER long time, since her sister is a member of the church, and her boyfriend too. She feels a little confused, she´s not sure if she would want to join the church just for her sister, her boyfriend, or for her, so she´s been trying to figure that out (we´ve been trying to help her develop her testimony of the book of Mormon so that she´ll want to get baptized for herself!) But she comes to church almost every week, and likes it, but has seen a lot of hypocrisy in the members of the ward, and a few of them have been kind of unkind to her, so that makes me really sad (especially since they are returned missionaries). It makes our job as missionaries super hard when members don´t help us out by being friends with investigators. In this ward there is a lot of talk about things happening or changing, and then it doesn´t. But! Patience is a virtue. There are a lot of good helpful people in the ward, but sadly for a lot of people (especially investigators) it´s hard to see the good when there is something bad present.
Thursday: More practicing for the primary program :) I was a little frustrated with my comp because every time we have these practices (or the stake ones) she just leaves the room. And it´s not like I can follow her because I´m sitting at the piano playing it. Every time. There´s been a lot of other things too... I don´t need to mention them, but let´s just say that being obedient is hard. I started looking at my own faults this week to focus on the things I need to change instead of what she needs to. It´s hard because a lot of the things are companionship things. I´m kind of glad that I only have a week left with her. Don´t get me wrong, during the day we are like friends, but sometimes the way she talks to me hurts my feelings. And i´ve told her that, but she doesn´t try to change. BUT!!!! I will repeat: PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE, and it´s one I´m learning very well. We´ve had a bit of a hard time finding investigators who are truly interested in learning about the gospel. We have a lot who we thought that maybe they were, but then they don´t progress. Not sure how to fix it. We´ll keep looking for new people to teach. (and we have been for the past 3 months)
Friday: Full of canceled appointments and fallen back up plans. We spent the whole day walking. At least my legs are getting strong, right? I found some scriptures that every member of the church should read: (they are basically about how we need to love and help and friendship others... I´ve been thinking about Jhennifer´s situation a lot) Helaman 6:3 and 3 Nephi 18: 22-23
Saturday: Today there was a choir practice for the stake conference. Most of our appointments fell through again. Patience patience patience
Sunday: Today was the primary program. It was super cute. After church we had the chance to go visit Dennys, who is in the hospital right now because he drank (alcohol) so much that he had internal bleeding in his esophagus. So, we decided that it would be a good time to give him the Word of Wisdom wisdom pamphlet to read when he has nothing to do. :)
Monday: Today really was just a preparation day. We cleaned, bought food, and printed pictures to give to people who are in their last transfer.
That was my week! I´m trying to be a little more obedient each day, I´m trying to develop my teaching skills a little better every day, I´m trying to make my Father in Heaven a little prouder of me every day. Sometimes life is SO hard, but it´s not worth it to give up. We just have to keep fighting, and rely on the Lord to guide and help us. Prayer is so important. As I´ve prayed many times each day I realize that our Father knows us, listens to us, and WANTS to help us, even if it´s just to give us a little comfort to help us get through the day. One of the things I´ve been thinking A LOT this week is something that my dad has always told me: Being happy is a choice, so CHOOSE to be happy. That´s one of the things that has really helped me get through the week this week. I´ve been trying my very hardest to choose to be happy, even when I´m frustrated with myself, with my comp, with the ward members, with the area... I´m choosing to be happy, and I´m trying to be patient.
Lots of love,
Hermana Rowe
our last district meeting (almost all the zone)
After the primary program
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