"No cause, no force in the entire world can stop the word of God."
- Thomas S. Monson
Anyways, where to
start with this week... we have had so many great opportunities to serve and
then a lot of disappointments all at the same time. Before I get started, on
Tuesday we had a specialized training all the way in New Albany, and I was
richly blessed to have a dear friend from there meet us for lunch! The training
threw all of us missionaries for a loop... We thought that it was going to be
about Ipads because the leadership had training about how they were going to be
used, but that is not what happened. WE GOT TO WATCH ‘MEET THE MORMONS’!!!!!!
It is a church movie that is being released super soon, and it was so great! It
is truly inspiring and really brings to focus what we believe and who we are.
In fact, it’s been said that there are more people that are open to having
missionaries enter their homes because they now understand just from watching
the video. I want to challenge you all to find someone who is not a member to
go with you to the movie when it is released in theaters. It is so great and
really brings into perspective who we are! Also, there is a tender moment in it
that really was a tear jerker for the missionaries. I love it so much, and I
thought it was great that we actually got to see a movie out on the mission! :)
Now, today, the reason
I am emailing so late is because we had a zone fun-day. We had it outside even
though it was in the 40's. We ran around playing tag, ultimate Frisbee, soccer,
and then to end it we had a huge water balloon fight! It was so fun but
definitely a cold ride home. Luckily, no one got sick, and everyone had a great
time! I love that fact that we get to run around and just get out all of this
energy and be around people that need to do the same thing! Also, I am going to
be soooo sore again... probably this whole week!
We were able to help a
recent convert/less-active in our ward move this week and that turned into an
all-day event. It was sad to see the living situation of this member’s son, but
it was great to move them into a new house where they can have a fresh new
start! We had a lot of fun doing it because all the sets of missionaries were there,
and we wanted to be done by a certain time so we were on a mission to get it
done quickly! It was awesome!
So a frustrating thing
that happened to me this week was not being able to keep morning schedule due
to a dose of Benadryl and some nights Tylenol PM (not taken together though).
Sister Dana and I went to visit a less-active, and the whole time we were
talking with her, I could feel my legs burning. When we got to the car, I could
not stop itching. I went home right away to shower, and I had bites everywhere!
I thought they were just mosquitoes, but they were not like anything that I had
had before. I had to mark them and make sure that they didn’t get worse or
bigger. Then there was one morning that I woke-up and had 10 different bites
leading from the end of my shoulder all the way up to my neck. A member thought
that it was fleas... I felt like a disgusting person because people thought I
had attracted fleas into the house. Well that wasn’t the case, thank goodness!
I don’t know what bite me or anything, I just know that it is now gone, and
after much medicine, I am back to normal! It definitely made for a crazy and
itchy week though! Besides that encounter, we have had a lot of fun teaching
all the people that the Lord has placed in our paths!
Unfortunately,
teaching an entire family of non-members is so difficult that we have had to
drop some of the people that we were teaching because of lack of commitment and
some just having a lack of desire. We had a couple of our investigators decide
to drop us, and there is a part of us that feels like we are back at zero. We
still have 2 people on-date for now... they weren’t able to come to any session
of General Conference because they left and would not answer any phone calls or
any messages. We are hoping to see them tonight at dinner, but we are not sure
what will happen. Today may be the deciding factor of whether or not they get
interviewed for baptism this week, or if we have to push it back... I really
hope that we don’t have to push them back, but we don’t want to bring people
into the church and set them up for failure; they need to know everything that
they are getting themselves into! I have such a firm belief and testimony about
that!
General Conference was
so great, and I am so grateful for the wonderful speakers that spoke and the
light and spirit they so willingly share with the world. I am so grateful for
the many people that we were able to get to come and listen and for the spirit
that they felt. It led us to find 3 new people that are interested in learning
more! :) I completely agree that there is so much we as members of the Restored
Church need to do as we decide to walk as our Savior did when He was here in
mortality. He set the example for us so that we could become perfected in Him
and become like Him. He is the only way to reach eternal life and salvation. I
am so grateful for a prophet that is here on the earth today, just like in old.
God truly is "the same yesterday, today, and forever," and I know
that He is "unchanging". Having this knowledge is truly a blessing,
and we want to share it with everyone so that they too can experience this
lasting happiness that we are able to have! I love this gospel so much! I am so
grateful for the opportunity that I have to wake up every day and share the
light that I feel and know! I pray that we may be willing to share that truth
with all we know and with all we love - our brothers and sisters! I love this
work so much, and I love my job!
-- Sister Gale
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