Skip to main content

Week 60

Week 60
We made it to the 60's!! This week was mega stressful and I was constantly tired which is nothing new. BUT good things still happened!
First things first, SAMANTHA IS ON DATE!! Her baptism is planned for March 18th and she is excited about it! I just love her so much and to see how much she has changed and grown in the last 2.5 weeks is incredible. It's weird cuz I feel like I have known her for a lifetime and I care about her so much, but I've literally only known her for 2.5 weeks. When we were teaching her the plan of salvation, she kept saying how much she liked it because it was all hopeful. She said it made a lot more sense than what she was taught growing up. She just seems so much more joyful and hopeful now that she knows these things. I am so excited for her baptism, it is going to be so special 😁
I also had a packed day on Saturday and it was amazing. I was on exchanges with Sister Strong and we had SIX lessons back to back!! It was amazing haha it was like every missionary's dream. Roberta (an old lady we are teaching) came to church for the first time!

Something that I just super duper appriected this week was the members. They treat us so well and they are all doing their best to be the best missionaries they can be. Its honestly so inspiring. We went to a fireside at Bishop Riches house, and something that he said was "the church isnt a museum for saints, it is a hospital for sinners". I thought a lot about that because I've seen a lot of people have negative feelings for the church, simply because they lose sight of the purpose of church. We go every week not to show that we are better than others, but we go every week because we want to be better every week. If you want to become better, if you want to have Christ intervene with your day to day life, if you want godly help with your calling, job, family, school, anything, then go to church even when the sacrifice is great. Remember the greater the sacrifice, the greater the blessing. I basically wrote this down in my journal as a note to my future self if I ever see my church habits slipping. I have had a front row seat this past year to see the miracles that happen from coming to church. The blessings and miracles are unmatched by anything else! Nothing else we do can unlock the door that opens up those specific blessings. I hope to never lose this habit or any of the good habits I have developed on my mission. Moral of the story: always keep doing the good small things (church, prayer, scriptures) even if you don't see a difference, and it might just change the entire course of your life for the better.
I'm grateful for the God lovin, Jesus praisin people out here that have been an example to me of what it means to rely on Jesus christ. I love the south🙃

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 58

WOW THIS WEEK WAS AWESOME!! I love my new companion, and I love my new area, I love my new ward, I love my new (super fancy) apartment, I love EVERYTHING!!! I had so many highlights this week, so I'll just start listing them out in no specific order. I got to go to the Temple!!!!!!! 😆🤑🥳 Yall it's bee  SO long and it was the best feeling walking into the teeny tiny Nashville temple. It was the best feeling of "coming home". I BEG yall to not take the temple for granted. I will be spending all my free time there whenever I can. We went with a sweet lady named Shannon Adam's who was baptized recently with her kids. It was her first time going to the temple and we got to all do baptisms. She was so nervous and when we pulled up into the parking lot she showed me her shaking hands and said "I am so excited, but so nervous!" It was the sweetest thing ever. She enjoyed every second of it! I have only known her for a few days, but I already feel s...
Post a Comment
Read more

Week 41

Hello everyone! another week down! Here are some cool things that happened this week: We went to go visit a lady named Kylene and she was really confused who we were, but after a while, it all of a sudden clicked and she just lit up saying how excited she was to come to church again! Apparently her grandma who passed away like 20 years ago was a member of the church and she used to go with her all the time! So everyone please pray for Kylene that she can feel welcomed and have a desire to learn and be baptized. She was so awesome and she has so much potential! So THANK YOU to all y'all who prayed for finding miracles, cuz it is working!!!  On Saturday we went to a fall festival in soddy daisy and there was this really nice guy working at a booth who bought us a funnel cake! He was so cool! Walking around all the markets and booths/tents, we got a lot of weird looks and we even had one guy call us nuns 😂 I said "almost, haha, we are missionaries!" That was my 3rd time be...
Post a Comment
Read more

Week 64

Well sister Oldroyd is shipped off to Chattanooga 😥 BUT I love my new companion, sister Chan! I'm glad I get to serve with her and we are having so much fun! This week it was really a struggle to get return appointments with the people we are teaching and holy moly, it is a never ending battle and it makes me want to lose my mind sometimes. I love these people so so much, but I get really tired if spending time trying to chase them down to have a lesson😂I just want to consistently teach someone, BUT it's not about what I want, it's about how God wants to use me as his hands. And I guess right now he is needing me to do a LOT of seed planting. After a long week of seed planting, I am eager to pick fruit, but unfortunately it takes a lot of time. The beginning of the week consisted of going around and saying goodbye to people since sister Oldroyd is leaving. So we took a lot of pics with members and friends. I'm glad I'm not the one leaving because I am getting kind...
Post a Comment
Read more