So before I forget, a sister training leader is like the equivalent to zoneleaders almost. Not quite, but we counsel with the zone leaders, and we getto go to MLC (mission leadership council). We also go on exchanges with allthe sisters in our zone. We help the zone leaders do trainings when we havezone conferences and such as well. So yup! We don't have to do too muchthough. We just kind of get to be involved and have our say in things. Butwe don't have to worry about reporting everyone's stats and such. So wepretty much get the best of both worlds :)
Last week we had an awesome P day. I felt so accomplished! haha usually Iam scrambling to get everything done but we were really fast somehow andhad plenty of time to catch up on letters and go shopping for new shoes;)!Then we had even more extra time, so we went to Culver's and got some ice cream :) It was super fun! We had some fun times at home too. I squirted a little tiny bit of water on Sister W (through my teeth) and then I left for a second and when I walked back inshe dumped a cup of water on me! haha it was super funny and we were dyingof laughter. Good times. We also found out that our 2 newest converts didn't come to church this week because one of them fell and broke her ankle! That woman has so many healthissues. If it's not one thing, then its another! So she has a bright pinkcast and of course we got to sign it :)
We had a fun time this week with finding a few more people that might beinterested in the gospel :) We haven't had a chance to catch up with any ofthem and teach them though..so hopefully soon. We have a dinner appointmentwith a part member family tonight so hopefully we can get the wife to likeus. It was really odd actually because we had never met this familybefore. So the husband came out and was super nice to us and we found outhe was the one that is a member and his wife used to think Mormons were acult. They currently go to a Presbyterian church because they like thePastor. So we got to know the husband a little bit and were having a grand time andbefore I even knew what I was saying, I asked if they wanted to feed us orif his wife would not like that. I thought it would be a good idea becauseit is less threatening and then she can get to know us..but I totallyspaced that I was talking to someone that hadn't been active since he was14. But he agreed! It must have been inspired I guess :) haha he was allfor it and so we are having a "manwhich" night tonight. We texted him lastnight to make sure it was still ok and he replied, "Manwich night is a go,come hungry!" haha so we are excited for that.
We had another really good lesson with the young woman whose mother died and her sister. We taught faith and repentance. It is so awesome to see the spirit work on them. Youcan just see on their face when things click with them. They are so sweet.The young woman has a hard time with her work schedule though so we are praying thatshe will be able to come to church soon. Hopefully we could get her familyon board as well and teach all of them! That would be awesome.
We taught another lady this week. We taught her the Plan of Salvation and it went prettygood. She had a lot of questions and we were able to answer them for themost part. I bore my testimony about the Book of Mormon and the Plan ofSalvation and you could feel the Spirit SO strong, but it pretty muchdashed my heart because right when I finished she said, "Well that's a nicestory.' She seemed almost angry!? It was weird. It was one of the firsttimes that I've felt really hurt that someone acted that way towards me andmy testimony. I don't know if it was because I could feel the spirit sostrong and I knew she could too, but she chose to ignore it and thinks weare just there to convince her. But she basically told us that she wants usto come back though so who knows. She did knowledge at the end that shemight need to have a change of heart to get an answer. So that was goodprogress.
Also it was so awesome this week because we had a combined MLC with theanother mission and General Authority, Elder Lynn G. Robbins came down andtrained us. It was super fun because since we are away from the mission home, theydidn't want us to wake up early and drive there so we went down the nightbefore and got to stay in the mission home with President and Sister T!A couple of other sisters stayed there too but they got there late so we got to spend an hourand a half with President and Sister T and just got to chat with them.It was super fun! I was a little shy. I like to slide under the radar forthe most part because they have to deal with so many crazy things and Idon't want to be one of the things that burdens them. But later I askedthem some doctrinal questions that we had been discussing. More deep stuffthat we had been contemplating so that was fun to get his opinion on thosethings. The MLC was awesome and I'm so lucky that I got to go. It was allabout how we are always 100 percent responsible for our lives and thechoices we make. It was really good. He talked about how a lot of peoplewant to be able to have 100 percent ability to make choices, but don't wantto be 100 percent responsible for things in their life. It was awesome. Hetalked more about marriage and raising children than he did missionary workthough! haha. It was more about how we need to use our missions to becomemore like Christ, which will then help us for the rest of our lives. It wasgood :) I'm really glad I got to go. I've been re-studying all my notes andtrying to read deeper in them since it all happens so fast. :)
This week is going to be awesome too because we have a mission tour andanother MLC with a different General Authority. It will be awesome I'msure!
After MLC on Saturday we also had a movie night a the church. It was superfun! Brother J (our ward mission leader) was a super big help. Hebrought drinks and one of the ward missionaries brought popcorn and we hada good little party! A few less actives and recent converts came, as wellas some investigators and members. Not too big, but still a good turnout.We watched the Joseph Smith movie and it was awesome :) It was fun and weare thinking about making that be a monthly thing and have them watchdifferent church movies.
Anyway it has been an awesome week and I'm excited for the next one too.Time is just flying by way too fast though. It's insane. Ya, I alsocan't believe that August is almost over. Sister W will be goinghome before I know it :( Not cool. Anyway I have such a strong testimonyand I feel like I'm continually learning so many more things that I need to be doingto be a better person. The hard part is just continually applying that :)haha but I'm working on it. With God's help, I can do it though. Theenabling power of the Atonement is definitely real and as I put forth theeffort, I can see the strength that God gives me as well. It's such a blessing.
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