"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
-- Matthew 5: 14-16
So our computer time is taking place in the laundry room as we are waiting for it to finish.
Anyways, this week has been awesome so far! Wednesday was really great getting to know everybody, and not going to lie, I think I scored with the best companion and the best roommates. They are really chill and we are all exhausted once 10:30 hits, the lights are off and we are all asleep right on time. It has been really nice getting to know my companion more and helping her with the lessons. We actually are helping each other. The first day we had a really great experience that I wrote about but for everyone back home: We were in a room with about 50+ missionaries teaching volunteer investigators. I found out that some of them are active and others are true investigators.
Well, the last guy we got to talk to was a real investigator who lost his wife and son. His son died 3 days after birth and his main concern was that his son wouldn't live with God because he wasn't baptized before he died. There were 3 of us that got to speak to him about the gospel and how those who don't reach the age of accountability before they die are perfect in the sight of God, and I was able to testify to him that his son was with God. He got misty-eyed, and after the whole lesson I had the prompting to go up and shake his hand. He asked me then if I truly thought that his son was with God to which I responded that "I know that he is with God". He got this joyful look in his eyes and proceeded to talk to me and my companion for a little bit. But we couldn't talk long because we had to hurry back to our rooms to get to bed on time.
Thursday was super busy!!! And when I say busy I mean like no time to do anything but get to where you needed to be next. My whole room wakes up at 6 in the morning, and I haven't had a hard time getting up yet. By the time we're all ready, we head down to breakfast. We started yesterday working more together as a district so that we would become more comfortable with each other. We do this by eating together and making sure we sit together at every meeting. It has really helped up open up more in spiritual experiences, and we all learn from each other so much! We were sitting a lot yesterday, and being a Gale, if you've been sitting for too long you start to get a little sleepy. Well, about 8 hours into sitting down, I started to doze off. Finally our teacher allowed us to get up and walk around. I definitely needed that and honestly think that he gave us that opportunity because I was getting tired. Oops...
We met our Branch President yesterday and got our District Leaders assigned to us. We were also told that on Sunday's, each person had to have a 5 minute talk prepared because when we walk into church, our branch president will ask us randomly to give our talk. So that is what my P-Day will consist of on top of preparing for the rest of the week. I got to see Sister Yazzie yesterday and also Sister. McLean (Debra). It is so great to see familiar faces! It's like a personal joyful experience. That was basically it yesterday.
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| Erin and Debra McLean |
Today we woke up and only had 30 minutes to get our breakfast and eat. We had to rush over to our next class and we were there since this afternoon. Now I am doing laundry, writing back to Charlotte, and then going to study with my companion. We have a service project at 3:30, and we get to go off campus and clean a chapel. (I cant tell you how great of a feeling it is to wear jeans by the way!) ;)
Its been raining all day today, so it's a little chilly outside, but that okay. I think I am starting to get used to it.... NOT!!! I'm freezing!!! And all my jackets are at home! :( But I'll manage!
Oh, yesterday the elders in our District - I will say I've trained them well! They make sure that there are seats saved for us when it's time to eat, they ask our opinions in conversations, they tuck in our chairs, and the sweetest thing was we didn't know that we had to take our Preach my Gospel manuals to this meeting, so all of us left them in our classroom. Well, they were so sweet and went back and got all our PMG's which were about 15 minutes away. It was so sweet... You kinda had to be in the experience to truly appreciate it.
Well there are a lot of missionaries that need the computers, so I am going to get off but I wanted to share with you that I know this Gospel is true. I know that us missionaries are in the right place and learning from the right teachers. They are all inspired and I know that they were called to help us and that our companions are inspired. Our personalities are totally opposite, but it makes it all the more fun to get to know each other. I know that I am supposed to be here, and it is made manifest every day so far! Thank you so much for the support and continue to write me! I love getting letters :) I love you all and hope that all is going well at home!
Love,
Sister Gale
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