We have helped set up quite a few family mission plans this week too. We got to help the family we are living with set theirs up during family home evening. It was really fun. Since we live with them they try so much to do missionary work so that we have more people to teach! They are really awesome missionaries. So we discussed plans while we roasted marshmallows and had s'mores. Super fun :)
We had a REALLY good meeting this week as a zone. I haven't received training that was that good in a long time. It was awesome! It was all about attitude. I think this zone definitely needs that because it tends to be a slower area. But we are going to change that!!! This area has SO much potential and it makes me really excited to see that.
This week we had a rough day where we went through our plans really fast. So instead of biking or driving, we decided to walk so it would take longer, and so we could better street contact. WELL, summer is here my friends. It's been in the 90's so people aren't outside during the hottest part of the day...which is when we are outside. So we were walking to find a house. We walked a mile one way and found out that the house number we had, did not exist. Bummer. So we headed back and didn't see anyone outside to talk to either. However, as we were walking back, this car of two teenage girls rolled down their window and pulled over. They said, "Oh my gosh! Are you missionaries!? There is no way you can be missionaries. You dress way too cute for that!" Sister Graham and I are like whaaa? Neither of us felt cute and we were real sweaty. But hey, whatever works. One of them then asked for a Book of Mormon! We asked if we could come by and explain it to her. She said yes! whoooooo! Her friend said she had had it explained many times and they both know quite a few Mormons...probably from school. But woo! After they left, Sister Graham and I looked at each other like...uh, did that really just happen? Since when do people pull over to talk to US! haha it was awesome. So we are hoping to go back and teach her this week :) Miracles!
We had a sisters conference this weekend and it was really good! We had a brunch and then we had all read four talks about womenhood and such. They had a few sisters picked out previously to lead discussions about the talks and they were really good. They also had a few testimonies. One of the testimonies was given by one of my previous companions. She talked about how she didn't have much longer to wear her name tag and all of us going home just broke down. haha it was the worst. I'm on the verge of tears like allll the time. My curse of crying is coming back unfortunately. So we had our conference and a little dinner and then we all got to watch the Women's Broadcast together. President was so sweet. He wanted our moms to know that we wished we could be with them to watch the Conference. SO he gave all of us permission to text our moms and tell them we missed them if we wanted to. That was really cool :) It's just been a super great week filled with many spiritual experiences. I wish I could explain fully!
We had a great ward council this week with one of the wards and it was fully about missionary work. FULLY. That never happens. We had such a good discussion on how to be a member missionary and such. I am trying to take good notes since I'll be in that same boat soon. So my spiritual thought....I feel like everything I want to say is just inside me and all about women since we've had such a good week learning about women and what not. So I've learned a lot about self confidence, a woman's role, and being comfortable with who you are and what role Heavenly Father wants you to play. So I read a little bit about for ordination and how God has a purpose for each of us. We were all taught and tutored in heaven and we accepted our Heavenly Father's plan. I think it is amazing that we are all children of God and we all said yes. We all have testimonies. EVERY single one of us on the Earth, has a testimony because we all said yes to come to earth. WE just have to help others find their testimonies again. So whatever your testimony is, big or small, cherish it, because it is from God. I'm excited for Easter and Conference! I hope you all are too. One of my favorite things to do is to have a few questions in mind and be praying about those this week. I promise that whatever questions you have can be answered! D&C 1:38. Have a great week!!
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